NHTSA Complaint #10340570 — 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR ALL SEASON TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING IDLE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED RESULTING IN A CRASH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT WAS NOT EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE BODY DAMAGE ONLY. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES WHERE AN UNKNOWN SERVICE WAS PERFORMED ON THE THROTTLE. THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR SINCE THE THROTTLE REPAIR. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRES EXHIBITED PREMATURE WEAR. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AND THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN BRAKING DISTANCE AND IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, HE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY STEADY, REPEATED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES BEFORE THEY WOULD ENGAGE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000.