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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005049380 | Incident Date: Oct, 04 2005 |
| Consumer's City: CASSELBERRY | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: CAMRY | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4T1BE32K62U | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 11 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 28 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Problems with 2002 toyota camry. august 2003 - driving along. husband began to stop slowly to pull up to a light and it felt like it was not breaking but car continued to accelerate so husband let off brake and reapplied the brake and it finally stopped the surging. 2. while getting gas we were driving around it to find an pump, we were pressing the brake and car was trying to accelerate against the brake as it was applied. let off brake and reapplied quickly and car stopped normally. january 2004 husband began to pull into a parking space and as he started to brake again the car was trying to accelerate and so he let off the brake, reapplied it (all very quickly) and was able to park barely missing hitting vehicle beside him. march 27, 2004, we took our vehicle once again to dealership stating the vehicle was surging while driving. october 2004 on a trip to gatlinburg, tennessee- husband applied the brakes, car continued to accelerate-reapplied the brakes- surging/acceleration stopped. october 3, 2005 trip to north carolina on 7 separate occasions the car engine started racing and the car had to be put in neutral and the brake held tightly. on one occasion as while attempting to stop behind a school bus full of children, almost hit the bus from behind because accelerator went to full acceleration as we applied the brakes. fortunately, my husband put the car in neutral and it was revving at full throttle. he hit accelerator pedal as we was in neutral, and acceleration went back to idle speed. december 5, 2005 while in we were stopped in a line of traffic waiting at a light the engine once again started racing had to put it in neutral, and again it revved at full throttle while holding brake pedal down tightly'' otherwise would have rear ended cars in front of us. put car in neutral, released brake pedal and then pressed down on the accelerator- engine speed went to idle speed. *jb |
