# 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `755230` · 2010-01-29 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** CAMRY
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
## Narrative
I WAS IN MY CAR WAITING FOR THE MAN IN THE VAN TO SHUT HIS DOOR.  MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE.  ALL AT ONCE IT TOOK OFF AND I WAS ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE P.O. BUILDING.  I HIT THE BUILDING.  SMASHED THE FRONT OF THE 2007 CAMRY.  I WAS MORE SHAKEN.  NOBODY HURT.  THE BUILDING NOT DAMAGE.  THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED IN NOV. 2009.  I HAD JUST MADE A RIGHT TURN AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE CAR TOOK OFF.  I PUSHED THE DISTRESS BUTTON, BRAKE AND TRIED TO BRING IT TO PARKING, NEUTRAL, DOWNSHIFT TO NO AVAIL.  I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF.  VERY SHAKEN, BUT STARTED THE CAR AGAIN.  NO DAMAGE THIS TIME.  THE FIRST INCIDENT I DID NOT REPORT TO THE DEALER AS PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME THAT IT COULD NOT HAPPEN THE WAY I SAID IT.  THE SECOND INCIDENT, I WENT TO GET MY CAR SUPERGLAZE THE LAST WEEK OF NOV. AND I TOLD THEM THAT AT THE TIME.  THEY SAID THAT THEY CHECKED IT AND SAW NOTHING.    SINCE THEN I HAVE SEEN ARTICLES IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ON THE INTERNET ABOUT ALL THE DAMAGE.  I WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE RUG OUT.  THE RUG IS IN ITS HOOKS.  I HAD A THIN PLASTIC ON TOP, WHICH NEVER MOVED MORE THAN ONE INCH.  IT WAS ONE OF YOUR PLASTIC COVER WITH GRIPPERS.  EACH TIME I GOT IN THE CAR, I WOULD MOVE THE PLASTIC TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION.  NEVER WAS MORE THAN ONE INCH.  I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS CAR.  I BOUGHT A 1996 TOYOTA TACOMA AND HAD IT FOR 10 YEARS W/O ANY PROBLEM. *TR
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