Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 09V388000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | V (Vehicle) | 4260319 | 10/08/2009 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 10/05/2009 | 10/06/2009 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Toyota is recalling certain model year 2004-2010 passenger vehicles. the accelerator pedal can get stuck in the wide open position due to its being trapped by an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Toyota filed an amended defect report on november 25, 2009, stating that dealers will modify the accelerator pedal and, on certain vehicles, alter the shape of the floor surface under the pedal. these changes address the risk of pedal entrapment due to interference with the floor mat. redesigned accelerator pedals will become available beginning in april 2010 and dealers will replace any modified pedal with the new pedal if desired. also, dealers will replace any genuine toyota or lexus all-weather floor mats with redesigned all-weather mats, or repurchase the previous mats from owners who do not want the new ones. additionally, software modifications will be installed on camry, avalon and lexus es 350, is 350 and is 250 models that will ensure that the brake overrides the accelerator in the event both brake and accelerator pedals are applied. toyota will begin mailing letters to owners in december 2009. owners may contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331, lexus at 1-800-255-3987. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Toyota recall no. 90l/90lg.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| 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 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
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| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | ||||||
| RQ10003 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 02/16/2010 | UNINTENDED ACCELERATION | |||
| On september 26, 2007, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that some of its model year (my) 2007 and 2008 lexus e350 and toyota camry vehicles could experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the optional all weather floor mat offered on those vehicles and the vehicles' accelerator pedal.this decision was influenced by an office of defects investigation (odi) engineering analysis.this recall was designated 07e082.two years later, on october 5, 2009, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that a number of its my 2004-2009 lexus and toyota vehicles may also experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver's floor mat.this recall was designated 09v388.several months later, on january 27, 2010, toyota filed an amended, or supplemental, defect information report and expanded the population of vehicles to include additional my 2008-2010 toyota and lexus vehicles.since this expansiontook place in a different calendar year, this recall was designated 10v023.separately on january 21, 2010, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that certain toyota vehicles and certain pontiac vibe vehicles contained a safety defect in the accelerator pedal assembly that may cause the accelerator pedal to become harder to depress, slower to return, or in the worse case, mechanically stuck in a partially depressed position.nhtsa designated this recall 10v017.in total, the four recalls cover over 7.6 million toyota and lexus vehicles as well as the pontiac vibe product made by new united motor manufacturing, inc., a venture of toyota and general motors corporation.nhtsa requires additional information from toyota to more fully understand and evaluate, among other things, whether the scope of the recalls identified above (makes, models and model years) is sufficiently broad.the agency is seeking to determine whether toyota viewed the underlying defects too narrowly as interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver | ||||||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | ||||||
| RQ10003 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 02/16/2010 | UNINTENDED ACCELERATION | |||
| On september 26, 2007, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that some of its model year (my) 2007 and 2008 lexus e350 and toyota camry vehicles could experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the optional all weather floor mat offered on those vehicles and the vehicles' accelerator pedal.this decision was influenced by an office of defects investigation (odi) engineering analysis.this recall was designated 07e082.two years later, on october 5, 2009, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that a number of its my 2004-2009 lexus and toyota vehicles may also experience unintended and uncontrolled acceleration due to interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver's floor mat.this recall was designated 09v388.several months later, on january 27, 2010, toyota filed an amended, or supplemental, defect information report and expanded the population of vehicles to include additional my 2008-2010 toyota and lexus vehicles.since this expansiontook place in a different calendar year, this recall was designated 10v023.separately on january 21, 2010, toyota filed a defect information report and notified nhtsa that certain toyota vehicles and certain pontiac vibe vehicles contained a safety defect in the accelerator pedal assembly that may cause the accelerator pedal to become harder to depress, slower to return, or in the worse case, mechanically stuck in a partially depressed position.nhtsa designated this recall 10v017.in total, the four recalls cover over 7.6 million toyota and lexus vehicles as well as the pontiac vibe product made by new united motor manufacturing, inc., a venture of toyota and general motors corporation.nhtsa requires additional information from toyota to more fully understand and evaluate, among other things, whether the scope of the recalls identified above (makes, models and model years) is sufficiently broad.the agency is seeking to determine whether toyota viewed the underlying defects too narrowly as interference between the accelerator pedal and the driver | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 06/06/2012 | |||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact was entering a residential driveway and as the accelerator pedal was released, the vehicle sudden accelerated rapidly. there was also an abnormal increase in engine roms. the vehicle crashed into the side of the residence. the manufacturer was contacted and advised that they would send an investigator to further assess the failure. the failure mileage was unknown, but the current mileage was 20,300. | |||
| 06/06/2012 | |||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact stated they were pulling into their driveway and when they took there foot off of the accelerator the vehicle sudden speed forward. the failure caused the vehicle to plow into the side of the house. the contact stated the engine revved just before acceleration. the manufacturer was set to inspect the vehicle, had not at the time of the complaint. the failure mileage was unknown, but the current mileage was 20,300.rl | |||
| 11/11/2011 | 15322 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign id number: 09v388000 (vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal) and the vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs. one year later, the contact experienced an abnormal acceleration while shifting into drive with the brakes depressed. he was able to stop the acceleration failure by shifting into neutral and shutting off the vehicle. once the vehicle was restarted, the failure recurred. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure however, the dealer advised that he would be sending for an investigator to further inspect the vehicle. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the current and the failure mileages were 15,322. | |||
| 11/11/2011 | 15322 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign id number: 09v388000 (vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal) and the vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs. one year later, the contact experienced an abnormal acceleration while shifting into drive with the brakes depressed. he was able to stop the acceleration failure by shifting into neutral and shutting off the vehicle. once the vehicle was restarted, the failure recurred. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure however, the dealer advised that he would be sending for an investigator to further inspect the vehicle. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the current and the failure mileages were 15,322. kmj | |||
| 11/11/2011 | 15322 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign id number: 09v388000 (vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal) and took the vehicle to the dealer for repairs. approximately one year later the contact stated that he attempted to place the vehicle into drive with the brake pressed, when the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward. he placed the vehicle into neutral and was able to shut the vehicle off. he attempted to restart the vehicle when it accelerated again. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure; however, the dealer will be sending an investigator to inspect the vehicle. the manufacturer was aware of the failure. the current and failure mileages were 15,322. bw | |||
| 01/07/2011 | 14500 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that she received a recall notice in reference to nhtsa campaign id number(09v388000-vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal). after getting the recall repairs done she was unsatisfied because the floor mats do not fit comfortable and her foot slips off of the accelerator pedal. she also states that she would like for them to reverse the remedy due to the problem that she experienced at the time. the manufacturer was contacted and they informed her that the government will not allow them to reverse the remedy. the failure mileage was approximately 14,500. tb | |||
| 12/14/2010 | 8000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact was involved in a crash. while attempting to park, the contact pressed the brake when the vehicle accelerated forward, causing her to hit a pole. the contact stated that the vehicle's accelerator pedal was too close to the brake pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when attempting to brake. the dealer nor the manufacture were notified. the vehicle was not repaired. the current and failure mileages was approximately 8,000. a police report was unavailable. bw | |||
| 09/22/2010 | 13900 | ||
| Using the cruise control, set at 61mph, climbing a small hill, the truck downshifted at least 3 times, reving the engine to over 5000 rpm. it startled me. my first reaction was to shift to neutral, but i knew that would cause the engine to over rev. i lifted the cruise control to shut it off, and the engine speed dropped. i drove a while with the cruise off, then retried it. on the first hill the same thing happened, and i shut off the cruise. i tried two more times with the same results. when i drove with out the cruise control on, the engine would down shift only one time, then at the top of the hill would upshift, resuming the normal operation. through out the rest if my visit to pa, i drove w/o cruise control, and there were no over shifting incidents. on the return trip to nc on the 26th, i reset the cruise, and upon climbing a hill, the same thing happened. i shut off the cruise control until i got out of the hills, and then the operation seemed normal. i have made that trip before in the truck, and had nothing like the experience i just mentioned. | |||
| 05/17/2010 | 18000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. while driving in reverse at a very low speed, the vehicle surged backward resulting in a crash. there was no police report filed and no injuries reported. the vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop to have the body work performed. the vehicle was in the process of being examined for the failure. the failure and current mileages were approximately 18,000. | |||
| 10/16/2009 | 1500 | 3 | |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact stated while sitting idle with the engine running, there was an unusual increase in engine rpms to 4000 for approximately three minutes. the vehicle then resumed normal idling. the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. the contact stated the failure occurred approximately three times before taking the vehicle to the dealer. the vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the failure the failure mileage was 1,500 and the current mileage was 3,500. see also 10288703 *dsy updated 05/19/10 *bf additional documents received updated 06/01/10 additional 06/08/10 *bf updated 06/09/10.*jb | |||
| 04/04/2010 | 26000 | ||
| Unintended acceleration in a 2009 toyota tacoma. while shifting from the 3rd to 4th gear, the engine stayed at high speed even though my foot was off accelerator pedal. i was able to get the truck off the road with the engine off. after getting out of traffic, i restarted the engine and it was still racing. i turned it off and restarted it about 1-2 minutes later and it was normal. | |||
| 03/06/2010 | 9975 | 1 | |
| 2009 toyota tacoma gas pedal stuck on freeway on our 16 year old son. we had taught him from seeing toyota on the news to put it in neutral and get to the side of the road, which he did successfully. the truck was towed to thousand oaks toyota, they stated nothing was wrong and asked for my son to drive it with a technician and try to replicate the problem. we sold it back to them, lost $8500 dollars, the dealer was unhelpful and other imho rude and toyota corporate 800 number didn't answer after 5 attempts and 3 hours on the phone. we are extremely upset about this. *tr | |||
| 02/20/2010 | 4000 | 1 | |
| Purchased new toyota tacoma trd sport in aug 2009 with zero miles. all seemed ok, other than a few frustrating cab rattles here and there. however, i also noticed that as my truck neared more miles (7,000 current), i now have to press on the brake pedal a bit harder, yet when i brought this up to the dealer, they stated all was normal and could not replicate. i've had a couple of instances where i've had to press the brake pretty hard to come to a stop or slow down. it seems i need to ride it a little harder than when i first bought my truck. i also want to add, that besides the irritating rattles (door panels/tray holder in center console below the steering wheel - which was replaced, but still make pop sounds here and there, the other smaller rattles - some of which were coming from ill-fit window seals were not really fixed. the dealer replaced the seals and the popping sounds stopped for a day or so then returned. i found the problem is the seals tend to be somewhat improper fit. in other words, they are too large and cause the rubbing. i personally corrected this by removing all door panels only to find out that some of the rattle sounds i had complained about merely had a small piece of felt on the backside, which did not completely cure the problem. i purchased an entire roll of this material myself and coated the inside of each door panel then added a small piece of weather stripping to the inside of door panel edge where it touches the glass window. this helped considerably in reducing air noise and no more rattling. my complaint is still with the brake pedal sometimes, not always, needing to be pushed harder than normal to come to stop or slow down. on other thing i addressed with the dealer was the fact that when i slow down and make turn, not complete stop and go, my engine rpm's don't decelerate quickly enough for the transmission to catch up. dealer states this is normal operating rpms catching down to shift down of tranny. *tr | |||
| 03/10/2010 | 6000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. while the contact was turning into his garage , driving 10 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. the contact was able to apply the vehicles brakes to stop the acceleration. the vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership and the manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. the current and failure mileages were 6000. | |||
| 03/07/2010 | 11502 | 1 | |
| Dealer fails to admit that there is a problem. they could not reproduce the complains in a road test and insist there are no recalls. the vehicle races and is very difficult to stop at times. they adjusted the transmission but the problem is worse now. i have almost gone through a building because i could not stop the vehicle. 4 others have driven the truck and complain of the same difficulty. *tr | |||
| 03/04/2010 | 9340 | 1 | |
| My complaint is related to the toyota recall, the accelerator pedal on my toyota tacoma 09 got stuck while driving on the golden state 5 fwy where i miraculously avoided an accident by pulling back the pedal with the tip of my shoe. *tr | |||
| 02/23/2010 | 3800 | 1 | |
| This is my second complaint concerning my 2009 toyota tacoma. the other was a transmission problem, however, this frightening experience was different. i was doing about 65mph on the expressway when i pushed the accelerator. the truck did not accelerate, but instead the engine revved up very high. the rpm's dropped when i took my foot off the accelerator. i was so frightened that i pulled over to the side of the road. i am now afraid to drive my toyota, but i must drive it to get to work. these malfunctioning toyota's are so dangerous. the mileage on that date was about 3800. *tr | |||
| 02/23/2010 | 9000 | 1 | |
| I received a recall notice from toyota around september of last year. in this letter they said they would contact me about the accelerator problem with this vehicle. now i am hearing about people with the accelerators sticking in the wide open position and other problems, so i don't know if i even want to drive this truck anymore. should i park this truck until i hear from them? this is crazy. *tr | |||
| 02/25/2010 | 7800 | 1 | |
| I experienced a case of uncontrollable acceleration in my 2009 toyota tacoma. it occurred on feb 25, 2010. i started my vehicle in my garage normally. my foot is on the brake. i let it idle for a short while until the idle rate went under 1500 rpms. i shifted it into reverse and the idle speed went under 1000 rpms. foot is still on the brake. i let it back out of the garage onto the driveway and then onto the street turning the wheel partially to align myself into the street to begin to drive away. foot is still on the brake when i shifted into drive. as soon as i shifted into drive it accelerated uncontrollably. my foot is still on the brake , but i realize that the brake will not stop it. i had to make a quick turn to avoid running onto the curb/mailbox and then i quickly shifted it into neutral to bring it to a stop. it came to a stop and i look down at the transmission and i actually shifted it through neutral into reverse. but, it at least was stopped. i contacted my local toyota dealer in ames, ia and they said to bring it in and they would take a look at it. i took it in on mar 4, 2010. they said they ran all sorts of diagnostics on it and it checked out fine. they said they contacted toyota and opened up a case number and would let me know when they knew something more. my vehicle was on the floor mat recall, but the same dealer looked at it last year and said the floor mat was fine. it was not on the foot pedal recall. i believe this is an electronic problem that toyota is trying to hide with these other recalls. i have no confidence that this problem will not occur again and believe toyota needs to address this asap. *tr | |||
| 02/10/2009 | 1000 | 1 | |
| My 2009 tacoma when slowing or going around a corner, primarily a right turn fails to accelerate when the pedal is pressed and the engine races momentarily, then engages. i have had it in to the dealer on more than one occasion only to be told that the problem is the drive by wire which is electronic, how can toyota say that there is nothing wrong with the electronics when they blame the reverse problem on electronics? *tr | |||
| 02/18/2010 | 320 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. he purchased the vehicle on april 20, 2010. while driving the vehicle home on the date it was purchased while he approached a stop sign with his foot on the brake. the vehicle accelerated as he kept his foot on the brake until the vehicle slowed down. he took the vehicle to the dealer and he asked if the brake pedal was too close to the gas pedal. the dealer stated that nothing was wrong with the vehicle. on february 18, 2010 he took the vehicle back to the dealer for inspection and the dealer stated for the second time that nothing was wrong with the vehicle. immediately after he left the dealer, he drove into a shopping center parking lot and the vehicle suddenly accelerated over a curb and collided into an empty store window. the saint george police department incident number is 10p004639 and the accident number was 239-10. the vehicle was replaced after the crash occurred. the failure mileage was 328 and the current mileage was 4,960. updated 3/30/2010 | |||
| 08/15/2009 | 800 | 1 | |
| As the vehicle is coming to a stop and i am putting on the brake, the engine revs up uncontrollably. my foot is pressed hard on the brake, and is nowhere near the accelerator. the only way i can stop it is to quickly put it into neutral. i keep it in neutral and keep pressing my left foot hard on the brake. after it revs up to about 6000 rpm, it finally goes back to idle. this has happened on four different occasions in the last five months. the first incident occurred within a couple weeks after i purchased my brand new vehicle. i have taken this vehicle into the toyota service center twice for this problem. they didn't know how to fix it since they say it has to be doing it when they look at it. they have documented it in their files and confirmed that the unexplained acceleration is not caused by a floor mat defect. *tr | |||
| 07/15/2009 | 6000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. while driving 70 mph on a hill with the cruise control activated, the vehicle changed gears and the rpms increased rapidly. the failure has occurred approximately 20 times. the dealer was contacted, test drove the vehicle and duplicated the failure; yet, they said that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. no repairs were made to the vehicle. the failure mileage was 6000 and the current mileage was 17311. updated 03/19/2010. *lj | |||
| 02/04/2010 | 4825 | 3 | |
| I have a 2009 toyota tacoma. i have had 3 instances where the truck would hunch up at a stop light like someone was pressing on the gas pedal as i was on the brake pedal. in the last case the truck was being driven out of a church parking lot at a low speed and the vehicle took off and lost control and hit a car. i personally inspected the floormat entrapment the floormat was not even close to the pedal. i have been a technician for 25 yrs and believe it is in the controller. i contacted toyota and they want to send someone out to inspect it. it has not been repaired for all damage yet. luckily no one was hurt. this vehicle only has 4,825 miles on it. *tr | |||
| 07/14/2009 | 75 | 1 | |
| Accelerator sticks when i let off the gas pedal. pedal does not stay physically depressed, it just doesn't slow down. if i push in clutch, engine races and rpm stays high. dealer told me this was engineered into the vehicle to assist with shifting. *tr | |||
| 02/14/2010 | 14350 | 1 | |
| Truck surges forward after backing up and then driving forward or turning wheel from stopped position and then driving forward (i.e. after filling up with gas). *tr | |||
| 02/24/2009 | 1 | ||
| 2009 toyota tacoma accelerator police report on file with sioux city iowa police dept. i rearended a minivan at an intersection where she was stopped for a red light due to the vehicle lunging and failing to stop despite me standing on the breaks.....toyota dealerships are not fixing the pedal as recall is ordering since they say it is not on the recall list. we have had this vehicle for 1 year on a 3 yr lease. my husband drives it as i feel unsafe in it and it has acted up for him on several occasions. we are getting no assistance from toyota in fixing this defect or letting us out of the lease. in order for us to trade it for a ford f150 we have to eat $4000 of negative equity... i strongly feel that we are putting our lives in danger by driving this vehicle but have no choice since we both have a 30 mile commute in opposite directions. its not like we have other vehicles to drive instead. according to your website, it has a recall, but when billion toyota in sioux falls sd runs the vin they claim it has no recall. we need your help! *tr | |||
| 12/20/2009 | 7200 | 1 | |
| We were going to park the toyota tacoma truck in our garage and it all of a sudden accelerated ,increasing the speed which caused us to hit a tree and the neighbors cement wall. *cw | |||
| 01/08/2010 | 15000 | 1 | |
| While attempting to come to a stop on a highway exit ramp, when i applied firm pressure to the brake about half way down the ramp, the engine accelerated unexpectedly and the rear wheels on my truck began to spin and slip. although the truck was slowing down it could not come to a complete stop and struck a stopped vehicle at the end of the ramp at slow speed. with extreme pressure on the brake the truck remained stopped but the rear wheels continued to spin at a high rate. i shifted to neutral and turned off the ignition key. the truck is an automatic and was in 2 wheel drive and the auto speed control was not on. i checked the floor mats because i had previously received a safety recall interim notice and had previously made sure the mats were correctly installed. the all weather floor mat was correctly installed and secured to the 2 floor hooks, and was not on the accelerator pedal. when the ignition was turned back on the truck operated normally and has continued to do so, now about 2 weeks. *tr | |||
| 01/04/2010 | 12350 | 1 | |
| Pulling into a parking space at hy-vee grocery store in mount pleasant, ia at a low rate of speed(<5mph) my 09' toyota tacoma accelerated into a grocery cart stall. i had applied the brakes with no results and after a one second lull the truck accelerated quickly into the movable obstruction. i have had previous concerns about the rate of acceleration by the amount of pressure applied to the acceleratior. there have been times where light pressure accelerates the car at a faster rate and times where heavier pressure doesn't get enough response in acceleration. floormats are secured down and no issues have been found by the dealership i had purchased it from. *tr | |||
| 12/22/2009 | 10000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. while driving above 45 mph the vehicle began to rapidly accelerate and would not slow down. as a consequence she crashed and went into a ditch. her front fender, hood and driver side door were damaged. there was a police report available. the toyota manufacturer has not been contacted. the vin number was unknown. the failure mileage was 10,000. updated 03/10/10 *bf | |||
| 10/22/2008 | 223 | 1 | |
| I notice the brake pedal goes all the way down before the brake feels that is applied. i've taken back to dealership and they found nothing in error. i disagree. i've had several other people drive my car-with the same concern. brakes don't grab. my brother who is ups head mechanic said the same, a fault with the brake pedal. shouldn't have to go to the floor before the braking system is applied. just want you to know there's a problem there. i'm aware of it so i drive with caution. but this needs to be address. thanks, patti kay. i took back to dealership oct.22 2008 and they said the cause was from the floor mat---it doesn't matter how many floor mats you have it's in the pedal. either needs adjusted or new pedal system put in. *tr | |||
| 12/16/2009 | 3850 | 1 | |
| Five months old 2009 toyota tacoma prerunner, v6 5-speed automatic transmission. had made short trip from home and was returning. proceeding down slight grade about three blocks from home manually downshifted from drive to 4th. seeing red signal several blocks ahead downshifted again to 3rd, then 2nd, slowing enough so as to have green light at intersection. made braking right turn at intersection, aware from experience that i would now have red light at next intersection and would have to stop. again slight downgrade after making turn. truck required more than normal braking to slow properly after turn, finally used both feet to apply maximum brake pressure. truck stopped, but after stopping engine surged repeatedly, causing rear wheels to intermittently spin uncontrollably on damp pavement. only front wheel brakes were holding truck from crashing into another vehicle. managed to shift into park and shut off engine. when restarted, operation was normal. floor mats not involved! engine was repeatedly surging and returning to normal rpm. both feet were on brake pedal and not on accelerator. odometer: 3850. conditions: night, headlights on, heater blower on, a/c off, radio off. due to shortness of trip engine was most likely not fully warmed up to normal operating temperature. after arriving home took truck out for another short trip over same route. unable to replicate situation. as retired electronics technician understand how difficult this type of intermittent issue is for toyota to replicate or confirm, but it is happening, and it is a major safety issue, nhtsa. and it is a lot more than floor mats. floor mats might occasionally catch an accelerator pedal, but they don't make an engine repeatedly surge. been driving 50 years... know it when i see it. *tr | |||
| 12/03/2009 | 8636 | 1 | 05/29/2009 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact attempted to shift gear into neutral and the rpms suddenly increased to 4500. the vehicle is currently being diagnosed by the dealer and there were no prior warnings. the current and failure mileages were 8636. updated 1/4/10 *cn the consumer stated he had the truck running in park while he retrieved his mail. when he returned to the truck, he put his foot on the brake pedal and proceeded to move the shift lever from park to drive in a downward motion. as soon as the shift lever entered neutral the motor began to race from 4,500 to 5,00 rpm's. there was nothing obstructing the accelerator pedal and the consumer quickly turned off the ignition. updated 01/06/10. *jb | |||
| 11/17/2009 | 5200 | 1 | |
| While shifting my 2009 toyota tacoma from park into drive there was a brief sudden acceleration which required me to apply maximum brake pressure to keep the truck from moving forward. this incident occurred in a school parking lot and there were other vehicles in front of me. *tr | |||
| 06/18/2009 | 200 | 1 | |
| While in cruise at 70mph on interstate highway,vehicle shifts down from drive to second. thus redlining the engine.brought this to the attention of toyota and their answer was,vehicle is operating properly and is doing what it is designed to do. so they are telling me that they have designed a vehicle that is designed to shift down to second, not third at 70mph. *tr | |||
| 11/03/2009 | 7000 | 1 | |
| On tuesday, november 3, 2009, i was coming out of a stop light and the throttle went to full open and stuck. (2009 tacoma - just a year old) i am a conservative driver and do not gun the engine. i was pulling into the intersection gradually and hadn't even let the clutch out all the way yet to shift out of first when the throttle when to full. (thank goodness i have a standard!) i babied the clutch to give me just enough gas to move through the intersection and stop on the other side. i turned off the truck and when i turned it back on, it was fine. the engine smelled awful! i checked the floor mat when i stopped because i know it can cause problems and i had a non-conforming mat, so i keep an eye on it, but the mat wasn't the problem. also, i never had the accelerator down very far at all when the throttle opened up, so i don't see how the mat could cause the throttle to open full, stick yes, but open full by itself? i drove it the rest of the way to work (less than 2 miles) and the smell blew away and all seemed ok. i had it in the shop today and they could find nothing wrong and told me to remove the mats. fine, i can do that, but meanwhile it makes me nervous that it could happen again. the service department representative agreed with me that he didn't see how the mats could have caused the problem i did not know about this being a general problem and in the news right now (i don't watch tv and if i miss the npr story or it isn't front page, i may not hear things). when i found out others were having the problem, i thought i should write about mine. *tr | |||
| 11/02/2009 | 6680 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. while driving 40 mph the consumer accelerated the vehicle and accelerator pedal became stuck. the vehicle was shifted into neutral, but the engine revved so he shifted it back into drive. recalling recent news broadcasts he then pulled the floor mat away from the pedals, and then the vehicle returned to a normal state. a technician from the dealer stated that the floor mats were not hooked onto the clips. the floor mats are original equipment all weather mats. the current mileage was 6700. the failure mileage was 6680. | |||
| 11/02/2009 | 23000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma doublecab lg bd. while driving 55 mph the vehicle began accelerating without intention. he had to exert great force to remove the floor-mat, because it was stuck under the accelerator pedal. he was able to regain vehicle control. the failure and current mileages were 23,000. | |||
| 07/15/2009 | 2000 | 1 | |
| 2009 toyota tacoma 4x4 crew pickup truck with auto transmission and v6 engine accelerated unexpectedly to over 80 mph, then later on the same trip it happened again. i was on a long straight stretch of interstate the second time so i allowed the truck to accelerate to approximately 95 mph at which time i stopped the truck again. the first time it happened, i had disengaged the cruise control due to a slower car in front of me and when i engaged the cruise control resume feature the truck accelerated 15 mph past the preset speed at which time i turned off the cruise control and regained control of the truck. the second time that it happened the truck was again in cruise control mode and was going up a long hill. when the cruise control shifted the transmission down and accelerated to maintain set speed the truck continued to accelerate past 95 mph and was only stopped by turning off the cruise control again. i allowed the truck to get to that speed to see if it would discontinue accelerating but chickened out at 95 mph because it is after all a truck. i took the truck to the selling dealer, he tried to make it happen again with no success (told me he would have to replace the cruise control unit but could not do that unless he could duplicate the problem because it is a very expensive change out) and it has not happened but one more time. 4 things seem to be common: 1. the cruise is turned on. 2. the vehicle is accelerating when the problem starts. 3. the transmission has automatically downshifted. 4. the problem is halted by turning off the cruise control. i had the dealer document the problem since he would not fix it. i hope this info helps in your continuing investigation of the problems that toyota seems to be having. i am not a disgruntled customer, i have purchased a 2010 corolla from the same dealer since the incidents. *tr | |||
| 10/16/2009 | 1500 | 1 | |
| I was on my way to work in my new (3 months old) 2009 toyota tacoma. i was about one block from home when i was approaching a red light. as i was braking for the red light and the engine suddenly sped up on it's own. i had to press down very hard on the brakes to stop the car, but wheels were still spinning cause the brakes to smoke. (i could see the smoke in my rear view mirror. i had to put the car in park to completely stop the forward movement of the car. the engine continued to run at very high rpm. i then shut the vehicle off. i started the car again in park, the engine again raced up much higher than normal. i shut the car off again and restarted and every thing was normal. i had the car towed to the toyota dealer as i felt it was unsafe to drive. prior it being towed i checked the gas pedal and their were no obstructions around it. the dealer could not find any fault codes or sticking linkage etc. they also took it for a test drive. the service manager suggested i accidentally put my foot on the gas instead of the brake, which i truly believe is not the case here. i saw other reports on the internet similar to this for the tacoma so i felt compelled to notify you. kindly request that you look into this matter as someone could eventually get seriously hurt or killed. note: i was not using cruise control at the time of the incident. *tr see also 10329722 *dsy | |||
| 08/19/2009 | 3100 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. the contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the vehicle accelerated to 95 mph without intention. he had to shift the vehicle into neutral to decelerate. he then restarted the vehicle and resumed normal operation.the vehicle was taken to a dealer for inspection. a technician speculated that the cause of the failure was either a computerized system reset or a floor mat interference. the vehicle was returned to the dealer. the failure and current mileages were 3,100. the vehicle identification number was unavailable. bl | |||
| 05/23/2009 | 243 | 1 | |
| My husband and i purchase a toyota tacoma double cab 4x4 2009, on friday may 22, 2009, and we are having problems with the transmission and the radio. when we are slowing down to turn on a curve and when we depress the accelerator the transmission downshifts into what appears to be the 1st gear. the engine will race up to a higher rmp as the car suddenly slows down. this is definitely a safety hazard. this possess a possibility of an accident as our vehicle now slows down quickly as we are coming out of the curve, light intersection or entering into an intersection. this has been occurring since we purchased both vehicle. we took it to the dealer to be checked, but cannot see anything wrong with it. they told me they can't do anything to correct the issue.(toyota of st. croix,us virgin islands). radio has been ordered because in both vehicles the radio doesn't work. it shuts off , and in the other one when you accelerate (gas pedal) the volume goes down and sometimes up. what can you do to assist us. thank you. *tr | |||
| 04/29/2009 | 2640 | 1 | |
| I was dring 40mph and the throttle/accelerator got stuck as i tried to pass another car. i had to slam on the brakes as i almost crashed against another vheicle. even then, the truck continued until i slammed on the brakes a second time and shifted the gear into parking in the middle of the street. *tr | |||
| 01/14/2009 | 2900 | 1 | |
| While braking at intersection, truck accelerated striking vehicle in front, causing that vehicle to strike car in front of them. foot was on the brake. *tr | |||