Toyota Tacoma Complaints (2012)

295 consumer complaints on file.

#11104462June 28, 2018
ENGINE
AIR INJECTOR PUMP CAUSING ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC LIGHT TO COME ON AND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. VEHICLE IN MOTION WHEN OCCURRING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11093287May 11, 2018
ENGINE
SECONDARY AIR INJECTOR SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE PROBLEM AT 55000+ ODOMETER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089804April 24, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 4/20/2018 THE RIGHT SIDE ROOF MOLDING CAME OFF AND FLEW IN TO CAR BEHIND ME,CAR DID NOT STOP. IT MADE A VERY LOAD NOISE AS IT CAME OFF. I WAS ON THE INTERNET AND SAW THERE WERE OTHERS WITH THIS ISSUE AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2008-2011 MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083437April 5, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAYTON TOYOTA (2291 US-130, DAYTON, NJ 08810, 732-329-9191), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND OFFERED TO COVER THE COST OF THE PARTS WHILE THE CONTACT COVERED THE LABOR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11080196March 19, 2018
SUSPENSION
I BOUGHT A USED 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH 75,000 MILES ON IT FROM A DEALERSHIP WITH THE "TOYOTA CERTIFICATION." AT 86,400 MILES, THE TRUCK BED STARTED SAGGING, AND EVERYTIME I ACCELERATED, THE SUSPENSION WOULD MAKE A LOUD THUMPING NOISE, & THE BACK END WOULD WIGGLE & VIBRATE. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID BOTH LEAFSPRINGS (UNDER THE TRUCK BED) CRACKED (AT THE SAME TIME), BUT UNFORTUNATELY MY 2012 WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE SUSPENSION RECALL, WHICH COVERED ONLY UNTIL THE 2011 MODEL YEAR. OTHERWISE THE RECALL WOULD'VE PAID FOR THE FIX. IT APPEARS FAULTY STEEL WAS STILL USED IN THE LEAFSPRINGS MANUFACTURE WELL INTO THE 2012 MODEL YEARS. IN THE MEANTIME, I HAD TO GET MY TRUCK FIXED, AND SPENT ROUGHLY $1,100 AT A NON-DEALERSHIP MECHANIC. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AS THERE ARE OTHER TRUCKS IN THIS SAME PREDICAMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11078622March 12, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM WENT OUT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11078293March 9, 2018
SUSPENSION
LEAF SPRINGS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11076004March 2, 2018
ENGINE
SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PROBLEMS (VALVES AND/OR PUMP) CAUSES A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON, AND PUTS THE ENGINE IN "LIMP HOME" MODE, WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH LIMITS TOP SPEED TO ~40MPH. THIS IS NOT ONLY RIDICULOUS, BUT DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF IT HAPPENS WHILE ON A FREEWAY. THE "LIMP HOME" MODE PERSISTS UNTIL THE CODE IS CLEARED, BY USING AN ODB TOOL, OR CLEARING THE ECU BY OTHER MEANS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES WHERE, WITH NO WARNING, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY LOST POWER, AND I HAD TO FIND THE NEAREST "SAFE SPOT" TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND PULL OVER. TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS ISSUE IN A TSB, BUT PROVIDES NO RECALL, DESPITE THIS BEING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN IT HAPPENS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073959February 20, 2018
ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CAR IMMEDITELY LOST POWER. COMPUTER CODES P2440 AND P2442 INDICATED ISSUES THAT WOULD NOT EFFECT NORMAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE- JUST EMMISION CONTROL ISSUES. 98,000 MI. ON VEHICLE WHEN IT OCCURRED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11072941February 14, 2018
ENGINE, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. ALSO, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11072143February 11, 2018
ENGINE
SECONDARY AIR PUMP AND SWITCHING VALVES FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH ONLY 62,000 MILES. TRUCK FORCED INTO LIMP MODE AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL OVER 20MPH. THE TRUCK HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC CONTROL LIGHT APPEAR. TOYOTA ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $2100 TO FIX. AFTER READING ABOUT THE ERROR CODES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR ALL 2012 TACOMA OWNERS AND TOYOTA WARRANTY REFUSES TO COVER ANY OF THE COST OR RECALL THE PART (THE SAME ISSUE ON TOYOTA TUNDRAS WAS RECALLED).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11071618February 7, 2018
ENGINE
DRIVING VEHICLE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ENGINE LOOSES POWER. TRUCK DID NOT DIE AND WOULD SLOWLY ACCELERATE. I HAD TRAFFIC BEHIND ME HONKING AND CUTTING ME OFF UNTIL I COULD GET TO A PULL OFF SPOT. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED THE SECONDARY AIR PUMP AND VALVES WERE THE CAUSE CAUSING THE LOTS OF ACCELERATION. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND KNOWN ISSUE FOR TOYOTA OWNERS AFTER RESEARCHING. I DO HAVE REPAIR RECEIPT WHICH IS VERY COSTLY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11066080January 31, 2018
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THEN IMMEDIATELY REGAINED POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE STATION, RESTARTED IT, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA OF POWAY (13631 POWER RD, POWAY, CA 92064) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR SYSTEM VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE AIR INJECTION PUMP MAY EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,472.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11064370January 23, 2018
ENGINE
AT 60,000 MILES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS COME ON WHEN STARTING UP TRUCK IN MORNING. THIS PUT THE TRUCK INTO LIMP MODE. MY MECHANIC CLEARED THE CODES BUT DID NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN REPAIRING AS HE COULDN'T GUARANTEE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN DOWN THE ROAD AND SAID TOYOTA WILL NOT WARRANTY THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. DEALER ADVISED APPROXIMATELY $2,000 TO REPAIR. AFTER SEEING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM 2012 TACOMA OWNERS, I CAN NOT BELIEVE TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER A RECALL SINCE THEY COVERED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TUNDRA AND SEQUOIA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11063415January 18, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SECONDARY AIR INJECTOR FAILURE. VALVES STUCK OPEN. CHECK ENGINE CODES P2442 AND P2440. VEHICLE IN MOTION DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. JUST BOUGHT YESTERDAY WITH 47K MILES. FAILURE CAUSES VEHICLE TO 'LIMP'. CAN'T EXCEED 2500 RPMS VERY EASILY, MASSIVE LOSS OF POWER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11061147January 8, 2018
ENGINE
VACUMME SWITCHING VALVE AND AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILURE AT 43,000 MILES, COST TO REPAIR IS $2052.32. THIS PART IS PART OF THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY TOYOTA BUT IS NOT. WHEN THIS VALVE THROWS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THE TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS IT HAS REDUCED POWER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11060748January 5, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE VEHICLE, PULLED OVER, AND TOOK MY 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH 78,000 MILES TO THE MECHANIC WHERE I LEFT IT OVERNIGHT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT IN THE MORNING. RUNNING A DIAGNOSTIC THEY FOUND CODE P2443 - SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE STUCK. I ASKED IF THEY HAD DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE AND THEY SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR TOYOTA AND THEY HAVE DONE RECALLS ON BOTH THE TUNDRA AND SEQUOIA MODELS THAT HAVE HAD THESE ISSUES, BUT THE TACOMA HASN'T HAD A RECALL YET, EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE JUST AS COMMON WITH THE SAME PARTS. THEY SAID THE COST OF PARTS AND LABOR WOULD BE AROUND $2,000. WHEN I ASKED THEM IF THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE OFF THEIR LOT THEY SAID THESE CODES CAN CAUSE THE TACOMA TO GO INTO "LIMP MODE" WHERE YOU CAN LOOSE POWER, ACCELERATION, AND WON'T BE ABLE TO GO OVER 45MPH. I HATE TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD KEPT MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND TRIED TO GET UP TO SPEED ONLY TO "LIMP" INTO TRAFFIC OR IF THIS HAD HAPPENED A MINUTE LATER ON THE INTERSTATE! EVERY THREAD I READ ONLINE FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES SHOW PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES FROM AS LOW AS 1,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. THE ISSUES WITH THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP AND SWITCHING VALVES SEEMS MOST COMMON BETWEEN 50,000-80,000 MILES, BUT EVENTUALLY DOES HAPPEN IN THE 2012-2015 TOCOMA MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058026January 2, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
COLD START OF THE VEHICLE WAS FOLLOWED BY A HIGH PITCHED WHINE AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND 'TRAC OFF' LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. DIAGNOSTIC CHECK REVEALED FAULTY SECONDARY AIR PUMP AND SWITCHING VALVE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY TOYOTA FOR THE TUNDRA AND THE SEQUOIA, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY DUMB ON THIS MODEL YEAR TACOMA. A CURSORY SEARCH OF THE INTERNET REVEALS THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN THE 2012 TRUCK. THERE ARE DOZENS OF REPORTS OF VEHICLES FAILING TO ACCELERATE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, AND THE $2000 RECOMMENDED FIX IS BEING DONE WITH THE SAME IMPROPERLY ENGINEERED PARTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11056546December 26, 2017
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AT LESS THEN 50K MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND 900 MILES FROM HOME MY TRUCK DECIDED TO GET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHT CAUSED BY CODES P2440 AND P2442 AND P2445. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME. THESE CODES PUT ME INTO LIMP MODE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY IN SNOWY AND ICY CONDITIONS. I COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AS I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE SHOULDER WITH TRAFFIC ZOOMING ALL AROUND ME, DANGEROUS AND SCARY! TOYOTA WANTS $2000 TO REPAIR IT. INTERNET RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA FAILS TO RECOGNIZE FOR TACOMAS BUT HAS ISSUED A TSB AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES FOR TUNDRAS. SHAME ON TOYOTA. NOW I GET TO ENDURE THE COST OF REPAIR AFTER THE HOLIDAY SEASONS AND I'M SURE MY BOSS WILL LOVE TO HEAR I WONT BE RETURNING TO WORK ON TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11056151December 22, 2017
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN THE TRUCKS PERFORMANCE JUMPED INTO LIMP MODE "TRAC OFF" AS I WAS DRIVING. LOSS OF SPEED AND PERFORMANCE CAUSED ME TO BE A DRIVING HAZARD. 2 VENDORS TODAY FOUND THE CODES P2440 AND P2442, WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE TRIGGERED MY TRUCK INTO "TRAC OFF" AND "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ON. MODE CAUSES MY TRUCK TO ONLY DRIVE ABOUT 45 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS PERFORMANCE AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD,I HAD NO WARNING THAT THE LOSS OF PERFORMANCE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN INITIALLY WHEN I WAS TRAVELING.THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT APPEARS TO BE ON A LARGER SCALE.I HAVE BRIEFLY SCANNED THE INTERNET IN THE LAST HOUR AND SPOKE WITH VARIOUS VENDORS ABOUT THE PROBLEM & I HAVE CALLED MY DEALERSHIP & EVEN THE MAIN TOYOTA LINE AND EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CODES ARE P2440 & P2442. AFTER FINDING OUT THE CODES I LOOKED AT THE AIR INJECTION PUMP & I WAS ASTONISHED TO SEE THAT THE PUMP WAS COMPLETELY FULL OF WHAT, LIKE SOMEONE LITERALLY TOOK A WATERHOSE & FILLED IT UP. LOGICALLY, THIS IS WHY THE AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVES 1 AND 2 ARE BOTH STUCK OPEN ONE CODE FOR EACH OF THE VALVES. THE NEXT THING THAT IS UNUSUAL IS THAT THERE ARE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL..THEN I FOUND THE TUNDRA RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME PUMP ISSUE! IT IS PECULIAR, THAT A DIFFERENT MODEL TRUCK WITH THE SAME PUMP HAS THIS PROBLEM & NO RECALL OR REMEDY. FACT-TUNDRA IS A MORE EXPENSIVE TRUCK THAN TACOMA, IS TOYOTA FIXING PUBLIC RELATION ISSUES FOR THOSE MORE WELL OFF BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO COMPLAIN TO THE RIGHT FOLKS OR CAUSE A BIG STIR AND THEY WILL HOLD OFF ON PULLING THE TRIGGER ON A "WARRANTY FIX OR RECALL" ON THE WORKING MANS TACOMA? THIS IS JUST AN OPINION BUT MY INTUITION TELLS ME THIS IS INTENTIONAL. THE FIX IS APPROX $2000 I AM STUCK DRIVING 45 MPH TILL THEN WITH SHADY STEERING & PERFORMANCE. #ACCOUNTABILITY #ME TOO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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