SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT
2010 TOYOTA VENZA SUDDEN ACCELERATED*CW THE CONSUMER MOVED INTO THE LEFT TURNING LANE AT A FOUR-WAY STOP LIGHT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. HE SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE THE TURN; AND AFTER MAKING THE TURN, HE THEN DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO PROCEED AND THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THE CONSUMER THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT WHEN HE DID THEY DID NOT WORK AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER PANICKED AND THEN APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN AND THE ENGINE REVVED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE TRANSMISSION DID ENGAGE, BUT IT FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS SLIPPING. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, HE HAD TROUBLE BRAKING AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HE HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE.*JB
2013
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATION PEDAL HAS NO EFFECT ON ENGINE SPEED FOR UP TO 3 OR MORE SECONDS. THIS SITUATION HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY TWELVE TIMES SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MAY 2013. IT NOW HAS 1200 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. CAR HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THIS REASON WITHOUT RESULT. THE LAST DEALER VISIT IN SEPTEMBER 2013, I WAS ADVISED THE "DRIVE BY WIRE" SYSTEM WAS OPERATING TO SPECIFICATION AND THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM PRESENTLY. FURTHER, IT IS A PROBLEM COMMON TO THE VENZA MODEL AS WELL AS CERTAIN OTHER TOYOTA MODELS. *TR
