2010 Toyota RAV4 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

CAR SEEMS TO LAG WHEN I STEP ON GAS PEDAL FROM A STOP POSITION (WHEN I'M STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT). IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW AND ONLY WHEN I'M TRYING TO TURN LEFT. VEHICLE DOESN'T JUMP, BUT THERE IS A LAG AND THE CAR DOESN'T GO, EVEN WHEN I'M PRESSING DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS PROBLEM? THIS IS MY FIRST BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND I'M PRETTY DISAPPOINTED. *TR

PROBLEM: ACCELERATOR STUCK IN 2010 TOYOTA RAV4 ON 3/31/10, WHILE AT LOW SPEED AND SLOWING FOR A STOP LIGHT, MY ACCELERATOR STUCK, IMPAIRING MY ABILITY TO STOP. I PRESSED FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE, THEN ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE. WHILE CONTINUING TO PRESS THE BRAKE, I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, THEN INTO PARK. THE CAR STOPPED. I AM SURPRISED I DID NOT REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I DROVE CAREFULLY TO THE ROCHESTER TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, JUST MINUTES AWAY. I SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER. THIS VEHICLE IS ONE INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT TOYOTA RECALL. I HAD THE ACCELERATOR REPAIR MADE ON MARCH 5, 2010. I HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY ACCELERATOR PROBLEM BEFORE TODAY. I EXPLAINED TO THE MANAGER MY CONCERN THAT THE TRUE PROBLEM WITH UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED, THUS MY PROBLEM OCCURRED DESPITE THE PRIOR REPLACEMENT OF MY PEDAL. I PHONE THE TOYOTA 800 NUMBER AN MADE A REPORT. NEITHER THE TOYOTA SERVICE MANAGER NOR THE PERSON AT THE 800 NUMBER COULD ASSURE ME THAT THESE INCIDENTS ARE BEING DOCUMENTED OR EVALUATED INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A GROUP. I FIND THIS VERY UNSETTLING, AND I'M CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS IN AND AROUND TOYOTA VEHICLES.

ON 1/28/10 AS I SLOWED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE RAV4 STARTED TO HIGHLY REV UP.( MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR) YET IT SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO SPEED UP FOR NO REASON. IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY ACCELERATED. I WAS ABLE TO THROW THE GEAR INTO PARK AND IT STOPPED. THAT SAME DAY I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT AS PER THE RECALL. ON 3/11/10 I WAS TALKING WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. I WAS AT A FULL STOP WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE BUT STILL IN DRIVE. THE SAME HIGH REVVING AGAIN HAPPENED. I AGAIN THREW THE GEAR INTO PARK AND THE REVVING STOPPED. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND THEY HAD A TOYOTA FIELD TECH INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PEDAL. I HAVE WITNESSES TO BOTH EVENTS. THERE IS SOME PROBLEM IF IT ISN'T THE PEDAL, IT IS SOMETHING ELSE. VEHICLES DON'T REV BY THEMSELVES. I REFUSE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE NOTIFIED TOYOTA. PLEASE ADVISE AND HELP ME I LIKE THE VEHICLE OTHERWISE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. WHENEVER THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE RESULTED IN A CRASH. WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED IT CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A HOUSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,900. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,500.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN WHEN THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AS IF HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL. HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND THAT DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. THE DRIVER TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN AGAIN. THE DRIVER THEN TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON AGAIN AND IT BEGAN TO DRIVE NORMAL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 1,786.

ON SUNDAY, JUNE 27 2010, WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN A CROWDED CANYON IN OUR 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. (WE PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP PURSUANT TO THE SAFETY RECALL.) MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING WHILE I WAS SEATED BESIDE OUR TODDLER IN THE BACK SEAT. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEBODY FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR. MY HUSBAND BECAME ALARMED AS HE NOTICED THE RPMS IMMEDIATELY RAMPED UP. WE LURCHED FORWARD. MY HUSBAND'S FOOT WAS NOT EVEN ON THE ACCELERATOR. FORTUNATELY, SINCE MY HUSBAND WAS ABOUT TO BRAKE, WE WERE ABLE TO NARROWLY AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF US. WE CONTACTED OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO INSPECT THE NEW TOYOTA. THEY COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT, BUT THEY DID INDICATE THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A FLOOR MAT PROBLEM. WE EXPLAINED THAT THE ACCELERATOR DID NOT SEEM STUCK AND THAT WE WERE TRAVELING AT AN EXTREMELY SLOW RATE OF SPEED AND THEN UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATED. WE CONTINUED TO BE CONCERNED AND SO WE CONTACTED TOYOTA. THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE DEVICE INSTALLED PURSUANT TO THE SAFETY RECALL WAS INTENDED TO ASSIST THE ACCELERATOR IN RETURNING TO AN IDLE POSITION. HOWEVER, AS WE EXPLAINED, THE ACCELERATOR WAS IN AN IDLE POSITION WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. WE CONTINUE TO BE SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE OUR NEW TOYOTA RAV4. THIS MATTER HAS RECENTLY BEEN REFERRED TO ARBITRATION. *TR

2010 TOYOTA RAV4. CONSUMER EXPRESSES DISCONTENT REGARDING THE TOYOTA SALES CENTER IN WHICH VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FOR NOT DISCLOSING WHAT SHE ASSERTS AS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT CAN CAUSE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *TGW THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE DEALERSHIP WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE SITUATION AS THE RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED THREE WEEKS AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND LUNGED FORWARD. HE STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED HARDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE STOPPED. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. HE STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAPPENED THREE TIMES AND IT'S ALWAYS OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,400. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,000. UPDATED 12/7/10 *CN