# 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `775267` · 2010-03-18 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** COROLLA
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 30,000
- **Speed:** 1 mph
## Narrative
OUR 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA HAS TWICE MYSTERIOUSLY ACCELERATED.  FIRST IN '07 CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO AUTO AND PROPERTY.  DEALER DIDN'T TAKE SERIOUSLY AND CLAIMED DRIVER ERROR THAT HE HAD FOOT ON ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF BRAKE.  CAR WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED.  ON 1/11/10 IT ACCELERATED A SECOND TIME WHILE I WAS GOING DOWNHILL WITH FOOT ON BRAKE.  STOPPED CAR BY THROWING INTO NEUTRAL.   TOYOTA WAS NOTIFIED AND GIVEN CASE NUMBER [XXX] .  DEALER CHECKED CAR ON 1/15/10 AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.  HAVE DOCUMENTATION BUT ARE UNABLE TO CONTACT TOYOTA FOR FOLLOW-UP.      INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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