NHTSA complaint: 2003 TOYOTA AVALON — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THERE ARE TWO INCIDENTS WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 TOYOTA AVALON & THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED & I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO STOP. I HAVE DETAILED THE INCIDENTS BELOW: 12/3/2009- I, [XXX] , WAS DRIVING MY AVALON ON PORTAGE RD WHEN I HIT ANOTHER CAR IN THE RE & WAS PUSHED INTO ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC & OVER AN EMBANKMENT & HIT ANOTHER CAR WHICH WAS PUSHED INTO 2 OTHER CARS. I WAS CITED FOR THE INCIDENT. I HAD TRIED TO PUT ON THE BRAKE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEREFORE & THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD WHICH CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. 2/23/10- ON THIS DATE I WAS LEAVING TO TAKE MY HUSBAND TO THE DOCTORS. I WAS AGAIN DRIVING MY 2004 TOYOTA AVALON, WE HAD BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE & WERE AT END OF THE DRIVEWAY, I WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE SNOW BANK ON RIGHT HAND SIDE SO I HAD TO PULL UP, AT THAT TIME I PUT THE CAR BACK INTO DRIVE TO PULL UP SOME & THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF & I COULD NOT STOP IT. MY HUSBAND WAS YELLING FOR ME TO HIT THE BRAKE BUT I COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP & WE RAN INTO OUR GARAGE DOOR & THE VEHICLE ENDED UP IN THE HOUSE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation