# 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `760641` · 2010-02-09 · 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:** PRIUS
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 59,500
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
WE OWN A 2007 PRIUS.  I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE DOING MAYBE 5 MPH, AND MY CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AND RAN INTO A CEMENT PLANTER APPROX 2 FT TALL.  MY FRONT BUMPER ENDED UP TOP OF THE PLANTER.  I KNOW I DID NOT HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL.  WE HAD ALREADY REMOVED THE FLOOR MATS.  THIS RESULTED IN OVER $6K IN DAMAGES TO MY CAR, THAT MY INSURERS PAID FOR; EXCEPT MY DEDUCTIBLE.  WE ALSO HAD THE PROBLEM WITH THE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF OUR HEADLIGHTS; AND REPLACED BOTH OF THEM.  WE JUST RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM TOYOTA TELLING US WE WILL BE RECEIVING A 'CREDIT' FOR THE EITHER PART OR ALL OF THE COST OF THE HEADLIGHTS; WHICH WAS SUBSTANTIAL.  WE DID TAKE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGES FROM THE ACCIDENT. *TR
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