# 2001 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER — EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
> NHTSA complaint `756111` · 2010-02-02 · 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:** HIGHLANDER
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
I BOUGHT A 2001 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER IN AUG 2001.  THE 1ST TIME I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS PEDAL  WAS ABOUT A MONTH LATER WHEN I WENT TO PULL IN AT WORK.  I PARKED UP BY THE BUILDING AND PUT ON MY BRAKES AND THE CAR REVVED UP AND I PUT ON THE BRAKES AND IT DID WANT TO STOP.  I FINALLY GOT IT STOPPED AND SAT THERE AND WONDERED WHAT HAD JUST HAPPEN.  I LET IT GO AS I DID NOT HAVE AN EXPLANATION.  EVERYTHING WAS FIND UP TO THE YEAR 2009.  I WAS TAKING MY MOM AND BROTHER TO THE GROCERY AND MOM IS 86 YRS AND I PARKED IN A HANDICAP SPOT THAT HAD A POLE IN FRONT WHERE THE HANDICAP SIGN WAS.  MY BROTHER WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT WITH ME AND TO MY AMAZEMENT WHEN I PUT ON THE BRAKES THE CAR REVVED UP AND I HAD TO PUSH ON THE BRAKE REAL HARD.  I DID HIT THE POLE AND JARRED ALL OF US.  I FEEL LIKE THIS CAR MODEL SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. *TR
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