1997 Toyota Corolla

I EXPERIENCE SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON MY TOYOTA COROLLA 1997 WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ACTIVE AND SET ON SPEED. IT HAPPENED ABOUT 4 TIMES OVERT HE LAST THREE YEARS AND I CAN CORRECT IT BY TURNING OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. SOMETIMES IT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I SET THE SPEED AND SOMETIMES WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I ACCELERATE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET ON SPEED. *TR

IN MY 1997 TOYOTA COROLLA, I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN, WHEN IT TURNED GREEN, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND ALL OF SUDDEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AUTOMATICALLY TOOK OFF ON IT'S OWN. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY THAT THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD DO WAS TRY TO STEER AWAY FROM TRAFFIC AND ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE ONLY SAFE PLACE TO GO WAS OVER THE SIDEWALK AND HITTING THE SIDE OF A CHURCH BUILDING ENDING UP IN A DITCH WHEN IT FINALLY STOPPED. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE POLICE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED MY CAR. IT IS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THAT MY HUSBAND AND I WE'RE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. IT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN, THAT THIS ACCELERATOR PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA HAS BEEN GOING ON AT LEAST SINCE 1997. SINCE THEN, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO THEIR TOYOTA VEHICLE RUNNING OUT OF CONTROL. SHORTLY AFTER OUR ACCIDENT IN 2001, I HEARD REPORTS ABOUT TOYOTA CARS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER TOYOTA CAR EVER AGAIN. IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I WILL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO EVERY TOYOTA VEHICLE NOT JUST THE MORE RECENT MODELS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITH THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 80 MPH AND WOULD NOT DECELERATE. AFTER REPEATED BRAKE APPLICATION THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 20 MPH, AND THEN SHE TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. A MECHANIC DISABLED THE CRUISE CONTROL. ALSO THEY HAD TO REPAIR THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS DAMAGED DUE TO HER EXCESSIVE BRAKING. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,876.THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL, VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE, ALSO BRAKE PEDAL GETS REALLY HARD AND VEHICLE STARTS TO LOSE POWER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER/CALIPERS, AND BRAKE PADS, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK. CONSUMER STATED AFTER APPLYING THE PEDAL, IT WILL EVENTUALLY GET HARD WHICH SLOWS DOWN THE VEHICLE, WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL FROM 40 MPH TO 30 MPH THEN THERE IS SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING AND EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE.*JB