NHTSA Complaint #10304946 — 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA

PURCHASED NEW 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA LE IN 2003 AND NEW 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA LE IN 2006. FROM 2003 THRU 2006 SIX INCIDENTS OCCURRED WITH VEHICLE STOPPED AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL NOT ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHERE ENGINE RACED AS IF CRUISE CONTROL KICKED INTO "RESUME" AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. BY REFLEX, I SHIFTED INTO PARK OR SHUT TURNED OFF THE IGNITION KEY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. I REPORTED THE INCIDENTS TO LASSEN TOYOTA, ALBANY OREGON NO RESPONSE FROM THEM. THE 2006 TOYOTA HAD THE SAME INCIDENT OCCUR ONCE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. IT HAS THE SAME ENGINE AND EQUIPMENT AS THE 2003 MODEL I OWNED AND I REPORTED THE INCIDENT AGAIN TO LASSEN TOYOTA WITH NO RESPONSE. I AM ON MY GUARD NOW THAT I KNOW THIS OCCURS AND I DON'T PANIC AND KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT, BUT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KEEP A CLEAR HEAD AND KNOW WHAT TO DO INSTINCTIVELY COULD BE IN TROUBLE. I AM SURE THIS IS A COMPUTER PROBLEM THAT HAS SOME LINK TO THE ACCELERATION PROGRAM IN THE CRUISE CONTROL AREA EVEN WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND THE CAR IN DRIVE WITH THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE FOOT NO WHERE NEAR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS PROBLEM EXISTED IN TWO DIFFERENT YEARS OF THE SAME MODEL TOYOTA. JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS DOES OCCUR RANDOMLY IN THESE CARS AND THAT COMPLAINTS ARE IGNORED. *TR