NHTSA Complaint #10303146 — 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE SO THAT SHE COULD MERGE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THE SPEED CONTINUED TO INCREASE; ALTHOUGH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER TOWARDS THE GRAVEL AND SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL UNTIL IT COASTED AND STOPPED. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED, SHE TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. SHE RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE FLOOR MATS MAY HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AND INSTRUCTED HER TO REMOVE THEM. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR EVERY TIME SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,406. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND A BAR WAS INSTALLED UNDER THE GAS PEDAL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS STILL NOT RUNNING RIGHT AND ALSO THERE WAS AN OCCASIONAL PING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 03/29/10*JB