Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 02/18/2010 | 21280 | 1 | |
| Accelerator pedal sticking - toyota highlander hybrid 2008 (not recalled!) on 2/18/10, my accelerator got stuck while driving. i have been driving for 30 years, and i know how to drive, so please spare me toyota! also, my car is not even on the recall list yet!!!! i accelerated quickly from a stopped position. once the accelerator was released, the vehicle continued to race. i hit the brake, put car in neutral, and the vehicle stopped moving. about 3 seconds later, and without touching the accelerator, (the accelerator was not stuck to the mat, and in its released position) i put the car back into drive. the car once again began to race forward. i put the car in neutral again (it stopped once again), waited 20 seconds, and back in drive, it was then ok. the pedal did not get stuck to the floor mat as toyota claims could happen. the floor mat in my car was no where near the path of the pedal. i was able to drive the car home, albeit very carefully! the scary part, is that toyota did not recall this vehicle for this problem! i bought the car to the dealer the same day, and they were a bit nonchalant about this, and also told me they did not find a problem, and there was nothing they could do about it, which really concerns me! also, my call to toyota corporation was taken very loosely, and they did not seem to have much concern, except to tell me to remove my floor mats. *tr | |||
| 02/13/2010 | 7986 | 1 | |
| 2008 toyota highlander hybrid limited accelerated while pulling into my driveway and before i could stop vehicle i hit a frozen snow drift with the right front side. damage occurred to vehicle and i hurt my back. this happened once. *tr | |||
| 01/22/2010 | 58000 | 1 | |
| My cruise control zooms out of control without any initiative from me. it's a very random problem, but dangerous and frightening. *tr | |||
| 12/16/2009 | 11000 | ||
| While pulling out of a parking lot onto a busy street i pressed the accelerator hard at which time it became stuck. i tried braking hard but the car continued to accelerate at which time i remembered hearing about a recall involving floor mats. i yanked the floor mat back while continuing to brake and shortly thereafter the car stopped accelerating. i would estimate it was stuck for about 5 seconds, maybe a quarter mile distance. after returning home and moving the floor mat around i do not see how it could have been up under the gas pedal and if it was how it could have interfered with the operation of the gas pedal. the floor mat is a vinyl/plastic, rigid, relatively thin and bought aftermarket (not the carpet floor mat that came with the car). i removed the floor mat altogether. reading about the latest recall prompted me to file this report even though no accident was caused nor damage done to the vehicle.*cw | |||
| 09/11/2009 | 16000 | 1 | |
| To whom it may concern, on september 11th, 2009 we drove from orange county to kernville for a weekend trip. 120 miles into our journey we were o in the mojave desert on highway 395 when i overtook another car at approximately 75miles per hour. as i got back into lane, i attempted to depress the brake to slow back down but the car continued to accelerate. my wife was sitting beside me. perplexed, i looked down at the pedals and told my wife the car would nor slow down, as i continued to try and depress the brake pedal. at each attempt to decelerate the engine whined alarmingly but the car continued to accelerate. i tried several times to press and release the accelerator followed by returning my foot to the brake. at no time did the accelerator pedal appear to be hindered or restricted in anyway. the car continued to accelerate. at 95miles per hour i forced down both the brake pedal and the emergency/ hand brake at the same time forcing the car to slow down, all the while the engine continued to rev up. as we approached stopping saskia pushed the gear stick into park and we bounced and shuddered to a halt. it was terrifying. the children did not understand what was going on and were completely panicked by the situation, screaming and crying as we tried to stop the car. both saskia and i were visibly shaken. we took a short brake and then gingerly attempted to move forward again. the car appeared to be working and we slowly accelerated back on to the highway attempting several times to stop and brake to make sure that the car was working properly. it was immediately apparent that the brakes were not working properly though still functional. they were taking longer to stop and there was a grinding sound and shuddering very time we tried to slow down. we were much closer to our destination than to home and decided it made sense to continue and hope that we could call the dealer the next day. *tr | |||
| 07/01/2008 | 8200 | 1 | |
| Came to a complete stop on a neighborhood street to allow a car out of their driveway. my 2008 toyota highlander highlander hybrid (with 8000 miles) made a hissing or whistling type sound and just accelerated. ( i was at a stop) we went about 150 ft (according to the insurance investigator) and went right into a tree. i was released from the hospital that evening but my passenger is severely injured. my ins investigator suggest i ask you if there are any other circumstances like this.?? the truck is totaled. my investigator wants to get a court order to have the black box released that gathers information. *tr | |||