2009 Toyota Tacoma VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

2009 TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK. THIS IS A SECOND "FAILURE" REPORT DUE TO RAPID ACCELERATION. FIRST REPORT WAS MADE ON 12/03/09 OR 12/04/09 TO YOU FOR SAME PROBLEM. YOUR CASE # [XXX]. NHTSA ID # [XXX]. SEE ALSO 10294490 AND 10367974. *DSY ON APRIL 13, 2010 AT 1:25 PM I WAS LEAVING A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT IN MY TACOMA TRUCK. I BACKED OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE IN REVERSE, CAME TO A STOP, AND THEN MOVED THE SHIFT LEVER DOWN TOWARDS DRIVE. WHEN THE SHIFT INDICATOR REACHED NEUTRAL THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE RAPIDLY UP TO 4,500 RPM. THIS TIME I WAITED ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND THEN THE ENGINE WOUND BACK DOWN TO NORMAL IDLE. MY FOOT WAS ONLY ON THE BRAKE, NOT THE GAS PEDAL, AND THERE IS NO FLOOR MAT PROBLEM. DURING THE DEC-09 INCIDENT I DID NOT WAIT FOR THE ENGINE TO SLOW DOWN. I JUST TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. MY TACOMA'S SITUATION SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE FLOOR-MOUNTED GEAR SHIFTING MECHANISM IN SOME WAY SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. I DID/WILL NOT TAKE THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER SINCE THEY WILL FIND NOTHING WRONG JUST LIKE THE LAST TIME. THE TRUCK MILEAGE WAS AT 14,102 MILES ON 4/13/10. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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

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

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

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

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

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

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE HE WAS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WHEN HE WAS SHIFTING GEARS. THE TECHNICIANS MODIFIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. AFTER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS MODIFIED HE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN IT BECAME DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO ENGAGE THE PEDAL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE PEDAL; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

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 UPDATED 00/07/10*JB

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 FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. UPDATED 03/10/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD STICK SPORADICALLY AND INFREQUENTLY. UPDATED 10/12/10*JB

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 SEE ALOS ODI 10325627 AND 10367974. *DSY

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

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