Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 01/04/2010 | 80000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2002 toyota echo. the contact stated that while he was at a traffic light with his foot off of the accelerator pedal the engine idled and accelerated to a higher speed. he had to put his foot on the brakes and shift into neutral gear in order to stop the vehicle from idling. the failure has occurred several times. the manufacturer was called and a claim was filed. the vehicle was towed to the dealer and a diagnostic test was performed which confirmed the accelerator pedal malfunctioned. the dealer advised the contact the he would be responsible for the repair cost since there were no recalls. the dealer refused to repair the vehicle. the vin was unknown. the failure mileage was 80,000. updated 03/12/10. *lj | |||
| 06/01/2007 | 1 | ||
| Toyota floor mat over accelerator- this happened to me! more than once! i discovered what it was the second time it happened. i pulled the emergency brake and put the car in neutral both times. toyota echo, 2002 . *tr | |||
| 05/31/2002 | 2 | 05/08/2002 | |
| Consumer state that while in heavy traffic the car suddenly accelerated, the brakes would not stop the car, and also to averted a collision the consumer then turn into a parking lot when in parking lot consumer state that he had to put car in neutral from hitting brick wall approx 15 feet away car was only 3 weeks old, this happen with cruise control control on but not engaged, on another occasion the cruse control was off when te vehicle suddenly accelerated. *mj | |||
| 05/31/2002 | 5 | 05/08/2002 | |
| While driving vehicle will accelerate to 60mph without hitting the gas pedal. have to put vehicle in neutral to stop it. contacted dealer, cannot locate cause. *ak the sudden acceleration incidence occurred three times. the dealer was unable to duplicate the problem in test driving, but removed the cruise control. the problem was not corrected by removing the cruise control. *yh | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 10/14/2004 | 1200 | 3 | 09/09/2002 |
| Vehicle would intermittently jump out of drive into neutral when applying the accelerator pedal from a stop/slow motion or from increasing the speed to high levels. vehicle had been to the dealer on three occasions, and they were unable to duplicate the problem.*ak | |||