2010 Toyota Camry VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY, INSTEAD IT MADE A ZOOMING NOISE, LUNGED FORWARD AND STOPPED BEFORE THE COMPUTER ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND HE WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THERE WERE NO FAILURES DIAGNOSED WITHIN THE COMPUTER. THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CALLED AND HE FILED A CLAIM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY WHICH HAS THE DEFECTS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION INVOLVING OUT-OF-CONTROL ACCELERATION OF THE CAR. THIS CAR PRESENTS A SERIOUS POTENTIAL HAZARD TO MYSELF AND TO OTHERS AND I WILL NOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT. TOYOTA NEEDS TO BE SEVERELY DEALT WITH FOR PUTTING THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR AHEAD OF PROVIDING A SAFE CAR THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS COULD TRUST - AND FOR THEIR DECEPTION IN ATTEMPTING TO HIDE, COVER UP, DISMISS THE PROBLEMS AND NOT DEAL WITH LEGITIMATE COMPLAINTS WELL BEFORE THIS TIME. TOYOTA'S ACTIONS AND LACK OF ACTION HAS PUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AT RISK TO THE POINT OF CAUSING MULTIPLE DEATHS AND INJURIES ON OUR HIGHWAYS AND ROADS. A ONCE TRUSTED AUTOMOBILE COMPANY HAS ABANDONED THE PRINCIPLES THEY MUST ADHERE TO IN BUILDING AN AUTOMOBILE - FIRST AND FOREMOST, PROVIDING AN AUTOMOBILE THAT IS SAFE TO DRIVE. THEY HAVE THUS ABANDONED THE CUSTOMER, CAUSING NOT ONLY DEATH BUT IMMENSE DISTRESS AMONG MILLIONS OF CAR OWNERS WHO CAN NO LONGER TRUST THE CAR THEY PURCHASED - AT GREAT EXPENSE - AND NOW SEE ITS VALUE SINKING RAPIDLY. MY CAMRY HAS LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON IT. I EXPECT AND DESERVE FAIR COMPENSATION FOR THE TRUST AND MONEY THAT I PUT INTO THIS COMPANY FOR A CAR THAT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I WANT MY MONEY BACK! NOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY . HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH WHEN STOPPING AND PREPARING TO BRAKE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. HE HIT A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM WHICH RESULTED IN FRONT END DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE MAJOR INJURIES AND HE BROKE HIS LEFT HAND. THE POLICE WAS CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A AUTO BODY,WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED BY REPRESENTATIVE OF TOYOTA AND OR THE INSURANCE COMPANY.THERE HAD BEEN NO REPAIRS DONE TO THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4400. UPDATED 04/16/2010.*LJ UPDATED 07/14/10*JB

TOYOTA SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND BRAKING DEFECTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT REGARDING THE FLOOR MAT AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,825.

2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. GAS PEDAL IS TOO SENSITIVE; THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD WHEN YOU PLACE THE SLIGHTEST/LIGHTEST TOUCH ON THE PEDAL. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE TOYOTA DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT OTHERS ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT THIS IS "NORMAL" FOR THE 2010 AND THERE IS NO KNOWN FIX. THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD REPORT IT. *TR

I HAVE A NEW 2010 CAMRY WITH 2,000 MILES ON IT. I READ THAT TOYOTA "HAS AGREED" TO A BRAKE OVER-RIDE ON NEW VEHICLES - BUT MINE IS "ONLY" TO GET THE PEDAL FIX. DON'T LET THEM PULL THE WOOL OVER YOUR EYES. THIS NEW VEHICLE I'M DRIVING "NEEDS" THE BRAKE OVER-RIDE. LET'S NOT LET THEM GET OUT OF THIS FIX. IT WILL ONLY LEAD TO MORE LAW SUITS AND LOST LIVES. THIS NEEDS TO BE PUSHED AT ALL THE UPCOMING HEARINGS AND THEY NEED TO AGREE TO THE FIX. NOT "JUST" NEW PRODUCTIONS. THIS CAR I HAVE IS A "NEW" 2010 WITH 2,000 MILES. YES, THERE WAS A CRASH, BUT NOT WITH MINE "YET". *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL AND INTO SOME BUSHES. UPON IMPACT WITH THE WALL, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL TRYING TO ACCELERATE. THE OWNER SHIFTED INTO IN REVERSE AND THE ACCELERATION STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO HER INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEN TO HER RESIDENCE. TOYOTA STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT HER VEHICLE. TOYOTA CASE # 1009011318, REFERENCE # 1009011505 WAS FILED. THE POLICE IS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,400.

I BOUGHT A NEW 2010 CAMRY. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER THE VERY NEXT DAY THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS TOO SENSITIVE AND THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE. I WAS ASSURED THAT ALL ACCELERATOR PEDAL RECALL MODIFICATIONS WERE DONE ON THE CAR BEFORE THE SALE. I WAS STILL NOT SATISFIED. THE MANAGER OF THE SHOP AND I DID A TEST DRIVE AND AFTER A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND DESIGN DEFECTS WE JOINTLY AGREED TO TRY AND REPLACE THE PEDAL MECHANISM WITH ONE MADE - NOT BY THE US VENDOR - BUT BY NIPPONDENSO -- TOYOTA'S ALTERNATE VENDOR IN JAPAN. TO MY GREAT SURPRISE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN AND FEEL. WITH THE NIPPONDENSO PEDAL THE FOOTS POSITION ON THE PEDAL IS AT A MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE ANGLE. BUT MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL THE RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS IS A 100% BETTER THAN THE AMERICAN MADE PEDAL. WITH THE US MADE PEDAL THE CAR HAD A "STEP" RESPONSE WHILST WITH THE NIPPONDENSO PEDAL IT HAS MORE OF A "RAMP" RESPONSE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER'S SHOP MANAGER THAT THE NIPPONDENSO MADE PEDAL MECHANISM DOES NOT NEED THE SPACER OR THE FLOOR MAT MODIFICATION EITHER. I AM SURPRISED THAT TWO VENDORS MAKING THE SAME PART FOR THE SAME MANUFACTURER TO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS HAVE PRODUCTS THAT ARE SO VASTLY DIFFERENT. THE ONLY THING COMMON BETWEEN THE PEDAL MECHANISMS FROM THE TWO VENDORS IS ITS MOUNTING ON THE FLOOR BOARD. WHERE IS TOYOTA'S QUALITY CONTROL? IN MY OPINION THERE IS A STRONG CO-RELATION BETWEEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION COMPLAINTS AND THE US MADE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DESIGN AND ITS SHARP "STEP" RESPONSE. LET ALL THOSE WHO HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION INSIST ON REPLACING THE PEDAL MECHANISM MADE BY NIPPONDENSO. NHTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO THE VARIATIONS IN THE DESIGN FROM THE TWO VENDORS AND QUESTION AS TO WHY TOYOTA HAS PERMITTED THE VENDORS TO DESIGN THE MECHANISMS RATHER THAN JUST BUILD IT TO TOYOTA'S SPECIFICATIONS. *TR

PROBLEM: 2010 TOYOTA 4 DR CAMRY: I AM 81 YEARS OLD. AFTER CHECKING WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE THIS CAR 51/2 MONTHS AGO, I WAS TOLD MY VIN # WAS OK FOR NO PROBLEM WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING, BUT I SHOULD GO IN FOR THE MAT/GAS PEDALPROBLEM. I DID & WAS TOLD IT WAS DONE. ON 2/16, I WAS PULLING INTO A SPOT AT CVS. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL AND STARTED TO PUT THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY FLEW UP FORWARD OVER THE CEMENT CURB AND INTO THE DIRT AND BUSHES WHICH, THANK GOD STOPPED THE CAR. I WILL NEVER GET BACK INTO MY 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY AGAIN. THEY HAULED THE CAR TO THEIR DEALERSHIP AND GOT ME A HONDA RENTAL. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH GENERAL MGR.. HE TOLD ME SO FAR THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING IN THE CAR. I TOLD HIM I WOULD NEVER DRIVE THAT CAR AGAIN AND MY SONS HAD TOLD ME NO MATTER WHAT THESE PEOPLE SAID I WAS NOT TO DRIVE IT. I EXPLAINED ALONG WITH NEVER BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THAT CAR AGAIN I WOULD NOT NOW PURCHASE ANOTHER TOYOTA. HE TOLD ME THEY COULD GIVE ME $17,000. REFUND LEAVING ME TO EAT $10,916. ON A CAR I HAVE HAD FOR 5 MONTHS AND HAD ONLY 2,091 MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD TO TALK TO SOMEONE AT THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE IN CA AND THEY OFFERED ME NOTHING BUT A SLICK ?YOUR WORD AGAINST MINE? NOTHING HELP. I COULD SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL I WENT OUT THE NEXT DAY, BOUGHT A FORD FUSION AND DROVE AWAY IN MY NEW CAR. I AM CONTACTING YOU NOT ONLY BECAUSE TOYOTA DID NOT TRY TO ASSIST ME WITH MY PROBLEM, BUT ALSO I HAVE BEEN HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE TOLD THEIR VIN # HAD NO GAS PEDAL PROBLEM AS I HAD BEEN TOLD AND MAY FIND OUT THAT IS NOT TRUE - AS I DID. *TR

THE CAR IS A CAMRY TOYOTA, 2010,4DSD, PURCHASED ON DEC 28, 2009 BY NATIONAL HOME PLANS (TEL.[XXX]). HAS A FAULTY ACCELERATOR SYSTEM, CAUSING SUDDEN SPEED AND A CRASH, WITH DAMAGES, WHILE ENTERING THE GARAGE. WE ARE NOT GETTING SIGNIFICANT COOPERATION FROM TOYOTA. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO BODILY INJURY....PLEASE HELP. *TR INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. SHE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT DROVE ON THE MEDIAN WHICH STOPPED THE ACCELERATION. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. TOYOTA WAS NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THEY COULD FIND ANY FAILURES WITH THE BRAKES. THEY ALSO WOULD NOT INDICATE THEIR FINDINGS IN WRITING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 13,000. UPDATED 11/21/11 *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A HOUSE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER WAS GOING TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE POLICE DID NOT RESPOND. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE RECALL REMEDY FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V017000, ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,333. UPDATED 11/12/10 *CN UPDATED 11/24/10.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT HAS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE VEHICLE HAD A SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO BE STOP UNTIL THE FAIL SAFE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED, HOWEVER THE FAILURE HAS CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TOYOTA TOLD THEM THAT THEY COULD SELL THE VEHICLE OR GO THROUGH ARBITRATION. THE VEHICLE HAD 7000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7000.

ON 2/12/10 MY 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY RECEIVED AN ACCELERATION FIX. IN ADDITION I WAS INFORMED A FAIL-SAFE COMPUTER PROGRAM WAS PUT IN. ON 2/17/10 AS I WAS ENTERING MY PARKING SLOT, THE CAR DID AN UNINTENDED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITHOUT MY FOOT BEING ON THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE. I JAMMED BOTH FEET INTO THE BREAK. AFTER 3 SECONDS, AS MY CAR WAS CLIMBING UP A SNOW BANK, IT STOPPED. THE ENGINE WAS IDLING WHILE MY GEAR SHIFT WAS IN DRIVE. THIS IS THE SECOND LEVEL ON THE FAIL-SAFE SYSTEM. THIS MEANS THAT: "IF BOTH ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSORS FAIL, OR IF ONE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FAILS, THE ECM WILL...RETURN THE ENGINE TO IDLE SPEED. HAD THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ONE MINUTE EARLIER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A HIGH CAR/PEDESTRIAN AREA AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE WHOLE EVENT TOOK 5-6 SECONDS BEFORE THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE FIX DONE BY TOYOTA IS NOT THE FIX FOR THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM. UPDATED 03/08/10 *BF *TR UPDATED 07/01/10.*JB

OWNER OF TOYOTA CAMRY 2010 HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT TOYOTA FLOOR MAT RECALL. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FLOOR MAT BECAME STUCK UNDER THE GAS PEDAL. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED TOYOTA SHOULD INSTALL THE BRAKE OVERRIDE FEATURE IN ALL THE RECALLED VEHICLE. UPDATED 03/05/10

I APPROACHED THE MAIN INTERSECTION IN MY 2010 CAMRY FROM A SIDE STREET AT A STOP SIGN. WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE INTO THE MAIN INTERSECTION. I COLLIDED WITH AN ONCOMING CAR CAUSING APPROX. $3400. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS REPAIRED. ONLY THE BODY DAMAGE WAS CORRECTED ON THE VEHICLE. NO INTERNAL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AS OF YET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. CONSEQUENTLY HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER, BECAUSE IT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 27. UPDATED 01/15/10. *LJ UPDATED 01/19/10

11/24/09 I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 CAMRY IN A PARKING LOT. MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE BACK SEAT. I WAS TRAVELING 10 MPH. MY RIGHT FOOT WAS NOT ON THE GAS, NOR THE BRAKE, THE TORQUE OF THE ENGINE WAS SUFFICIENT FOR MOVING US ALONG WHILE LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPACE. MY RIGHT FOOT WAS ABOVE THE BRAKE AS I WAS SLOWLY LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPOT. SUDDENLY, I HEARD A VERY LOUD VVRROOOMMMM AND THE CAR SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED AND LUNGED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE QUICKLY AND STOPPED THE CAR. I THEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. CONICELLI RAN A DIAGNOSTIC ON MY CAR. LATER THAT DAY WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR, THEY SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING. WHEN I ASKED THEM WHERE THE "SPONTANEOUS ACCELERATION" (A PROBLEM TOYOTA EARLIER IN THE DAY TOLD ME THEY WERE HAVING) WOULD HAVE APPEARED ON THE DIAGNOSTIC, THEY WERE AT A LOSS. LET ME BE VERY CLEAR THAT THERE WAS NOT A FLOOR MAT IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE "SPONTANEOUS ACCELERATION" WAS CAUSED BY THE "MAT ISSUE." I KNOW MY EXPERIENCE WAS REAL AND NOT CAUSED BY DRIVER ERROR. I FEEL THE PROBLEM IS ELSEWHERE AND EXACERBATED FOR SOME DRIVERS BECAUSE THEY HAD THE FLOOR MATS IN PLACE. PLEASE PRESS TOYOTA TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ISSUE. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN MY 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY THAT I BOUGHT FOR SAFETY REASONS IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR THANK YOU.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHEN LIGHTLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED 40 MPH PAST THE INTENDED SPEED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, NOR HAS THE MANUFACTURER BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 920.