MY 1997 TOYOTA CAMRY EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. I AM CONVINCED IT WAS NOT THE PEDAL BECOMING STUCK. I FELT THE PEDAL DEPRESS FROM MY FOOT AND THE CAR BEGAN TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. I HIT THE BRAKES, BUT COULD NOT STOP THE CAR FROM ACCELERATING SO I SHIFTED IT TO NEUTRAL AT WHICH POINT THE ENGINE BLEW. SMOKE BEGAN POURING OUT OF THE HOOD BUT THE BRAKES WERE ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AT THIS POINT SO I PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR. THE CHARLOTTESVILLE/ALBEMARLE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED THE FIRE HAD GONE OUT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO ARRIVED ON SCENE, BUT APPARENTLY THEY DID NOT FILE A REPORT BECAUSE THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. AS I WAS WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK A DRUNK DRIVER CRASHED ABOUT 50 FEET FROM MY CAR, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER ALTOGETHER. *TR