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2005 TOYOTA CAMRY — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 604671 · 2006-11-29

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
CAMRY
Year
2005
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Miles at failure
33,800
Speed
5 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

THIS MAY BE A REPEAT COMPLAINT BECAUSE I FILLED THIS OUT EARLIER BUT MY COMPUTER CRASHED. MY MOTHER AND SISTER HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT TODAY (11/29/2006, 12:10 P.M.)IN WHICH OUR 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY SURGED FORWARD FROM IT'S PARKING SPACE WHERE MY MOTHER HAD PULLED IN INTO THE OPPOSITE PARKING SPACE AND INTO A PARKED FORD EXPLORER SUV, KNOCKING OFF THE EXPLORER'S FRONT LICENSE PLATE COMPLETELY ONTO THE GROUND. MY SISTER SAID SHE LOOKED DOWN TO SEE IF MY MOTHER'S FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR AND IT WAS NOT, IT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. SHE HEARD MY MOTHER SAY "I CAN'T STOP!" AS SHE STOOD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CAR SURGED FORWARD INTO THE PARKED EXPLORER ON IT'S OWN ACCELERATION. WE HAD A TOYOTA IN THE EARLY 1980'S AND HAD THIS EXACT PROBLEM RESULTING IN ANOTHER CRASH. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR TOYOTA'S SINCE THEN. TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE FIXED THIS PROBLEM OVER THE LAST 20+ YEARS. BACK THEN THERE WAS NO INTERNET TO FILL OUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CRASH TO COMPLAIN. *JB

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10174741
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