NHTSA Complaint #10455603 — 2004 AUDI A4

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS, WE HAVE LOST CONTROL OF ACCELERATION IN OUR 2004 A4. I HAVE PRESSED MY ACCELERATOR TO PASS ON A HIGHWAY AND THE ACCELERATOR CONTINUES TO GO DOWN INCREASING SPEED OF CAR AGAINST MY WILL....ON FIRST TWO OCCASIONS I WAS ABLE TO PUMP BREAKS AND KICK GAS PEDAL FOR RELEASE (AND ASSUMED IT WAS A MAT ISSUE, HOWEVER I STARTED TO QUESTION THAT ISSUE ON THE SECOND OCCASION AFTER INSPECTION OF MY MAT AND I ALSO FELT LIKE THE PEDAL PRESSED AWAY FROM MY FOOT ALL ITS OWN, LIKE ON CRUISE CONTROL EVEN THOUGHT MY CC WAS NOT ON)....HOWEVER TONIGHT MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED ACCELERATING FROM A RED LIGHT, SINCE I HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PROBLEM I KNEW TO FLIP IT INTO NEUTRAL...HOWEVER ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT HIGH RPMS ONCE WE GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED CAR OFF AND ON...STILL REV'D UP. FINALLY ON THE SECOND TIME TURNING CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN WE PROCEEDED HOME AND CAR DROVE FINE. THIS IS THE CAR I DRIVE MY CHILDREN IN AND I HAVE COME ACROSS MANY SIMILAR INCIDENCE ONLINE WHICH IS HOW I FOUND THIS SITE...I WANT TO GET RID OF CAR BUT HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT SELLING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. ALL INCIDENCES ONLINE THAT I COME ACROSS AUDI DEALERSHIPS DOES NOTHING, I PLAN TO TAKE MY CAR IN TOMORROW AS I NOW KNOW FOR SURE IT IS NOT A MAT ISSUE. DID WE NOT JUST DEAL WITH THIS SAME ISSUE WITH TOYOTA. *JS