NHTSA Complaint #10359379 — 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA

2006 TACOMA HAS BEEN IN DEALERSHIP ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR OUT OF CONTROL SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. THE FIRST EVENT WAS IN 2009, I WAS TAKING A FRIEND HOME AT APPROX. 11 PM WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ITSELF TO MAXIMUM SPEED AND WE WERE FORTUNATELY ABLE TO AVOID COLLISION AND VEHICLE ROLLOVER AND BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE SECOND EVEN HAPPENED ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2010. VEHICLE WAS BACKING A TRAILER ONTO PROPERTY WITH GUIDANCE OF FRIEND AND SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED. MY FRIEND HAD TO JUMP OUT OF HARMS WAY. THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TWO MORE TIMES ON THIS DAY BACKING THE TRUCK BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY. TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TOWED THE VEHICLE AWAY. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MODIFIED ON TWO RECALLS FOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION BEFORE THE ACCIDENTS ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THE VEHICLE WAS KEPT BY TOYOTA FOR 6 WEEKS AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS VEHICLE, I DRIVE IT AND I AM SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND POSSIBLY HURT OR EVEN KILL MYSELF OR SOMEBODY ELSE. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. I AVOID AND CONTINUE TO AVOID DRIVING WITH ANY PASSENGERS INCLUDING MY WIFE AND SON. I HAVE WRITTEN TESTIMONIES FROM BOTH THE PASSENGER AND THE PERSON I ALMOST RUN OVER. *TR