S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING RE TOYOTA ACCELERATION PROBLEM FM OWNER OF PREVIOUSLY OWNED 1995 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE FLOOR MAT SLID UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS PINNED IN THE VEHICLE AND SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES AS WELL.
2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE ENGINE WAS LOUDER THAN NORMAL AND THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE PREVIOUS INSTANCES WHERE THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000.