2008 Toyota Sienna

Throttle stuck while in reverse pulling out of a parking spot and accelerated resulting in backing into the building

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER IN REVERSE, EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, CAUSING COLLISION WITH GUARDRAIL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL AWAY AND ROLLED OVER THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BUSH. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD, BACK, AND KNEE INJURIES THAT NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V429000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

WAS T-BONED BY SOMEONE WHO FAILED TO YIELD ON GREEN. HE WAS GIVEN A TICKET. I WAS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION GOING 34.8 MILES/HOUR AT THE TRIGGERING EVENT. HAS TOYOTA DO INSPECTION ON CAR AND "CHIP". IT ONLY REGISTERED A "FRONT EVENT". REPAIR COSTS ARE 12K, THIS INCLUDED REPLACING BOTH DRIVER SIDE DOORS????? WHY DID THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOY OR BETTER YET WHY WAS THERE NOT EVEN A SIDE EVENT REGISTERED WHEN HE CLEARLY HIT ME IN THE SIDE?? SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND NECK BACK INJURIES. HAD MY 6 AND 2 YEAR OLD IN THE BACK IN CAR SEATS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED IN A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH THE PARKING SIGN AND INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE THEN REVERSED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER TREE. AFTER THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CHILD IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE NECK AND SHOULDERS. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES, AND BRUISES TO THE RIGHT LEG. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FLOOR MAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT AN INSPECTOR WOULD BE SENT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) TOYOTA SIENNA LE 2008 DID NOT STOP WHEN BRAKING. ISSUE WITH ACCELERATION ON TACHOMETER AFTER BRAKING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TOYOTA COLLISION CENTER ON 2/1/10 THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE COLLISION CENTER HOLD ONTO MY VEHICLE TILL 2/15/10 [XXX] MENTION HE WILL START WORKING ON IT AND EVERY TIME HE ASK ME IF I WILL FILE A CLAIM WHICH HE STATE THE VEHICLE WOULD TAKE LONGER TO REPAIR THEN. AND BE READY THIS WED 2/24/10 WHICH I CALL YESTERDAY AND HE MENTIONED HE WAS NOT SURE. I HAVE TRIED TO FIND A LAWYER (1800LAWYERS) BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO TAKE CASES RELATING TO TOYOTA. NOW I'M WITHOUT ME VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND I CANNOT DO ANYTHING. I HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE WITH TOYOTA CASE[XXX] AND I HAVE GEICO INSURANCE CASE [XXX] (1800654-5896 EXT 5608 [XXX] ). I WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND, SUNNY DAY, CLEAR ROAD WITH MY WIFE AND CHILD. THE VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED, I PRESSED ON THE BRAKES TO STOP, FIRST THE TACHOMETER SPED UP THEN THEIR WAS NOT BRAKING. I WAS TRAVELING 15-20 MILES PER HOURS AT THE TIME ON REGULAR STREET. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY VEHICLE FOR ALMOST ONE MONTH WHICH I NEED THE CAR FOR WORK. *TR

I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF CORTZ RD. AND 34 ST. IN BRADENTON, FL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED FROM RED TO GREEN, THE LINE OF TRAFFIC STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD. I APPLIED ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE AS NEEDED WITH TRAFFIC, THEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED SUDDENLY ,I LET UP ON THE ACCELERATOR AND PRESSED THE BRAKE AND THEY DID NOT RESPOND AS THEY SHOULD HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS ALL RESULTED IN A 5 CAR CHAIN REACTION CRASH. IT SEEMED AS MY CAR WANTED TO KEEP ON GOING AS IF I HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING TO STOP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH ACCELERATION AND BRAKE CONTROL WITH THIS CAR IN JUST OVER 30 DAYS. THE CAR IS STILL IN THE REPAIR SHOP. I DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE IN THIS CAR TO OPERATE CORRECTLY OR IN SAFE MANNER. TOYOTA HAS DONE NOTHING FOR ME TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT TOYOTA BY PHONE AND COMPUTER WITHOUT SUCCESS. I HAVE BEEN TO A TOYOTA DEALER TWICE AND THEY REFER ME TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE PHONE NO. BECAUSE THE SIENNA MODEL IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. HOWEVER WHEN I GO TO THE NHTSA.DOT.GOV WEB SITE THERE ARE SEVERAL CASES LISTED OF ACCELERATION PROBLEMS WITH THE SIENNA. PLEASE HELP. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING IN A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA SOUTH AFTER JUST COMING FROM BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN I WAS T-BONED BY A DRIVER THAT RAN THE RED LIGHT TRAVELING WEST BOUND. I WAS HIT BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND FRONT LEFT WHEEL. THE IMPACT TOOK THE WHEEL OFF THE AXEL AND THE CAR WAS INOPERABLE AFTER THE INCIDENT. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE DRIVER'S WINDOW AS THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND BRUISING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. WHILE THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, THE CHILD OCCUPANT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A RETAINING WALL. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE SHIFT LEVER COULD BE MOVED WITHOUT THE IGNITION KEY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V429000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THIS CAR IS EXPERIENCING SUA. IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT AN RESULTED IN A CRASH INTO A CEMENT WALL. IT ALSO HAPPENED ON A WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD.

SHIFT LEVER ASSEMBLY MAY ALLOW ROLLAWAY 13V429000 MY SIENNA HAD THE ABOVE RECALL WORK COMPLETED. MY LITTLE DAUGHTER BUMPED THE GEAR SHIFT AND KNOCKED IT OUT PARK AND THE CAR ROLLED AWAY. THE SIENNA WAS IN PARK, THE KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT TOUCHED. MY CONCERN IS THAT FIX PROVIDED FOR THE RECALL DID NOT ACTUALLY CORRECT PROBLEM COMPLETELY. IF YOU HAVE A SIENNA FOR THE EFFECTED YEARS AND HAVE HAD THE ABOVE RECALL WORK COMPLETED YOUR VEHICLE MAY STILL ROLL AWAY. TO TEST PARK ON A FLAT SURFACE APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE GRASP GEAR SHIFT APPLY PRESSURE TO MOVE IT TOWARD REVERSE WHILE JIGGLING THE GEAR SHIFT UP AND DOWN - DO NOT PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHILE DOING THIS. IF GEAR SHIFT STAYS IN PARK YOU ARE GOOD. IF IT FALLS INTO REVERSE YOUR CAR IS NOW IN NEUTRAL AND CAN ROLL AWAY PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK.

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE A MAJORITY OF MY FRONT END WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED. IN FACT, THE BUMPER WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN OFF WITH SIGNIFICANT OTHER DAMAGE WHICH I HAVE PICTURES OFF. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. FORTUNATELY I WAS OK AND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. I AM JUST SURPRISED BY THE SIZE OF THE IMPACT THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JS

PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 15 MPH. WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH TO PULL INTO THE PARKING SPOT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AS IF SOMEONE HAD PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. MY VEHICLE WENT UP OVER THE SIDEWALK AND INTO THE SIDE OF A BUILDING CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. MY CAR WAS NOT DAMAGED TOO BADLY ONLY ABOUT $1,300 AS ESTIMATED BY THE APPRAISER. *TR

MY WIFE WAS PARKING OUR 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH OUR 3 YOUNG BOYS IN THE AUTOMOBILE. SHE SLOWLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP; NEVER USING GAS, JUST COVERING AND TAPPING LIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE. ONCE THE AUTOMOBILE CAME TO A STOP MY WIFE PRESSED THE BRAKE A LITTLE MORE IN ORDER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. AT THAT MOMENT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INCREDIBLE FAST, JUMPED OVER AN 8 INCH CONCRETE PARKING LOT DIVIDER AND CRASHED INTO A TREE ABOUT 10 - 15 FEET FROM THE CONCRETE DIVIDER. WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THIS WAS A "SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION" INCIDENT CAUSED BY SOME MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PROGRAMMING OR OTHER DEFECT IN THE '08 SIENNA. THIS WAS NOT "DRIVER ERROR"! MY WIFE DID NOT CONFUSE THE GAS PEDAL AND THE BRAKE. THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY A FLOOR MAT OBSTRUCTING THE GAS PEDAL. THIS WAS CAUSED BY SOME TYPE OF A DESIGN OR COMPONENT DEFECT. HOW CAN W BE SO CERTAIN? MY WIFE AND I HAVE PARKED IN THIS PARKING SPOT (LOCATED IN OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX) HUNDREDS OF TIMES. TO PARK IN THIS PARKING SPOT YOU FIRST HAVE TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AT A STOP SIGN. THIS STOP SIGN IS ABOUT 30 - 40 FEET FROM THE PARKING SPOT, WHICH REQUIRES THAT YOU MAKE A SHARP RIGHT TURN. ONCE YOU PRESS THE ACCELERATOR SLIGHTLY TO MAKE THE LEFT AT THE STOP SIGN, YOU DO NOT USE THE GAS AGAIN. YOU SIMPLY TAP AND COVER YOUR BRAKE UNTIL YOU MAKE THE RIGHT INTO THE PARKING SPOT. OUR VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. IN FACT, UPON "STOPPING" ONE OF OUR 3 BOYS REMOVED HIS SEAT BELT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. I'M ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM SOMEONE WITHIN TOYOTA OR THE NHTSA WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THIS FLAW. MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE "FORTUNATE". BUT THIS IS A "FATAL FLAW" AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A TREE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT WAS NOT TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC BUT THERE WAS NO DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 146,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

COULD NOT STOP AFTER MY ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP THEN WERE SOFT/ABSENT, DROVE UP ON THE CENTER MEDIAN, GOT BACK ON THE ROAD ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND THE CAR INFRONT ON THE RIGHT SIDE COULDN'T DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC THEN WENT BACK TO THE LEFT GOT BACK UP ON THE MEDIAN. MY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BUMPER CORNER WENT UNDER THE OTHER DRIVER'S DRIVER'S SIDE REAR BUMPER CORNER LIFTING HER CAR UP INTO THE AIR CAUSING IT TO FALL ON TOP OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY HOOD AND FRONT RIGHT FENDER CRUSHING THEM, RESULTING IN OVER 10000 DOLLARS DAMAGE. NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AND NEITHER CAR'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR

JUST NOTIFIED OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. HINDSIGHT - STARTING FALL 2012 REMOTE STARTER DIED,NO WARMUP,MY BOYFRIEND AND I EXPERIENCED ENGINE RACING WHEN VAN WAS COLD MULTIPLE TIMES,ONLY WAY TO STOP IT WAS HAND CONTROL BRAKE,FOOT BRAKE WAS NOT ENOUGH. PLANNED TO HAVE CHECKED BUT DEC.1 2012 AT THE TANGER OUTLET MALL IN CANONSBURG PA. I AM PARAPLEGIC,MY MINIVAN IS MODIFIED WITH FOLDOUT RAMP- PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR FOR WHEELCHAIR AND THEN I TRANSFER INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT. ALL THE VAN HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES WERE FILLED BUT IT WAS EARLY SO I PARKED IN A REGULAR SPACE WITH AN EMPTY SPACE NEXT TO IT SO I COULD GET OUT. FEW VAN ACCESSIBLE HANDICAPPED SPACES IS COMMON SO I USED REGULAR SPOTS BEFORE AS LONG AS SOMEONE WAS WITH ME WHO COULD BACK THE VAN UP FAR ENOUGH FOR THE RAMP TO DEPLOY. WHEN MY MOTHER,MY SISTER-IN-LAW,MY FRIEND,AND I RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE A PICKUP TRUCK WAS PARKED NEXT TO US. MY SISTER-IN-LAW GOT IN THE VEHICLE TO BACK IT UP SO THE RAMP HAD ROOM TO COME OUT AS SHE HAD DONE OFTEN. WE STOOD BEHIND THE PICKUP TRUCK WAITING FOR HER TO BACK UP. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE FLEW BACKWARD SO FAST THAT BEFORE WE COULD YELL STOP MY VEHICLE HAD SLAMMED INTO THE SUV PARKED ACROSS THE AISLE SO HARD THAT IT PUSHED THE SUV INTO THE CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF IT IN THE NEXT ROW. MY SISTER-IN-LAW WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED AS WERE WE, IT WAS SO FAST IT WAS ALMOST LIKE WATCHING A CARTOON. MY SISTER-IN-LAW KEPT SAYING "I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED", SHE THOUGHT ALL SHE DID WAS PUT HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND PUT IT IN GEAR. NOT KNOWING ABOUT SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN SIENNA'S ALL ANY OF US COULD THINK WAS HER FOOT HAD SLIPPED EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS BEEN DRIVING FOR 25 YEARS WITHOUT A SIMILAR INCIDENT SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD HAPPEN, WAS SURE IT DIDN'T. THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND A REPORT FILED. BECAUSE ONE OF THE WELDS FROM MODIFICATION WAS BROKEN MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 6 MPH, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED ERRONEOUS ACCELERATION DUE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CURB BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE PEDALS COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

WHILE BACKING THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND COULD NOT BE STOPPED BY BRAKING BEFORE IT STRUCK STONE WALL, BLOWING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, DAMAGING THE UNDERBODY AND DAMAGING THE STONE WALL. VERY SCARY! *TR

ON DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, IT WAS SNOWING AND ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ICY AND SLIPPERY. AS VEHICLE WAS GOING AROUND THE BEND, DRIVER NOTICED CARS WERE STOPPED AT A SIGNAL. DRIVER COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE IN TIME TO AVOID A CRASH SINCE ABS BRAKES LOCKED ALL THE WHEELS AND THE CAR WAS SLIDING AND SO DRIVER SWERVED TO AVOID CRASHING INTO OTHER CARS AND HIT A TREE HEAD-ON. VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT-END DAMAGE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR