Date: Jan. 26, 2010

Victim: Unknown

Location: Unknown; complaint filed from Houston.

Model: 2008 Toyota Tacoma

Details: "Please study this accident. It may relate to the gas pedal, so let Toyota know to recall this model too so to prevent another fatal accident like my brother had," reads a complaint filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last month from Houston.

The appeal for an investigation was filed four days after the Tacoma's fatal accident.

-- Stuart Pfeifer, Carol J. Williams and Robert Faturechi