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 | |||
| 08/31/2010 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 toyota rav4. while the vehicle was parked she started it with her feet on the brake she put the vehicle in reverse and the vehicle revved up. the vehicle then crashed into a metal post and a building. one passenger had bruises. a police report was filed. the vehicle was destroyed. the contact stated a complaint was filed with the manufacture. the failure mileage was unknown. | |||
| 01/10/2009 | 1 | ||
| It is very difficult to control acceleration from a stop while driving my rav4 in stop and go traffic. this has been true since i purchased the car with about 40,000 miles on it. i removed the floor mat with no change. i have been told by 2 toyota dealerships (one had the car for evaluation for a day and charged me a diagnosis fee and for a rental car) that this is normal. this is a potentially dangerous condition and clearly a safety hazard. i hold a commercial drivers license and have had many years of experience driving a wide variety of vehicles and have never encountered this problem. it is only a matter of time before the car hits something. toyota must address this issue. until this problem is remedied there is the real risk of something or someone being damaged or hurt (or worse). update: on march 3, 2010 i delivered the car to dick dyer in columbia, sc at toyota's request. the regional technician inspected the car that day. i have since been contacted by the general manager and informed that toyota is flying a team of engineers from california to evaluate the car next monday, march 15, 2010. *tr updated ivoq 05/28/10.*jb | |||
| 03/01/2010 | 99200 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota rav4. the contact stated that while pulling into the parking spot at approx 1-2 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated, jumped the curb and crashed into a building. there were no injuries. a police report was taken. she had not noticed any problems with sudden acceleration before that failure. she called the manufacturer and was told that they a representative would inspect the vehicle. the vehicle had not been inspected to date. the current and failure mileages were approximately 99,200. updated 5/6/10 *cn | |||
| 03/03/2010 | 22000 | 1 | |
| Toyota 2005 rav4 car accelerated when getting ready to stop. *tr | |||
| 04/15/2009 | 38000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota rav4. while driving approximately between 1-10 mph on normal road conditions; proceeding to turn make a left at an intersection there was an unintended increase in acceleration. the driver applied pressure to the brake pedal and the vehicle failed to slow down. suddenly, the vehicle crashed into an opposing vehicle. there were no personal injuries. the police was called to the scene. he was able to drive the vehicle. the vehicle has not been repaired for the body damages. the failure mileage was 38,000. | |||
| 12/03/2008 | 30000 | 1 | |
| We were approaching our garage when all of the sudden our 2005 toyota rav4 accelerated without me pushing the gas petal. we drove through the front of our garage, causing substantial damage to our garage and the suv. both garage doors had to be replaced and the front of our garage had to be reframed and dry-walled inside. my husbands 1977 jeep-cj7 that has been totally restored was damaged and had to be repainted. the suv suffered damage requiring a new passenger door, new passenger side trim, new side mirrors, new headlights, and repainting of the front half of the suv. we contacted the police and they said since the damage was done to our property no report needed to be filed. we did take pictures for the insurance company which we still have, and we can obtain a copy of the report from the insurance company and or the body shops. we also contacted the toyota dealership and questioned whether there were any recalls or problems with any other rav4s and they said no. we have noticed on several occasions that there seems to be some times when the throttle seems to accelerate while we are driving down the road, but nothing as severe as the accident. with the recent recalls of toyotas we are very concerned about another incident occurring and for the safety of lives. *cn | |||