NHTSA complaint: 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA SUDDEN ACCELERATION ACCIDENT. I WAS BACKING INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION HAPPENED. THE ENGINE RACED SO LOUD MY WIFE COULD HEAR IT IN THE HOUSE AND THOUGHT I HAD STARTED MY TRACTOR. I COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT CRASHED INTO A COUPLE OF CEMENT FENCE POSTS. AT THAT TIME THE ENGINE RETURNED TO AN IDLE SPEED. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER, THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY INFO ON THIS TYPE PROBLEM AND ASKED ABOUT MY FLOOR MATS WHICH I DO NOT HAVE IN THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS NOT A STUCK PEDAL OR FLOORMAT ISSUE, AND MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ACCIDENTS AS I JUST PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, MOST ACCIDENTS I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT WERE TRAVELING FORWARD. TO DATE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THROUGH TO TOYOTA TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT/INCIDENT AND THE LOCAL DEALER JUST GIVES YOU THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL. WHEN YOU CALL THEY SAY ALL REPRESENTATIVES ARE BUSY AND WHEN YOU GO ON-LINE THE ONLY INFORMATION THEY ACCEPT OR GIVE IS REGARDING FLOOR MAT PROBLEMS OR STICKING PEDALS, NEITHER OF WHICH IS WHAT I EXPERIENCED. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation