NHTSA Complaint #10632642 — 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA

IN JUNE 2013 I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSTATE ENTRANCE RAMP. AS I SLOWED DOWN (FOOT ON THE BRAKE) TO MAKE THE RIGHT TURN ONTO THE RAMP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE REAR END TO "FISH TAIL" AROUND, JUMPING THE CURB ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RAMP AND SENDING THE VEHICLE DOWN THE EMBANKMENT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP BEFORE HITTING THE FENCE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. SINCE THIS FIRST INCIDENT IN JUNE 2013, THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE MORE INCIDENTS IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST OF 2014. THE LAST INCIDENT IN AUGUST OCCURRED AS I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT. AGAIN, I WAS SLOWING DOWN (FOOT ON THE BRAKE) WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CAUSING ME TO STRIKE THE PARKED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE INCIDENTS IN JUNE AND JULY 2014 WERE ALSO SIMILAR PARKING LOT INCIDENTS WITH NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND. AFTER THE AUGUST 2014 INCIDENT, I STARTED TO "CONNECT THE DOTS" AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. I FIND THIS VERY STRANGE GIVEN ALL OF THE KNOWN ISSUES TOYOTA HAS HAD WITH SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION (SUA). *TR