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Toyota Vehicles Still Having Acceleration Problems Even After Dealership Does Recall Repairs

According to a recent report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) they have received quite a few reports from Toyota owners who have had their vehicles serviced by the Toyota dealership for the accelerator recall issue and are still having problems with the car randomly accelerating on its own and in some cases to dangerously high speeds causing injuries and damages to the vehicles.  In fact, the NHTSA has already received more than 60 drivers complaining of their vehicle still having acceleration problems as listed in the recall after the car was already repaired for the acceleration problems. 

In light of the new information that the NHTSA has learned of recently they have asked Toyota dealerships and Toyota Corp to inform them of any similar complaints they may have received directly from Toyota owners themselves regarding the same issues. 

The NHTSA will be contacting all of the Toyota owners who sumitted complaints to them to discuss the issues they are experiencing.  Normally the NHTSA does not contact the complaintants individually but in this instance they are going to contact all 60+ individuals, some of which were involved in accidents and injured due to the high speed acceleration problem, who filed complaints in the past couple of weeks to try to obtain more detailed information from them about the problems they are experiencing. 

If they NHTSA finds appropriate after speaking to all of the owners who complained of still experiencing problems the NHTSA will have Toyota consider a different fix for the acceleration problem that so many Toyota vehicles were recalled for.  To date approximately 1 million Toyota vehicles have had their acceleration problem "fixed" by Toyota dealership but whether or not the issue is really fixed will have to be determined by the NHTSA. 

If you have been injured by or experienced any issues with your Toyota vehicle that has already had the fix done to it for the acceleration problem you should call 888.327.4236 or you can fill out the NHTSA complaint form.