| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002272886 | Incident Date: Jun, 09 2002 |
| Consumer's City: ROCHESTER | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: CAMRY | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4T1BG12K2TU | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 01 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I experienced 3 or 4 sudden acceleration incidents with my 1996 toyota camry during the first 5 years of ownership. no accidents resulted. i can't give the exact dates (ignore the incident date i entered below; i just put a date in at random since it's a required entry). it's been over a year since the last one. all occurred as i started to brake in a very slow-moving situation - two definitely happening while parking, coming to a stop before the incident. however, when touching the brake pedal to reverse direction or stop, there was a confusing surge as my instinct was to question whether i had touched the accelerator rather than brake and thus take off my foot - the worst action. in all cases, i had enough time to realize that i did have my foot on the brake and pushed down forcefully which stopped the acceleration. i asked my mechanic to check this out, but unless he could replicate the situation, no diagnosis was possible. given the randomness of these occurences, the probablility of a replication is pretty close to zero. the one common thread in these incidents: they occurred following a long road trip during which i was using cruise control for extended periods, though in none of the incidents, was the cruise control on. i am sending this now as i learned you are looking into such incidents and thought you would want to build a record. i believe there are far more incidents like this that never get reported because they end safely; a solicitation of such incidents from those like myself who simply remain puzzled over them would yield a much larger data base. thank you.*ak |
