DRIVER MADE A LEFT TURN WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL AND ROLLED INTO A PARKING SPOT WITHIN A PARKING LOT, ESTIMATED SPEED TO BE 2 MPH. THE ENGINE SURGED AND THE CAR RAN OVER 3 SMALL TREES, WENT UP AN INCLINE APPROXIMATELY 3 FT. HIGHER THAN THE PARKING LOT, THEN PROCEEDED APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET INTO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY THEN STRUCK THE BRICK CHIMNEY OF A HOUSE AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE PARKING LOT. THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED DURING THIS OCCURRENCE BUT DID NOT STOP THE CAR. *LA
2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND REMOVING HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT APPLIED NORMAL PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED. THE FAILURE IS CONSISTENT AND OCCURS DAILY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR IDENTIFY A FAILURE WHERE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL LOST PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3300.