1992 Toyota Camry Vehicle speed control Problems

“Several times in the last 6 months since my wife purchased a previously owned 1992 Toyota Camry, the car has accelerated on it's own with no one depressing the accelerator pedal. She said it feels as though the cruise control system has taken over control of the car. This phenomenon has taken place at speeds above 55 MPH and as slow as 15 MPH. A co-worker of my wife's sister has a Toyota and has described exactly the same thing happening while she is driving her car.”

“When the consumer shifted the gear to drive, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning colliding into a light pole. Vehicle hit a light pole no more than 8 feet from start, jumped over a low wall, went onto the sidewalk, went down a step into the street traveling in the direction of oncoming traffic. Consumer managed to steer the vehicle onto the sidewalk to prevent a terrible accident. Mechanic disabled the cruise control.”

“1992 v6 3.0 Camry history of multiple problems and repairs, good maint. Record, none covered recognized by toyoya warranty. Engine and steering and suspension in this car and many others is llisted as significant problems in research reports for a reason. Manufacturing, engineering design all problem areas. Driving car at slow speed, had uncontrollabe pull to left and surging car into a wall. Driver airbag and sustained nonlife threatening injuries. Property damage to wall and to car significant. Investigator says most likely rack and pinion steering at fault. …”

“Upon accelerating in reverse, my car shot back and hit a tree 13 feet from my back fender. It was after noticing that my exhaust system might possibly be damaged that I proceeded to get into the car to gently pull the car away from the tree and upon putting the gear into drive from park, my car then shot forward at approx. 40 MPH. I was told by the mechanic - greg fields at bill page Toyota that I had a sticky throttle plate, and that is why my car jutted forward. …”

“The contact owns a 1992 Toyota Camry. The contact stated when driving at speeds between 25 to 30 MPH, he would experience sudden acceleration and a stuck brake pedal. He was able to slow the vehicle by repeatedly depressing the brake pedal. The contact had not yet taken the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was contacted but would provide no assistance. The failure mileage was 143,000.”