On my 1999 toyota solara i have to use high beams just to see, and my car went 90 mph before slowing up,my handicapped son was so scared! then it just cut off while driving. he had to coast to safety and now it needs a new motor !! recalls about these problems pertain to the 1999 solara and are critical. this is twice life was endangered and toyota is doing absolutely nothing to help resolve this very serious issue . i guess they wait till someone dies in an accident before toyota does what they should do to keep the public safe!!! my car is just sitting there , how much does toyota care when they don't even replace the petal or excelleration problem?? let there family member be endangered and see ! but toyota is slacking extremely on the quality of their vehicles!!! they need to be investigated for the dangerous cars they are putting on the road . and with no help from toyota when a serious issues happens . they should be discrased by their poor performance to jepordize the american citizens .. just to put more money in their pocket . now i have no car to take my disabled son to his dr.!!! they have no idea how they effect a persons life who has limited funds and many medical needs. the dangerous situations we were put through driving the toyota car scares me badly! i used to have faith in their product . but it's very sad when they have lost their caring about their product and making the american family happy and more important safety!!!! these dangerous vehicles should be stopped!! just one vehicle could hit a school bus full of precious children , leaving parents and grandparents and precious brothers and sisters left devastated for years to come!!! the pain goes on and on and effects many generations possibly thousands and thousands of innocent people over the greed of money from the toyota big wigs !!!
My daughter was driving into starved rock national park in illinois around 4 p.m. on august 20th, 2014. she driving on the entrance drive at the speed of 10 mph. the car suddenly started ramping up in speed causing the my daughter to start braking. the car continued gaining speed and the brakes were unable to stop the vehicle. as the car was going faster, my daughter entered the parks visitor center parking lot. while still trying to stop the vehicle, my daughter hit a parked car to the right, just clipping it causing damage to the hit car's taillight. her car hit a car to the left then hit a parked tahoe which stopped my daughters car after being pushed 4 parking spaces. we complained to toyota corp. they inspected the car and said it was mechanically sound. they admitted after further discussion the accelerator cable was frozen. they said this happened from an impact behind the battery, problem is that there was no impact that could have caused this until the impact of hitting the tahoe. my daughter was fighting to stop from the entrance drive. the toyota rep. also stated that their inspection team released the cable and said it worked fine. the rep. could not answer my question regarding the timing of the cable being frozen. they are accusing my daughter of accelerating the vehicle due to fact that it is a mechanical accelerator, it was the only way this could have happened. another issue is that the airbags did not deploy. toyota claims due to the fact that the impact was slightly off center of the front that they did not deploy. looking at the damage including the radiator being pushed into the engine, the airbags should have deployed. toyota feels that our car is fine and there were no issues with the manufacturing or the design. please help. *tr