2012 Toyota Camry

ON 9/24/14, WHILE TRAVELING HOME FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, I WAS HIT BY A TRUCK ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I WAS GOING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL AND WAS GOING TO TURN RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO IMPACT BUT MY TURN SIGNAL WAS ON, I WAS GOING TO TURN RIGHT AND I WAS BREAKING. SUDDENLY, I HEARD THIS LOUD CRASH, WHEN I LOOKED TO MY LEFT, I SAW MY DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR BEING PUSHED INTO MY DOOR, THEN I SAW THE TRUCK. MY CAR DID NOT STOP. I WAS GOING APPRX 15 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR MAYBE, AND AGAIN I WAS TRAVELING SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL AND WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING A TURN. I THINK MY CAR WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT. ONCE I WAS HIT, MY CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE, SEEMINGLY FASTER. AT THAT POINT I WAS VERY MUCH AWARE THAT MY CAR WAS NOT STOPPING AND THE BREAKS WERE NOT WORKING. AMAZINGLY, I WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE CORNER (WITHOUT BEING HIT BY ANYONE COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION) AND TURN THE CAR INTO A PARKING LOT (WITH NO CONTROL OF THE BREAKS). IN FRONT OF ME IN THE PARKING LOT, WHICH IS NOT A BIG LOT, MY CAR CONTINUED HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF A BUILDING THERE. I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR AND WAS FORCED TO PUT IT INTO PARK, HOPING THAT WOULD STOP THE CAR. IT DID. HOWEVER, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE POLICE WERE CALLED, A TICKET WAS ISSUED TO ME STATING THAT I DROVE WITHOUT DUE CARE AND CAUTION. MY INSURANCE AND TOYOTA HOTLINE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. THE PROCESS IS JUST BEGINNING AND I WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGES UNTIL THE "BLACK BOX" IS INSPECTED. THIS HAS BEEN VERY UPSETTING AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MUCH MORE SERIOUS OUTCOME. I THOUGHT TOYOTA'S ACCELERATION PROBLEMS HAD BEEN DEALT WITH. *TR

THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEEDS. I WAS DRIVING AT 20MPH AND NEEDED TO PICK UP SPEED TO MAKE A PASS AND THE CAR JUST KEPT ON REVVING AND THE SPEED DID NOT INCREASE AT ALL AND WHEN IT FINALLY PICKED UP SPEED, IT WAS A HARD JERK. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. ANOTHER INCIDENT AT A YIELD SIGN HEADING INTO THE HIGHWAY. AS I WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY, I HIT BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AND HAD TO GAS UP TO GET INTO THE LANE AND THE CAR JUST DIDN'T MOVE. I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE. I ALREADY CHANGED THE TORQUE CONVERTER WITHIN THE WARRANTY BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

A FRIEND AND ME WERE ON A TRIP TO MARKSVILLE, LA, AND I PUT MY CRUISE CONTROL ON, GOING ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR DOWN THE INTERSTATE 20, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST TOOK OFF. IT SCARED US SO BAD I DIDN'T USE IT ANYMORE DURING THE TRIP. WILL, THIS MONTH MY HUSBAND AND ME WERE GOING TO SHEVEPORT, LA AND I HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL ON AGAIN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST TOOK OFF LIKE A JET. I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AND IT QUIT. MY HUSBAND ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING PUTTING ON THE GAS LIKE THAT. I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T DO IT AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THE TIME BEFORE. SO WE DIDN'T USE THIS CRUISE CONTROL ANYMORE DURING THIS TRIP. I'M WRITING TO YOU ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN CASE SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN THAT MIGHT CAUSE DEATH, JUST IN CASE IF I HIT THE BRAKE AND IT DOESN'T WORK I'LL HAVE THIS IN WRITING.. FOR YOU AND MY FAMILY. YOU NEVER KNOW. HAVE YOU HAD ANY MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND DECELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A NEARBY TREE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE FACE AND CHEST AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND AS SOON AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CAR DID NOT MOVE AS USUAL, SO I MOVED MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. ONCE MY FOOT WAS OFF THE GAS PEDAL, THE CAR TOOK A CERTAIN SPRING AND UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. I WAS TAKING BY SURPRISED AND QUICKLY ACTED TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE TO SAFETY. I WILL BE REPORTING THIS INCIDENT TO TOYOTA OF NORTH AMERICA AND WILL WAIT FOR THEM TO INSTRUCT ME AS TO WHAT TO DO. SAFETY IS A GREAT CONCERN TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND HOPE THAT TOYOTA DOES THE RIGHT THING AND MAKES SURE TO PROVIDE US AN ANSWER AND REPAIRS OUR VEHICLE. *TR

P/O RESPONSE LTR TO TOYOTA CORP. RE 2012 CAMRYDATE: DECEMBER 26, 2013 - ...FURTHERMORE,MY BROTHER AND I HAVE STRESSED TO EVERYONE WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH SINCE OUR FIRST CONTACT ON DEC16, 2013 WITH TOYOTA REGARDING THESE DANGEROUS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS I.E., THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, STEERING PULLING TO THE RIGHT AS WELL AS THE OFFENSIVE ODOR THAT OCCURS WHEN THE AC IS TURNED ON. ...NO ONE WILL ASSIST US UNTIL JANUARY 6, 2014...WE CANNOT IMAGINE THAT CEO [XXX]... WOULD FIND IT ACCEPTABLE TO WAIT THREE (3) WEEKS - UNTIL JANUARY 6, 2014- TO FIRST BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION WHILE BEING LEFT WITH A DEFECTIVE AND DAMAGED TOYOTA CAMRY. [XXX]. DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR PHONE CALL EITHER. WE LOCATED NOV 16 2012 DETAILS AND FWD TO TOYOTA CORP: NOV 16, 2012- AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15PM ON THE 405S, ALL TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED BY THE POLICE NORTH OF THE SKIRBALL. WE WERE STANDING STILL FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. SUDDENLY, OUR CAR LUNGED FORWARD DUE TO UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. AS THE CAR VEERED TO THE RIGHT, I MANAGED, WITH GREAT EFFORT, TO STEER THE CAR AS WE WENT INTO THE LANE TO THE RIGHT OF US. AFTER TRAVELING MORE THAN 100 FEET, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO COME TO A STOP. THANKFULLY, WE DID NOT HIT AND WERE NOT HIT BY PASSING POLICE AND FIRE VEHICLES. WE ALSO SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING IN OUR CAR FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. ON NOVEMBER 17, 2012, WE WENT INTO TOYOTA SERVICE TO REPORT WHAT HAD OCCURRED THE NIGHT BEFORE. WE WANTED TOYOTA TO KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED BECAUSE IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING AND WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY. WE ALSO WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND HOW TOYOTA HAD RESOLVED THIS DANGEROUS, SAFETY PROBLEM. TOYOTA SERVICE CHECKED AND RESPONDED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN THE 2012 CAMRY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ACCEPTED THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT EXPERIENCED ONLY BY US. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH INTO A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SENT AN ENGINEER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED BEFORE SUDDENLY ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE DEFECT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15. *TR