NHTSA Complaint #10343088 — 2008 TOYOTA COROLLA

I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA COROLLA. ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE ENGINE ACCELERATED. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED TO 6000RPM. AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE I REMOVED THE FLOOR MATS AT TOYOTA'S REQUEST EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NO WHERE NEAR THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CONDITION RE-OCCURRED. BOTH THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL TOYOTA REP CHECKED THE CAR AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. I PUT THE FLOOR MATS BACK - AGAIN NO WHERE NEAR THE ACCELERATOR AND ON 2 JULY THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OCCURRED AGAIN WHEN I WAS ON A TRIP. WHEN I RETURNED I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY LOCAL DEALER THEY CHECKED THE CAR AND FOUND NOTHING. THE REGIONAL TOYOTA REP WOULD NOT COME TO INSPECT IT BECAUSE THE FLOOR MATS WERE IN PLACE - BUT AGAIN THEY ARE NO WHERE NEAR THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND TO REMOVE THE FLOOR MATS. MY WIFE AND MOTHER IN LAW WERE IN THE CAR DURING THE LAST INCIDENT AND THEY WERE VERY FRIGHTENED. MY WIFE WILL NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR. I DO NOT FEEL THAT THE CAR IS SAFE BUT HAVE NO CHOICE SINCE I CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER CAR. THE ACCELERATOR IS NOT STICKING BUT IT IS ADVANCING TO CAUSE THE HIGHER RPMS. I'M NOT SURE WHY TOYOTA DOES NOT REALIZE THIS. *TR