NHTSA Complaint #10311366 — 2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER THAT HAD MAT ENTRAPMENT--I HAD AFTER MARKET MATS AS NONE WERE GIVEN TO ME WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE--I REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA CORPORATION AND HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED AT DEALERSHIP AND REP SAID THERE WAS NO DEFECT IN MY ACCELERATOR--THE VEHICLE HAD ACCELERATED AND I HIT A PICNIC TABLE AND 2 BIRD FEEDER AND A FENCE IN MY YARD BEFORE I GOT THE VEHICLE TO STOP. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT MY ACCELERATOR AS THE 2007 IS NOT ON RECALL BUT I FEEL IT SHOULD BE--THEY DID NOT EXPLAIN THAT TO ME JUST TOLD ME THAT MY FLOOR MAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN--I REALIZE THAT BUT I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION--I BLEW A MICHELIN TIRE AND HAVE DAMAGE TO MY BUMPER--TOTAL COST--ABOUT $600 ACCORDING TO TOYOTA GARAGE--NO ANSWER FROM THEM EXCEPT TO SAY THIS WAS MY FAULT. *TR