Toyota Tacoma Complaints (2012)

295 consumer complaints on file.

#10954377February 13, 2017
ENGINE
THE ENGINE CHECK AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS ON WHEN I DRIVE ON HIGHWAY. THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURE THE DEALER CHECKED, IT WILL COST $2000 TO FIX IT, IT IS ONLY 69K MILES AND 5 YEARS OLD VEHICLE. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY AND IT SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949910February 6, 2017
ENGINE
TRUCK NORMALLY STARTS RIGHT UP, CRANKED IT OVER NO START. TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED, BUT THE "CHECK ENGINE" AND THE "TRAC CONTROL" LIGHTS STAYED ON. TRIED GETTING ON THE FREEWAY AND HAD VERY LITTLE POWER GETTING ON THE ON-RAMP. PUT THE FLASHERS ON TO PREVENT CARS EXITING THE FREEWAY @ 65 MPH FROM CRASHING INTO ME AND MY LIMPING TACOMA. THEY ALSO PUT THEIR FLASHERS ON TOO. VERY UNSAFE! LIMPED TOWARDS HOME ON SURFACE STREETS....1 HOUR DRIVE TOOK ME 2. SCANNED THE ERROR CODES AND P2440 AND P2442 CAME UP, SWITCHES STUCK OPEN IN THE #1 & #2 BANK. AFTER SPENDING $1470.54 FOR PARTS I MADE THE REPAIRS. LOOKED @ A CO-WORKERS 2008 TACOMA AND THIS BAD IDEA IS NOT ON HIS TACOMA.....HHHHHMMMM. HE,S JUST LUCKY I GUESS. PLEASE HELP.VERY UNSAFE DESIGN, VERY EXPENSIVE REMEDY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949322February 3, 2017
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
REPLACEMENT AIR INJECTION VALVES AND PUMPS FOR SECONDARY EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM. TOYOTA WANTS 2200 FOR AN ISSUE THEY ARE AWARE OF AND HAVE ALREADY RELEASED SERVICE BULLETINS FOR ON THE TUNDRA AND SEQUOIAS. ENGINE CODES P2442 AND P2446. WHEN THE CODES ARE THROWN THE CAR IS PUT INTO LIMP MODE AND DECELERATES TO 35 MPH, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A NON-ESSENTIAL EMISSIONS SYSTEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10949062February 2, 2017
ENGINE
SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURE. FAILURE CODES OF P2440 AND 2442 OCCURRED DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO LIMP MODE. THE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO LIMITED THROTTLE CONTROL. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2012 TACOMA TRUCKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948889February 1, 2017
WHEELS
TREAD CRACK/SPLIT OR DRYROT ON OUTER AND INNERMOST TREAD SURFACE OF ALL FOUR TIRES. BOUGHT VEHICAL USED WHEN IT HAD 44,627 MILES WHEN NOTICING THIS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948911February 1, 2017
ENGINE
AIR INJECTION SYSTEM FAILING PUTTING TRUCK INTO LIMP MODE (CODES P2442 AND P2440) AN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION. COMMON LOW MILEAGE PROBLEM THAT IS NOT COVERED BY EITHER FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY OR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10948558January 30, 2017
ENGINE
DRIVING AT 55 MPH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE. DECREASE IN SPEED AND POWER. MECHANIC COMPUTER SHOWED FAULT CODES 2440 AND 2442. SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP AND VALVES FAILURE. THROUGH RESEARCH HUNDREDS OF TACOMA OWNERS ARE HAVING SAME PROBLEM. FAULTY MANUFACTURERS PART CAUSING VEHICLES TO GO INTO LIMP MODE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10946566January 19, 2017
ENGINE
CHECK ENGINE AND TRAC OFF LIGHT ON WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. NOTICED IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MUCH AT 20MPH (LIMP MODE?), SO I PULLED OVER AND CALLED DEALER SERVICE AND TOOK FOR DIAGNOSIS. LUCKILY NOT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR BUSY STREET, JUST NEIGHBORHOOD. DEALER REPAIRED SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP AND VALVES FOR $2,000. INDICATED NOT A NORMAL REPAIR. INTERNET SEARCH PROVED OTHERWISE AS ITS A EXTENSIVE ISSUE WITH PRIOR MODELS OF TOYOTA VEHICLES AND 2012 TACOMA'S.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10945517January 16, 2017
ENGINE
SECONDARY AIR INTAKE SYSTEM FAILED DURING START UP. THE VEHICLE IS DRIVABLE BUT DANGEROUS CEL IS ON AND COMPUTER LIMITS THE VEHICLES POWER. THIS IS RELATED TO EMISSIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS 8 DAYS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH 39500K MILES. THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES INCLUDING THE 2012 V6 TACOMA. COST OF REPAIR ESTIMATED AT $1950.00
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10945437January 16, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
ENGINE/ALL POWER IS LOST WHEN ENGINE HAS REACHED A CERTAIN RPM. CODE READER STATES "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR "A" CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10944021January 10, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VEHICLE STUMBLED AND ENGINE ALMOST DIED WHILE MAKING A TURN IN FRONT OF INCOMING TRAFFIC WITH MY ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK. MIL ON WITH CODE P2442 REPORTED, SECONDARY AIR INJECTION MALFUNCTION. THIS 2012 TACOMA IS TOYOTA CERTIFIED WITH 34,216 MILES, SPOKE WITH MULTIPLE TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVES AND ALL HAVE STATED THIS IS NOT A WARRANTIED ITEM. THIS MALFUNCTION IS COMMON ON OTHER TOYOTA TRUCKS WHICH HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON THE SAME EMISSION COMPONENT IN QUESTION. THIS PROBLEM IS BOTH A SAFETY HAZARD AND AN EMISSIONS HAZARD. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10943863January 9, 2017
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2012 TACOMA WITH 91,000 MILES: WHILE LEAVING WORK AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO HIGHWAY THE "CHECK ENGINE" AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" AND WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 35 MPH. I HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OFF THE ROAD AS TO NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK VEHICLE TO MAC HAIK TOYOTA AND RECEIVED THE CODE P2445. I HAD TO REPLACE AIR SWITCH VALVE ASSEMBLY $690, AIR W/BRA PUMP ASSEMBLY $813, AIR TUBE GASKETS $132, LABOR $610. TOTAL $2063!!!! FROM RESEARCHING, THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 2012 TACOMAS, AND HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN AN ISSUE WITH OLDER TUNDRAS, WHICH TOYOTA ISSUED A TSB FOR. TOYOTA REFUSES TO REPAIR THIS UNDER WARRANTY (FEDERAL EMISSIONS) EVEN THOUGH THE FAILED PART IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM! "THE SYSTEM IS USED TO PUMP ADDITIONAL AIR INTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD UPON STARTUP TO DILUTE THE OVER-RICH CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO INCREASED POLLUTION. (HOW IS THAT NOT AN EMISSIONS RELATED PART?) THE FAILURE OR WARPING OF THE ONE-WAY CHECK VALVE CAUSES HOT EXHAUST GASES TO BACKFLOW INTO THE SOLENOID, AND MELTING THE GASKETS. THIS ENDS UP BLOCKING THE SEALING PLATE AND CAUSING IT TO REMAIN IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE DANGER IS THAT THE HOT EXHAUST IS THEN FED INTO A PLASTIC AIR PUMP CAUSING IT TO POTENTIALLY MELT OR CATCH FIRE!" THE FACT THAT THIS FORCES THE VEHICLE INTO "LIMP MODE" IS ALSO A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS IT WILL NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL ABOVE 35 MPH AND COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IF TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE OR HIGHWAY DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED, SUDDEN DECELERATION. FAILED ASSEMBLY IS TOYOTA PART NUMBER : 25710-31020. THIS PART NUMBER HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY P/N: 25710-31022. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10943955January 9, 2017
ENGINE
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS CAME ON. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND NEARLY DID NOT MAKE IT UP A HILL. CODES WERE READ AT A LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE INDICATING P2440 & P2442. TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE CODES AND INDICATED THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVES WERE BURNED OUT AND STUCK OPEN, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED AT A SIGNIFICANT COST TO ME. AN INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS CONDITION IS COMMON TO THE 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. A SIMILAR ISSUE INVOLVING THE TOYOTA TUNDRA WAS ALSO DISCOVERED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10940024January 5, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND LOST POWER. I'VE NOTICED IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE NEW. I NOW HAVE 37,000 MILES ON IT AND HAVE RECEIVED MESSAGES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF MESSAGES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU HAVE NO ENGINE POWER WHEN ENTERING INTO TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK WILL NOT GO OVER 35 MILES AN HOUR AND TAKES FOR EVER TO GAIN SPEED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10939057January 2, 2017
ENGINE
I LEFT THE GYM YESTERDAY AND THE TRUCK HAD NO POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, I ALMOST GOT T-BONED PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. I LOOKED DOWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AS WELL AS THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. RAN BY AUTOZONE AND HAD THEM SCAN THE OBD AND IT SHOWED P2442 ERROR CODE. I TOOK IT BY THE DEALER THIS MORNING AND THEY SAY BOTH BY-PASS VALVES ARE GONE AS WELL AS THE AIR INJECTION PUMP. ESTIMATE WAS $1,798. THIS IS A 2012 MODEL AS SEEMS TO BE THE NORM WITH THIS FAILURE. BUT WITH ONLY 35K MILES. I TOLD THEM THIS WAS RIDICULOUS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ON THIS MODEL WITH THIS LOW OF A MILEAGE AND THAT THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SERVICE REP SAID IT WASN'T AND HER HANDS WERE TIED. I TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AS WELL AS THE GM. SO FAR TOYOTA HAS REFUSED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE IN A FAIR MANNER. THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM BY TOYOTA ON THE 2012 MODEL TACOMA'S. THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE ON THE TUNDRA TRUCKS AND ARE COVERING THESE PARTS UNDER A 150,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS SAME FAILURE WITH THE TACOMA'S BUT TOYOTA SO FAR IS REFUSING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. WHEN THIS FAILURE DOES OCCUR THE VEHICLES GO INTO "LIMP" MODE. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF UNEXPECTEDLY YOU LOOSE POWER OR SPEED WHILE MERGING, PULLING INTO TRAFFIC OR ON THE FREEWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10938995January 1, 2017
ENGINE
SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE ERROR CODE P2440 AND P2442 TRUCK IS NOW IN LIMP MODE AND UNDRIVEABLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10938779December 30, 2016
ENGINE
AIR INJECTION PUMP AND DIVERTER VALVE ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO ENTER LIMP MODE. VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT LOW SPEED FROM A FRESH START UP. TOYOTA HAS RECOGNIZED THE ISSUE ON THE TUNDRA TRUCK AND EXTENDED 150K MILE WARRANTY ON THE PART. THEY HAVE NOT EXTENDED THE SAME CONSIDERATION ON THE TACOMA. BASED ON RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION WITH DEALER IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THE 2012 TACOMA. COST TO REPAIR I WAS $1484.14. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10938799December 30, 2016
ENGINE
I GOT THE ENGINE LIGHTS ON IN THE MORNING STARTING THE TRUCK ON NOV 3, AND TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE. GOT IT HOME AND LET IT SIT FOR A BIT AND THEN IT SEEMED TO BE OKAY ACCELERATING BUT THE ENGINE LIGHTS WERE STILL ON. TOOK IT TO TOYOTA AND WAS READING THE DREADED P2442 SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM CODE. THEY CLEARED THE CODE AND DROVE IT AROUND; CLEARED AGAIN THEY DEEMED IT OKAY AND CHARGED ME $60 FOR THE CODE READ. LEAVE TO DRIVE TO WORK AGAIN THIS MORNING AND BAM, THE LIGHTS BACK ON AND THE THING IS BACK INTO LIMP MODE WITH BARELY ANY POWER TO THE ENGINE. HAD TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK IN THIS UNSAFE CONDITION BACK TO MY HOUSE. I READ SO MUCH ONLINE ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED WITH THIS SAME DEFECTIVE PART AND TOYOTA QUOTED ME $2300 CAD + 13% TAX TO FIX IT AND REPLACE THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP/VALVE. NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY NOR MY EXTRA CARE PROTECTION PLAN I PAID FOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10938557December 29, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE STUCK CODES P2440,P2442. TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND YOU CAN ONLY GO A MAX OF 40 MPH.TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10938583December 29, 2016
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HEADED TO WORK TO FIND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 41,000 MILES. WENT TO AUTOZONE, CODE READER PROVIDED P2442 AND P2440 ERRORS RELATED TO THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM VALVES. FOLLOWED UP WITH LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER. DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM VALVES STUCK OPEN IN BANKS 1 AND 2. DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE PARTS 17600-0P040: PUMP ASSEMBLY; 25710-31022: VALVE ASSEMBLY; AND THE 4 RELATED GASKETS, PART 17377-31010. QUOTE WAS FOR ALMOST $2400. AGAIN, THE VEHICLE IS 2012, LESS THAN 41K MILES! RESEARCHING THE TACOMA FORUMS ONLINE, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS GENERATION MODEL AND MORE EVEN MORE SO WITH 2012'S. ONE OF THE DEALER'S SERVICE ADVISORS INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS ALSO A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TUNDRAS. FURTHERMORE, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD GO IN AND OUT OF "LIMP MODE" AND I HAD NO WARNING AS TO WHEN IT WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE IN THIS MODE, OTHER THAN BY THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS HANDLING. LIMP MODE WOULD ONLY ALLOW TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT INTO 2ND OR 3RD AND NO MORE THAN 30 MPH, LESS IF CLIMBING AN INCLINE. AT OTHER TIMES, VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE NORMALLY. THE SWITCHING IN AND OUT OF THIS PROTECTIVE MODE SEEMS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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