NHTSA Complaint #10406753 — 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA

LETTER FROM SENATOR SNOWE ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEMS WITH HIS 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE ACCELERATOR BECAME LODGED UNDER THE FLOOR MAT. THE FIRST INCIDENT CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGED TO THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED TO THE CONSUMERS WIFE. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE THIRD TIME THE INCIDENT HAPPENED THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A STONE WALL AND THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED ON ITS SIDE. THE CONSUMER STATED TOYOTA CONTINUED TO TELL HIM NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. MONTHS LATER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE PROBLEM, ONLY FOR THE CLAIM TO BE DENIED, BECAUSE HE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT SIDE THE MATS WERE ON. *JB