NHTSA Complaint #10558142 — 2011 TOYOTA RAV4

I LEASE A 2011 TOYOTA RAV 4 AND MY CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY INTO ANOTHER CAR. I WAS INCHING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT VERY SLOWLY IN REVERSE, WHEN I NOTICED A MAN TO MY RIGHT, TWO SPOTS AWAY FROM ME, PULLING OUT HEAD FIRST. I DEPRESSED MY BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO LET HIM GO AND THE MOMENT I DID THAT, I LITERALLY FLEW BACK INTO THIS MAN'S CAR WITH SUCH A FORCE THAT I WOULD HAVE MOST DEFINITELY RUN SOMEBODY OVER IF THEY WERE WALKING BEHIND MY CAR. THANK GOD THERE WAS NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF SPACE (MAYBE 6 FEET) BETWEEN ME AND THE CAR I HIT BECAUSE I SURGED BACK WITH SUCH A FORCE THAT GIVEN THE TIME AND/OR SPACE, I CANNOT EVEN THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME OR SOMEONE ELSE IF THE CAR WAS ABLE TO GAIN MORE MOMENTUM. NOT TO MENTION HOW THANKFUL I AM MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND 6 MONTH OLD SON WERE NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME! I MOST DEFINITELY HAD AN ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. I HAD NO ADDITIONAL MATS ON MY FLOOR. THERE WAS NO PEDAL MISPLACEMENT.' I AM TELLING YOU THAT I WAS SLAMMING ON THE BREAK AND IT DIDN'T WORK- I JUST PROPELLED BEHIND ME INTO THIS MAN'S CAR. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING EVERYONE AND EVERYONE TO TRY TO GET OUT OF MY LEASE. I AM NOT DRIVING THIS CAR EVER AGAIN AND WOULDN'T RISK MY LIFE OR THE LIFE OF MY TWO CHILDREN. I AM VERY SKEPTICAL OF ACCURATE FINDINGS IN AN INVESTIGATION AFTER READING MANY REPORTS FROM PEOPLE SWEARING THE CAR ACCELERATED AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND BEING TOLD EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE WITH THEIR CAR BY THE INVESTIGATOR. THERE MUST BE A RECALL FOR THIS CAR. I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEBODY. I WILL NEVER DRIVE ANOTHER TOYOTA! *TR