2010 Toyota Corolla VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CRASHING INTO THE BACK OF A HOUSE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V023000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL). THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000. UPDATED 11/29/12*LJ UPDATED 12/03/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20-25 MPH AND REMOVING PRESSURE FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED FOR TEN TO FIFTEEN SECONDS IN ORDER FOR THE ENGINE TO IDLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V023000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL) IN DECEMBER 2010. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR WHEN THEY HAD THE VEHICLE IN THEIR POSSESSION, THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO ACCELERATE ABNORMALLY TO 80 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE DIAGNOSTIC DID NOT GENERATE ANY FAILURE CODES FOR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

I WAS DRIVING A RENTAL 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA IN SIESTA KEY, FL. I CAME TO A STOP ON A BUSY DOWNTOWN STREET ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. AS I SAT AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AS PEDESTRIANS WERE CROSSING, THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED FORWARD. I DID NOT HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL & AS THIS HAPPENED, I HELD MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE TO AVOID HITTING THE PEDESTRIANS. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE CAR BACK UNTIL THE ACCELERATION ENDED. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE THE PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA ACCELERATION WAS MADE PUBLIC. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE ENTERPRISE CAR RENTAL AGENCY IN PORT CHARLOTTE FL, WHERE I RENTED IT, BUT THEY DID NOT SEEM CONCERNED. IT WASN'T UNTIL A WEEK LATER THAT THIS STORY WAS IN THE NEWS. I CALLED THE NHTSB TO FILE A COMPLAINT, I'M FILING THIS COMPLAINT AGAIN AFTER HEARING THE GOV'T RESPONSE TO THE STUDY OF THIS PROBLEM. FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I KNOW FOR A FACT THIS IS NOT CORRECT. THIS CAR I DROVE DID NOT HAVE THE PEDAL STICK OR FLOOR MAT PROBLEM. IT DEFINITELY ACCELERATED COMPLETELY ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT THE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. IF NEEDED , I MAY BE ABLE TO LOCATE THE VIN FROM MY RENTAL RECEIPT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, AN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION OCCURRED AND THE VEHICLE SPEED RAPIDLY INCREASED TO 85 MPH AND ABOVE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL REPEATEDLY AND SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL UNTIL THE SPEED RATE REDUCED TO 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY. THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED AND THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED FROM NEUTRAL INTO PARK AS THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING UPON A RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER TO THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I AM WRITING ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER WHO WAS INJURED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 16, 2010. MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING A LOANER CAR PROVIDED BY A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP LOCATED IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK. WHEN MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE OFF THE CAR LOT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND SHE HIT AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. MY MOTHER SURFFERED A FRACTURED STERNUM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 4 DAYS. ON FEBRUARY 8, 2011, THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR DEFECTS BY TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, USA. THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING PROPERLY AND, THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTIONS NOTED. PRIOR TO THE INSPECTION BY TOYOTA, MY NEPHEW LOCATED THIS SAME VEHICLE ON LINE, USING THE VIN#, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. I AM ASKING THAT YOUR AGENCY INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS SOME DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE CURRENT INSPECTION AND THE PREVIOUS FACTS/ACCIDENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. I ORIGINALLY SENT THIS LETTER TO YOU AGENCY ON APRIL 13, 2011. YOUR AGENCY RESPONDED ON AUGUST 31, 2011 WITH THE FOLLOWING NOTATION, NVS-216 MEC, REF. NO. 10397716. *TR

IN JANUARY 2011, MY 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA LE EXPERIENCED WHAT HAS BEEN TERMED 'SUDDEN ACCELERATION'- WHILE I WAS BRAKING, THE ACCELERATOR ENGAGED BY ITSELF, GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. MY TOYOTA COROLLA IS THE NEWER DESIGN I BELIEVE, IT HAS NAILED DOWN FLOOR MATS, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ALREADY WORKED ON BY TOYOTA I BELIEVE IN OCTOBER 2010. I TOOK MY CAR TO TOYOTA, THEY SIMPLY ISSUED AN INSPECTION RESULT INDICATING THAT THE CAR 'CHECKED OUT TO FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS.' TOYOTA IS LYING ABOUT THE CAUSE OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION, AND CONTINUES TO DO SO. THE COMPANY WOULD RATHER SEE PEOPLE INJURED OR KILLED THAN DEAL WITH THE REAL PROBLEM(S). *TR

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA LOANER VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION*TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HIS MOTHER DROVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE LOT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND SHE HIT AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. *JB UPDATED 12/15/14.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE THE CONTACT HAD HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE RPMS BEGAN TO INCREASE AND THE CONTACT NEEDED TO APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF WHEN THE RPMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. THE POLICE ASSISTED WITH MOVING THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DIAGNOSING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 3,000.

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. ATTORNEY WRITES ON BEHALF OF CLIENT WHO EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND APPLIED BOTH FEET TO THE BRAKE, AND BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, HE WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE BRAKES AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDALS WERE LOCATED SO CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER THAT THE CONTACTS FOOT WOULD GET STUCK BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS WHEN SLOWING DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN RPMS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES THE RPMS WOULD EITHER DECREASE OR INCREASE RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RPMS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY AND THERE WERE NO REPAIRS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THAT HE SHOULD CONTACT ANOTHER DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION ON THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AS SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SHIFTED OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. SHE WAS INFORMED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD RETURN HER CALL WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,979. UPDATED 02/23/11*LJ UPDATED 07/01/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WITH AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,100. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD RESULTING IN A CRASH THAT DESTROYED THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED WHICH INCLUDED THAT TWO PEOPLE SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT ARRIVE AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 1,413.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED MINIMAL PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE AT A RAPID RATE OF SPEED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED WITH HER SAFETY IN THE VEHICLE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,478 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,741. UPDATED 04/23/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD WHEN DECELERATING. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. UPDATED 05/05/10.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OF 3 MPH OR MORE, THERE WOULD BE A SUDDEN INCREASE IN THE RPMS WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE PEDAL WOULD OFTEN RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION VERY SLOWLY. THERE WOULD ALSO BE INSTANCES WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD FEEL AS IF IT WAS LOSING POWER WHILE TRAVELING DOWNHILL, AT ANY SPEED, ALSO CAUSING A SUDDEN INCREASE IN RPMS. THE DEALER INSTALLED A CUT METAL BAR TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V023000; COMPONENT: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 2,376.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THE CONTACT WAS REAR ENDED WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN. UPON IMPACT THE CONTACT TRIED TO PUMP HER BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SURGE FORWARD. THE CONTACT TRIED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND IT CONTINUED TO SURGE FORWARD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. SHE RECEIVED MINOR ABRASIONS AND WAS SEEN WENT BY HER PERSONAL DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY. A POLICE WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND SHIFTED INTO GEAR; THE RPMS INCREASED TO 220 WITH A SUDDEN SURGE. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE WITH AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER FURTHER OBSERVATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL), WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,700. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER WRITES TO EXPRESS CONCERN REGARDING THE ENGINE SURGE PROBLEM *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RACING. HER FOOT WAS ALREADY ON THE BRAKE, BUT SHE HAD TO INCREASE BRAKE PRESSURE AND PLACED THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL, THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS. *JB

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER STATES ISSUE REGARDING FLOOR MAT RECALL. *TGW THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM WAS BEYOND THE FLOOR MATS. HE BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRONIC. THE CONSUMER STATED HIS MOTHER TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RECALL. *JB

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED SUDDEN ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE CRASHED INTO A WALL AT A VERY LOW SPEED. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED TOYOTA REFUSED TO SHARE THE DRIVABILITY REPORT WHICH WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. TOYOTA WROTE THE CONSUMER A LETTER STATING THERE WERE NO DEFECTS. UPDATED 10/20/11.*JB

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. JUST MISSED HITTING ANOTHER CAR ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP IN FRONT OF ME. THIS CAR WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED BY WESTBURY TOYOTA IN WESTBURY, NY ON FEBRUARY 9TH. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER TODAY, MARCH, 10,2010. WHERE THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT OWNERS ARE MAKING THIS WHOLE PROBLEM UP, AND TRIED TO CHARGE ME $100,00 FOR AN ELECTRONIC DIAGNOSTICS TEST ON THE CAR. HE ALSO REFUSED TO GIVE ME A LOANER CAR OR RENTAL CAR AT TOYOTA'S COST WHILE THEY CHECKED THE CAR OUT FOR A STICKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL PROBLEM BECAUSE THE RECALL "FIX" WAS ALREADY DONE ON THIS VEHICLE. OBVIOUSLY THE "FIX" DID NOT WORK AT ALL. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN WITH FATAL RESULTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE CRASH AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V017000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND 10V023000 WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT AFTER HAVING THE RECALL PERFORMED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE VIOLENTLY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 150.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, HE PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY TELEPHONE POLE. NO ONE WAS INJURED.THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 1200.