NHTSA Complaint #10313823 — 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) ON DRY PAVEMENT DURING CONGESTED EVENING RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC IN REDMOND, WASHINGTON, USA. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTING (DECELERATING) UP A GENTLE RIGHT-BENDING GRADE TO A YIELD SIGN FROM SOUTHBOUND 148TH AVE NE TO WESTBOUND REDMOND WAY (RTE 908). AS THE VEHICLE COASTED TO THE YIELD SIGN SLOWING THROUGH A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AT FULL POWER WITH THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE INDICATING APPROXIMATELY 5000-6000 RPM. THE DRIVER STATES WITH UTMOST CERTAINTY THAT HIS FOOT WAS NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO OR DURING THE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE'S CRUISE CONTROL WAS TURNED ON BUT THE DRIVER STATES WITH UTMOST CERTAINTY THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT SET/ENGAGED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO OR DURING THE INCIDENT. WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS OF THE ONSET OF THE RAPID UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION, THE DRIVER APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING AND THE ACCELERATION CEASED. THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE APPLICATION OF BRAKES. THE DRIVER STATES THAT NO SUBSEQUENT UNEXPECTED ACCELERATIONS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE REPORTED INCIDENT. *TR