2000 Toyota Avalon Speed Control & Cruise Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000. ...UPDATED 12/28/16 *BF TOYOTA FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT. ACCORDING TO TOYOTA, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PROPERLY SECURED AND UNDAMAGED WHEN INSPECTED. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED WITH NO OBSTRUCTIONS. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ALSO INSPECTED AND NO DAMAGE OR LEAKAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE BRAKE FLUID WAS PROPERLY FILLED TO THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IT FELT FIRM AND HELD PRESSURE. DURING THE TEST DRIVE, A STALL SPEED TEST WAS PERFORMED AND THE BRAKE SYSTEMS OVER POWERED THE THROTTLE SYSTEM HOLDING THE VEHICLE STATIONARY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS AN UNSECURED FLOOR MAT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE ARE. UPDATED 01/04/17.*JB

MY FATHER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IN MY 2000 TOYOTA AVALON WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. MY FATHER LOST CONTROL AS HE WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE. HE ENDED UP SIDE SWIPING A TREE THEN HITTING A PARKED CAR HEAD ON PUSHING IT ONTO SOMEONES FRONT LAWN. LUCKILY HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY PUTTING IT IN NEUTRAL AND TURNING THE IGNITION OFF. *TR

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A RETAIL STORE. THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH ENGINE AT HIGHEST RPM.... FRONT END HITTING CONCRETE WALL . POLICE AND EMT'S CALLED AND REPORT GIVEN. RELATIVELY MINOR HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES TO 88 YEAR OLD DRIVER. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. CAR TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP.WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STEEL CABLE FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHERE IT IS LOCATED JUST INSIDE THE FIRE WALL WAS STUCK IN THE FULL ACCELERATE POSITION. THE LOCATION OF THIS CABLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE RESULTING CRASH. THERE WERE NO CARPET PADS OR OTHER SUCH ITEMS WHICH COULD HAVE INTERFERED WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ( AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN PAST HIGH SPEED TOYOTA CRASHES).FURTHER, THE DRIVER'S FOOT WAS OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND MOVING TOWARDS THE BRAKE AT THE TIME OF ACCELERATION BUT THE DISTANCE TRAVELED WAS ONLY ABOUT 10 FEET BEFORE THE CRASH! *TR

DRIVING BETWEEN 10-15 MPH IN AN OPEN PARKING LOT, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED (RPMS BETWEEN 7-8). APPLIED BRAKES TO NO AVAIL. WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT TO PARK, THE CAR ACCELERATED IN REVERSE. DID MANAGE TO GET CAR IN PARK AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. MOST HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE. VERY FORTUNATE AND BLESSED NO OTHER PERSONS, VEHICLE OR BUILDING WAS IN OUR PATH. WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND IT IDLED NORMAL AND EXHIBITED NO OTHER ACCELERATIONS WHEN DRIVING. BROUGHT CAR TO TOYOTA DEALER. DIAGNOSTICS PERFORMED AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. DEALER CONTACTED TOYOTA CORP. AND NOTIFIED US NOTHING WOULD BE DONE UNLESS WE CONTACTED CORPORATE PERSONALLY TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. AS OF THIS DATE, WE NOW HAVE A CASE NUMBER ASSIGNED FROM CORPORATE AND THE CAR IS BACK AT THE DEALER FOR FURTHER ASSESSMENT. *TR

TL-THE DRIVER OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE INVOLUNTARILY ACCELERATED RESULTING IN A CRASH THAT DESTROYED THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE APPEARED ON THE SCENE AND THE DRIVER WAS REPORTED INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION BY AN INSURANCE COMPANY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000. SM.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I HAD A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON WHICH I PURCHASED NEW AND WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE CAR HAD A POWER SURGE, WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO GO THROUGH A BRICK WALL AT A CAR WASH IN CLINTON, MS. INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE CAR. SINCE MY CAR WAS IDLING AT THE TIME AND NO FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR I BELIEVE IT WAS A COMPUTER GLITCH WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR WHAT SO EVER. I AM BEING PENALIZED FOR THIS. TOYOTA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. I FEEL FORTUNATE MY WIFE AND I WERE NOT KILLED OR INJURED. FORTUNATELY NO ONE AT THE CAR WASH WAS KILLED OR INJURED. PLEASE TAKE ACTION ON THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOT THE ACCELERATOR, IT IS A COMPUTER PROBLEM. YOUR PROMPT ACTION N THIS MATTER WITH TOYOTA WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

AFTER ABOUT 5 YEARS, MY 2000 TOYOTA AVALON BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE OCCASIONAL CONTINUED ACCELERATION ("STICKING OF GAS MECHANISM") WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL. BEING A 230 LB MALE, I WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS OCCURRENCE AT SIGNAL LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS BY APPLYING EXTREME FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I'VE LIVED WITH IT, BUT KNOW FOR CERTAIN IT IS A DEFECT. THIS HAPPENS 3-4 TIMES A YEAR. THIS IS NOT A "ME TOO" COMPLAINT. I SUSPECT THIS "STICKING" ACCELERATION PROBLEM IS MUCH BIGGER THAN REPORTED AS MANY DRIVERS (LIKE ME) DON'T BOTHER. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON XLS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND TRYING TO ENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, IT WOULD NOT RESPOND AND FAILED TO ACTIVATE. FOLLOWING THAT FAILURE, ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHEN HE EXITED THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. HE WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF TO AVOID A POTENTIAL CRASH. A FEW DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3-5 MPH, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD OVER THE CURB AND INTO A BUILDING. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEN IT WAS RELEASED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT HIM. WHEN HE WAS CONTACTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE, HE WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT OFFER HIM ANY ASSISTANCE. THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM WAS NOT ADDRESSED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,836. UPDATED 04/30/10

2000 TOYOTA AVALON CAR UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED WHILE CAR WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL. COULD NOT DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL.CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. CONDITION WAS VERIFIED BY TEACH WHEN SERVICED BY DEALER. CLEANED AND SERVICED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR AND RESET. CLEAN AND SERVICED IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE. *TR

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE 5 MPH DURING NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE IF SHE ACCIDENTLY HIT THE ACCELERATOR OR THE BRAKES. TWO PASSENGERS IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE INJURED ONE WAS CUT FROM THE GLASS FROM THE WINDOW. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT 'S VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 24,000. THE CONTACT IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A VIN#.

2000 AVALON ACCELERATED UNINTENDED WHILE TRAVELING DOWN LAFAYETTE AVENUE IN HAWTHORNE, NJ DRIVER DID ALL SHE COULD TO CONTROL CAR AND TO AVOID PEOPLE AND PROPERTY. THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD STOP THE CAR WAS TO DRIVE INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. CAUSING SEVERE INJURY TO HERSELF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ONTO AN ENTRANCE RAMP, PROCEEDING TO A YIELD TRAFFIC SIGNAL. UNEXPECTEDLY, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO TRAVEL UNCONTROLLABLY ACROSS AN INTERSECTION. AN OPPOSING VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR PANEL NEAR THE TIRE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A SEVERE INJURY TO HIS BACK. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER AND REPAIRED FOR BODY DAMAGES. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

AMONG THE FOUR TOYOTA VEHICLES OWNED BY THE CONSUMER ONLY THE 2000 AVALON WOULD SURGE FORWARD WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. *PH PUSHING HARD ON THE BRAKES WOULD KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM HITTING OTHER VEHICLES AND THE SURGE WOULD STOP AS QUICKLY AS IT STARTED. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *SC *JB