NHTSA Complaint #10579365 — 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA

TODAY, 04/12/14, AT AROUND 11:55 A.M., I HAD MY FOURTH EXPERIENCE OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN MY 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE FIRST TWO INCIDENTS I HAD NOT REPORTED. THE THIRD INCIDENT I DID REPORT TO TOYOTA, THEY EXAMINED MY TRUCK AND FOUND NOTHING THEY THOUGHT WOULD CAUSE THE ACCELERATION. TODAY, I WAS APPROACHING A BUSY INTERSECTION DURING A STREET FESTIVAL IN THE DOWNTOWN SECTION OF MY HOME TOWN. MY TRUCK DID NOT STOP WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE, BUT THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE TIRES SQUEALED TWICE AS I TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IT CARRIED ME THROUGH THE INTERSECTION - IF IT HAD BEEN OCCUPIED, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEER AWAY FROM PEDESTRIANS, AS THE STREET WAS NARROW AND IT ALL HAPPENED VERY FAST. AS SOON AS I HAD CONTROL OF THE TRUCK, I PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE RUG. THE RUG WAS HOOKED INTO ITS HOLE, A GOOD 3 INCHES FROM THE ACCELERATOR, AND COULD NOT BE MOVED BY HAND. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE MY TRUCK, AND AM GRATEFUL TO GOD THAT NO ONE WAS HURT OR KILLED. I HAD A PASSENGER WITH ME WHO WITNESSED THIS. *TR UPDATED 09/29/2014 *JS