I just had the sudden acceleration issue happen to me. I have a 2007 RAV4 and I was pulling into a parking space. All of the sudden the vehicle began to accelerate as if the accelerator was wide open. My foot was lightly on the brake at the time and I was just creeping forward and almost at a full stop. When this happened, I immediately stepped hard on the brake pedal, which kept the Rav4 from moving forward, but it was still full throttle. I panicked and put the car into neutral, but it was making an alarming sound. I can’t remember what it sounded like, maybe just the vehicle revving so high.
I finally turned off the ignition and of course the car shut off. This all took place in a matter of seconds. I thought the accelerator was stuck wide open, so when I started the car, I expected that I would need to turn it off immediately, but that didn’t happen. The vehicle ran fine after that. I have over 50,000 miles on the RAV4 and never had an issue before. I have over 100,000 miles on my 2007 Camry Hybrid and never had an issue with it.
When the “sudden acceleration” issue with Toyota vehicles was all over the news, I was not concerned because I assumed it was user error. I remember my boss saying to me, “you’re not afraid to drive your Camry?” I told my boss that it’s just a bunch of idiots who are stepping on the gas by mistake, or people trying to get money from Toyota. Now that I’ve had this happen, I realize what a fool I was! I was so proud of the Toyota vehicles I own that I wouldn’t even consider that such a problem exists.
Now when this happened, my foot was on the brake and not on the gas. I tried to see if I could reproduce this issue by pushing on the brake and gas at the same time and it’s not even physically possible. The gas pedal is lower than the brake pedal. Even with the brake pedal fully depressed, you can only barely touch the gas pedal. You would need some strangely shaped shoes to be able to have your foot on the brake and yet be fully pressing the gas pedal. Also, I am certain that my foot was directly on the brake and in no way close to the gas pedal.
I have been reading up on the sudden acceleration issue and I realize that either Toyota doesn’t believe it exists, or they want to cover it up because it will cost them a fortune! Now I’m stuck with what to do next. I can’t have my wife driving this vehicle because if anything ever happens to her and my daughter, I would never forgive myself! Given what I have read, I’m sure Toyota will claim that I must have hit the gas pedal instead of the brake. So where does this leave me? I have to trade-in or sell my RAV4, but it will be difficult to sell when I disclose this issue.
It’s a shame because I have been a loyal and happy Toyota customer! We have the RAV4 with the 3rd row seats and my wife and I both love it. I also love my Camry Hybrid... it’s an awesome car, but now I even worry about it suddenly accelerating. I’m sure there will be people in this forum who are going to slam my post and label me as an idiot, but I just hope you and your family never become injured in a sudden acceleration incident. Fortunately I was lucky enough that the incident didn’t cause an accident.
I finally turned off the ignition and of course the car shut off. This all took place in a matter of seconds. I thought the accelerator was stuck wide open, so when I started the car, I expected that I would need to turn it off immediately, but that didn’t happen. The vehicle ran fine after that. I have over 50,000 miles on the RAV4 and never had an issue before. I have over 100,000 miles on my 2007 Camry Hybrid and never had an issue with it.
When the “sudden acceleration” issue with Toyota vehicles was all over the news, I was not concerned because I assumed it was user error. I remember my boss saying to me, “you’re not afraid to drive your Camry?” I told my boss that it’s just a bunch of idiots who are stepping on the gas by mistake, or people trying to get money from Toyota. Now that I’ve had this happen, I realize what a fool I was! I was so proud of the Toyota vehicles I own that I wouldn’t even consider that such a problem exists.
Now when this happened, my foot was on the brake and not on the gas. I tried to see if I could reproduce this issue by pushing on the brake and gas at the same time and it’s not even physically possible. The gas pedal is lower than the brake pedal. Even with the brake pedal fully depressed, you can only barely touch the gas pedal. You would need some strangely shaped shoes to be able to have your foot on the brake and yet be fully pressing the gas pedal. Also, I am certain that my foot was directly on the brake and in no way close to the gas pedal.
I have been reading up on the sudden acceleration issue and I realize that either Toyota doesn’t believe it exists, or they want to cover it up because it will cost them a fortune! Now I’m stuck with what to do next. I can’t have my wife driving this vehicle because if anything ever happens to her and my daughter, I would never forgive myself! Given what I have read, I’m sure Toyota will claim that I must have hit the gas pedal instead of the brake. So where does this leave me? I have to trade-in or sell my RAV4, but it will be difficult to sell when I disclose this issue.
It’s a shame because I have been a loyal and happy Toyota customer! We have the RAV4 with the 3rd row seats and my wife and I both love it. I also love my Camry Hybrid... it’s an awesome car, but now I even worry about it suddenly accelerating. I’m sure there will be people in this forum who are going to slam my post and label me as an idiot, but I just hope you and your family never become injured in a sudden acceleration incident. Fortunately I was lucky enough that the incident didn’t cause an accident.