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2005 Toyota HIGHLANDER Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	593470
Internal NHTSA #	10161408
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	HIGHLANDER
Model Year	2005
File date	10/06/06
Component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Unexplained vehicle acceleration with inability to stop before hitting vehicle in front of me. Pulled off of road behind truck to park. Lifted foot from gas pedal to put on brake so as to put vehicle into park. There was then an extreme vehicle acceleration which was uncontrollable with brake. Slammed into truck. Toyota corp claims no errors logged in computer system, and that if foot would have been on brake pedal, the filament would have broken. I can't be certain the braking happened before the accident-it was very fast. I am certain foot was on brake and not on gas!! There has been a previous denial of a petition to investigate numerous instances of this identical situation with other toyota's-(nhtsa action # dp05002). Nhtsa please investigate this!! There are too many complaints of this happening-do something before there are deaths! Is toyota immune from safety recalls? I'm sorry you couldn't find evidence of a defect, but there is something seriously wrong. Severe hesitation, sudden acceleration=possible deaths. I've received my repaired vehicle, and when i went to trade it in, i was offered thousands less than trade in is supposed to be! If toyota really believes there's nothing wrong with their car, what's the problem? Again they're not being held accountable! *nm
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	13750
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ELLWOOD CITY, PA
VIN pattern	JTEEP21A650XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	30/05/05
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	Y
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	4WD
Transmission type	AUTO
Vehicle speed	0
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Dealer's name	BAIERL TOYOTA
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2005 Toyota HIGHLANDER Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Toyota HIGHLANDER Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

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