2006 Toyota 4runner Cruise Control Problems

I EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION TWICE. ONCE WAS A MONTH AGO AFTER STARTING THE 4 RUNNER IN THE GARAGE. THE RPMS INCREASED AND AS I PUT IT IN REVERSE THE CAR ACCELERATED STOPPING ONLY AS A PUSHED HARD ON THE BRAKES. TODAY, 12-6-20, WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND AS I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT, THE VEHICLE AGAIN ACCELERATED STOPPING ONLY WHEN I FORCEFULLY APPLIED THE BRAKES.

DRIVER WAS MANEUVERING AROUND A VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT, WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, LEADING TO THE INCIDENT.

SITTING STOPPED TO PULL ONTO A VERY BUSY ROAD. CAR ENGINE WENT CRAZY, HAD FOOT ON BRAKE ALREADY. CAR ENGINE RPM OFF THE CHART. OUR CAR WAS SHAKING AND BOUNCING. NO THERE WAS NO FLOOR MAT STUCK NO FOOT ON GAS. IT WAS SCARY! MY HUSBAND SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL KEEPING HIS FOOT FIRMLY ON BRAKE. NO CHANGE, HE SHIFTED TO PARK AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. IN A FEW MINUTES WE STARTED THE CAR SEEMED FINE DROVE STRAIGHT TO TOYOTA RENTED A CAR AND SAID FIX IT. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE AND WE ARE SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR. I THANK GOD WE WERE PARKED. JUST FYI OUR AUTO HAS ABOUT 67000 MILES AND IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. WE HAVE ALL MAINTENANCE DONE AT DEALER AND LAST YEAR DID EXTRA REPAIRS COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS OF RECOMMENDED WORK, STRUTS ANYTHING THEY SAID NEEDED. THEN WE THOUGHT THE LEATHER LOOKED A LITTLE WORN SO WE HAD IT REPLACED. CONSUME R REPORTS SAYS 4RUNNER IS ONE THAT YOU COULD GET 200,000 MILLES. WE WERE HOPING FOR MAYBE ONE HUNDRED. DON'T CARE HOW OLD OUR WELL MAINTAINED AUTO IS THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN!

DRIVING IN OFFICE PARKING STRUCTURE, TRAVELED TWO FLOOR LEVELS AND DOWN TWO PARKING STRUCTURE RAMPS. AT SECOND DOWN RAMP, MADE A RIGHT TURN TO NEXT FLOOR LEVEL, AND WITHIN 21+ FEET (WITH THE DRIVER'S FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKES), THE SUV SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL, SIDESWIPE ONE CONCRETE COLUMN, FISHTAIL WITHIN THREE PARKING STALLS, AND COLLIDE WITH A SECOND CONCRETE COLUMN, WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION. THE SUV IS A TOTAL LOSS. INJURIES ARE FROM DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS HE STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE ANY FAILURE CODES. THE DEALER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING A TURN WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. AS THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED CAUSING AND CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL HOME. THE CHILD SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE HEAD AND LACERATIONS INSIDE THE MOUTH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY HAD A TECHNICIAN RUN TESTS ON THE VEHICLE BUT WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL IT AND CRASHED INTO A GARAGE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER OFFERED A TEN PERCENT DISCOUNT AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

RE: 2006 TOYOTA 4-RUNNER. ON MAY 5, 2010, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING STALL. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY WENT FULL THROTTLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE OVER A CURB, A MEDIAN AND ANOTHER CURB. IT THEN CRASHED THROUGH A WROUGHT IRON FENCE, A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND THE CEMENT BASE OF A BASEBALL FIELD LIGHT POLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT THE CEMENT BASE, THE FRONT AXLE WAS BENT, SPILLING THE AXLE FLUID AND STOPPING THE ENGINE. THE CAR THEN REARED TO THE RIGHT AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. POLICE REPORT CITES BRAKE AND OTHER DEFECTS. COMPLETE REPORT IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WWW.CI.PHOENIX.AZ.US/PHXSSLB/TARS/HOME.JSF (REPORT NUMBER [XXX]) INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER ACCELERATED ON OWN. RAN OFF ROAD, ACROSS MEDIAN AND CURBS, CRASHED. TOW DRIVER STARTED ENGINE AND ENGINE RACED, BUT ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN NORMAL POSITION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLIED THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE BEFORE CRASHING INTO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE.THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75708.

2006 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER. CONSUMER STATES ACCELERATOR ISSUES SIMILAR TO RECALL. CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE ALONG WITH HIS WIFE OWN A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER BUT THEIR VEHICLES WERE NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER AND HIS WIFE EXPERIENCED ACCELERATION ISSUES. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN BACKING UP OR GOING FORWARD AND PREPARING TO STOP, HE LET HIS FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES AT A VERY LOW SPEED, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE CONSUMER HAD TO USE BOTH FEET IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. AT TIMES, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRONIC AND NOT MECHANICAL. *JB

AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IN JANUARY OF 2007 I WAS DRIVING A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. I AM AWARE THAT THIS VEHICLE ISN'T IN THE RECALL LIST, BUT IT SEEMS HIGHLY POSSIBLE THAT MY ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT TO LIGHT. I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN A TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY STOPPED. I REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE. IT SEEMED LIKE THE 4RUNNER JUST CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED AND WOULDN'T STOP. I HAD OVER 20K IN DAMAGE. THE 4RUNNER WAS UNDER A LEASE AT THE TIME AND WHEN THE LEASE CAME UP IN 2009 I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER. DESPITE BEING REBUILT IT DIDN'T SEEM TRUSTWORTHY. *TR

RANDOM UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ON MY 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER AFTER COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE IT WAS NEW AND SINCE IT DIDN'T OCCUR ALL THE TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A BREAKING IN PROBLEM AND WOULD GO AWAY. THIS IS NOT A FLOOR MAT OR STICKY GAS PEDAL PROBLEM - THE CAR BRAKES OKAY AND MY FOOT IS OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN IT HAPPENS. THE ENGINE GOES TO A NORMAL STOP IDLE AND THEN SURGES TO A HIGHER RPM ON ITS OWN. NORMAL ENGINE RPM AT STOP IS ABOUT 550, BUT DURING A SURGE IT JUMPS TO 1300 RPM AND DOESN'T GO BACK TO THE 550 RPM UNTIL AFTER I LEAVE THE STOP CONDITION OR TURN THE CAR OFF AND I RESTART IT. I'VE LEARNED TO BE CAUTIOUS AND ALWAYS PREPARED TO PRESS HARDER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IF IT HAPPENS. I'VE JUST RECENTLY REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA ON THEIR WEBSITE AFTER LEARNING OF ALL THE OTHER UNINTENDED ENGINE ACCELERATIONS. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ENGINE COMPUTER CONTROL PROBLEM, NOT FLOOR MATS OR STICKY ACCELERATORS, AND SEEMS TO BE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING. I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THE 4RUNNERS HAVE NOT BEEN MENTIONED IN THE RECALLS, AND NEITHER HAS THIS PROBLEM BEEN RECALLED AS IT IS RELATED TO THE ENGINE COMPUTER. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, NOV. 2009, I WAS PULLING INTO MY GARAGE WITH THE ENGINE AT IDLE (550 RPM) AND IT SUDDENLY SURGED AND I HAD TO STOMP ON THE BRAKE HARDER TO KEEP FROM RUNNING INTO MY LAWN MOWER/BACK GARAGE WALL. MY FOOT WAS OVER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND I WAS COASTING INTO THE GARAGE AT THE TIME. *TR