NHTSA Complaint #10320934 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

ATTN: DEFECTS INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE. 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH 38721 MILES THAT IS OWNED BY AND USED AS AN UNDERCOVER POLICE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT EXPLANATION ON MARCH 10, 2010. THE OPERATOR, WHO IS A SWORN OFFICER, ADVISES THAT HIS FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE INCREASED IN SPEED AND ENGINE REVOLUTIONS WITHOUT EXPLANATION. THE EVENT OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF APPROXIMATELY 1/10TH OF A MILE REACHING SPEEDS JUST OVER 60 MPH. THE ACCELERATION EVENT CORRECTED ITSELF. THERE WAS NO INJURY OR CRASH ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT. THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION HAD COMPLETED A TOYOTA RECALL SERVICE PROGRAM # SSC90L TO ADDRESS ACCELERATION ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE ON MARCH 2, 2010. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE HENRICO POLICE ON MARCH 3, 2010. THE EXTREMELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN THE RECALL SERVICE AND THIS SUDDEN UNANTICIPATED ACCELERATION EVENT GIVES REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE RECALL SERVICE WAS NOT EFFECTIVE IN CORRECTING THE ACCELERATION ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH TOYOTA BRAND VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED SHORTLY AFTER THE EVENT AND IS CURRENTLY SECURED BY THE HENRICO POLICE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN OR EXAMINED BY ANY PARTIES SINCE THE OCCURRENCE OF THIS ACCELERATION EVENT. IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED THE REQUIRED ACCELERATION RECALL SERVICE AND HAS BEEN SECURED SINCE THE DATE OF THE OCCURRENCE, THIS AGENCY BELIEVES THAT THIS VEHICLE IS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR EXAMINATION BY THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATIONS TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THIS UNANTICIPATED ACCELERATION EVENT. THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS OUTFITTED WITH TOYOTA BRAND FLOOR MATS WHICH ARE TETHERED TO ANCHORS IN THE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. *TR