# 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `776243` · 2010-03-23 · 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:** CAMRY
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 44,000
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A GARAGE DOOR. THE CONTACTS FOOT WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKE IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, UPON IMPACT, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND PROCEEDED INTO TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE CRASHED A SECOND TIME INTO THE FRONT END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A POLICE REPORT BEING FILED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL INTERMITTENTLY BUT WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT AN INVESTIGATOR WOULD FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE FAILURES. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,000.     UPDATED 5/6/10 *CN  THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS BACKING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY,  WHEN THE VEHICLE SWERVED WITH A GREAT AMOUNT OF FORCE AND CRASHED IN HIS GARAGE DOORWAY AND DID SEVERE DAMAGE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND A SPLIT-SECOND LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS RUSHING FORWARD AT A HIGH SPEED THROUGH HIS PARKING SPACE AND INTO TRAFFIC ON A TWO-WAY ROAD IN FRONT OF HIS DRIVEWAY WHERE HE COLLIDED WITH A PASSING VEHICLE THAT WAS TURNING LEFT. UPDATED 05/13/10.*JB
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