2005 Toyota RAV4 Vehicle speed control Problems

“As I exit the highway on sharp off ramps or take other similar tight turns, vsc trac sensor lights turns on and off and I can hear grinding noise when traction control auto-engages and disengages. The roadways have never been slick or wet and this issue has occurred at various speeds (30-50 MPH).”

“I was parking, 10 minutes early, entering the spot at about 1 MPH, my foot on the brake. My car lurched over a large curb and launched itself into a building. As it was lurching into the building, I kept my foot on the brake, put the car into park and pulled on the parking brake with my right hand and arm. These actions stopped the car as it crashed into the glass and metal front windows. I had been driving without any accidents, not even a ticket, for 38 years. After the accident I had Toyota inspect the car. …”

“We were approaching our garage when all of the sudden our 2005 Toyota RAV4 accelerated without me pushing the gas petal. We drove through the front of our garage, causing substantial damage to our garage and the SUV. Both garage doors had to be replaced and the front of our garage had to be reframed and dry-walled inside. My husbands 1977 jeep-cj7 that has been totally restored was damaged and had to be repainted. The SUV suffered damage requiring a new passenger door, new passenger side trim, new side mirrors, new headlights, and repainting of the front half of the SUV. …”

“Rav4 was total stopped on a stop sign. On taking the foot off the brake paddle to move ahead on green signal, even before the foot touched the accelerator paddle the vehicle accelerated at high speed into the vehicle in front. The driver has been driving this RAV4 for few years and has a very clean driving record and was at regular university stop. The damage was so bad that the vehicle was totalled by insurance. The damage looks like a high speed impact. A old 2005 RAV4 with 122000 miles on it cannot move that fast even if tried. The damage speaks for itself. …”

“It is very difficult to control acceleration from a stop while driving my RAV4 in stop and go traffic. This has been true since I purchased the car with about 40,000 miles on it. I removed the floor mat with no change. I have been told by two Toyota dealerships (one had the car for evaluation for a day and charged me a diagnosis fee and for a rental car) that this is normal. This is a potentially dangerous condition and clearly a safety hazard. I hold a commercial drivers license and have had many years of experience driving a wide variety of vehicles and have never encountered this problem. …”