unintended acceleration because brake & gas pedal too close The brake pedal and gas pedal on our Toyota Tacoma Prerunner are entirely too close to one another. It appears the brake pedal is the culprit because I find it nearly impossible to left foot brake in this car. If I plant my right heel too far to the left, the angle of my foot and length of shoe makes it so the brake pedal is depressed by the ball of my foot, while my toe hits the top of the accelerator pedal.

Furthermore, I am continually brushing the inside of my right shoe against the brake pedal when lifting it up to apply the brakes.

We also have the same situation in our 2011 Toyota Rav4 which I have also reported in this forum.

I wear 9.5 4e shoes which are a standard width and length one can purchase in many stores. I have to be extra careful when driving, because this problem can lead to unintended acceleration, which happened twice to me and once to my wife who has a much smaller shoe size.

We used to have a 2001 Toyota Camry and the brake pedal was one inch wider and spaced 1.5 inches more to the left from the accelerator pedal.

I am left to wonder if this is what all the unintended acceleration of Toyota cars is all about.