When pulling into a shopping center parking space, my mother applied the brakes to slow down, but the vehicle seemed to surge and hit the car in front. It then surged again and pushed that car into another. No airbags deployed, and no one was injured, but someone could have been hurt either by the van itself or one of the other 2 vehicles. The dealer is scheduled to look at the vehicle, but stated on the phone that they "hadn't heard of this happening". There were no warning lights showing. My daughter stated that after the impact, she looked at my mother's feet, and her foot was clearly on the brake. I looked on the internet later, and found several threads of people complaining about their Toyota Sienna hybrids doing similar things.