Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 10V017000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | from 09/17/2004 to 01/18/2010 | V (Vehicle) | 2230661 | 03/16/2010 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 01/21/2010 | 01/21/2010 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Toyota is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 avalon, model year 2007-2010 camry, model year 2009-2010 corolla, corolla matrix, rav4, model year 2010 highlander, model year 2008-2010 sequoia, and model year 2007-2010 tundra vehicles. due to the manner in which the friction lever interacts with the sliding surface of the accelerator pedal inside the pedal sensor assembly, the sliding surface of the lever may become smooth during vehicle operation. in this condition, if condensation occurs on the surface, as may occur from heater operation (without a/c) when the pedal assembly is cold, the friction when the accelerator pedal is operated may increase, which may result in the accelerator pedal becoming harder to depress, slower to return, or, in the worst case, mechanically stuck in a partially depressed position. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | The accelerator pedal may become hard to depress, slow to return to idle, or, in the worst case, mechanically stuck in a partially depressed position, increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install a reinforcement bar in the accelerator pedal which will allow the pedal to operate smoothly. gm will notify owners for the pontiac vibe please see 10v-018. this service will be performed free of charge. the safety recall is expected to begin early february and will be completed in late april 2010. owners may contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Toyota safety recall no. aoa. owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
| 09V388000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | V (Vehicle) | 4260319 | 10/08/2009 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 10/05/2009 | 10/06/2009 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Toyota is recalling certain model year 2004-2010 passenger vehicles. the accelerator pedal can get stuck in the wide open position due to its being trapped by an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Toyota filed an amended defect report on november 25, 2009, stating that dealers will modify the accelerator pedal and, on certain vehicles, alter the shape of the floor surface under the pedal. these changes address the risk of pedal entrapment due to interference with the floor mat. redesigned accelerator pedals will become available beginning in april 2010 and dealers will replace any modified pedal with the new pedal if desired. also, dealers will replace any genuine toyota or lexus all-weather floor mats with redesigned all-weather mats, or repurchase the previous mats from owners who do not want the new ones. additionally, software modifications will be installed on camry, avalon and lexus es 350, is 350 and is 250 models that will ensure that the brake overrides the accelerator in the event both brake and accelerator pedals are applied. toyota will begin mailing letters to owners in december 2009. owners may contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331, lexus at 1-800-255-3987. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Toyota recall no. 90l/90lg.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||||
| TSB-0087-12 | 06/13/2012 | 10045140 | Toyota: accelerator pedal sensor assembly information regarding the inspection, removal, and installation, if lubrication or oil, is applied. *pe | 08/21/2012 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
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| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | ||||||
| RQ10003 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 02/16/2010 | UNINTENDED ACCELERATION | |||
| On september 26, 2007, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that some of its model year (my) 2007 and 2008 lexus e350 and toyota camry vehicles could experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the optional all weather floor mat offered on those vehicles and the vehicles' accelerator pedal.this decision was influenced by an office of defects investigation (odi) engineering analysis.this recall was designated 07e082.two years later, on october 5, 2009, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that a number of its my 2004-2009 lexus and toyota vehicles may also experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver's floor mat.this recall was designated 09v388.several months later, on january 27, 2010, toyota filed an amended, or supplemental, defect information report and expanded the population of vehicles to include additional my 2008-2010 toyota and lexus vehicles.since this expansiontook place in a different calendar year, this recall was designated 10v023.separately on january 21, 2010, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that certain toyota vehicles and certain pontiac vibe vehicles contained a safety defect in the accelerator pedal assembly that may cause the accelerator pedal to become harder to depress, slower to return, or in the worse case, mechanically stuck in a partially depressed position.nhtsa designated this recall 10v017.in total, the four recalls cover over 7.6 million toyota and lexus vehicles as well as the pontiac vibe product made by new united motor manufacturing, inc., a venture of toyota and general motors corporation.nhtsa requires additional information from toyota to more fully understand and evaluate, among other things, whether the scope of the recalls identified above (makes, models and model years) is sufficiently broad.the agency is seeking to determine whether toyota viewed the underlying defects too narrowly as interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver | ||||||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | ||||||
| RQ10003 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 02/16/2010 | UNINTENDED ACCELERATION | |||
| On september 26, 2007, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that some of its model year (my) 2007 and 2008 lexus e350 and toyota camry vehicles could experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the optional all weather floor mat offered on those vehicles and the vehicles' accelerator pedal.this decision was influenced by an office of defects investigation (odi) engineering analysis.this recall was designated 07e082.two years later, on october 5, 2009, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that a number of its my 2004-2009 lexus and toyota vehicles may also experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver's floor mat.this recall was designated 09v388.several months later, on january 27, 2010, toyota filed an amended, or supplemental, defect information report and expanded the population of vehicles to include additional my 2008-2010 toyota and lexus vehicles.since this expansiontook place in a different calendar year, this recall was designated 10v023.separately on january 21, 2010, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that certain toyota vehicles and certain pontiac vibe vehicles contained a safety defect in the accelerator pedal assembly that may cause the accelerator pedal to become harder to depress, slower to return, or in the worse case, mechanically stuck in a partially depressed position.nhtsa designated this recall 10v017.in total, the four recalls cover over 7.6 million toyota and lexus vehicles as well as the pontiac vibe product made by new united motor manufacturing, inc., a venture of toyota and general motors corporation.nhtsa requires additional information from toyota to more fully understand and evaluate, among other things, whether the scope of the recalls identified above (makes, models and model years) is sufficiently broad.the agency is seeking to determine whether toyota viewed the underlying defects too narrowly as interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 08/15/2010 | |||
| Tl-the contact rented a 2009 toyota avalon. while driving 65 mph the vehicle accelerated he engaged the brake then put the vehicle in neutral and pulled over to the side of the road. he put the vehicle in park and press the ignition button to turn the vehicle off. he then restarted the vehicle and it drove as normal. he drove the vehicle for another day and turned the vehicle in to the rental company. he stated he did not advised the rental company of the failure. the contact was unable to provide a vin. the approximate failure mileage was 25,000. vwb | |||
| 02/19/2010 | 16000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. while traveling at 75 mph with the cruise control engaged, the contact noticed that the cruise control had deactivated without warrant. the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. the current and failure mileages were 16,000. | |||
| 01/04/2010 | 5576 | 1 | |
| Traveling on interstate i began the procedures to correctly pass a vehicle in front of me. when i started to pass my toyota avalon accelerated before i could change lanes. i had a difficult time regaining control to prevent hitting the vehicle in front of me and to keep from hitting a concrete wall dividing the north/south lanes. i was bearing hard on the brake and i was able to regain control. i thought others on the interstate would be calling police about my irrational driving. this happened about two weeks before the problem was announced. i traded the car on february 4, 2010 because i did not feel confident driving the car. *tr | |||
| 02/28/2010 | 17900 | 1 | |
| When slowing down to stop at a stop sign the car surged. *tr | |||
| 03/07/2010 | 2500 | 1 | |
| I believe the toyota acceleration issue has to do with the cruise control. i believe the cruise control is being invoked by a software bug and also the accelerate function of the cruise control somehow gets activated. i was driving a toyota avalon using the adaptive cruise control. i decided to bump up my speed to i tapped accel a few times. before i knew it the car was at 85 mph on the cruise control display. i do not think i was actually traveling 85 mph, though. i hit the brake and it cancelled the cruise control and the car slowed down. *tr | |||
| 03/05/2010 | 2 | ||
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| 02/07/2010 | 7500 | 1 | |
| Accelleration of vehicle. *tr | |||
| 02/25/2010 | 15500 | 1 | |
| When braking to a stop, just as the car finally comes to a stop, the engine revs kick up by a few hundred rpm. this is not on every occasion, but many of them ( 50% or more). given the recent concerns raised regarding toyota throttle control and brake software, i am becoming concerned. *tr | |||
| 11/01/2009 | 0 | 2 | |
| My 2009 toyota avalon has two recalls. floor mat interference & sticky accelerator pedal. i received a recall letter 4 months ago from toyota but have never received a follow-up letter for repair. i have contacted toyota several times by mail but they never responded. toyota is installing brake override software on new avalons, however is not available at my dealership for my car. my complaint is toyota is installing the software on new cars but is not making it available for my car. that is a serious mishandling of safety. toyota needs to be forced to take care of cars on the road before new production avalons. *tr | |||
| 03/13/2009 | 1 | ||
| I was backing up into a driveway and the car started going real fast and when i tried to brake, it wouldn't stop and then my shoe got caught. i ran into a bld., i tried to miss it so i hit the corner of the bld. it was a very hard hit. it knocked me silly for a while. the car i was driving was a rental car which was a 2009 toyota avalon. i do not have the vin # for this was a rental. *tr | |||
| 12/13/2009 | 18000 | 1 | 10/23/2009 |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. during brake application the vehicle lurched forward. as a consequence she rear-ended the proceeding vehicle. the vehicle has not been taken to the dealership. the current and failure mileages were 18000. updated 1/28/10 *cn the consumer stated she was driving slowly and when she looked to her left a vehicle in front of her stopped to turn and they failed to signal. when she tried to stop, the vehicle accelerated. the consumer also stated the air bags did not deploy. updated 02/03/10.*jb | |||
| 06/23/2009 | 3240 | 1 | |
| Going very slowly and heading into a curb in a parking lot, i stepped on the brake, and instead the car accelerated and stopped only when it hit a limb of a large bush. it left a dent in my front bumper. this has happened only one time. *tr | |||
| 07/30/2009 | 5000 | 1 | |
| After passing a car and speeding up from 90km per hour to 120 km i took my foot off the brake. the car continued on it's own, 120,130, 140 and topping out at 155km where at this time i had one foot on the brake and could only slow the car to 120, with both feet on the brake ( literally standing on the brakes) the car slowed from 120 to about 30 whereupon mu wife shut the car off. the tires were pouring smoke out of them and it took us about a mile to stop the car. it is a 2009 toyota avalon brand new. have you had any other uncontrolled acceleration problems reported? *tr | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 12/16/2009 | 1 | ||
| 2009 toyota avalon. consumer states accelerator hesitation causing a crash *tgw the consumer stated she was stopped at a stop sign, preparing to make a left turn. while stopped, she noted there were three cars driving westward and she let them pass. there were no other cars traveling that direction at the time. she waited for two cars to pass driving in the eastward bound lanes and noted another car traveling in the same direction. that car was in the lane nearest the median and she determined that she had sufficient time to make a left turn at that time before the car would be near her. with her foot on the brake, she released it to press on the accelerator to go forward, the vehicle eased into the intersection, but did not respond to her foot pressure on the accelerator and the oncoming vehicle crashed into her. the consumer was severely injured. she believed the cause of the accident was accelerator hesitation. she received a recall notice prior to the accident regarding the floor mat issue and they were deemed to be securely hooked. the recall notice regarding the accelerator problem was received after the accident, noting that one of the problems with the accelerator pedal involved a hard to press accelerator pedal. *jb | |||
| 12/31/2009 | 19200 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota avalon. the contact was driving approximately 35 mph on normal road conditions. the contact experienced an increase of unintended acceleration. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection. the contact stated the technician modified the accelerator pedal. the failure mileage was 19,200. | |||