Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Toyota Venza

Toyota camry 2010, was driven to dentist office parking lot. While parking the brake was pressed to bring it to a standstill. However, it suddenly accelerated and leaped forward and smashed against an immovable wall in front. All this while the wheel kept on spinning uncontrollably. Front of car is badly mauled depicting the uncalled for momentum. Glad that there was a wall as this aborted the fearsome craze. Driver badly shaken with moderate injury. Never exprienced this before.

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2017 Toyota Venza. Consumer writes in regards to sudden acceleration issues. The consumer stated the vehicle had it's second episode of sudden acceleration. This specifically occured, when approaching a stop sign and removing foot from the accelerator pedal then placing it on the brake pedal.

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Sudden acceleration while moving forward slowly to park in driveway behind my leaf. During acceleration I could not brake and crashed into my leaf which went forward into the beam in my garage and stopped both the cars.

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The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Venza. While beginning to driving the vehicle, it suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle did not reduce speed. The contact downshifted into neutral and turned off the engine. The contact coasted to a stop light intersection, but the vehicle did not come to a complete stop. The vehicle stalled on its own. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed, but a failure could not be found. The service representative informed the contact that there was a faulty floormat installed. The vehicle was not repaired and the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

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The contact owns a 2014 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 25 mph, the contact attempted to decelerate but the vehicle erroneously accelerated. The vehicle had to be put in park in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer who was not able to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 900.

2009 Toyota Venza. Consumer states unintended acceleration the consumer stated he had difficulty finding the brake pedal. Primarily, if he parked in his driveway, which has a slight downward incline, there were times when he entered the vehicle and it would begin to drift backwards. At times, he would miss hitting the brake, to try and stop the vehicle. The consumer believed the problem was due to smaller seat size and body position alignment . The consumer stated there was a difference in the brake pedal size and distance/position of the accelerator.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact stated that as she was driving at 1 mph with her foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into another vehicle in front. There were no injuries and no police report filed. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealership for body repairs. The contact called the manufacturer and filed a complaint; the manufacturer stated that they would have a representative inspect the vehicle. The current and failure mileages were 16,103. Updated 10/27/lj.

I was gently accelerating onto NJ rt. 22 east at 7:40 am on may 19, 2010. Very suddenly, the vehicle accelerated at full throttle, even after I removed my foot from the accelerator pedal. I applied full pressure on the brake, but it kept accelerating. I then applied the emergency brake, and while weaving in and out of traffic at very high rate of speed, attempted to get the vehicle out of drive. I drove on to the shoulder to avoid traffic. After some combination of braking, applying the emergency brake, and putting the vehicle in neutral or reverse, it came to a stop. I am not sure when I was able to put it in park, but I pressed the ignition button and the engine stopped. I put on my hazard lights, took a deep breath, and realized that the rear driver's side corner was protruding the right lane. So as not to be a further hazard to traffic, I started the vehicle to move it. A warning light appeared on the dashboard telling me to "check the brakes with the dealer," or something to that effect. The smell from the over heated brakes was very strong--strong enough to prompt me to open the windows. Oddly enough, the car ran fine after restarting. It was as if I rebooted the computer. I was very close to the dealer from which I purchased the vehicle, so with the hazard light blinking, I drove slowly to the dealer service center. They said they inspected the vehicle and found nothing wrong. They also brought in a Toyota engineer who said they found nothing wrong. The vehicle was only 2 weeks old when the sudden acceleration occurred. I do not feel save driving this vehicle. I do not want it back. They still have possession of it. On a side note, I would feel better if they were not able to sell it to anyone else. Please contact me ([xxx]) at [xxx] with questions. Please help us. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

When backing up my 2009 Toyota Venza, we experience rapid, unintended acceleration when applying just a gentle depression of accelerator.

My foot was on the brake and not on the gas pedal; I was coasting at a very low speed with the natural forward movement of the car carrying me into the garage (my driveway is only about two-car-lengths long). As I neared the garage door, now halfway open, my car suddenly revved to a high speed and was headed straight toward smashing into the garage door. As I said, my foot was on the brake and so I then put the other foot on the brake as well. Then, I slammed the car into neutral and heard the engine just rev at a very high speed. The sua seeemed to happen as I pushed the button on the door opener updated 4/7/2010 the consumer stated he experienced sudden acceleration. The dealer claimed the floor mat was the cause. Updated 06/04/10.

At 2 pm today, I had just returned from running errands and was pulling into my driveway and pushed the garage door opener. At that point, my foot was on the brake and not on the gas pedal; I was coasting at a very low speed with the natural forward movement of the car carrying me into the garage (my driveway is only about two-car-lengths long). As I neared the garage door, now halfway open, my car suddenly revved to a high speed and was headed straight toward smashing into the garage door. As I said, my foot was on the brake and so I then put the other foot on the brake as well. Then, I slammed the car into neutral and heard the engine just rev at a very high speed. I then slammed the car into reverse then park, again hearing the engine rev at a high speed. I then pushed the button to shut the car off. I immediately looked down and saw that the gas pedal was not stuck on any floor mat. And, as I said, my foot was on the brake and not on the gas pedal. I then sat there for a few minutes with my heart racing, thinking that if this had happened two minutes ago while on the road, I could have been killed. Or, if I hadnt been quick to act properly, my car would have ended up in my family roomwhat if I didnt have my foot already on the brakesurely I wouldnt have been able to stop the vehicle as quickly. I felt just like the woman at the congressional hearings, in tears, describing her experience with her Lexus. The car suddenly revved to a high speed, and wouldnt slow down in neutral or reverse or park. Shutting off the engine was the only option to make the high-speed throttling to stop. These facts are clear: the gas pedal was not stuck on any floor mat the gas pedal was not depressed immediately prior to the sudden acceleration the brake pedal was depressed immediately prior to the sudden acceleration the sudden acceleration was at very high rpms the high rpms wouldnt stop until the engine was shut off.

2009 Toyota Venza -- I was coasting into a parking spot when the car unexpectedly accelerated and hit a fence damaging the fence and the car. The car was taken to a Toyota dealership where it was inspected. They could not find anything wrong with the car. They have opened a case file, but nothing else has been done at this point.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact was driving in reverse approximately 5 mph out of the driveway in rainy weather conditions and slight pressure was applied to the brake pedal when the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated. The idle speed was slow; yet, the driver was able to stop the vehicle. The failure occurred whenever the gear was in the reverse position. The vehicle has not been repaired for the malfunction. Updated 03/09/10. The consumer states sometimes when backing up, the idle speed is not sufficient to make the vehicle move in reverse. Updated 06/04/10.

Driving my 2009 Toyota Venza, I accelerated to pass another car, then let off on the gas to slow down somewhat. But the car did not slow down. I pressed the brakes to force the car to slow down and -- after maybe 10 seconds of constantly pressing the brake pedal while the car tried to accelerate -- it did finally slow down and came back under my control. This one incident of unintended acceleration has not recurred.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. He stated that while he was driving in reverse with his foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated and hit a tree. The engine was still on; however, he turned the vehicle off and pushed it into the garage for fear that the failure would reoccur. The contact sustained a large laceration to his head. He was required to get staples for his head injury. The airbags did not deploy. The dealer did not offer any assistance; yet, they advised the contact to notify the manufacturer. The manufacturer stated that they would advise him of the diagnosis after they retrieve the vehicle and inspect it. The failure and current mileages were 230. Update 12/14/09 updated 12/16/jb.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Venza. The contact was involved in a crash because the vehicle lunged forward. The contact was attempting to park the vehicle when it suddenly accelerated causing the contact to crash into a handicap sign. The dealer inspected and test drove the vehicle and stated that nothing was wrong with it. The contact stated that the failure only happened at slow speeds, but the dealer did not test the vehicle to confirm that. The failure mileage was 60 and the current mileage was 2400.

2009 Toyota Venza. Consumer states unintended acceleration. The consumer stated the unexpected momentay surge usually happened when she removed her foot from the accelerator pedal to coast or slow down without braking. When she put her foot back on the gas pedal, the vehicle would surge. Sometimes, the transmission would shift harshly after the acceleration surge. The surge onlay lasted 1-2 seconds.