I OWN A 2007 RAV4. IN FALL 2008, MY HUSBAND AND I PULLED UP TO A RED LIGHT BEHIND A PICKUP TRUCK AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. MY HUSBAND HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE BUT, JUST AS HE STOPPED, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. EVEN THOUGH HE IMMEDIATELY PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE, WE ENDED UP HITTING THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF US. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED ABOUT $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF OUR CAR. THE TRUCK IN FRONT SUSTAINED NO VISIBLE DAMAGE, AND THE DRIVER SAID DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT AND WE DID NOT FILE A POLICE REPORT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WAS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED BY DOWLING TOYOTA OF LITCHFIELD CT. THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING MECHANICALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY WRONG WITH THE CAR THAT WOULD CAUSE THE UNEXPECTED AND UNSTOPPABLE ACCELERATION. THEY DID FIND SOME ACORNS UNDER THE HOOD, AND GIVEN THE LACK OF ANY OTHER IDENTIFIABLE CAUSE, THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE INGESTION OF A NUT INTO THE ENGINE WHICH HELD THE ACCELERATOR OPEN. AT THE TIME I RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTED THIS EXPLANATION BECAUSE OUR ACCIDENT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. HOWEVER, IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS CONCERNING TOYOTA VEHICLES, I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF OUR EXPERIENCE WITH OUR RAV4 WAS PART OF A LARGER PROBLEM. MY EXPERIENCE WITH OUR 2007 VEHICLE WAS EERILY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE AFFECTED MODELS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I AM HEARING ON THE NEWS THAT IT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS FOR TOYOTA TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ACCELERATOR PROBLEM, AND I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF OUR ACCIDENT W