NHTSA Complaint #10327460 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. GAS PEDAL ISSUES *GR THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS EXITING HIS DRIVEWAY, HE SAW HIS NEIGHBOR COMING DOWN THE HILL, BUT HIS VEHICLE KEPT GOING FORWARD AND HE JUST BARELY MISSED HITTING HIS NEIGHBOR. LATER THAT DAY, WHEN THE CONSUMER APPROACHED AT AN INTERSECTION, ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS IN FRONT HIM, BUT SUDDENLY THAT MOTORIST SLAMMED ON HER BRAKES, AS ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING AT FULL SPEED. THE CONSUMER WAS A CAR LENGTH BEHIND THE VEHICLE SO, HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING EVEN THOUGH THE CONSUMER WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE AS HARD AS HE COULD. THE CONSUMER HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 5 MPH. THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED ANOTHER INCIDENT O SUDDEN ACCELERATION PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT WHICH HE THOUGH AT FIRST THAT HIS FOOT LEFT THE BRAKE PEDAL. *JB