My stepson was pulling into the driveway, he stopped, then the toyota tacoma lunged forward crashing into our garage. i had noticed since leasing the truck in july of 2015, that once in a while i would come to a stop and it felt like i just got rear ended but nobody was behind me.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota tacoma. while driving approximately 10 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle continued to accelerate. the emergency brake was engaged however, the vehicle slightly scraped the concrete driveway wall. there was no personal injury. there was minor damage to the front bumper. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, who replaced both the brake actuator and master cylinder. the bumper was not replaced. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 9,000.
My 2015 tacoma has an indication that cruise control (cc) is turned on, but not if cc is engaged or disengaged. i was driving in the right lane on a multiple lane freeway with cc on and engaged. when i approached slower moving traffic in the lane i was traveling, i moved to the left lane to pass. i used the accelerator in order to speed up and minimize my impact on the faster moving traffic in the lane. i did this without disengaging cc. feeling social pressure to move right as traffic was backing up even at my accelerated speed, i released the accelerator and moved right. as my vehicle slowed and i approached the vehicle now in front of me, i did not recall cc was engaged. since i was expecting my vehicle to continue decelerating, i was caught off guard when my cc engaged and quickly accelerate to resume the set speed after my vehicle's speed dropped 1-2 mph less than the speed my cc was engaged to maintain. i was able to quickly hit the brakes avoid a collision, but am concerned this failure to indicate the status of my cc may cause ...