MY DAUGHTER PURCHASED A 1998 TOYOTA AVALON FROM A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL. MY DAUGHTER'S FRIEND DROVE THE CAR HOME BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT DRIVE THE STANDARD VEHICLE MY DAUGHTER USED TO GET THE AVALON. MY DAUGHTER FOLLOWED IN THE VEHICLE THAT HAD STANDARD SHIFT. SUDDENLY, THE AVALON BEGAN ACCELERATING TO A SPEED OF OVER 90 MPH WHILE ON A SECONDARY ROAD. MY DAUGHTER'S FRIEND PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS USED, BUT THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN. MY DAUGHTER CALLED HER FRIEND ON HER CELL PHONE TO ASK HER WHY SHE WAS DRIVING SO FAST. HER FRIEND WAS HYSTERICAL AND SAID THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. MY DAUGHTER IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911. JUST BEFORE A SHARP CURVE WHERE SHE WAS SURE SHE WOULD BE KILLED, THE CAR STOPPED. HER FRIEND GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND COLLAPSED ON THE GROUND. THE POLICE CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND ASSURED WITNESSES THAT SHE JUST HAD A LITTLE SCARE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE IN SAYRE, PENNSYLVANIA. RELUCTANT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS HAPPENED AS DESCRIBED, THE MECHANIC DECIDED TO TAKE THE CAR FOR A DRIVE HIMSELF. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM, HOWEVER HE USED SOME METHOD TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. HE TOLD US THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE THROTTLE. WE CONTACTED ARE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM; WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING WITH A TOYOTA. IN JANUARY 2009, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MY DAUGHTER, WHO NOW RESIDES IN TENNESSEE. SUDDENLY SHE YELLED, "MY GOD!" AFTER A SHORT SILENCE THAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY, S