NHTSA Complaint #10339872 — 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY

ON APRIL 27, 2010, I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. I USUALLY BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE VERY SLOWLY SO THAT I CAN STOP AT ANYTIME. AFTER I HAD CLEARED THE PARKING SPACE AND BEFORE I COULD EXCHANGE GEARS, THE CAR (2007 TOYOTA CAMRY) KEPT ON REVERSING. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR DID NOT STOP. IT STOPPED WHEN IT HIT A VAN WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO A POLICE CAR. LUCKILY THE POLICE OFFICER WITNESSED THE ENTIRE ACCIDENT. WHEN THE POLICE OFFICER APPROACHED MY CAR HE STATED THAT "I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO HIT ME." I REPLIED BY SAYING "MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP; I COULD STOP THE CAR." I INFORMED THE POLICE OFFICER THAT WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE POLICE REPORT INDICATES THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATION. THIS STATEMENT IS ALSO WANT THE MECHANIC SAID WHEN HE PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO WORK ON THE CAR. *TR