| Issue ID | 775903 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10318885 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | RAV4 |
| Model Year | 2010 |
| File date | 28/01/10 |
| Component | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota rav4. While approaching a stop light and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle continued to accelerate. The vehicle crashed into a preceding vehicle that was stopped at the traffic light. There was no physical damage to either vehicle. Later, he was notified that there was a recall pertaining to unintended acceleration (nhtsa campaign id number: 10v017000, vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal). While taking the vehicle to his local dealer for recall repairs, the vehicle exhibited the same failure. While approaching a stop light at 15 mph, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact was able to control the vehicle by placing the gear shift into the neutral position. The failure mileage was 3,200 miles and the current was 3,700 miles. Updated 6/3/10 *cn the consumer stated the recall that was performed on the vehicle did not rectify the problem with the sudden acceleration problem. The consumer stated he has experienced sudden acceleration three times since the recall work was done. Updated 06/15/10.*jb |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 3200 |
| Number of Occurences | 3 |
| Source of the issue | HOTLINE VOQ |
| City and State | BALDWINVILLE, NY |
| VIN pattern | 2T3BF4DV0AWXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | Y |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | Y |
| Was medical attention required? | |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | |
| No. of fatalities | |
| Date of purchase | 01/10/09 |
| Was original owner? | Y |
| Anti-lock brakes | Y |
| Cruise control | Y |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
| Drive train type | |
| Transmission type | AUTO |
| Vehicle speed | 15 |
| DoT tire identifier | |
| Tire size | |
| Location of tire code | |
| Type of tire failure code | |
| Was defective tire repaired? | |
| Date of manufacture | |
| Type of child seat code | |
| Type of restraint | |
| Dealer's name | ROMANO TOYOTA |
| Dealer's telephone number | 999-446-5388 |
| Dealer's city | EAST SYRACUSE |
| Dealer's state code | NY |
| Dealer's ZIP code | 13057 |