2005 Toyota Tacoma

MY INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA ON JANUARY 26TH 2010. I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WHERE I HAD A RED STOP LIGHT AND SLOWED THE TRUCK TO AN ALMOST STOP. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WAS NEARLY TO THE FLOOR BUT NOT ALL THE WAY YET. THEN VERY SUDDENLY THE TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD AT WHICH POINT I JAMMED MY FOOT DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THEN THE TRUCK SORT OF JUMPED THREE TIMES DURING WHICH I HAD MY FOOT COMPLETELY PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUMPING BY ITSELF. THANKFULLY THE TRUCK STOPPED ABOUT ONE FOOT FROM THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET AROUND ME. THE TRUCK TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET DURING THIS TIME WHERE I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAVE NOT HAD ANOTHER SITUATION LIKE THAT SINCE. BUT HAD NO WARNING THE LAST TIME AND AM VERY WORRIED NEXT TIME I WILL NOT BE AS LUCKY. *TR

ON THE DAY OF DECEMBER 10, 2009 I WAS ARRIVING HOME FROM WORK AS I ALWAYS DO. I WAS PREPARING TO PARK MY 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE AS I ALWAYS DO. AS I BEGAN TO BACK UP THE ENGINE ROARED CAUSING THE TRUCK TO PLUNGE BACKWARD INTO THE GARAGE DOOR AND HOUSE. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE EVEN WHILE HAVING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. HOWEVER THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAD HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. AS I STOPPED AT THE LIGHT, WITH A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE ENGINE ROARED AND THE TIRES SCREECHED CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ACCELERATE . FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL ALLOWING ME TO AVOID SLAMMING INTO THE CAR. THE SECOND TIME I WAS TAKING MY WIFE TO HER ONCOLOGIST APPOINTMENT FOR A CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT. AS I APPROACHED THE TURNPIKE BOOTH TO GET MY TICKET THE ENGINE AGAIN ROARED AND PLUNGED FORWARD AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET MY TICKET. THANK GOD THERE WAS NO CAR IN FRONT OF US. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A STOP BY PLACING IT IN NEUTRAL. AGAIN VISIBLY SHAKEN, I TURNED THE TRUCK AROUND EXPLAINED TO THE TICKET TAKER WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND I RETURNED HOME. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND ASKED IF THEY HAD HEARD OF ANY SIMILAR INCIDENT. THEY INFORMED ME THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME NO ONE IS WILLING TO HELP RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I AM UNABLE AND UNWILLING TO USE THIS TRUCK BECAUSE I AM AFRAID SOMETHING FATAL MY HAPPEN. *TR

THIS IS A SECOND COMPLAINT OF THE ETCH-INTELLIGENT SYSTEM DEFECT OF MY 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA WHICH IS CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I REPORTED THIS INCIDENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT HAPPENED BUT MY TRUCK IS NOT LISTED ON THE RECENT RECALL LIST. (IT IS ON THE RECALL LIST FOR THE FLOOR MAT BUT NOT THE MORE ACCURATE RECALL FOR THE ETCH-INTELLIGENT SYSTEM.) ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 2008, I WAS DRIVING FROM NEW JERSEY TO NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHBOUND ON I-95 WITH MY DAUGHTER. THE SPEED LIMIT ON 95 WAS 65 MPH. I WAS DRIVING AT A STEADY PACE OF 60-65 MPH. APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES AFTER I PASSED THE DELWARE BRIDGE, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. I TRIED TO BRAKE BUT THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. THE BRAKE FELT LIKE IT WAS STUCK. I TRIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND IT DID NOT DO ANYTHING. THE TRUCK ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH OR SO BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER EXACTLY AND I WAS BRAKING THE WHOLE TIME. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE AND FORCE THE GEAR INTO PARK. THE ENGINE LURCHED A BIT BUT STOPPED AND THERE WAS SMELL OF BURNING ENGINE AND TIRE. THANK GOD THERE WERE NOT MANY CARS ON THE ROAD THAT DAY. PLEASE HELP ME IN ADDING 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA TO THE LIST DEFECTIVE ETCH-INTELLIGENT SYSTEM. TW* *TR

I HAVE A TOYOTA TACOMA 2005. ON DECEMBER 6, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 3PM I WAS HEADING SOUTH ON I-190 IN NIAGARA FALLS NY. CRUISE WAS ON,BUT HAD TO TAP BREAKS BECAUSE OF SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. THIS DID DISENGAGE THE CRUISE & MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN THE CAR MOVED OVER I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND AT THAT TIME THE TRUCK WENT INTO OVERDRIVE/PASSING GEAR. THE MOTOR WAS ROARING AND I HAD NO BREAKS . THEY WERE LIKE A ROCK.IT ACCELERATED TO OVER 94MPH.IT THEN DISENGAGED ON IT'S OWN& THE SPEED DECREASED. I THEN TURNED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS WENT ON BUT IT SEEMED LIKE AN HOUR. AND YES I PANICKED. THIS IS NOT A MAT PROBLEM / THIS TRUCK IS A DEATH TRAP. I WAS TOLD IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNTIL APRIL OF 2010 (5MONTHS). *TR

MY TOYOTA TACOMA SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO A DANGEROUS LEVEL OF SPEED WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES DURING MY LONG DISTANCE TRIP AND SCARED ME INTO NOT USING IT AGAIN. I THOUGHT IT WAS ME DOING SOMETHING WRONG, UNTIL I READ ABOUT OTHER COMPLAINTS. I BOUGHT IT USED IN 2008, AND WASN'T AWARE OF ANY ISSUES UNTIL THE ROAD TRIP THIS YEAR. *TR

2005 TOYOTA TACOMA--IT'S NOT THE FLOOR MAT! UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION PROBLEM. BACKING TO TURN AROUND, LOOKING OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT. WHEN MOVING MY RIGHT FOOT FROM THROTTLE TO BRAKE, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND THE HARDER I BRAKED, THE FASTER IT WENT. STOPPED THE MOVEMENT BY SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE. WHAT HAPPENED: IN THE POSITION I WAS IN, TWISTED TO LOOK OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER, WHEN MOVING MY FOOT TO THE BRAKE, I INADVERTENTLY FAILED TO MOVE MY FOOT COMPLETELY ONTO TO THE BRAKE AND OFF THE THROTTLE. MY FOOT ENGAGED BOTH PEDALS AND THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE UNTIL THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED DOWN FAR ENOUGH TO ALSO PRESS ON THE THROTTLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES, FORTUNATELY IN MY DRIVEWAY AND THERE WERE NO COLLISIONS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN TOO LOW BEFORE ACTUALLY ACTIVATING THE BRAKES. THE SOLUTION IS TO DESIGN SO THAT THE BRAKES ENGAGE WHEN THE PEDAL IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE THROTTLE. IS IT JUST ME? COULD BE, BUT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 50 YEARS AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS PULLING UP BEHIND A CAR AT A REDLIGHT, APPLYING MY BRAKES, WHEN THE BRAKES SEEMED TO VIBRATE. SUDDENLY, MY 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA'S ENGINE REVVED VIOLENTLY AND THE TRUCK JUMPED FORWARD AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT. MY FOOT WAS PRESSING AS HARD AS I COULD THE ENTIRE TIME. I HAD TO THROW THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL. FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT REPORT, I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL DO RIGHT BY ME AS THIS WAS CLEARLY NOT MY FAULT! I REFUSE TO DRIVE IT UNTIL THEY DISCOVER WHAT WENT WRONG. I CAN SAY THAT IT WAS NOT A FLOORMAT ISSUE! *TR