2007 Toyota Tacoma

TOYOTA 2007 TACOMA. REG CAB 4X4. VEHICLE'S ACCELERATOR STAYS AT CURRENT SPEED WHEN FOOT IS REMOVED FROM GAS PEDAL AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH. THIS IS STILL OCCURRING EVEN NOW. IT IS LIKE THE VEHICLE HAS CRUISE CONTROL! THAT WAS THAT IS TURNED ON. THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE CRUISE CONTROL. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON AT LEAST 10-15 TIMES OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE THROTTLE ECU CONTROL SEEMS TO BE CORRUPT. THIS TRUCK CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN ANYWHERE. I STILL HAVE PAYMENTS. THE TRUCK IS UN-USABLE. *TR

2007 TOYOTA TACOMA - SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WOULD NOT STOP WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. AFTER PUTTING TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL, BRAKES BEGAN TO SLOW THE TRUCK ENOUGH TO WHERE THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO PARK AND TURN THE TRUCK OFF. TRUCK STOPPED BEFORE INTERSECTION; THANKFULLY NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES OCCURRED. IMMEDIATELY CALLED TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHERE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2007. SINCE IT WAS A SATURDAY AFTERNOON (FEB 20, 2010, ABOUT 5PM), WE WERE ADVISED TO BRING TRUCK TO THE SERVICE DEPT ON MONDAY MORNING. TRUCK WAS INSPECTED BY SERVICE MECHANICS ON MON, FEB 22, 2010. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. THE MECHANIC "ROAD TESTED THE TRUCK, COULD NOT DUPLICATE ANY THROTTLE PROBLEMS. ALL SCAN TOOL DATA IS NORMAL. ALL THROTTLE VALUES ARE NORMAL. FOUND NOTHING STICKING OR BINDING. NO FAULT CODES CURRENT OR PENDING. NO TSB FOUND. CARPET MATS ARE SECURE ON THEIR CLIPS. FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE PEDAL." WE ARE STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE. TOYOTA WILL NOT INVESTIGATE FURTHER INTO THE PROBLEM SINCE THERE IS NO ACTIVE RECALL NOTICE ON THE TACOMAS FOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. IT HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN SINCE FEB 20. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND APPLIED BRAKE. ENGINE ACCELERATED CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP A CURB AND STRIKE A TREE WITH THE ENGINE STILL RACING. IN A FEW SECONDS, THE ENGINE RETURNED TO IDLE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURRED. THE FIRST TIME, I CONCLUDED THAT I HAD CAUGHT THE EDGE OF MY SHOE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. HOWEVER, THIS TIME, BEFORE RELEASING THE BRAKE, I LOOKED AT MY FOOT AND IT WAS CLEAR OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I KNOW THERE IS A MAJOR TOYOTA RECALL FOR SIMILAR PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THIS MODEL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION PROBLEM. AFTER THESE TWO INCIDENTS, I'M CONCERNED THAT PROBLEMS ALSO EXIST WITH THIS MODEL TOYOTA AND IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A FENCE AS SHE WAS DRIVING 20 MPH ON A WINDING ROAD. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FRONT BUMPER WAS DAMAGED. THE POLICE WERE NOT CALLED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME THE TOYOTA DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER INFORMED HER TO WAIT UNTIL SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL BEFORE BRINGING THE VEHICLE IN SO THEY COULD CHECK HER ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE MANAGER WAS VERY RUDE AND ADVISED HER NOT TO CALL THE OFFICE AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000. UPDATED 3/30/10 *CN UPDATED 06/17/10*JB

2007 TOYOTA TACOMA ACCELERATED AGGRESSIVELY WHEN APPROACHING A LEFT TURN AFTER SLIGHTLY PRESSING THE GAS. IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF THE GAS AND APPLYING BRAKES. WAS UNABLE TO SLOW TRUCK SUFFICIENTLY TO MAKE IT AROUND THE CORNER AND STRUCK A LIGHT POLE. TRUCK WAS TOTALED. INJURIES WERE FAIRLY MINOR - SHOULDER/NECK STIFFNESS, SCRATCHES, BRUISES, ETC. INCIDENT OCCURRED IN TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA (TORRANCE COLLISION REPORT). REPORTED TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE - CASE #1001122516. I DID NOT FOLLOW UP ON A COMPLAINT AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE TOYOTA ACCELERATOR PROBLEMS WERE NOT PUBLISHED AND I WAS UNAWARE OF HOW TO ESCALATE THE ISSUE. *TR

THE ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROLLER ON MY 07 TOYOTA TACOMA DOES NOT RELEASE THE THROTTLE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS LIFTED. THE ENGINE CONTINUES TO REV EXCESSIVELY. THIS IS TRUE AT STARTUP, BETWEEN GEAR CHANGES AND WHEN LETTING OFF THE THROTTLE TO SLOW OR STOP. ALSO, OF GREATER CONCERN IS THAT THE ENGINE SURGES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. AFTER LETTING OFF THE GAS THE ENGINE INITIALLY SLOWS BUT THEN ABRUPTLY THE ENGINE RPMS SURGE PROPELLING THE VEHICLE AHEAD. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS CONDITION TO MY TOYOTA DEALER AT THE 5,000 AND 10,000 MILE SERVICES. BOTH TIMES THEY ALLEGED THAT THE ENGINE WAS PERFORMING SATISFACTORILY. THE SERVICE MANAGER TRIED TO SUGGEST THE GAS PEDAL WAS BEING CAUGHT ON THE FLOOR MAT BUT THE MECHANIC DISMISSED THAT CAUSE. THE MECHANIC FURTHER INFORMED ME THAT THIS COMPLAINT WAS NOT UNCOMMON AND THAT A FIX COULD BE MADE BY PURCHASING AN AFTER-MARKET CHIP TO BE INSTALLED IN THE ENGINE CONTROLLER. TOYOTA IS TOTALLY IN DENIAL THAT THE ELECTRONICS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ENGINE REVS AND SURGES. THE GAS PEDAL FIX IS A FARCE. *TR

DRIVING MY 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA (V6, 4-WD, AUTOMATIC, ACCESS CAB), I EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AS I WAS TURNING FROM W. SEVENTH AVENUE IN EUGENE, OREGON ONTO NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE-105. I WAS TRAVELING AT A SAFE RATE OF SPEED (APPROX. 20 MPH) AS I MADE THE TURN FROM THE SURFACE STREET TO THE LEFT-HAND, CURVING, ON-RAMP WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF AN ELEVATED FREEWAY STRUCTURE. IT WAS MID-MORNING AND, ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN SOME LIGHT RAIN OVERNIGHT, THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY. ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE CURVE THE TACOMA INEXPLICABLY ACCELERATED. THE REAR OF THE TRUCK SWUNG OUT TO THE LEFT AT WHICH POINT IT WAS MOVING SIDEWAYS UP THE ON-RAMP. THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK JUMPED THE CURB AND THE TRUCK PROCEEDED 20-30 FEET SIDEWAYS ALONG THE CURB AND EVENTUALLY SLID UP A CONCRETE WALL WHERE THE CURB TRANSITIONS TO THE BRIDGE RAIL OF THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE. JUST SHORT OF THE START OF THE ACTUAL BRIDGE RAILING THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL AND FENDER STRUCK A TREE. AT THIS POINT, THE VEHICLE BOUNCED BACK, CONTINUED TO ROTATE TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO A REST, STRADDLING THE TRANSITION WALL, HAVING TURNED 150-170 DEGREES. AT THIS POINT I REALIZED THE MOTOR WAS STILL RACING AND I SWITCHED THE ENGINE OFF. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO ONE WAS INJURED, NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED. POLICE WERE CALLED TO PROVIDE TRAFFIC CONTROL WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE BUT NO REPORT WAS FILED. I HAVE LIVED WITHIN TWO-AND-A-HALF MILES OF THIS INTERSECTION FOR MORE THAN 36 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION THOUSANDS OF TIMES AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND IN MY ROLE AS A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER. I HAVE BEEN AND AM BAFFLED BY THIS INCIDENT. THE COLLISION DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED. OTHER THAN THAT ALL PARTS ARE ORIGINAL. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TOYOTA FLOOR MATS HAD BEEN REMOVED PREVIOUSLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW. HE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS UTILIZING THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE MAKING EITHER A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN AT ANY SPEED OVER 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AS IF IT WAS RESISTANT TO ACCELERATING. WHEN DRIVING OVER ANY TYPE OF BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WOULD EXHIBIT A BANGING NOISE SIMILAR TO CLANGING METAL. UPON STARTUP, THERE WAS A BUZZING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE LEAF SPRING AND LUBRICATE THE COMPONENTS, UNKNOWN TO THE CONTACT, IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNDER 15,000 AND CURRENT WAS 62,340.