2006 Toyota Tacoma

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT ON 2/14/2010. MY SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH 2 PASSENGERS ON A CHURCH OUTING. THEY WERE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAITING TO TURN. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED HE SAID HE TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE PEDAL DID NOT RESPOND, THE SECOND TIME HE TRIED THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF. AS HE TRIED TO ROUND THE CORNER, THE VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING, HE TRIED TO BRAKE BUT THEY DID NOT RESPOND. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE CURB ON THE ADJACENT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND BECAME AIRBORN. THEY WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED. THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE OF YOUNG ADULTS TRAVELING WITH THEM, AND IN THE LANE NEXT TO THEM ON THEIR LEFT. THEY SAW THE WHOLE THING AND SAID THEY COULD HEAR THE ENGINE RACING. WHEN THE GOT TO THE VEHICLE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYONE OUT AND MY SON JUST KEPT SAYING "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED". THEY WERE ALL TREATED AND RELEASED WITH MINOR INJURIES. THIS VEHICLE WAS IN THE TOYOTA RECALL FOR FLOOR MATS. I DID NOT HAVE TOYOTA MATS IN THE TRUCK, I HAD VERY HEAVY RUBBER MATS. I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSED HUNDREDS OF OTHER CRASHES. WE ARE JUST FORTUNATE NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV EXCESSIVELY HIGH AND CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE GEAR WAS THEN PLACED INTO THE "DRIVE" POSITION. AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PARKED TRAILER AND PUSHED THE TRAILER INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY COLLISION SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE BODY DAMAGES. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION PERFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. UPDATED 05/07/10 UPDATED 06/03/10*BF UPDATED 06/07/10 *JB UPDATED 06/22/10 *BF RESEND 06/24/10*LJ UPDATED 06/24/10 UPDATED 07/19/10 *BF UPDATED 07/21/10.*JB UPDATED 8/9/10 *CN TOYOTA'S FIELD TECHNICAL SPECIALIST FOUND NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS. UPDATED 08/17/10.*JB

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER DOUBLE CAB 4X2 V6. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE EXPERIENCED FOUR INSTANCES WHERE AFTER PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL HARD, THUS INTO OVERDRIVE, THE TRUCK EITHER KEPT SPEEDING UP OR DID NOT REV BACK DOWN. 1ST INSTANCE - ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE, I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND NEEDED TO SPEED UP TO ENTER INTO TRAFFIC AT SPEED. I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL HARD ENOUGH TO BOOST SPEED. AS I ENTERED TRAFFIC, THE TRUCK JUST KEPT SPEEDING UP. AFTER APPLYING A LIGHT BRAKE, I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES AND IT THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY ENGAGED AND GEARED BACK DOWN. 2ND INSTANCE - WHILE LEAVING THE FREEWAY @ 65 MPH I SLOWED TO 45 MPH AND SWITCHED LANES TO THE RIGHT. THEN I APPLIED GAS TO SPEED UP TO MERGE AND THE TRUCK DID NOT SLOW DOWN. AGAIN THE LINK BETWEEN THE THROTTLE AND THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SEEM TO REACTION AS IN A NORMAL SITUATION. I HAD TO MERGE BACK BECAUSE THE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN FAST ENOUGH. AFTER 4-5 SECONDS THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN. 3RD INSTANCE - AGAIN ENTERING THE FREEWAY. I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL TO SPEED UP ENOUGH TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC. THIS TIME THE THROTTLE OPENED FULL BORE. I PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, LIGHTLY APPLIED THE BRAKE, AND PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL. AFTER 5 SECONDS THE TRUCK FINALLY REVVED BACK DOWN. I REACHED A SPEED OF OVER 90 MPH IN THIS INSTANCE. 4TH INSTANCE - DRIVING UPHILL THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED THROTTLE WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL, THE TRUCK SURGED FORWARD, AGAIN FULL BORE. I USED THE SAME TECHNIQUE AND IT EVENTUALLY SLOWED. THIS PROBLEM IS DEFINITELY NOT A FLOOR MAT PROBLEM. I NOW DRIVE MY TRUCK VERY GINGERLY SO AS NOT TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO TWO DEALERSHIPS, BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN HELPFUL OR HAVE RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. SAYING THAT "YOUR TRUCK IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST WE SEE HERE, CALL THIS TOYOTA NUMBER." I KNOW THAT OTHERS WITH THE SAME MODEL HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

STUCK ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. NO FLOOR MATS INSTALLED. TRUCK REACHED 110MPH BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. NO CRASH. HAD REPORTED TO TOYOTA SEVERAL TIMES THAT I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS FROM THE START. THEY SAID THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS OR THEY COULD NOT RE-CREATE THEM. I HAVE STOPPED DRIVING THE TRUCK. *TR

2006 TOYOTA TACOMA INVOLVED TO ACCIDENT ON 10/22/09 WHERE DURING THE ACCIDENT THE ACCELERATOR STUCK WIDE OPEN ON THE ICE. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE WHEN TRUCK STOPPED & THE REAR TIRES WHERE STILL SPINNING. I HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION TO GET THE WHEELS TO STOP SPINNING. THE CAR I HIT HONDA ACCORD WAS TOTALED. IT GOT KNOCKED INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T TELL POLICE ABOUT THE ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. NOT ON THE POLICE REPORT. I DID ADVISE THE PARTY I HIT & THE TOW TRUCK DRIVERS. ALSO ADVISED THE BODY SHOP. NOW MY INSURANCE WENT UP[ $50 A MONTH. I HAVE A TICKET AND HAVE TO PAY A FINE. I IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THE FLOOR MAT WHEN I GOT MY TRUCK BACK FROM THE BODY SHOP. I BELIEVE TOYOTA IS PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR MY ACCIDENT. I STARTED TO SLIDE ON THE ICE & AT SOME POINT THE ACCELERATOR STUCK WIDE OPEN. THIS I'M SURE MADE THE ACCIDENT MUCH WORSE. IMAGINE BEING ON ICE WITH YOUR ACCELERATOR STUCK WIDE OPEN. I WAS LUCKY NO ONE WAS KILLED. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA PRE-RUNNER. I RECEIVED A NOTICE REGARDING THE FLOOR MAT ENTRAPMENT RECALL, HOWEVER, THE ENGINE HAS OVER REVVED ON ONE OCCASION REQUIRING TWO FEET ON THE BRAKE AND AN IMMEDIATE SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO DISENGAGE THE ACCELERATOR. NOW THE ACCELERATOR IS SLOW TO RETURN TO IDLE AND IT OFTEN REVS UP WHILE I'M TRYING TO SLOW DOWN , ESPECIALLY AT LOWER SPEEDS. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AND THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK. I EXPLAINED THAT I HAD RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL RECALL NOTICE. THE SERVICE REP. RE-STATED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK. BUT THERE IS! AND FLOOR MAT IS NOT THE PROBLEM. IT IS SO TIGHTLY SECURED TO THE FLOOR BY THE FACTORY CONNECTORS THAT IT IS, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN, A MAJOR PAIN TO REMOVE FOR CLEANING. I DON'T TAKE IT OUT TO CLEAN BECAUSE IT IS SO HARD TO GET DISCONNECTED. THAT IS WHY I FEEL THAT THE ACCELERATOR ISSUES WITH MY TRUCK SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SECOND RECALL. I BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE IS MORE COMPLEX THAN IS BEING STATED. I FELT THAT WAY WHEN I RECEIVED THE FLOOR MAT RECALL NOTICE AND I FEEL STRONGER ABOUT THIS EVERY TIME THE RPM'S REV AND MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE PEDAL. THE INITIAL PROBLEM OCCURRED BEFORE THE FLOOR MAT RECALL NOTICE ARRIVED AND CONTINUES INTERMITTENTLY. NO ACCIDENT OR CRASH OCCURRED, BUT THE FIRST TIME THE PEDAL STUCK WIDE OPEN I WAS IN A VERY SMALL PARKING LOT AND WOULD HAVE HIT THE BARTELL'S PHARMACY BUILDING IF I HAD NOT PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. I AM AWAITING NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE FIRST RECALL FIX BUT REMAIN EXTREMELY CONFIDENT THAT IT IS NOT A FLOOR MAT ISSUE. *TR

MY SON TOOK HIS NEW 3 MONTH OLD 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER ON 12-12-05 FOR "HIGH IDLING" AND "WHEN ACCELERATING CUSTOMER HAVING A HARD TIME STOPPING IT" ACCORDING TO THE INVOICE.THIS VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL TWO TIMES. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED ON A SURFACE STREET SPEEDING UP FROM 40 MPH TO 80 MPH AND THE SECOND TIME HE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. IT SPED UP FROM 70 MPH TO 110. BOTH TIMES MY SON SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL - INSTINCTIVE REACTION - AND THE TRUCK DID SLOW DOWN. HAD THE TRAFFIC BEEN BAD, HE AND OTHERS, WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED FOR SURE. BOTH TIMES, HE TOOK HIS FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AND HE COULD SEE IT MOVING DOWN TOWARDS THE FLOOR ALL BY ITSELF. IT STILL HAS AN IDLING PROBLEM. HE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG; BY THE DEALER AT THE TIME. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE HIGH IDLING AND ACCELERATING PROBLEM. THIS MODEL IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. MY SON IS DEAF AND HE CAN BE REACHED BY EMAIL. *CN *TR