Toyota Tacoma Complaints

8,484 consumer complaints on file.

#10211156December 7, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ON MY 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA V6 4X4 AFTER ABRUPTLY BRAKING AND COMING TO A STOP THE TRUCK WILL LUNGE FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 3 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT SOMEONE REAR ENDED ME. IT ONLY HAPPENS AFTER AN ABRUPT STOP. THE AC IS NOT ON NOR IS CRUISE CONTROL AND I'M NOT IN 4WD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10211187December 7, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES ONCE STOPPED THE TRUCK WILL LURCH FORWARD FOR NO REASON. THE TRUCK FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS GOING TO GET AWAY FROM ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10211185December 7, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
I HAVE A 1999 TOYOTA TACOMA SR5 V6 WITH 127,000 MILES. I WAS GETTING READY TO GO TO TOWN WHEN A RELATIVE NOTICED THAT MY BED AND CAB WERE LAYING RIGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER. I CHECK THE ISSUE AND FOUND THAT MY FRAME RAILS WERE BOTH CRACKED ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I JUST PURCHASED THIS TRUCK AROUND JULY 1, 2007 WITH A NEW INSPECTION STICKER ON IT. I CHECKED EVERYTHING BEFORE I BOUGHT IT AND IT LOOKED DECENT, BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE PURCHASED LARGE CHUNKED OF RUST STARTED TO FALL OFF WHEN BANGING ON THE FRAME. NOW THE FRAME IS SO THIN THAT ANY WHEN YOU BANG ON THE FRAME IT GOES THROUGH. I HAVE ONLY PUT 13,000 MILES SINCE I BOUGHT IT ALL OF WHICH ARE HIGHWAY MILES DRIVING TO AND FROM WORK AND/OR SCHOOL. I WAS TOLD BY THE LOCAL BODY SHOP THAT THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE RUSTY FRAME ISSUE WAS TO CHANGE THE WHOLE FRAME AT THE PRICE OF $6000. THEY SAID THAT THE FRAME WAS BEYOND REPAIR AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING GOOD ENOUGH TO WELD TO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10211698December 6, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
1998 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH A CRACKED FRAME. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRAME IS CRACKED AND IT IS NOT DUE TO RUST OR CORROSION. CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS SON HEARD A LOUD BANG AND FELT THE REAR END WAS LOOSE. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210942December 5, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
WE HAVE ONLY HAD THIS TRUCK FOR A YEAR SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PRIOR INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED. SINCE WE HAVE HAD IT SINCE 10/10/06 THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY INCIDENTS ONLY THAT THE RIGHT REAR OF THE FRAME IS ROTTING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210945December 5, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
SEVERLY RUSTED FRAME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210842December 4, 2007
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE
PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM CONTINUALLY FREEZES UP DUE TO POOR CABLE AND SPRING ROUTING. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WELL KNOWN TO AREA MECHANICS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210484December 2, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
2002 TOYOTA TACOMA HAS PREMATURE FRAME DETERIORATION ON FRAME SIDE RAILS AND REAR. REAR FRAME IS SO BAD THAT THE RUST IS CAUSING THE BUMBERTO LIFT UP IN THE MIDDLE BY ABOUT 1-2INCHES. OWNER KEEPS TRUCK WASHED AND WAXED EVEN THROUGH WINTER MONTHS. HAVE NOT YET LOOKED TO GET REAR PROBLEM REPAIRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210488December 2, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
BRAKES AND UNATTENDED ACCELERATION FAILURE DUE TO DESIGN PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL. BRAKE PEDAL 1 INCH CLOSER AND ONE LOWER TO THE FLOOR BOARD GAS PEDAL. SHOE IS RESTING SLIGHTLY ON GAS PEDAL AS YOU ARE BRAKING. THE AVERAGE SIZE SHOE WILL HIT THE GAS PEDAL AS YOU ARE BRAKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210629December 2, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
FRAME IS ROTTED FROM RUST AND IS UN-USABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210591November 30, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2007 TOYOTA TACOMA SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER DEFECT. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER ARE OFF BY 9%. CONSUMER STATES HE IS UNABLE TO ACCURATELY JUDGE HIS SPEED AND HE COULD POSSIBLY GET A TICKET.*KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210394November 30, 2007
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
THE REAR SUSPENSION OF THE TRUCK RESTS ON THE BUMPSTOPS WHEN HAULING LOADS IN THE BED. I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB 4X4, TRD OFF-ROAD. WHEN LOADING MY 4-WHEELER IN THE BED, THE TAILGATE BENDS SLIGHTLY & THE SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210438November 30, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
PREMATURE RUST THROUGH OF FRAME. WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE BECAME UNSTABLE. UPON INSPECTION, FRAME HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH ON DRIVERS SIDE, DETERIORATING ON PASSENGER SIDE. FRAME IS FLEXING AT POINT BETWEEN CAB AND BED ENOUGH THAT REAR OF CAB HAS CONTACTED WITH BED. VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE HOME THREE MILES AS FRAME IS NEAR SEPARATION, REAR SPRING HANGER IS CLOSE TO SEPARATING. UNACCEPTABLE/DANGEROUS MANUFACTURING/PREPARATION OF FRAME BY TOYOTA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10210312November 29, 2007
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
NEW 07 TOYOTA TACOMA ACCESS CAB 2WD WITH 400 MILES ON IT EMITS LOUD WIND NOISE FROM WINDSHIELD AREA AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AROUND 70MPH+. SOUND WAS MORE LIKE A SCREECH THAN A WHISTLE AND WILL LIKELY DISTRACT MOST DRIVERS FROM FOCUSING ON ROAD AS IT DID ME. I DROVE IT AROUND FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF OWNERSHIP TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND FOUND THE PROBLEM COULD BE RE-PRODUCED ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME ON THE FREEWAY AT THE RIGHT SPEED. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THEY HAD JUST RECEIVED A TSB ABOUT IT BEING A BAD SEAL ON THE WINDSHIELD. (I DID NOT FIND THE TSB ON THE INTERNET YET, BUT IT COULD BE QUITE NEW AND NOT YET POSTED) AS THE TRUCK IS WELL UNDER WARRANTY, THEY PROMPTLY ARRANGED TO HAVE THE WINDSHIELD COMPLETELY RE-SEALED. IT'S ONLY BEEN ONE DAY SINCE, BUT SO FAR THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE REPAIRED. TACOMA OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AS IT COULD PRESENT A SAFETY PROBLEM JUST BY HOW DISTRACTING IT IS WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210314November 29, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRUCK SURGES FORWARD WHEN BRAKES ARE ON BUT IT HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN. MY TOYOTA TACOMA 2007 WILL START REVVING AND RED LINE AND BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP WITHOUT TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND USING THE E-BRAKE. THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH IT AND TOYOTA DENIES TO ADMIT ANYTHING IS WRONG. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA AND THIS TIME I WAS IN A BAD ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT STOP. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210329November 29, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS, REPORTS OF '07 TOYOTA TACOMAS ACCELERATING UNINTENTIONALLY. I BOUGHT A USED 1998 TACOMA ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED PERHAPS TEN OR MORE INCIDENTS OF MY ENGINE RUNNING AWAY TO THE POINT I HAVE TO PUT IT NEUTRAL AND KICK THE GAS PEDAL TO STOP IT. AT LEAST TWICE THAT HAS NOT WORKED , FORCING ME TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE. I NOTICE IT HAPPENS WHEN I'M DOWNSHIFTING FROM THIRD TO SECOND. I CALLED TOYOTA TWO YEARS AGO AND ASKED IF THEY HAD HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM FROM OTHER OWNERS. THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT. THIS IS NOT SO MUCH A COMPLAINT AS IT IS AN FYI TO YOU IN CASE YOU'RE STILL LOOKING INTO THIS. OTHER THAN THAT THE TRUCK HAS BEEN VERY DEPENDABLE. AND SINCE THE PROBLEM IS SO INTERMITTENT, ( IT HASN'T HAPPENED IN A YEAR), I DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO GET RID OF IT. BUT I CAN IMAGINE IN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU OR TOYOTA IS LOOKING INTO THIS. THANK YOU, JOHN T. POPE *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210179November 28, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE VEHICLE'S FRAME IS ROTTED, RUSTED, AND CORRODED FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF THE FRAME RAILS. THE VEHICLE FAILED STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE IT WAS DEEMED AS STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND TOYOTA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND PURCHASE DATE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10209927November 26, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELT ROUGH AND WAS VIBRATING. THE CONTACT HEARD METAL RUBBING AGAINST METAL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND A BRAKE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THE REAR BRAKES FAILED BECAUSE THEY WERE IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED. THE CONTACT LATER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TOYOTA AND THEY COULD NOT MAKE ANY REPAIRS BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE CONTACT INFORMED TOYOTA THAT THE REPAIR WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE HAS RECURRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,500. UPDATED 01-11-08. *KB UPDATED 12/12/07
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10209550November 20, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
PREMATURE FRAME DETERIORATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10209200November 17, 2007
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRAME BROKE IN HALF ON PASSENGERS SIDE AHEAD OF REAR WHEEL. FRAME RUSTED 2005. FRAME RUSTED 2007. FRAME HAS APPROXIMATELY $1000 OF WELDING DONE TO IT. WON'T PASS INSPECTION IN 2008. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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