2010 Toyota Venza Vehicle speed control Problems

“1st time (nov. 5th, 2016), I was in stop & go traffic on the highway, I let off of the accelerator, and the car accelerated, I quickly hit the brake and the car slowed and stopped. 2nd time (april 12th, 2017), I was cruising about 30mph, I let off of the accelerator and the car accelerated, I quickly hit the brake and the car slowed down. On april 12th, 2017 I called the Toyota dealership, told them what happened and asked if there was any kind of recall - they said no.”

“I have a 2010 fwd Venza with 2000 miles. This past weekend we had four separate instances of the unexpected engine revving. After taking foot off gas and applying brake lightly, preparing for a full brake. The engine 'revved' for approximately 1-2 seconds. Oddly, no acceleration occurred in the vehicle. This occurred in residential neighborhoods, typical speed 25-35. The happened once with me and three times with my wife. Plan to take vehicle to dealer and call Toyota consumer experience hotline.”

“I was pulling into a parking space very slowly...my foot was on the gas pedal very gently and all of a sudden the car accelerated at a fast speed. I hit the brick wall of a store and smashed the glass front door. Under no circumstances did I depress the gas pedal in excess to cause it to accelerate. As I was pulling into the spot the engine did start to make a revving up sound. The parking spot was only approximately 10 feet from front of building. I quickly applied the brakes before impact but did not stop. The impact of the car on the wall stopped the car. Thank god there were no injuries. …”

“I was driving a 2010 Toyota Venza, and was heavily pressing on the accelerator to gain speed to merge onto the express way, when my car kept accelerating at a high rate of speed, even after I took my foot away from the accelerator, approx 80 MPH. The only thing I can compare it to, is it felt like the car's cruise control engaged on it's own and took over, but, kept accelerating. I put my foot on the brake but since the car was accelerating at a high rate of speed it was hard to keep it pressed, so I used both feet and all my leg strength and held the brake to the floor. …”

“At 2 pm today, I had just returned from running errands and was pulling into my driveway and pushed the garage door opener. At that point, my foot was on the brake and not on the gas pedal; I was coasting at a very low speed with the natural forward movement of the car carrying me into the garage (my driveway is only about two-car-lengths long). As I neared the garage door, now halfway open, my car suddenly revved to a high speed and was headed straight toward smashing into the garage door. As I said, my foot was on the brake and so I then put the other foot on the brake as well. …”