In july of 2007 or 2008 while attempting to park my 2003 toyota solara in a kohl's lot the car suddenly accelerated while i had my foot on the brake. the acceleration was strong enough to cause my head to be thrown back but i didn't have time to check the odometer for the registered speed. i was pulling into a parking stall with one car directly in front of me and a car on either side of me. i stomped on the brake as hard as i could and was able to stop within an inch or two from the car in front of me. this was probably the scariest thing that has ever happened to me in an automobile. i checked the nhtsa website and found that other owners of solaras had experienced similar occurrences with their autos and had been told that it was possibly a problem with the electronic throttle. i filed a report and spoke with a woman from nhtsa who called me but i was never notified again. i brought my solara to the dealer where i had purchased it and was told that they could find nothing wrong other than the floor mat was pushed forward. this has happened on and off when i've been braking to turn left or am slowly coming to a stop at a traffic light or stop sign and always when i have the brake pedal depressed. it feels as if i've hit an oil slick in the road and the only thing i can do is press very hard on the brake to stop the car from going forward. none of these incidents has ever been as scary as when the car accelerated when i was parking but they've all occurred when i was stepping on the brake. *tr