1994 Toyota Camry VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

I WAS SLOWLY TURNING TO THE RIGHT INTO A PARKING SPACE AND HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A TREE THERE TO STOP THE CAR. IN THE PREVIOUS MONTHS, SEVERAL OF THE PANEL WARNING LIGHTS HAD BEEN COMING ON AND OFF. I HAD TOYOTA CHECK THEM. THEY REPLACED THE EGR VALVE BUT IT KEPT HAPPENING SO I TOOK IT BACK. THEY SAID THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATING, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE.

ON 4/5/16, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE RIGHT LANE GOING STRAIGHT, I PUT CRUISE CONTROL ON AND IT WAS WORKING OKAY FOR APPROX 15 MINUTES. CAR SUDDENLY SPED UP TO 80 AND WENT UP IN FLAMES FROM UNDER THE HOOD WITHIN MINUTES. I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR UNHARMED BUT IT IS A TOTAL LOSS.

* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE INTO AN INTERSECTION WHERE A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE UP ON A CURB WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. THE CONTACT WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH AND TWO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED ACCORDINGLY. THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED BY THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WHO HAS ALSO PREVIOUSLY DRIVEN THE VEHICLE. SHE CONFIRMED THAT SHE TOO HAD EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT YET BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000. UPDATED 06/03/10*BF UPDATED 08/30/10 UPDATE 9/19/2011*CW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50-55 MPH WHEN CHANGING LANES, SHE FELT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE AND SHE HIT A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY .THERE IS A POLICE REPORT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES. THE FAILURE WAS 107,077. UPDATED EVOQ 08/30/10*JB

APPROX 20 TIMES OVER APPROX THE LAST 2 TO 4 YEARS, MY 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY EXPERIENCED EITHER SUDDEN ACCELERATION OR LACK OF APPROPRIATE DECELERATION. FORTUNATELY, I REALIZED THE FLOOR MAT WAS PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. PULLING BACK THE MAT WITH MY FOOT INSTANTLY RESOLVED THE PROBLEM IN EVERY INSTANCE. AFTER THE PUBLICITY REGARDING LATER YEAR MODELS, I FINALLY REMOVED THE FLOOR MAT ENTIRELY AND HAVE HAD NO FURTHER EPISODES. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS HAPPENED IN MY 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY, BUT THE RECALL HAS INVOLVED ONLY 2007 AND LATER MODELS. THE FLOOR MAT SAYS "CAMRY" ON THE FRONT. ON THE BACK IT SAYS "LEFT HAND." UNDER THAT IT SAYS "00208" WITH A SPACE, FOLLOWED BY "32921". TO THE RIGHT OF THIS IS A GRID WITH YEARS 94, 95, AND 96 EACH FOLLOWED BY 12 SQUARES. THE YEAR 94 WITH THE FIRST BOX HAS A DOT IN THE MIDDLE, PRESUMABLY MADE IN JANUARY 1994. BELOW THIS IT SAYS "GB 6" THE MAT HAS BECOME STIFF OVER THE YEARS SO THAT THE RIGHT SIDE, INCLUDING THE AREA NEAR THE GAS PEDAL, DOES NOT LIE FLAT ON THE FLOOR, ALLOWING IT TO EASILY RIDE ON TOP OF AND PRESS DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE 91 FREEWAY IN CA AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY ACCELERATOR STUCK. I WAS FRANTIC TRYING TO STOP MY CAR. I PRESSED ON MY BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD. IN THE MEANTIME I GOT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND EXITED THE NEAREST OFF RAMP (CARMENITA). I DROVE THE STREETS FOR AWHILE AND CAME TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SOMETIME DURING THIS TIME THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO GET BETTER. I PULLED OVER TO A HOUSE WITH TWO WOMEN STANDING IN FRONT AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND ASKED THEM FOR HELP. ONCE I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND BACK ON AGAIN THE PROBLEM WAS GONE. I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MY DESTINATION WHICH WAS TO VISIT MY DAUGHTER IN THE HOSPITAL. IT WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST MOMENTS OF MY DRIVING EXPERIENCES. IT IS AMAZING THAT I DIDN'T HIT ANOTHER CAR. IT NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN SO I NEVER REPORTED IT UNTIL NOW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE CONTACT DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER PRIOR TO THE FAILURE FOR THE BRAKES TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A PROBLEM, AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,933.

1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER STATES DISCONTENT REGARDING A FATAL ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WONDERS IF DEFECTS WERE THE CAUSE. *TGW THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT RAN OFF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A REINFORCED WALL.

1994 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH STUCK GAS PEDAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED AND AGGRESSIVE ACCELERATION. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S FENCE AND TREE. IN ADDITION, A WATER PUMP WAS DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 200,000. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED ANOTHER SAFETY COMPLAINT, BECAUSE THE PRIOR COMPLAINT WAS MISPLACED. UPDATED 11/06/09 *BF UPDATED 11/09/09*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE ALL WEATHER FLOOR MATS CAUSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO STICK. AS A CONSEQUENCE, HE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION. HE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY REMOVE THE FLOOR MAT WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY CAMRY FOR 6 YEARS , I HAVE TO CHANGE THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE EVERY THREE YEARS. THIS FAILURE CAUSED FROM MANUFACTURE DEFECT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ORIGINAL ONE AT THE FIRST TIME IN 1997. IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN THIS YEAR, BUT THE TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE REFUSED TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. FOR THAT IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE, I HAVE TO USE THE TOYOTA PARTS, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ANY COMPATIBLE PARTS IT COULD FIT IN. I THINK THIS IS NOT FAIR FOR THE CUSTOMERS TO PAY FOR THIS MANUFACTURE DEFECT PARTS. EITHER THE TOYOTA SHOULD PAY FOR IT OR THE TOYOTA SHOULD IMPROVE THIS PARTS. CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT PAY FOR IT.

WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS AT A LIGHT OR A STOP SIGN AND PRESSURE IS RELEASED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT APPLYING GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE HAS TO BE PUT IN PARK IN ORDER TO STOP. DEALER CANT FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

THE ACCELERATOR JAMMED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, ALSO AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE, RESULTING IN INJURY.

WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AND THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS ACCELERATOR STICKS. THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED WHEN PUT INTO RESUME, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SKD

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURIES. *AK