2002 Toyota Tundra Cruise Control Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE SPEEDED UP OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A SHED IN HIS YARD AND CRASHED INTO A TREE WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP. THAT COLLISION LOOSENED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. THE VEHICLE REMAINS UNREPAIRED IN THE PARKED CONTACT'S YARD. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000. *BF*JB*JB

CRUISING AT 50 MPH SUDDENLY VEHICLE ACCELERATOR STOPS FUNCTIONING AND TRUCK COASTS SLOWLY TO SIDE OF ROAD. ENGINE SEEMS TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY, BUT NO ACCELERATION AT ALL. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE PREPARED TO PULL AWAY FROM A SIDE STREET ONTO A MAJOR ROADWAY, HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAKE AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD AT WHAT HE CONSIDERED IDLE SPEED, BUT DID NOT RESPOND TO HIM PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. THE CONSUMER PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR REPEATEDLY, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. HE THEN OBSERVED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HIS MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HIM, THE ACCELERATOR ELECTRONIC RELAY SWITCH WAS BAD. THE COST TO REPLACE THE SWITCH WAS $500.00. THE CONSUMER PAID FOR THE REPAIRS. HOWEVER, MONTHS LATER AS THE CONSUMER PREPARED TO EXIT A SIDE STREET TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO A MAJOR ROADWAY, HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO HIS MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THE SAME RELAY SWITCH WAS BAD. THE DEALER WOULD ONLY WARRANT THE PART IF THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AS WELL. THE DEALER STATED A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY COULD CAUSE THE RELAY SWITCH TO BURN OUT. THE RELAY SWITCH AND THROTTLE BODY WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 1000.00. *JB

TODAY I WAS CRUISING ALONG AT 50MPH AND MY TRUCK (2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA V8) FELT AS IF THE FUEL CUT OUT. I LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND GOT BACK INTO IT AND THE RESPONSE WAS VERY SLOW. THEN THERE WAS NO RESPONSE AT ALL AS I COASTED TO A STOP. THE TRUCK IDLED, BUT NO RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATOR. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK. TOYOTA TROUBLESHOOTING CODE SAYS IT IS A FAULTY ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. THEY WANT $500 TO FIX. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN A LARGE PARKING LOT AT A SPEED NOT MORE THAN A WALK. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND TOUCHED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE TRUCK SURGED FORWARD HARD ENOUGH THAT THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK WERE THROWN BACK AGAINST THEIR SEATS. I IMMEDIATELY BRAKED AND THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE ACCELERATION WAS SUDDEN AND VIOLENT, AND THE ONLY REASON AN ACCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR WAS THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE TRUCK IS A TOYOTA 2002 TUNDRA WITH THE V-8 ENGINE. *TR

CRUISE CONTROL WON'T SHUT OFF AT BRAKING. VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED. *TR

MY '02 TOYOTA TUNDRA WOULD SUDDENLY NOT IDLE ON ITS ON. THEN IT WOULD RUN NORMALLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. NOW I HAVE TO PUSH THE GAS PEDAL HALF WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET ANY RESPONSE. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS ALL RELATED TO EITHER THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR OR THE THROTTLE LEVEL SENSOR. THESE PARTS COST AROUND $275 EACH. TOYOTA MECHANICS KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE BUT TOYOTA WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP. *JB

TOYOTA CAMRY 2002 MODEL; PROBLEM OBSERVED 6 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE BRAND NEW CAR; BRAKE PROBLEM? CAR ACCELERATES. REPORTED TO THE DEALER AND THEN TO THE COMPANY; NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I TOLD THEM "I AM SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE SOMETIMES I CANNOT STOP THE CAR".*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL WITH ENGINE ON WHEN SUDDENLY VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD INTO A HOUSE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK