2007 Toyota Avalon

2007 TOYOTA AVALON LUNGED FORWARD AND DRIVER THOUGHT HE HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND AND KNOCKED OUT HE THOUGHT BY A CONCRETE WALL BUT HE HIT ANOTHER CAR. A WOMAN, NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, WAS KILLED. MAN, MY HUSBAND WAS CONVICTED OF FELONY MANSLAUGHTER NAMING THE VEHICLE AS A DEADLY WEAPON. BECAUSE TOYOTA DID NOT REPORT SAFETY ISSUES WE RENTED THIS VEHICLE AND IF WE HAD KNOWN WE WOULD NOT HAVE RENTED THE VEHICLE AND MY HUSBAND WOULD BE AT HOME INSTEAD OF PRISON, NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WERE INVOLVED AS ORIGINALLY CHARGED BUT TESTS PROVE DIFFERENTLY. I KNOW I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO GIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION BUT I NEED HELP. MY NAME IS [XXX] . NO ATTORNEY WANTS A CASE THAT HAS A CONVICTION, THEY WANT CASES THAT SETTLE OUT OF COURT WITH LITTLE EFFORT. YOUR AGENCY IS GETTING PAID FINES FROM TOYOTA, OTHERS ARE BEING COMPENSATED WHILE WE SUFFER BECAUSE THE CAR WAS A RENTAL AND THE DEALERSHIP DENIED ACCESS TO THE CAR BY OUR ATTORNEYS AND OURSELVES. WE DID NOT EVEN GET OUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS. WE NEED HELP. IS THERE NO HELP FOR US OR ARE OUR LIVES EXPENDABLE? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. HE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE; AFTER TWO SEPARATE ATTEMPTS, THE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY. HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT BEHAVED NORMALLY AFTER FIVE TO TEN MINUTES. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALLS 09V388000, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND 10V017000. THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SINCE THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. ON DEC 3, 2009, THE CONTACT PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY. WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE HIT THE CORNER POST OF A FENCE FOLLOWED BY A TREE AND FINALLY STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST PRODUCED NO ERROR CODES. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. LATER, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, FLOOR MAT AND OIL HOSE RECALLS (RECALLS 09V388000 & 10V017000). THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALERSHIP ALSO PERFORMED AN OVERRIDE ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000. UPDATED 6/19/10 *CN THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION FOR A SECOND TIME ON APRIL 23, 2010 AFTER THE RECALL HAD BEEN PERFORMED. UPDATED 09/01/10

ON MARCH 19, 2008, MY STEP-SON WAS KILLED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA WHILE DRIVING HIS 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. HE HAD JUST DROPPED MY SISTER-IN-LAW OFF AT THE AIRPORT AND WAS TRAVELING ON THE COURTNEY CAMPBELL PARKWAY WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED. HE EXITED ONTO A SERVICE ROAD, POSTED AT 15 MPH, AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, CRASHING THROUGH A GUARDRAIL AND PLUNGING INTO TAMPA BAY. HE DID NOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. WITNESSES SAY HE DID NOT APPEAR TO BRAKE BEFORE HITTING THE GUARDRAIL. NOBODY COULD DETERMINE AT THE TIME WHY THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED; HIS TOXICOLOGY REPORT WAS CLEAR. THE CAR HAS LONG SINCE BEEN SALVAGED SINCE TOYOTA'S ACCELERATION ISSUES WERE NOT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME TWO YEARS AGO. I RECENTLY RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE ON THE VEHICLE FOR ACCELERATOR PEDAL REINFORCEMENT BAR INSTALLATION. UPDATED 05/10/10 *BF UPDATED 06/17/10. *JB UPDATE 9/27/11*CW

2007 AVALON XL. CONSUMER STATES REPEATED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *TGW IN SEPTEMBER 2009, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE CONSUMER REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD HIM TO CHECK THE FLOOR MAT. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, HE WAS TOLD REPEATEDLY BY THE DEALER IT WAS A FLOOR MAT PROBLEM AND NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *JB

2007 AVALON LIMITED WITH ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED ACCELERATION PROBLEMS RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING. THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. THE MECHANIC AND THE CONSUMER WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT THE COMPUTER WAS NOT USED TO THE CONSUMER'S STYLE OF DRIVING AND IT WOULD ADJUST IF THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES RANDOMLY.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO STOP THE ACCELERATION, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION WAS DUE TO A CHIP IN THE COMPUTER. PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE, THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE NHTSA RECALL# 10V017000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AT THE TIME WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP UNTIL THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND BEGAN FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR NHTSA RECALL # 10V017000, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,186 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,013.

I WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 CARS LENGTH APART FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I SAW THE TRAFFIC LIGHT BEGIN TO CHANGE FROM YELLOW TO RED, I QUICKLY PUT ON MY BRAKES, BUT THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP; IT ACCELERATED INSTEAD. I KEPT MY FOOT ALL THE WAY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE CAR STILL DID NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP. I BRACE MYSELF FOR THE IMPACT BECAUSE I KNEW THAT IT WAS UNAVOIDABLE TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IT FINALLY STOPPED WHEN IT STRUCK THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE INCREASED ACCELERATION TO 90 MPH WITHOUT WARNING WHICH WAS BEYOND THE CRUISE CONTROL SET SPEED. THE VEHICLE SPEED RATE DECREASED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED.THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE RECALL DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 700. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,000.