general problems of the 2009 Toyota Yaris

I have had this happen twice now where I try to pass someone on interstate 79 northbound from pittsburgh to cranberry township PA and press the gas pedal and once I get to speed the pedal goes to the floor and the car goes to 80 + per hour before I can get it to slow down or stop. Luckily both times there were no cars in front or behind me that I could get control of the car. The first time I ended up putting the car in neutral to get car to stop. Today similar situation except I was able to pump the brakes very hard until I was able to get it to respond and slow down back to the correct speed. I was asked by Toyota if the mats on the floor were obstructing the pedal, and this wasn't the case in either instance. When I called Toyota corporate office they were referring back to my dealer to run diagnostic test which will cost me to have done. I had this in for service the first time this happened ad was told they found nothing and that the next time it happened to call so they could hook up to a computer and see what the problem was. Today when I called the dealer they wouldn't even schedule my car for service, gave me corporate to call and if corporate wanted to have the dealer service they car they would call them. I am now waiting on the dealer to call me so I can pay to have the car looked at to tell me what they may find. I planned on giving this car to my 16 year old daughter for college but I am now concerned what she will encounter and worried about her safety driving it.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Yaris. The contact was driving 5 mph and attempting to park when the vehicle abnormally accelerated and crashed into a wall. The air bags did not deploy and the contact sustained injuries to the knees and hands. A police report was available. The contact called the manufacturer and was advised that there were no recalls for the vehicle. No further assistance was offered. The contact stated that he believed the vehicle to be highly unsafe to drive and would no longer drive the vehicle until repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 2,200. Updated 04/11/11.

I was driving at the regular speed limit and when the car in front of me was stopping to make a left hand turn. I stepped on my brake and the car would not stop. I was practically standing on the brake pedal and the car would not stop and I hit the car in front of me. The airbags deployed. I remember that a policeman told me to put on the emergency brake because the car was still sliding. I know I tried to stop and the car wouldn't stop. Based on their reports of Toyota's sticking accelerator, I thought this should be reported and investigated. I just came home last week. I broke 4 ribs in the accident and the car is totaled. I was in rehabilitation for 2 1/2 weeks. I would like to see this accident investigated. I have a clean driving record and I believe there may have been some type of mechanical issue that would not let me stop the car. The insurance salvage garage is holding the car for 60 days at our request so the car could be inspected.

At 60mph on the highway the accelerator stopped responding and the check engine light came on. Pressing the accelerator to the floor gave no response and the car rapidly slowed. Accelerator began to respond a minute or two afterwards but was not consistent. This is the second instance of this happening within 6 months of purchasing this 2009 Toyota Yaris. The first time it happened they received error code p2121 when diagnosing the problem. They replaced the accelerator pedal assembly including the position sensors which were said to be the cause of the issue. It is in the shop this morning and I have not yet received word on the cause of the issue this time.

My 2009 Toyota Yaris needs to be placed upon the recent recalls with Toyota. My accelerator pedal is beginning to get harder to push down, my brakes are mushy and are sometimes hard to stop the vehicle, when I have my defrosters on, the car wants to keep going and braking is harder. My radio randomly switches to am radio when its off, or on a different station. This all sounds electrical, and I have taken it to the dealer twice and been told no problems. I have an appointment next week to have it looked at again. I just wanted to inform someone that the 2009 Toyota Yaris' have problems and need to be looked at.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Yaris. She stated that with the vehicle in park without having her foot on the accelerator pedal, the vehicle started to rev really fast and felt like the vehicle wanted to take off. She turned the vehicle off and called the dealer. The dealer stated that she needed to bring the vehicle in to have it diagnosed. There had been no repairs done to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 5000 and current mileage was 9062.

Was traveling on constantine drive on my way to beach blvd in huntington beach. I was going approximately 15 mph, I had glanced down to look at my navigation system I noticed that I was close to a parked car and put on my brakes. I ended up striking the left tail light of a parked 2010 - blue - Ford element. The point of impact was my right front taillight. My car flipped over in one fell swoop and landed upside down. Eyewitnesses to the crash believe that a gust of wind caused the car to flip over. The police who arrived on the scene shortly thereafter could not find a justification for what had occurred at the low rate of speed that I was traveling. Even though the car flipped upside down the air bags did not deploy.

My Toyota Yaris 2009 has the same problem with the gas pedal acceleration problem I notice it about 3 months ago.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Yaris. The vehicle has experienced numerous unexpected acceleration failures. The vehicle has also exceeded 90 mph when the failure occurred. Toyota told the contact that there were no problems with the vehicle; however, the failure occurred every time she drove it. The contact has received several tickets because of the acceleration. The vehicle began shaking prior to it accelerating. The failure mileage was 100. The current mileage was 18000.