Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 03/10/2009 | 80000 | 1 | |
| I took my 1994 corolla to the car wash in cromwell ct. after i was done i put back the mats and put the car in drive and moved forward to leave the stall. after a few feet and out of the stall , i tried to put the brakes to try to stop the car but the car kept rolling i kept braking but nothing happened and the car was heading toward the road (rte 3), i must've panicked because i tried to shift out of the drive when the car zoomed backwards (i've never knew the corolla had that much power) i didn't have the time to comprehend what happened when the car slammed in such force in the corner wall of the stall. the car was in such a shape no one could understand what happened. the driver's seat was totally damaged, it will no longer stand upright. i really couldn't understand what happened. no serious injuries happened to me and thank the lord i didn't hurt anybody. this happened about a year ago, i donated the car to americ can! cars for kids on july 13 2009. the car had about 80,000 miles. it belonged to my wife's grand father who rarely used it. after his death, we took the car for a tuneup before we put it back on the road. i believe the car was in the garage for about 2 years prior to the tune up. i am not asking for anything i don't know whether it will help you in your investigation for older cars. again, i couldn't make sense of what happened but when i read about the mats that's when everyone in my family and friends called to say i needed to let you know. *tr | |||
| 02/04/2000 | 50000 | 1 | |
| Tl* the contact owns a 1994 toyota corolla. the contact stated that while backing out of a driveway at speeds of approximately 2 mph, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. the contact was unable to stop the unintended acceleration as the vehicle proceeded to spin around and lunge forward onto the lawn. the passenger was ejected from the vehicle and suffered fatal injuries. the police arrived and a police report was filed. the approximate failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was unknown. | |||
| 02/01/1994 | |||
| Problem is intermittent hesitation at initial acceleration from stopped | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 10/01/2000 | 1 | 07/01/2000 | |
| Window regulator on passenger front side broken, causing window to fall into door panel/seatbelt on passenger front side locks in place for no reason/gas pedal sticks on numerous occassions both while driving and accelerating from a complete stop | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 02/15/1995 | 1 | ||
| Engine has problem idling, want to go forward with brakes applied; hesitates when gas pedal is applied. tt | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 07/26/2000 | 2 | ||
| While parking on a parking lot vehicle suddenly accelerated. took vehicle for service to find out what had caused this problem on two ocassions. technician stated that there was a problem with the throttle cable. *ak while parking throttle stuck causing accident in which the air bag did not deploy. *yh | |||
| While driving into a parking spot vehicle suddenly accelerated forward. conusumer hit the brakes, but vehicle went foward, accelerating to high speed , and hitting another vehicle and railroad tracks. dual airbags did not deploy, and seatbelt did not hold consumer, causing neck and back injuires. *ak | |||