NHTSA Complaint #10327174 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT APPLIED EXTREME FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY 8 TIMES IN REFERENCE TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE EIGHT TIMES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE TO CORRECT THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION; (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V388000: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL); HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MODIFIED TO A SMALLER LENGTH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THERE WERE NO RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000.