2007 Toyota Matrix Vehicle speed control Problems

“On the morning of 12/16/2016, while in the parking garage where my wife works, she stopped to back into a parking spot and the car suddenly accelerated forward and would not respond to vigorous braking nor the emergency brake. The car hit a concrete wall, the air bag deployed, and she was injured (numerous fractures to date). We have seen the words 'brake override' and 'sudden unintended acceleration' in cases against Toyota. There were no floor mats in the car. We bought this car in the first week of oct 2016, so it was only approx 75 days in our possession. …”

“I was in a giant food store parking lot going 5 to 10 MPH. I was pulling up in the pickup lane to get my groceries. Upon completing a sharp left turn and getting ready to stop my engine revved up at a very high rate without pushing the accelerator down hard. I put my foot on the brake and put the car in neutral. The engine continued a high acceleration rate. I turn the engine off. The floor mat was not near the accelerator. I had only been going 5 to 10 MPH. This happened feb 14, 2010. …”

“I am requesting that DOT NHTSA investigate the electronic acceleration system and/or the ECM causing sudden unintended acceleration of my 2007 Toyota Matrix. On 9/18/2010 my son was driving my 2007 Toyota Matrix. He was pulling into a parking space in front of a store & was almost completely stopped when, even though he had his foot off the accelerator & on the brake, the car began to accelerate on it's own. He then pushed harder on the brake & turned the wheel & the vehicle continued to accelerate. …”

“March 2,2010 while stopped at a light at the intersection of joppa road and loch raven blvd. My 2007 Toyota Matrix accelerated, while my foot was on the brake into the truck in front of me...also stopped at the red light. You could smell brakes burning, police were called but only did a collision report since my front end was damaged and the truck was ok. No personal injuries. This was the first time I had anything like this happen with my car. I was terrified at the time. My car was towed to the Toyota collision center. …”

“I was driving out of a parking garage when the forward progress of the vehicle completely stopped, although the engine was still running. Depressing the gas pedal was difficult and it would not propel the car forward. The car was towed to bill kidd's Toyota in cockeysville, md. I was told that there was nothing wrong with the engine and that it was a computer chip that had been installed in many of the Matrix models by general motors in california that seemed to be causing this problem. The chip was replaced with a Toyota one. …”