Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 04/04/2007 | |||
| Apr 4, 2007 4:06 am us/pacific 3 killed in single-car crash in whittier, california three people were killed when a car lost control in whittier and slammed into a tree. police said wednesday that the victims of a solo-vehicle crash in whittier that left three people dead and two others hospitalized ranged in age from 18 to their early 20s. the crash occurred about 7 p.m. tuesday on colima road north of mar vista street, whittier police officer diana salazar said. jennifer unzueta, albert velasquez and josh gutierrez were killed, salazar said. unzueta was an 18-year-old whittier resident; velasquez, 19, was from whittier; and gutierrez was a 19-year-old pico rivera resident, according to the coroner's office. the driver, an 18-year-old woman identified as xenia guerra, remained hospitalized in stable condition at uci medical center, salazar said. hector saenz, in his early 20s, was airlifted to county-usc medical center, and was hospitalized in stable condition, salazar said. guerra, who had four passengers in the toyota scion, told police she lost control of the compact car. there were no witnesses, but salazar said the toyota was coming down a hill from a wilderness area when the accident occurred. it was not clear what caused the crash, but drivers often come down the hill at dangerously high speeds, salazar said. the scene was cleared around 3:10 a.m. wednesday, whittier police sgt. a. ruiz said. | |||
| 01/15/2009 | |||
| Vincent butto (20) of magnolia, delaware was killed when he lost control of toyota scion on january 15th, 2009. preliminary investation by the delaware state police state vincent failed to stop going through an intersection, the car rolled over several times and that excessive speed was a factor in the accident | |||
| 08/22/2009 | 26000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 scion tc. while traveling at a speed of 70 mph using the cruise control the contact attempted to brake and noticed that the vehicle had suddenly accelerated,causing the contact to crash into a nearby dirt embankment. the contact was injured during the crash and the vehicle was destroyed. the manufacturer had been contacted but no repairs had been made. the failure and current mileages were 26000. | |||
| 05/13/2007 | 1000 | 1 | |
| In may 2007 i had a rear end accident with another car where my car would not stop when i put on the brake. the other car moved forward and my car still would not stop and hit it again. it finally stopped when i put it in park. it seemed to me the accelerator was overpowering the brake. it happened on two other occasions. i have taken it to the toyota dealership twice for it to investigated, once after the accident and again last year. they could not duplicate it and told me the car uses drive by wire technology and it was impossible for what i am experiencing to be occurring. now the service manager will not even return my calls. calls to toyota customer relations were met with you need to call scion customer relations and when they transfer me the call disconnects. i own a 2006 scion tc. i took the drs. side floor mat out last summer and now with all the press and toyota saying there is nothing wrong with my car i am afraid to drive it. i owe more than it is worth, so i am finding difficulty in even replacing it. *tr | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 02/26/2011 | 1 | ||
| 2006 toyota scion. consumer writes in regards to vehicle sudden acceleration. *smd the consumer stated she was seriously and permanently injured when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. the consumer stated she was stopped at an exit to a parking lot, when the vehicle suddenly went out of control at full speed, crossing an avenue and striking a brick wall head-on. the consumer also hit a pedestrian, who sustained a broken knee. the consumer stated she is crippled for the rest of her life. she was taken to the hospital unconscious, with a broken right hip, broken right heel, concussion, cuts and bruises. a toyota representative was unable to get any information from the black box as it was destroyed in the crash. *jb | |||