# 2008 TOYOTA PRIUS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `2106334` · 2025-07-02 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** PRIUS
- **Year:** 2008
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
My name is [XXX]  ,i am filing this report on behalf of My daughter  [XXX]  the driver of the vehicle that involved with the unintended acceleration on the 2009 Toyota Prius .On a good  clear morning on [XXX] . My daughter drove the 2009 Toyota Prius  to work-  when she enter to the parking lot at the speed  round 5 mile/hour . Just when she was making a left turn on to the entrance gate with her left foot on the brake pedal . On a sudden the vehicle RPM unintended rev up too high and the vehicle had  an unintended accelerating to  move forward aggressively causing  lose control of the steering  . Also she could not brake even though her left foot was  on the brake pedal and pressing hard to try to stop the vehicle . . This dangerous incident causing her Prius to bumped into the  electrical  gate  panel control box  . The accident caused some damages to her Prius and to the entrance gate control box though no body was hurt .  But it got us through the terrible experience  because it could kill some one for sure . My daughter been driving this commute car daily in the past 5 years and she has the skill of 20 year driving with good record . This Prius of her still have all OEM equipments with no add- on parts-,no modifying part on any  systems what so ever-  and  NO  extra floor mat cause we been warned before about the possible of unintended acceleration causing by aftermarket floor mat to any vehicles.    . We feel unsafe after the mystery accelerating problem on Toyota Vehic
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