1996 Toyota Camry Vehicle speed control Problems

“I am the owner of the 96 Toyota Camry identified by the VIN number provided. I have experienced an abnormal speeding of my car as explained below: this past friday, jan 13th about 6:30 pm central time, I was traveling on I-65 south (from birmingham, alabama to hoover, alabama). About 15 to 20 minutes on the road, when I was just about to reach my destination, my vehicle started accelerating abruptly even when the foot was off the pedal. I stepped on the brakes but the engine kept revving upwards of 3000 RPM. …”

“Vehicle-Toyota-Camry-1996 and 1993 problem: cruise control we own 1996, my mom owns 1993, both have the following problem. Neither of us have been able to afford to have repairs done, so we do not know the cause/remedy. We have instead stopped using. Intermittently, repeatedly, without any warning, cruise control suddenly stops working. A sudden extreme decrease in speed occurs due to failure. Switches and lights indicate it is still on and working properly. …”

“This event occurred twice: I was driving at approximately 30-40 MPH w/out the cruise control engaged. When I took my foot of the gas pedal to apply the brakes the vehicle accelerated. I had to depress the brake pedal as hard as I could to stop the vehicle. In the second incident I had to take the car out of gear which caused the RPM to jump significantly. Once the car was turned off and restarted the car functioned normally. I took the vehicle to the dealer who could not find any open recalls nor could the dealer identify any problems with the vehicle. …”

“I entered the freeway on-ramp and accelerated. The car continued to accelerate even after I took my foot off the gas pedal. I kicked the pedal down a couple times to get it unstuck. Instead of coming unstuck, it stuck all the way to the floor. (the engine accelerated to the maximum amount. I think the actual pedal came back up to the idle position.) the brakes slowed the car some when I pushed on the pedal with both feet with my hands on the steering wheel and standing up so all my weight and strength was on the brake. …”

“On september 19, 2014, when my wife was driving a 96 Toyota Camry car home, all of the sudden, the vehicle automatically accelerated, she hit the brake hard but the vehicle still went 40 MPH. She almost hit several vehicles before she managed to shift it to the parking mode and stop the vehicle in the up-slope driveway. At this time, the vehicle was still roaring and smoke came out and she turned off the engine. We felt this is a very serious safety issue and is similar to accident happened several years ago. We would like to report it to NHTSA and wish you start a swift investigation. …”