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I was pulling out of a parking lot with my Toyota Tacoma when it suddenly accelerated to a high speed. I tried braking but I could not stop the truck. I finally cut the ignition off to stop the acceleration. It was night and had there been traffic I would of wrecked.
I experienced a problem with 2006 Tacoma lurching. Previous incidents were minor in nature with vehicle lurching forward when starting from a stopped position. No real pattern was noted so the problem was not reported to dealer. My husband advised me to report the problem to the dealer during next service visit. Today (November 20, 2008) while parking in front of a wendy's the vehicle suddenly lurched forward causing the vehicle to go over the curb and strike the building doing considerable damage to the Tacoma and the building. The vehicle has 33,356 miles and was purchased new in September 2006. I noted similar reported incidents involving the Tacoma while searching the internet -- including a NHTSA action item DP08001 for which the Agency investigator was unable to determine a cause for the reported problem. We believe it is important to report our experience to ensure that a potential defect is fully investigated and the problem corrected. If a person was in front of my Tacoma when it lurched forward someone could have been seriously injured or killed. A police report was made, which can be provided upon request. We also took pictures of the damage.
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. While attempting to park with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle suddenly lunged forward into a building. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact and passenger were uninjured and both were wearing their seat belts. The front bumper and grill were smashed into the vehicle. A police report was filed. The contact was able to drive away from the scene. The speed was unknown. The failure mileage was 33,311.
Accelerator was "floored" at about 30 mph to pass a car. The automatic transmission shifted down and the truck accelerated to about 45, when I released the throttle. The throttle remained wide open when I lifted my foot and didn't release when I kicked it several times. I slowed with my brakes, but they soon faded and I found myself out of control until I found the presence of mind to turn the ignition to the off position. I coasted off of the road at a fairly high rate of speed to miss other traffic and came to a stop with my brakes smoking. After a few minutes, I restarted the truck and found that the throttle had returned to normal. This has never happened before and I have called the dealer seeking an appointment to examine the truck. The truck is still under warranty.
Throttle sticks in 4th and 5th gear. I have taken it to the Toyota dealer 3 times and they said they can not find anything wrong. I drive it everyday and it happens at lease once everytime I drive it.
- Bunker Hill, WV, USA
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I purchased the vehicle in Oct of 2005, and started to take frequent trips to Arizona using highway 40 about nine months after I purchased it. Since its not a densely populated freeway, I normally set the cruise control between 65-70mph. Sometimes I need to decelerate by applying the brake pedal, to change lanes and let someone pass, and when I go to resume to my previously set speed, the Tacoma down-shifts at least one to two gears, revs rpms high, and accelerates, normally passing the original set speed. Normally, I don't resume the cruise control until I am within 3-5 mph of the rate of speed it was previously set for, but nevertheless, it will downshift, accelerate and pass the set speed. This is not happening on an upgrade, but on a reasonably level stretch of road. The cruise control does this every time, no matter the driver of the vehicle.
While braking, approaching a traffic light in my 2006 Toyota Tacoma the truck surged forward and I could not stop in time. I was broadsided by a delivery truck and thrown across the intersection shearing off the pole supporting same traffic light. My vehicle was totaled and I received a citation for failure to stop. I escaped with minor injuries.
Approximately September 12, 2007, I was approaching a stoplight and applied the brake of my 2006 Toyota Tacoma. The vehicle began revving out of control and started moving forward. I stepped harder on the brake pedal as the vehicle began to inch forward - I had all my weight on the brake pedal. Knowing the truck was going to move, I turned the wheel to the right to avoid the stopped cars in front of me; however the truck clipped the passenger-side rear bumper of the car in front of me, pushing it into the car in front of it. The truck then shot off the road into the grassy area next to an interstate on-ramp, where I was able to push the shift into park - which is what made the truck stop and then it died. No injuries were incurred; however, the sudden acceleration could have sent me into interstate traffic. Though stopped at a light, I received a ticket for "following too closely" and our insurance paid out damages to two other vehicles. I have damage to my front bumper that has not yet been fixed. At that time, I had the 2006 Toyota Tacoma towed to old mill Toyota to assess what had occurred; they stated they could find nothing wrong with the truck.
My family and I were driving in our 2006 Toyota Tacoma. We came up to a stop light and we began to slow down to approx 15 miles per hour the truck would not stop and began to accelerate on its own. I tried to stop it but could not control the vehicle and as a result we wrecked into a truck that was in front of us. If is was not for that truck we would have gone into the intersection on a red light. The day after the crash we took the truck to our local Toyota dealership and what do you know they can't find anything wrong. I have refused to drive this unsafe vehicle and by reading all of the other complaints that are just like mine I think that Toyota needs to find out what's going on before they have a huge lawsuit on there hands. I printed out all of the complaints that were just like mine and took them to the manager in the service department and as of today we are waiting on further test to be done. As I said before I will not drive this unsafe vehicle! as soon as we get it back we will be looking for something else to drive.
2006 Toyota Tacoma. 2006 and 2007 Toyota Tacoma with sudden acceleration. Consumer is asking that a formal investigation be issued for this problem on these vehicles. The consumer stated he experienced sudden acceleration with his vehicle. See also 10214130
The vehicle experienced two spontaneous and uncontrolled accelerations within about two hours. The first was on the highway. I turned into a pullout to allow a faster car to pass on a snow-slicked road. While turning back toward the highway at slow speed, about 5 mph, tapping on my brake pedal, the car suddenly accelerated and I was forced to stand on the brakes to keep it from running away. Because of the anti-skid brakes engaging, the car still made it 3-4 feet into the traffic lane before I was able to stop. The second incident occurred about an hour later when I arrived home. I was backing the truck down a curved, gravel driveway toward a tuck-under garage. The total distance to be traveled was about 30 feet. Easing down in the turn, I had traveled about 20 feet with my foot on the brake (idling power was all that was needed to back down at 1-2 mph; no gas was applied). The vehicle suddenly lurched backwards. Again, I had to stand on the brakes while the engine revved and the rear tires spun and threw gravel, digging 3-4 inches deep into the gravel surface, before I was able to turn off the engine. The following Monday, I took the truck to my Toyota dealer. They were unable to find any defect or recreate the problem, but said they were opening a case file with Toyota on the incidents and hoped to gain more information from the manufacturer. See also 10216086 consumer sent a letter with new information. Updated 7/2/08. Updated 07/02/08
Vehicle accelerates (surges) on its own and braking does not remedy the problem. This has happened several times when the cruise control is not being used. It also is not attributed to the floor mats as we have carefully checked the positioning of our mats.
Several problems with lurching, sudden acceleration, and high idle. When stopped with foot squarely on the brake (and only the brake), there will be a sudden lurch that is often strong enough to overcome the brake, nearly causing several accidents with the car in front of me. Always seem to be pressing the brake hard to stop motion and stay stopped. When I let off the brake, the truck accelerates about 100 RPM before even touching the accelerator pedal, and begins moving significantly. When decelerating to a stop, have had several instances of sudden RPM and acceleration. This also occurs when gently pulling into my garage - the engine suddenly lurches, and has nearly caused me to damage my garage. Have had several instances where braking to stop, but the engine lurches greatly (several hundred RPM), I almost can't get the truck to stop, and has nearly caused several accidents. I have been fortunate so far, but afraid it won't last. All of this is worsened when the ac/compressor is running - the idle RPM increases about 300 RPM (way more than necessary), and also contributes to worsening the lurch. Sometimes it seems that the lurching occurs while down-shifting during deceleration. These problems happen to me regularly - and always occur when running the ac/compressor. Please address asap. Thanks.
Experiencing a "lurching" problem when applying the brakes, and coming to a stop. At times, the lurch occurs while the vehicle is stopped. Sometimes the experience is sudden and forceful enough that it almost feels like another car has bumped into me. This compels me to keep my foot on the brake forcefully, more so than is normally necessary in other vehicles. This is a safety concern, as without adequate brake pressure the vehicle moves forward.
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably to 95 mph. The dealer stated that a Toyota engineer needed to repair the vehicle, however, one would not be available until September 24, 2007. The dealer informed the contact that he could drive the vehicle in the interim. The VIN and engine size were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 17,000.
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. While driving 2 mph the vehicle accelerated without warning, which caused the vehicle to crash into a building. The road conditions were clear. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer stated that they were unable to diagnose the failure. The failure and current mileage was 5,500.
While slowing down for a red light or stop sign going less than 10 mph the vehicle lunges or lurches forward. This also happens while completely stopped. This pretty much happens on a regualr basis.
We have had two incidents with our 2006 Toyota Tacoma truck; I. my wife, was driving route 40 when after red lights the engine suddenly started speeding up w/O any warning or alarm. Having her foot off the accelerator pedal didn't have any impact. She had to brake as much she could to control the car. She was able to pull to pull off but still couldn't control the engine. The engine didn't even shut down when turning the key. Changing the selector lever to neutral was impossible as the engine took full RPM. Somehow after some "trial and horror" she was able to shut and restart the engine and eventually the car was back in control. The situation had been really scary. I wasn't there so I could not fully appreciate what had happened when she described the situation. II. my wife didn't dare to use the car before I came back from a business trip. Yesterday - Saturday 3/10 - I was driving the truck the first time after the previous incident. There was a slow down in the traffic when suddenly the engine did the same as above. I was on a middle lane and couldn't do anything but brake as hard as I could. Having hazard lights on and slowing the speed carefully I was able stop on the highway w/O anybody driving on us. I shut and restarted the engine couple of times w/O any impact. Each time engine started as if the accelerator pedal would be pushed down. I started the car and pushing the brake pedal hard I was able to control the truck and drive to next red lights. After some braking and restarting the car was again suddenly back in control. The defect described above could easily cause a crash with serious injury or even death when happening in a heavy traffic or bad weather conditions. We don't dare to drive the truck before it is the defect is identified and fixed. It will be important to understand what caused the problem and how it was fixed. I have notified Toyota dealer and they will pick up the truck tomorrow.
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- Virginia Beach, VA, USA