NHTSA Complaint #10378340 — 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA

MY 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA HAS A DEMENTED MIND OF ITS OWN WHEN IT COMES TO UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. I WILL DESCRIBE WHAT IT HAS DONE AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN THE YEAR AND A HALF SINCE I (UNFORTUNATELY) PURCHASED IT. AS I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND APPLY IT TO THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE SPEEDS UP TO MORE THAN 7,000 RPM. I CONTINUE PRESSING ON THE BRAKE WHICH STARTS TO SLIP. TO AVOID A CRASH I MUST QUICKLY SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL. AS THE ENGINE REACHES MAXIMUM RPM'S, IT THEN DIES BACK TO AN IDLE. IT IS NOT THE FLOOR MAT OR THE ACCELERATION PEDAL CAUSING THIS. NINE OF THESE TIMES I HAVE BEEN GOING FORWARD, BUT THIS MORNING THIS EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AS I WAS SLOWLY BACKING UP INTO A PARKING SPACE. NOW HERE'S THE EVEN SADDER SITUATION WE HAVE. MY WIFE OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA RAV4 AND THE EXACT SAME THING HAS HAPPENED IN THAT VEHICLE ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. (I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT ON HER VEHICLE AS WELL.) THIS IS NOT DRIVER ERROR. IT'S A VERY SCARY SITUATION AND WE ARE BOTH HOPEFUL NOTHING SERIOUS HAPPENS TO US OR THE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF US AS WE ARE TRYING TO STOP OUR VEHICLES. *LN