NHTSA Complaint #10305126 — 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA

I WAS A PASSENGER IN MY FRIEND'S 2008 TACOMA TRUCK ON 1/31/10. WE WERE TRAVELLING FROM CULPEPPER ,VA. TO CHARLOTTESVILLE WHEN WE PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND MCDONALDS. AS WE PULLED IN THE GAS STATION WE MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND THEN A LEFT HAND TURN PULLING INTO THE PARKING SPOT AT NORMAL PARKING SPEED(~ 5MPH) . AS THE DRIVER PUT ON THE BRAKE TO STOP IT FELT LIKE THE ABS ADJUSTED TO THE SLICK SURFACE AND SLID A LITTLE. THIS IS WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE BACK TIRES STARTED TO SPIN VERY FAST. AT THIS POINT THE TRUCK CLIMBED THE CONCRETE PARKING BARRIER, CROSSED THE SIDE WALK, REVVED FASTER WHILE THE DRIVER HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK. IT PROCEEDED TO CLIMB OVER A 2FT WALL, CROSSED THE BUSHES AND CRASHED INTO THE MCDONALDS STORE FRONT. THIS HAPPENED SO FAST AND IT SEEMED THAT THE ACCELERATION WAS STUCK AND THE ENGINE WAS REVVING AND THE BACK TIRES WERE SPINNING AND PUSHING THE TRUCK FORWARD. THERE WERE 3 OF US IN THE TRUCK AND WITNESSES IN THE MCDONALDS. *TR