1996 Toyota Avalon Vehicle speed control Problems

“After receiving a jump, I was told to drive the car for about 20 minutes to recharge the battery. After driving for about 10 minutes, the gas pedal seemed to stick. Then when driving the speed began to accelerate without pressing the gas pedal. The longer we drove the higher the engine revved. I decided to return to my home about 5 minutes away then the car brake would not stop the car at a stop light and I had to quickly turn the corner to a side street until the light changed and I was able to enter my street. …”

“While driving to an appointment, I had unintended acceleration. Luckily, I was able to pull over to side of road after using two feet to slow vehicle, and shut vehicle off. After trying to restart vehicle several times, it was still revving. After a half hour, I was able to start it and bring it home. Very scary! It has happened several times since then, when my husband was driving, and we were able to pull off to safety. We took it to our mechanic, and since it was not doing it while they had it, they couldn't find what was causing the problem, and fix it. …”

“The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that while in reverse with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle accelerated suddenly and without warning. The contact was unable to regain control of the vehicle, crashing into the front of a parked vehicle. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 97,909.”

“The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Avalon. The contact was involved in a crash and the vehicle was destroyed. The contact had to be cut out of the vehicle in order to be transported to the hospital via ambulance. The contact sustained a fractured hip. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal remained stuck to the floor when the pedal was engaged which caused him to crash into a building. Both the dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 226,444. A police report was filed. The VIN was unavailable.”

“The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Avalon. While pulling up to a curb, the consumer attempted to stop, but the vehicle accelerated forward. The consumer tried to stop the vehicle by using repeated brake application, then putting the gear in park which made the vehicle go into reverse. The vehicle then accelerated backwards 50 feet and pinned a pedestrian under the vehicle dragging him approximately 50 feet. The pedestrian died from his injures. The vehicle continued backwards until it hit a utility pole. The failure mileage was 68,047. Updated 02/19/10 updated 09/02/10 updated 9/27/11”