As we were driving on the highway the check engine light, lit up and the car started making odd noises when the acceleration pedal was pressed, we quickly pulled over to the shoulder of the highway. When we opened the front the engine and coolant were smoking. There was no indication before this that anything was wrong, apparently the oil had been leaking and the engine had overheated, even though the car gave no indication of this.

- Willingboro, NJ, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while at a stop light, the vehicle exhibited abnormal and unintended acceleration, crashing into the rear of a second vehicle. No police report was taken. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified and no solution was offered. The failure mileage was 53,000.

- Hunnington Beach, CA, USA

2003 Toyota Camry. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle sudden acceleration. The consumer stated as she was driving into a covered parking garage, retrieved her parking ticket and proceeded up the ramp, the engine suddenly revved to a speed she could not control. She tried to pump the brakes, but to no avail. She hit a parked truck and that stopped the vehicle, moving the truck approximately 6-8 feet. The consumer stated it was practically a front end collision and the air bags failed to deploy. The insurance company totaled the vehicle. Updated 05/13/14

- San Antonio, TX, USA

I have been harassed on the roads of las vegas by several people who are hired by 2 people who have hired personal agencies to follow me around the city this has been constant every where I go the time I leave home to when I return. I believe that they have hired the nsa & their are agents who receive money by them to harass me.these vehicles portray plate numbers related to people I have on my facebook N twitter accounts-they will use birthdate, age numbers O celebrities I have on my account, even the president and 1st lady, me, my daughter, her daddy. Sometimes I am cut off and followed closely-I was traveling and was tailgated I entered a public area, when I got to the 2nd floor O the garage parking, the man got out O his vehicle and started towards me his vehicle red 4 door Toyota Camry with #'s O the presidents year O birth on the plate. Its red cars all the time representing the devil, this is the 3rd time I have had to call police. I know my stalkers names who may hire these people.they called the city on me, took the tag off my license plate, the next day I got a ticket. My last driving job they may have made threats to hurt passengers, transportation vehicles N tried to get me fired-one lives in las vegas, the other in los angeles and is a threat to the transportation industry.I have filed police reports-they also post comments on their twitter accounts O vehicles-planes, and use theinternet to communicate makes and models to follow and harass us and our children. They also hired vehicles with plate numbers possibly representing the presidents motorcade number on the govt plates. In July in cally my vehicle was towed and I was left without a vehicle and then had to be taken to the hospital due to low potassium levels and more. They use numbers in my VIN to communicate on their account. I didn't notice this til now.

- Las Vegas, NV, USA

2003 Toyota Camry. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle sudden acceleration and air bags malfunction. The consumer was driving with the cruise control activated, and as he was preparing to exit the parkway, the vehicle suddenly accelerated, despite the application of the brake. He lost control of the vehicle, and consequently he hit a guard rail and the vehicle rolled over. The consumer sustained a deep laceration to his knee.

- Thornwood, NY, USA

My daughter was returning home from college and lost control of her vehicle on I-85 in South Carolina, crossed the median and crashed into two tractor trailers and died at the scene. South Carolina highway patrol investigated the accident and determined she was traveling in excess of 90 mph at the time of the accident. This is not a speed my daughter would travel at. Witnesses also said she was passing people on the emergency lane on the right side while traveling at a high speed, which is something she would not do either. I believe the car was accelerating and she could not stop it and was driving on the shoulder to avoid hitting anyone with her out of control car. The emergency lane ended and she had to re-enter the travel lane but lost control and crossed the median. My daughter has been driving for two years and has thousands of miles of experience and would not drive in this manner, unless she could not control the vehicle. She completed drivers education and has had no moving violations of any kind since she has been driving.

- Harbeson, DE, USA

I was driving into a parking spot. As I lifted my foot off the accelerator to slow down the car suddenly accelerated. Under my foot, the gas pedal moved on its own, speeding up to frightening intensity. My first attempt to brake did not disengage the acceleration. I continued to apply pressure on the brake. Finally, the ABS kicked in (I felt the pulsating of the braking) and car stopped, after going over a concrete parking barrier, a curb, up an incline and striking a 6 foot tall commercial fence. The impact pushed over the fence to about a 75 degree angle. I had the car towed to my local Toyota dealer which examined the car (they said), checked for "codes" regarding my model and told me there is no problem.

- Plano, TX, USA

I was driving in the middle lane of the freeway at 6:30 am, when I proceeded to accelerate on the gas the car would not accelerate. I then pulled over and lifted the hood to see if anything was out of place. I did not see anything, so I veered back onto the freeway and the car accelerated a little but not much. After a mile I was descending on the gas and it would not accelerate anymore. I kept pressing on the gas and the car got slower and slower and finally stopped in the middle lane. I then got out of the car in morning traffic and place the car in neutral and pushed it to the shoulder of the freeway with thick on going traffic. I called the tow truck and waited, once the tow truck arrived he ask me if the car would crank? I tried to start the car again and the engine would not turn, it made this clucking noise and I knew that my engine went to engine heaven. I have documentation with all of my oil changes on a consistent bases.

- Farmington Hills, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while driving 1 mph in a parking lot, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact crashed into a protected barrier to avoid crashing into pedestrians and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a contusion and a burn mark caused by seat belt. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a collision center by the insurance company. The vehicle was not inspected to determine the cause of failure. The failure was reported to the manufacturer. The failure and current mileage was 43,911. Updated 7/17/13

- Staten Island, NY, USA

I was slowing down to make a signaled left turn into a paking space at cvs pharmacy. As I braked and turned, the car lurched forward hitting a stacked stone pillar and came to a crashed stop. The air bag did not deploy and I had a scrape on my scalp from the sun visor.

- Acworth, GA, USA

In parking lot. Reversing to back out of spot and front wheel touched curb, so put car in drive to straighten out the car wheels before continuing to back out. When the car was placed into drive, the car suddenly lurched forward at high acceleration, jumping a grassy median, all the while was trying to brake, to no avail. Hit another car in front at other parking space. No one was hurt, but if anyone had walked in front of the car, they would have been run over as there was no way to stop the car. Even after the car hit the other vehicle, it continued to succeed to push the other vehicle a good 6 or 7 feet backwards before it finally stopped... have owned the car ten years and bought it new, and now at 175,938 miles this has happened to Toyota Camry 2003.

- College Grove, TN, USA

The car was parked in the cvs parking lot. When I applied the brake and placed the vehicle in the reverse to get out the parking. Suddenly, the vehicle quickly accelerated and I lost control of the vehicle and the vehicle hit other two vehicles in the parking lot and finally stopped. Witnesses were at the scene and polices were arrived to make a report.

- Marietta, GA, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Camry. While stopped a traffic stop, the vehicle suddenly accelerated independently and without warning. The contact crashed into a fence, causing damage to a residential home. The police reported to the scene and a report was filed. The driver of the vehicle was transported to the hospital via ambulance and was treated for a concussion, bruises and lacerations. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard and ruled as destroyed. The cause of the failure was undetermined. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

- Wood-Ridge, NJ, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while driving at a low speed and parking her vehicle, it suddenly accelerated. The vehicle crashed into a glass window of a business. No one was injured in the crash. The police were contacted. The vehicle was towed to a independent mechanic where the cause of the failure is pending an investigation. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The failure and current mileages were approximately 115,000.

- Colts Meck, NJ, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Camry. While the contact was driving approximately 5 mph into a parking space, the vehicle accelerated when the brake was depressed and failed to stop. The vehicle crashed into the rear passenger's side door of an unoccupied parked vehicle. The contact sustained bruises to the chest area and suffered injuries to the lower back and left wrist. A police report was filed. The contact was able to drive the vehicle from the scene. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.

- Chicago, IL, USA

My mother had complained of her 2003 Toyota Camry having minor sudden acceleration. She asked my uncle (a "backyard" mechanic). My uncle said he didn't have the expertise to check that; so she had my sister check online who found that her car was not under recall for this problem. We believe mother had it checked out at an auto repair shop. Since dealerships are typically much more expensive than local auto repair shops, we believe she had the car checked out at the latter. This was about 2 years ago. On May 2, 2011, she was killed in a single automobile accident. When we received the police report, it said the witnesses said the car seemed to accelerate when it left the city street. Since she was coming up to a stop sign, she should have been going between 15-25 mph, but the car was totaled, and the police officer said the damage to the car was consistent with the reports that she accelerated. The way I interpret the police report drawing is that mother tried to avoid a collision twice: It appears to me that she may have swerved to the left lane to avoid hitting the rear of the car in front of her and, seeing the car in the opposite lane coming toward her, she may have swerved again, which took her off the street and directly, almost immediately, in the path to the tree which she hit with great force. According to paramedics, she probably never had consciousness after impact, so we don't know what happened for sure. The hospital er physician reported in error to the police that mother had brain cancer and may have had some sort of event (blood clot bursting in her brain). She did not have brain cancer, and from what I've learned from speaking with my physician, it is very rare that an event causing a person's leg to stiffen forcing acceleration. Add all the information we have about this accident combined with the fact that she had complained of sudden acceleration leads us to wonder about the cause of the accident.

- Douglasville, GA, USA

I was driving 2003 Toyota Camry when all of sudden, it accelerated to a high speed, even when I applied the break, it failed to stop and was uncontrollable. The vehicle only stopped when it slammed on a residential building. I suffered injuries along with my daughter who was in the car with me.

- Lanham, MD, USA

Was at a full stop, ready to exit a parking lot. Immediately upon stepping on accelerator, car shot forward, jumped a curb and progressively accelerated. I attempted full braking with no effect, immediately put car into neutral and shut off engine. I took my foot off the brake and concentrated on steering to avoid cars in road. Vehicle did not come to a stop for 1.5 blocks. Car mat had not migrated, accelerator and brake positions did not appear or feel abnormal. Vehicle had performed without major problems over the past 5 years/ from 50,000 mi (when I purchased the car) until date of incident. Analysis by local Toyota dealership failed to ascertain cause.

- Fairfax, VA, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Camry. While parking the vehicle, driving approximately 3 mph the accelerator pedal dropped to the floor causing vehicle to accelerate, resulting in a crash with another vehicle. While driving to her residence the accelerator pedal did not have any resistance and it seemed as if the vehicle was still accelerating for a short time. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to be repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 164,500.

- Greenfield, MA, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Camry. While stopped, the vehicle suddenly surged forward and crashed. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 23,000. The VIN was unavailable.

- Houston, TX, USA