Consumer Complaints
Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
07/10/2010 | 89800 | ||
Tl- the contact owns a 1991 toyota corolla dx sedan. the contact stated while attempting to park with the brakes depressed, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. the contact applied more pressure to the brake but the vehicle continued to accelerate more rapidly. the contact then engaged the emergency brake but to no avail. the vehicle then independently decreased in speed before coming to a stop. the dealer advised that the vehicle was not under recall and directed him to contact the manufacturer to report the failure. the manufacturer lodged the contact's complaint but did not offer any assistance. the contact stated he had experienced unintended acceleration in the vehicle one year prior to the most recent failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 89,800. *kmj | |||
01/03/1995 | |||
Engage in reverse and backed up, then engage in drive vehicle accelerated out of control, brakes did not respond, resulting in accident. tt | |||
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
82500 | 3 | ||
Consumer complained about accelerator controls. vehicle will accelerate without the assistance of the driver. this problem occurred when driving at any speed. consumer took vehicle to dealer and it was checked on 3 separate occasions, bur problem was not resolved. *ak |