SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Miles at failure
535
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
NEW 08 TOYOTA TACOMA LESS THAN 1,000 MILES. STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. SUDDEN UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. THOUGHT ANOTHER CAR HAD HIT OUR NEW TOYOTA TRUCK FROM BEHIND AND WAS PUSHING OUR TRUCK. HAD BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO, OUR TRUCK ACCELERATED UNIT OUR TRUCK HIT ANOTHER CAR THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF TO GET OUR TRUCK TO STOP. MATS WERE CLIP IN AND A GOOD 4 TO 5 INCHES FROM PEDAL. TWO PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. *TR