2008 Toyota Avalon VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TOYOTA'S HANDLING OF RECALL. I OWN ONE OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES BUT HAVE RECEIVED NO COMMUNICATION FROM EITHER TOYOTA OR THE DEALER ON THE RECALLS. *TR

REGARDING TOYOTA AOA RECALL: I EXPERIENCED THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM WITH MY AVALON ON OCT 1, 2008 AND DO NOT FEEL THE LATEST CORRECTIVE ACTION OF A REINFORCEMENT BAR WILL ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO DARCARS 355 TOYOTA ON OCT 2, 2008 AND PROVIDED A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INCIDENT. TOYOTA DID NOT FOLLOW UP WITH ME. WHEN TOYOTA INITIALLY ANNOUNCED THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM WAS DUE TO FLOORMATS, I AGAIN NOTIFIED MY DEALER SERVICE TEAM THAT MY FLOORMATS WERE ANCHORED AND THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM- TOYOTA AGAIN DID NOT FOLLOW UP WITH ME. I WENT TO THE SILVER SPRING DARCARS SERVICE GROUP FOR THE AOA RECALL AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER REGARDING THE STEEL BAR REINFORCEMENT ACTION AND EXPLAINED WHY I DID NOT FEEL THIS WOULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. TOYOTA IS NOT LISTENING AND I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANYONE ELSE DIE DUE TO THIS ISSUE. PLEASE HAVE THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR FOR THE TOYOTA ACCELERATION RECALL CALL ME. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN MAIN STREET APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WITHOUT WARNING MY CAR VERY SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A VERY HIGH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG INFLATED, BLOCKING MY VISION WHILE MY CAR CONTINUED TO RACE FORWARD. I IMMEDIATELY JAMMED ON THE BRAKES, THE CAR SWERVED FORWARD TO THE LEFT, CROSSED MAIN STREET, AND CAME TO A STOP IN FRONT OF A UTILITY POLE. FRONT AXEL BROKE, ON IMPACT WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO STOP. SEAT BELT AND AIRBAG PULLED ME BACK AGAINST THE DRIVERS SEAT RESULTED IN CHEST BRUISING AND PAIN. I WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS AND CAME TO JUST AS AIRBAG WAS BEGINNING TO DEFLATE. THE DASHBOARD SLAMMED INTO MY LEGS BADLY BRUISING BOTH OF THEM. POLICE AND EMT WERE ON THE SCENE, AND I WALKED OUT OF THE CAR ON MY OWN. MY VEHICLE AND THE ONE IT CRASHED INTO WERE BOTH TOTAL LOSSES. AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH MY CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN ROUGHLY 3,000 MILES. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, TREATED AND RELEASED THAT SAME DAY. VEHICLE SPEED BEFORE IMPACT WAS 20, SPEED ON IMPACT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE AS CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN SO QUICKLY AND CRASHED SO HARD. *TW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. SHE STATED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED EXCESSIVELY WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS INCLUDING 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED THE BY DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 305 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,400.

CONSUMER HAS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON AND WANTS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITH TOYOTAS. *NJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. THE VEHICLE SURGED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND THE SPEED INCREASED BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. SHE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY ENGAGING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. SHE WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND DOWN SHIFT TO THE LOWEST GEAR. AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE CONTACT USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE FLOOR MAT CAUSED BECAME STUCK UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE DEALER CUT THE FLOOR MAT TO FIT IT IN THE VEHICLE AND HOOKED IT TO THE BOLTS. THE CONTACT ALSO PAID A FEE TO DETERMINE IF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM DISPLAYED ANY FAILURE CODES. THE FAILURE DID NOT REOCCUR AFTER THE DEALER CUT THE FLOOR MATS. SHE RECENTLY RECEIVED RECALL 09V388000, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL NOTICE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 9,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8,500. UPDATED 12/30/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE FLOOR WAS NOT CUT TO FIT VEHICLE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ACTIVATED. UPDATED 12/30/09

WHILE PULLING INTO A MARKED PARKING SPACE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. IT JUMPED TWO WHEEL STOPPERS, WENT UP A SMALL HILL AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF FEET OF RUNNING INTO A CEMENT BUILDING BEFORE I COULD STOP IT. VERY VERY SCARY SITUATION. I CALLED GERMAIM TOYOTA IN NAPLES, FLORIDA AND HAD THE VEHICLE TAKEN THERE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY COMPLAINT IS WITH MY 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. I WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO APPLY THE BRAKES WHEN MY CAR SHOWED NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND CAME TO A STOP. I CHECK THE ACCELERATOR AND THERE WAS NO MAT IN THE AREA. THIS WAS BEFORE THE PUBLICITY OF TOYOTA'S PROBLEMS. WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO REMOVE THE MAT EVEN THOUGH I SAID IT WASN'T INVOLVED. ON A SECOND OCCASION WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR ONLY TO HAVE THE PEDAL HIT THE SOLE OF MY SHOE ABOUT A SECOND OR TWO LATER. THAT HAPPENED THREE TIMES ON A TRIP FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO CONNECTICUT. IT HAPPENED ONCE ON THE RETURN TRIP. IT WAS AS IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STICKING. I INTEND TO REPORT THE LATEST INCIDENT TO MY DEALERSHIP DURING MY NEXT SERVICE APPOINTMENT. I WOULD REPORT IT SOONER BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE TOYOTA IS LISTENING. *TR

MY 2008 TOYOTA AVALON XL HAD LESS THAN 3,000 MILES WHEN I HAD AN ACCIDENT ON DECEMBER 22, 2008. I WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC FOR 5 TO 7 MINUTES. WHEN I RELEASED MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE, THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD SEVERAL FEET AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE CAR HAS LUNGED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THIS UPON STARTING IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. ON DECEMBER 22 THE TEMPERATURE IN CINCINNATI WAS 21 DEGREES F. I HAVE HAD THE CAR CHECKED AND THE DAMAGE REPAIRED. THE MECHANICS SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM DETECTED. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR BUT THEY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY BEGAN ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH MAXIMUM FORCE AND PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL, BUT IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE TO 70 MPH. HE SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN DECELERATING. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 11,000.