2002 Toyota Camry - sudden acceleration problem occurred Feb. 5, 2004

2002 Toyota Camry - sudden acceleration problem occurred Feb. 5, 2004

Toyota Camry 2002 Model: Sudden Acceleration Problem A sudden acceleration problem happened to my Toyota Camry 2002 model on February 5, 2004, when I was going to my office around 7:30 AM. As I was coming to a complete stop at the 1st Stop sign in my neighborhood, and just a few seconds before I was to take a left turn at the intersection, suddenly my car made some noise and accelerated by itself and started zooming fast and went straight ahead. I pressed the break, but it didn't work, and then I put the car on neutral, it didn't work, and then pulled the hand break and even that did not stop the car.

The car continued its race for about a quarter mile and finally I had to dash it against a snow bank in the front yard of a house in the cul de sac. Fortunately, there were no persons or cars on the street. Otherwise, when the car was going out of control at such a speed, it could have hit someone. Likewise, luckily, there was no injury for me, and there was no damage to the car either. Later in the afternoon I towed the car to the nearest Toyota dealer and after they inspected the car, they told me that there was no malfunctioning in the car. They refused to believe that the car would have accelerated by itself unless I had pressed the gas. They said, it is impossible for the car to have picked up self-acceleration. I am absolutely sure that I did not press the gas by mistake. Why should I keep on pressing the gas for about a quarter mile, when my intention is to stop the car and save my life and others' lives too? I have taken up the matter with the Toyota's product liability department. And they said they will get the car inspected once again. But my concern is that, where is the guarantee that the car will not behave erratically again in the future, even though Toyota mechanics are not able to pinpoint this problem.

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I also "had" a 2002 Camry that suddenly accerlerated on June 9th, 2010. I was in a parking space with my foot completely on the brake and reaching to shift to park. The engine raced and accelerated forward into a light pole. Out of about 10 parks available I parked in the only one with a light pole in front, thank God. Toyota inspected the car and told me that my Camry would not do that. But I know that it did. And that is my "Toyota Story".

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my 1994 toyota camry acclerated the other day when i pulled off from a stop sign. I was able to stop but when i put the car in park it reved so much that i could barely put the car in park, i was finally able to do this and i waited 5 minutes and started it back up and it acted normal. But it did it again 2 days later. Toyota dealers are trying to tell me that it is my drivers mat that is getting in the way or that i must have pressed the gas peddle, i know i didn't and i am really too scared to drive it anymore.