I HAD A SUDDEN ACCELERATION EXPERIENCE IN A 2004 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED THAT THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TOYOTA RECALLS DO NOT INCLUDE THE SIENNA MODEL. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS PARKING MY ROOMMATE'S SIENNA VAN. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT. UNHAPPY WITH THE ANGLE IN WHICH I WAS PARKED, I PUT THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, BACKED UP SLOWLY THEN PUT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND STARTED TO EASE INTO THE PARKING SPOT WHILE STRAIGHTENING THE WHEEL. AS THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD ROARING NOISE AND LEAPT FORWARD OUT OF CONTROL, JUMPING A PARKING CURB AND UP OVER THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT. I PLACED BOTH FEET IMMEDIATELY ON THE BRAKE BUT COULDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE. WHAT STOPPED THE VEHICLE WAS THE BRICK WALL OF THE RESTAURANT. AFTER THE INCIDENT, WE HAD THE VEHICLE EXAMINED BY A TOYOTA DEALER WHO DID DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND COULD NOT DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THIS EVENT OCCURRED PRIOR TO NEWS REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA VEHICLES. WHEN THE TOYOTA PROBLEM BECAME PUBLIC LAST FALL, I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND OFFICIALLY "REGISTERED" MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE SIENNA VAN (TOYOTA REFERENCE #0911107062). I ALSO CALLED MY TOYOTA DEALER IN MY TOWN (MACOMB IL) WHO ADMITTED THERE WAS ANOTHER SIENNA VAN BROUGHT TO HIM THAT ALSO EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ACCELERATION AFTER THE ONE I WAS DRIVING. MY STATE FARM INSURANCE AGENT IS ALSO AWARE OF THAT OTHER SIENNA EXPERIENCE. I AM NOT SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THE SIENNA MODEL SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY RECALL. AT THE TIME, THIS SIENNA HAD APPROXIMATELY 78,000 MILES ON IT. JUST FOR THE RECORD, I AM A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY OWNER AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN THIS VEHICLE (APPROXIMATELY 22,000 MILES), THANK YOU. *TR
