Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Toyota Tundra - part 1

Vehicle's acceleration became uncontrollable. In addition, the brakes and the antilock system seem to failed. The vehicle was in drive and proceeding down an incline, travelling about 30mph when the unintended acceleration occurred.

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Turned left at a green light then truck suddenly accelerated to approximately 70 mph coming to a school zone with lights flashing and busy road ahead I seen parked BMW. The truck was new to me and had slap shifter so when I moved it for neutral it had to be pushed over and up. I just went over and with little time and busy intersection and children. I picked the BMW thought good crash rating. Slammed the over BMW and kept going til struck a power pole breaking it. There was witness behind me stated �I was driving normal then suddenly accelerated and vier left. � I hit the BMW square with my arms protecting my face which is evident from pictures.

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Uncontrollable acceleration: my husband's 2005 Toyota Tundra accelerated at a very high speed while he had his foot on the brake at a stop sign. He had his back pushed up against the seat and pushed as hard as he could on the brake, but the truck took off anyways and he was forced to pull out in front of oncoming traffic. Luckily he wasn't hit. This is the second time this has happened in this truck. In January of 2015 he was backing into our driveway when his truck suddenly accelerated at a very high speed. He put his foot on the brake and the tires kept spinning. He put the transmission into park and after a few more seconds the tires stopped spinning. We contacted Toyota after both occurrences, but they won't help us at all. They say that the truck isn't included in the recall and that it's no longer under warranty.

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I had 2 occurances of unintentional acceleration. Both events transpired as follows: 1) applied brakes in preparation of starting engine and engaging transmission. 2) started engine, put it in "drive" and engine suddenly accelerated and jumped forward. 3) I immediately applied brakes with maximum effort to counter the acceleration. 4) threw shifter into "neutral" while engine was maxing rpms, then I shut down engine. Both events were close calls. If I had not had presence of mind I would have destroyed the vehicle and property. Vehicle was evaluated by local Toyota dealer and they say they found no reason for the events. I contend that there is an issue and need to have it pursued.

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A sudden acceleration of engine rpm was experienced with the transmission in park and the engine idling. Without touching accelerator pedal, engine rpms increased to 3500 to 4000 for 8-10 seconds before returning to typical idling speed engine would not subsequently respond to depression of accelerator pedal. Toyota repair shop has diagnosed problem as throttle body stuck open. Although nobody was injured or killed in this incident, that doesn't make it any less serious. Perhaps some day, Toyota will fix these issues proactively.

In slow moving traffic, repetitive light gas and light braking. Noticed the brake becoming difficult to depress. Had my left foot stationary on the foot pad, right foot over the brake while rolling forward. Started to drop my right foot on brake as vehicle slowed in front of me and engine suddenly accelerated rapidly as if to full throttle. Pressed on the brake as hard as I could, engine redlined and rear tires started spinning. Popped it in neutral and within a second the engine stopped accelerating out of control. Floor mats were not interfering with any pedals on my immediate inspection after incident. Incident caught on dash/windshield camera.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 to 75 mph, the front end of the vehicle vibrated violently. In addition, the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 100 mph while the brake was depressed. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a cement wall. The contact did not have any injury to report. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer inspected the vehicle and concluded that nothing was wrong with it. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 100,000.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tundra. While driving at approximately 55 mph the contact depressed the accelerator pedal. The accelerator would not disengage. The contact depressed the brake pedal with both feet but the vehicle would not respond. The contact placed the vehicle in neutral. The vehicle came to a stop. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The technicians stated they were unable to diagnose the failure because the black box in the vehicle would not have recorded the sudden acceleration unless a crash occurred. The vehicle was included in the recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 09v388000 (vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal) and the recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 10v017000 (vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal). The recall repairs were not performed at the contacts request. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 116,921. Ds.

Unintended acceleration occurred when proceeding through and intersection at about 4:50 pm 01/04/2011. Brakes were applied but the power of the Toyota tunda sr5 v8 engine had enough power to accelerate unintended to approximitely 50 mph even tho the brakes were applied as had hard as it could be applied. The truck centered an oak tree in the blvd approximately 150-200 ft from the intersection. The truck was totaled by my insurance company. Only the driver was in the truck and no other vehicles at the time of the incident. The driver suffered a broken left arm at the elbow which required surgery.

At 9052 miles entered gas station and vehicle unintended acceleration occurred while turning off engine. At 9076 miles parked vehicle in handicapped stall in front of walgreens pharmacy. Vehicle had unintended acceleration and was burning rubber and attempted to go forward except I was stepping on the brake as hard as I could and turned off the ignition, otherwise we would have gone thru the front entrance of the pharmacy. The asphalt was dry. There were dark black tire marks on the asphalt from my right rear tire, which also appeared to show wear from burning rubber. This is my 5th unintended acceleration since late oct . Mileage 8794. With Toyota stating it was an engine misfire. And Toyota motors inspecting the vehicle only to say the vehicle is fine. Prior complain #10365905. Unintended acceleration / intersection / garage door twice while burning rubber.

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Unintended acceleration. I was in a stop position waiting for traffic signal to change, when the vehicle wanted to accelerate on it own thru the intersection, while my foot was on the brake. The traffic signal was still red for me. The engine indicator light was on, vsc off, traction control system indicator was also lite. Multi-information display mpg gallon gauge was getting stuck at 60miles per gallon. Tire pressure sensor keep coming on. Veh. Started to idle rough. I took my veh. To the Toyota dealer for inspection and service. They keep my veh. From approx from oct 29,10 to Nov. 6,10. Toyota dealer response was that the engine had a severe misfire that may have been taken for a slight surge. The #1 & 3 fuel injectors replaced. Acceleration pedal replaced. On Nov. 13,10 the veh. Had unintended acceleration on two separate occasion when parking veh. In driveway. The vehicle was burning rubber while I had foot on brake, because we would have gone thru garage door. I called the Toyota dealer from location, who made an appointment for 11-15-10 at 7am. Dealer stated that Toyota was coming down on Thursday 11-18-10 to inspect vehicle. I did not hear a backfire from engine on 1st incident. 2nd incident had two passengers,, and two workers waiting at location who witnessed both incidents.

I was driving my 2007 Toyota Tundra on maple avenue, ithaca, new york, going west just before the intersection of route 366. Approximate speed was 22 mph. The vehicle suddenly lurched and accelerated to approximately 30 mph. I was applying a constant pressure on the accelerator. This is the fifth time I have experienced unwanted acceleration with this vehicle. I took it into my Toyota dealer for gas pedal repairs per the recall. Time was approximately 5:20 pm on 10/5/2010.

Approximately three weeks ago I had the accelerator recall repair work completed on my 2007 Toyota Tundra, after, I noticed randomly while I was stopped at a light, intersection etc. I would accelerate the truck would feel as if some one pushed the gas pedal, and then hit the brake. It started out very mild. And I though it may have just been me causing it. On 11 may 2010 while taking my 4yr old to daycare it did it again. But this time it was very hard. The unintended acceleration caused my head, as well as my sons to go back and hit our head rest. The truck accelerated three times in a row. It was as if we were riding a bumpy roller coaster ride.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Tundra. While driving approximately 5 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact shifted into neutral gear to stop the acceleration. The vehicle was included in recall 10v017000 (vehicle speed control, accelerator pedal) and repaired accordingly prior to the failure. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer for another repair. The current mileage was approximately 20,600. The failure mileage was approximately 4,500.

I have a Toyota Tundra 2005 that has had the throttle drivers updated. I have had at least 6 incidences of uncontrolled acceleration. These incidences occur at slow speed in muddy situations. Depressing the brakes to the floor does not stop the vehicle and I have had several near misses. This occurs in 2 wheel drive and I believe it has to do with the vsc and software. The only way to stop the throttle or unwanted momentum is to throw the vehicle into neutral. Even this does not immediately help. I recommend the ignition key as the quickest way to stop this. Additionally, our company has a newer Tundra that is getting fixed under the recall. This truck has experienced similar situations with other employees driving. Slow speeds in 2 wheel drive, in muddy situations the truck pushes you uncontrollably. I will investigate more once the truck is returned with the recall repairs. This all is related to the vsc system and the software. Please have an investigator call me. I believe that I can easily reproduce this situation in the vehicle. These vehicles are unsafe and Toyota needs to address these issues. I don't believe the current recall is addressing the issue!.

2005 Toyota Tundra, unintended acceleration, my husband was putting it in the driveway and it accelerated into the neighbors fence and drove over a four wheeler if he hadn't put it into park he would have continued into the neighbors house. The acceleration problems have happened quite a few more times though not to this extent, Toyota is refusing to fix or even take a look at the truck, saying it isn't on the recall list so it isn't their fault. The Toyota problem is bigger than they are admitting to and some investigating is necessary, this truck is a danger and they are responsible.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated while driving 55 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 76 mph. The vehicle almost caused a crash and resulted in a speeding ticket. The contact stated that the failure could have caused a fatal crash on the highway. The failure mileage was 25,958.

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) 2007 Toyota Tundra [xxx] sudden acceleration in Nov 2009, brought to Toyota dealer told floormats problem, checked by dealer and ok sudden acceleration in Dec 2009, brought to Toyota dealer told floormats problem, checked by dealer and ok in early Jan 2010 sudden accelerator problem causing vehicle to spin out of control and causing damage to rear bumper and side panel.

I have 2010 Toyota Tundra that has had a sudden acceleration. I was driving down the highway with the cruise set at around 73mph. I had to hit the brake, when I hit the cruise to reinstate the cruise the truck seamed like it went full trouble. My foot was never on the gas and the truck accelerated to over 90 before I canceled the curse control. This has happened only once.

2008 Toyota Tundra sudden acceleration accident. I was backing into my driveway when the sudden acceleration happened. The engine raced so loud my wife could hear it in the house and thought I had started my tractor. I could not stop the vehicle before it crashed into a couple of cement fence posts. At that time the engine returned to an idle speed. I contacted my local dealer, they did not have any info on this type problem and asked about my floor mats which I do not have in the vehicle. This was not a stuck pedal or floormat issue, and may be different from other accidents as I just put the vehicle in reverse, most accidents I have learned about were traveling forward. To date it is impossible to get through to Toyota to report the accident/incident and the local dealer just gives you the phone number to call. When you call they say all representatives are busy and when you go on-line the only information they accept or give is regarding floor mat problems or sticking pedals, neither of which is what I experienced.

This complaint is to include odi #'s 10183308,10288886, and 10293097. The odi #'s are all for the same vehicle but are for different dates in which this vehicle had something to report that was different but were associated. This complaint is for an incident that occurred on Nov. 27th 2009. I was parked almost all the way out of my garage. The vehicle was running and transmission was in park with emergency brake applied. Fortunately I was sitting behind the wheel and immediately shut the ignition off. I do not know the rpm's. My wife was getting into the truck on the passengers front. When all of a sudden the engine raced as it would have as described as "unintentional sudden acceleration". This was the second time that the truck did this except that the transmission was in park. Being out in the desert and this happening and being in the garage in park sends out to me a message that this truck has a glitch in it that now has happened twice. If I was not in the truck, god only knows what would have happened. I have reported the sudden acceleration to Toyota already. Toyota has looked at the truck at my dealers and has sent the information to their legal dept. To decide what they will do. I have not reported the latest incident. The Toyota people are supposed to call me Monday the 30th. I shall tell them about this incident at that time. I have already told them that they should have impounded the vehicle but instead they let me drive the vehicle home. What needs to happen is Toyota needs to buy the truck back and make me whole on the complete purchase price of the truck. Once that is done they can use my vehicle as a test truck. The floor mats are the correct Toyota issued with one keeper. My gas pedal doesn't hang up, so possibly they will actually have to find the problem. I really hope they find what the issue is. But once they say that "it is fixed". I'll wait another year before I amuse myself to purchase another truck. I always trusted Toyota but no more.

As I was about to complete parking my 2008 Toyota Tundra in a parking space at northampton high school, northampton, massachusetts the truck suddenly accelerated at a high rate, went over a curb and into a chain link fence doing considerable damage to the fence and truck. I had no control over the truck and hitting the brake was not enough to stop the high acceleration. I finally made the truck stop by shifting into neutral and shutting off the engine. I was very lucky to not have been hurt. If this happened a few seconds earlier I would have hit a group of students walking in the parking lot. The students were in front of my vehicle before I made the right turn into the parking space. It was very scary, I am very nervous now driving the truck. My wife will not drive it. I contacted Toyota immediately. They have been very difficult to deal with. Not returning phone calls and not meeting dates for what they will do. When I first contacted Toyota, the representative said to me "so what do you want Toyota to do" after I described what happened and how lucky I was not to be hurt or hurting students in a high school parking lot. I have owned Toyota vehicles since 1970 - they seem to have little concern for my loyalty or the stress this incident has caused me and my family.

Unintended acceleration while backing up out of a parking space on my mother's 2001 Toyota Tundra limited. The truck hit two parked vehicles in the parking lot. As a passenger I reached over to try to put the truck in neutral but that wasn't working so I turned off the ignition and we stopped. The second vehicle we hit, a Ford expedition was forcefully moved over to the next parking spot due to the crash. 911 was called, fire dept and ambulance arrived but police did not show up due to their lack of staff and no injury/death.

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The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tundra. The contact was driving approximately 5 mph out of the driveway when the brake pedal traveled to the floor without resistance and pressure was applied, followed by an unintended acceleration. Suddenly, the gear shifter was placed into the "neutral" position and the engine was turned off. The vehicle restarted and resumed normal operation. The failure occurred intermittently. In addition, the front passenger power window released in a downward position without assistance while starting the ignition. The vehicle has not been repaired for the malfunctions. The failure mileage was unknown.

I was stopped at a red light; traffic began to move as I depressed the accelerator the truck surged, accelerating suddenly. It happened so quick I did not have time to react and hit the car in front of me (the accelerator did return to idle). I really thought it was my fault until I started hearing all the reports regarding similar problems with Toyotas. I had, and continue to have this problem occurring once every 6 weeks or so. All the previous times there was no one in front of me. I am now very cautious, and have scheduled an appointment with the Toyota dealer per their recall letter.

Summer 2009, 2008 Toyota Tundra suddenly accelerated for approx 3 seconds, then resumed normal drive. Contacted Toyota and told it was floormats. Removed floormats and later recieved floormat recall notice. Several months later, happened again while going 10mph down driveway, vehicle had accelaration burst almost causing crash into tree. Contacted Toyota, they talked of floormats. When I stated I had removed them previously, Toyota stated it must be something else unrelated to the vehicle. Soon issues came out on the news. I again contacted Toyota, but they informed me that the '08 Tundra did not have issues. I gave up the vehicle for fear of family getting hurt. Only after did I recieve a notice in the mail stating 2008 Tundras did have mechanical issues.

The contact owns 2008 Toyota Tundra. While driving 60mph and changing lanes, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and the gas pedal extended to the floor. She was forced to shift into neutral gear and drive onto the emergency lane. The engine continued to rev prior to shutting the engine off. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer stated that the floor mat caused the vehicle to accelerated, yet she doesn't agree that the floor mats caused the vehicle to accelerate. The dealer replaced the engine. The failure mileage was 1,032 and the current mileage was 11,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Tundra. The contact was driving approximately 30 mph in snowy weather conditions with a sudden increase of acceleration. The engine began to rev and rpms increased from 1,000 to 4,000. The traction control warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle turned a complete 360 degree into oncoming traffic. There was no mention of vehicle damage or injury. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician was unable to duplicate the problem. The contact states there are two people in the family that drive the vehicle and two people have experienced unintended acceleration. The failure mileage was 10,000. The current mileage was 28,000.

7/29/09 driving on the freeway at 65 mph transmission started shifting gear and mph was moving from 60 to 80 up and back down. Applied emergency brake , shifted gear to neutral but no actions could stop the Toyota truck. My nephew and I jumped from the truck when I determined that it was slowing down and no cars were passing on the freeway. It came to a sudden stop 1/2 mile away from were we jumped. The engine had smoke coming out and it revving up and down. Towed it to dealer and they said no problem found and accused it was the floormats after their master tech looked at it. No repairs were made and they wanted to charge us for worn brakes and bent rotors which were cause by this event. In-disagreement we towed to another Toyota and they determined that the complaint regarding the sudden acceleration, worn brake pads, and bent rotors cannot be found. We took back the car for 6 months and a second incident happen 1/15/10. I was driving on a residential street and suddenly the truck was accelerated from 25 mph to 60 mph. I performed all ways to stop the truck but it would not stop. To avoid hitting a big-rig I had to verge into an embankment. Again police and fire dept were called but no one accident occurred so no reports were taken. Again we towed it to the dealer stating the same situation and again no problem has been found. They still have the truck until today 3/9/10 and have not gave any answer on what is had occurred and no actions had been taken. I have suffered tremendously. Fear haunts me at night and I am afraid to even step foot into the truck. I am emotionally disturbed on the ordeal and how Toyota persisted that nothing happened. My 15 year old nephew who jumped out while we were on the freeway has been traumatized and yet I cannot get answer.

My 2003 Toyota Tundra was involved in a accident February of 2008 due to sudden acceleration in which my vehicle spin out of control and went over a concrete barrier, my vehicle sustained heavy rear end and side damage. The damage to my vehicle cost me $5,663. 14, I have the accident report. How could I get Toyota to reimburse for the cost of the damage. Please advised.

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The contact owns 2007 Toyota Tundra. He purchased the vehicle brand new in may of 2007. In June of 2007 while he was driving 55 mph on the highway and attempting to pass a vehicle, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. He was able to stop the vehicle by putting the gear in neutral and driving on the side walk to avoid a crash in order to turn the vehicle off. He experienced the failure three times. He took the vehicle to two Toyota dealers who stated that nothing was wrong with the vehicle; yet, the floor mat may have caused the vehicle to accelerate. He advised the dealers that he did not have the floor mat in his vehicle when the failure occurred. He took the vehicle to a GMC dealer who stated that it could be a computer failure. He also asked the dealer if he could trade the vehicle when he experienced the first failure. The dealer stated that they could not take the vehicle back. The failure mileage was 9,000 and the current mileage was 75,000. Updated 02/19/10. Updated 07/26/jb.

My wife was driving her 2003 Toyota Tundra on the h3 freeway, changing from the right lane to the left lane, when the car suddenly accelerated, crashed into the center concrete highway divider, and continued to crash into the divider until it stopped running. She stepped on the brake the whole time but the truck would not slow down or stop until the engine died. When our insurance company inspected the truck it found that the repeated impact into the concrete barrier had bent the frame of the truck and then declared the truck a total loss. After they inspected the truck our local Toyota dealer said there was nothing wrong with the truck to cause it to suddenly speed up and go out of control.

Was driving on I-10 in texas in our 2000 Toyota Tundra truck on 7/9/2005. The rain was on and off. I was driving under the speed limit due to the visibility. The truck suddenly accelerated and went off the road, overturned. My wife was sitting in the back. She was ejected and killed. It was so sudden and I did not know what to think. I thought it could be the slippery condition of the road causing the truck to go faster. Is there any similar report regarding the 2000 Tundra? I just want to get rid of the doubt that's been carried with me for the last almost 5 yrs. The truck had around 28,000 miles when happened. The tires are still new. Thank you for reading this. Updated 03/14/10 updated 04/05/10 updated 07/27/jb updated 08/18/10.

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The contact owns a 2004 Toyota Tundra. The contact was driving approximately 35 mph before approaching a stop sign. There was an unintended acceleration. The brake pedal was engaged and the vehicle continued without slowing down. The ignition key was removed from the ignition and the vehicle crashed into a wall. There were two passengers in the vehicle that sustained injuries. The air bags failed to deploy with the impact involved. A police report was taken. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileages were 34,000.

Consumer applied the brakes and vehicle would suddenly accelerated on its on. Consumer placed both feet on the brake pedal and vehicle would not stop. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle , and drove it to the dealer for inspection. However, mechanic could not duplicate the problem.