NHTSA Complaint #10472244 — 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY

2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATION RECALLS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WITHIN ONE MONTH OF DRIVING HER BRAND NEW VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED ACCELERATION ISSUES. THE DEALER ADVISED HER TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE DROVE AT 45 MPH AND MOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR AS IF SHE WERE ABOUT TO SLOW DOWN, BUT THEN APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN, THE COMPUTER THAT WOULD RAN THE DRIVE BY WIRE WOULD GET CONFUSED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGIN TO SHIFT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WOULD THEN GO INTO NEUTRAL FOR A FEW SECONDS, LONG ENOUGH TO APPLY THE PEDAL. FINALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD GET THE MESSAGE AND QUICKLY CATCH UP TO THE LEVEL OF COMPRESSION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE ELECTRONICS. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. *JB