NHTSA Complaint #10690752 — 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY

UNEXPECTED ACCELERATIONS WITH MY 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. ON DECEMBER 11, 2014, MY GRANDDAUGHTER (WHO WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE), WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHILE SITTING AT THE LIGHT, THE CAR STARTED ROLLING FORWARD. SHE PRESSED DOWN FURTHER ON THE BRAKE, AND NOTICED IT SLOWED BUT DID NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. SHE APPLIED ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP. ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AS IF SOMEONE HAD HIT THE CAR FROM THE BACK CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO STRIKE THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER. SHE LOOKED INTO HER REAR-VIEW MIRROR AND REALIZED THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND HER. AFTER GETTING OVER THE INITIAL SHOCK OF THE EVENT, MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE CAR TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. SHE EXPLAINED TO THE OTHER DRIVER THE UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION WHILE HER FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, TO WHICH THE OTHER DRIVER EXPRESSED HAVING EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM (ACCELERATED WITHOUT NOTICE) WITH THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR TOYOTA CAMRY. I HAVE BEEN THE SINGLE OWNER OF THIS 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY LE SINCE 2000 AND MY CAMRY HAS BEEN TO THE TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR SERVICE ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE. EACH TIME THE THROTTLE WAS CLEANED INSTEAD OF REPLACED. HAS BEEN REPORTED TO MANUFACTURER WITH NO RESOLUTION. ON DECEMBER 29, 2014 I HAD MY TOYOTA CAMRY TOWED TO MARIETTA TOYOTA AND THE ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO MARIETTA TOYOTA IN MARIETTA, GEORGIA AND TO TOYOTA NORTH AMERICA CORPORATE IN TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA. *JS