Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / AVALON / 2005

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006090795 Incident Date: Sep, 23 2006
Consumer's City: FREDERICKSBURG Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: AVALON Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4T1BK36BX5U Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 04 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl* - on 9/24/06 while the contact was driving vehicle at 60 mph and it unexpectedly accelerated to 75 mph. the contact had to apply the brake with both feet to disengage the acceleration on the vehicle. on 10/09/06, while driving on the highway at 40 mph the vehicle accelerated to 75 mph, had to hold both feet on the brake and pull the vehicle off to side of the road. at that point the contact took the vehicle to the dealership,) and the dealer stated that the gas pedal was most likely getting caught under the carpet. the dealer couldn't find anything wrong with the vehicle. while driving on 12/23/06 at 35 mph the vehicle accelerated to 75 mph, after a quarter of a mile contact was able to stop the vehicle by outing both feet on brake. all the brakes were smoking and there was transmission fluid leaking. at that point, contact had the vehicle towed to rosener toyota. *ak updated 01/29/07. *jb