Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / AVALON / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004272954 Incident Date: Apr, 13 2004
Consumer's City: DANBURY Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: AVALON Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4T1BF28B72U Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 02 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Feb, 25 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I proceeded to back out of a parking space at comcast cable. as i was backing up i bumped into a utility pole in the middle of the lot. i applied the brakes and put to car into drive. when i lifted my foot off the brake the car lunged forward striking a parked vehicle and the building. the distance could not have been more than 10 to 15 feet. my wife and i heard a strange sound coming fron under the body of the car. i onformed my insurance company of the fact that some toyota models were being investigated for sudden acceleration problems. he said he would check it out. he informed me that my model(2002 avalon)was not affected. nothing further was done other than to fix the damage to my car.*ak