Toyota Tacoma Complaints

8,484 consumer complaints on file.

#762527June 1, 2002
TIRES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762394May 29, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
SINCE THE DATE OF PURCHASE I SMELL GAS ON THE OIL STICK INDICATING THAT FUEL IS IN THE CRANK CASE (CONFIRMED BY DEALER). I WAS ADVISED (BY DEALER)THAT IT IS NOT ABNORMAL FOR VEHICLES MOSTLY DRIVEN SHORT DISTANCES, BUT I HAVE DRIVEN LONG DISTANCES HAD OIL CHANGED AND STILL HAVE PROBLEM. ALSO, I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES, INCLUDING TOYOTA TRUCKS, AND HAVEN'T HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. OCCASIONALLY I HAVE A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I AM TRYING TO VERIFY IF THIS IS INDEED "NORMAL" OIL LEVEL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AFFECTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762121May 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION "CLUNKS" ON STOPS AND SURGES AFTER BRAKE IS RELEASED FROM STOP. DEALER SAID THIS IS NORMAL. I CONTACTED TOYOTA HQ AND THEY REFUSED TO COMMENT ON PROBLEM. SAID DEALER IS THE EXPERT. I GUESS THE EXPERTISE OF THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE IS LEFT UP TO THE DEALERS NOT TOYOTA.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010066May 17, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER,BRACKET
FRONT SUSPENSION SUPPORT BRACKET BAR SNAPPED FROM FRAME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009828May 14, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE CRANK BOLT BROKE AND FELL THROUGH RADIATOR. ALSO, BELT STUCK TO POWER STEERING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009847May 14, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HAS TO BEND TOO FAR DOWN TO OPEN WINDOWS . CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565678May 6, 2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS DENIED THE TIRE RECALL BENEFIT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFERENT THAN THOSE LISTED IN THE RECALL. (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE) *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565674May 6, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A PARKING AREA HE SLOWED DOWN TO TURN AT LESS THAT 10 MILES PER HOUR, PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO ENTER A PARKING PLACE, THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES PER HOUR, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER THEN COLLIDED WITH A PARKED VEHICLE, CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE AND THE OTHER VEHICLE DRIVER ALSO WAS INJURED. *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#8009275May 6, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
VEHICLE LOCKS AND UNLOCKS AT WILL. WHEN IT DOES LOCK CONSUMER HAS TO MANUALLY UNLOCK THE DOORS TO GET OUT. MECHANIC STATES THERE IS NO PROBLEM THAT THEY CAN FIND.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009287May 6, 2002
SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
REAR SUSPENSION SUPPORT SPRING HAS CRYSTALLIZED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009000May 2, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN BRAKING, THERE WAS A GRINDING SOUND AND BRAKING DISTANCE WAS EXTENDED. DEALER REPLACED FRONT CALIPERS AND ROTORS AT 42,000 MILES. AT THIS TIME THE GRINDING SOUND CAN BE HEARD AGAIN WHEN BRAKING, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM AND ONLY REPLACED BRAKE PADS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008528April 24, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
COLLISION AT 35 MPH, AND UPON IMPACT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER. MANUFACTURE WILL BE NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8008398April 23, 2002
AIR BAGS
DURING A CAR CRASH, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE HIT A RAMP AND FLIPPED SIX TIMES. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MAJOR CUTS AND CRACKED SHOULDER DURING THE ACCIDENT. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8008097April 19, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES WHILE BACKING UP VEHICLE, CONSUMER RAN OVER SOMETHING IN THE DRIVEWAY. CONSUMER GOT OUT AND NOTICE THAT VEHICLE HAD RAN OVER A LEAF SPRING. CONSUMER STATES THE LEAF SPRING ASSISTS IN HOLDING VEHICLE UP OFF THE GROUND. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760355April 6, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY, I WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC WHEN I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND FORCED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, THERE WAS ALOT OF DAMAGE DONE TO MY VEHICLE AND THE OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT MY AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING. I WAS HIT IN THE ARE MAKED IN MY OWNERS MANUAL THAT INFORMS YOU AS TO WHERE THE AREA WOULD HAVE TO BE HIT FOR THEM TO DEPLOY, I WAS ALSO TRVELING AT A SPEED THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFICENT FOR THEM TO DEPLOY . I RECIEVED MINOR INJURIES, JUST A LOT OF BRUSIES AND MUSCLE STRAINS, BUT NONE THE LESS IF IT HAD BEEN A MORE SEVIRE ACCIDENT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW THAT THE AIR BAGS ARE FUNCITIONAL.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#760197April 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I COMPLAINED OF A RAPPING, TAPPING NOISE IN ENGINE ON 8/26/97. TRUCK HAD 15877 MILES ON IT. WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. I AGAIN COMPLAINED OF NOISE 1/29/98. TRUCK HAD 21851 MILES ON IT. SOUNDED LIKE TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM TOP OF ENGINE . SAME NOISE AS BEFORE. THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. AT 56500 MILES TAPPING GOT SLIGHTLY LOUDER. I AGAIN COMPLAINED OF NOISE AT BEGINNING OF DECEMBER 2001. I WAS TOLD THEY COULD HEAR IT THEN (AFTER WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED!) THEY TOLD ME I HADNT CHANGED MY OIL AND IT WOULD COST 4400 DOLLARS FOR A NEW SHORT BLOCK. I KNEW I WASNT AT FAULT. I REMOVED ENGINE SO I COULD DETERMINE CAUSE OF NOISE. THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECTIVE CRANKSHAFT. IT IS NOT MACHINED CORRECTLY. IT IS NOT DRILLED THRU TO ALLOW THE FLOW OF OIL THRU THE BEARING. I SHOWED THEM THE CRANK. THEY ADMITTED IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. THEY WILL NOT PUT IT IN WRITING. THEIR MAY BE THOUSANDS OF OTHER TRUCKS WHOSE OWNERS ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF FOR THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE. THEY WILL BE TOLD THEY DIDNT CHANGE THEIR OIL. TOYOTA WILL POCKET ALOT OF MONEY. THE OWNERS WILL BE COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THIS MAJOR SCAM. TOYOTA MUST ADMIT IN WRITING THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS. THEY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. THE ENGINE COULD FAIL IN TRAFFIC CAUSING SEVERE ACCIDENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760222April 3, 2002
TIRES, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WAS EXPERIENCING VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER AND THEY LOOKED AT IT. THEY SAID THAT THE REASON FOR THE VIBRATION WAS THE TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND AND THAT THE "LEFT OUTER WHEEL BUSHIN" THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RACK WAS EXCESSIVELY WORN. THEY ESTIMATED THAT IT WOULD BE $1300 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE RACK SINCE TOYOTA DOES NOT SELL THE INDIVIDUAL BUSHING, NOR DOES IT HAVE A PROCEDURE TO REPLACE THE BUSHING IF AN AFTER MARKET ONE IS AVAILABLE. THE TRUCK WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME BUT TOYOTA QUALITY CARE DENIED THE CLAIM BECAUSE THE BUSHING WEAR WAS DEEMED "NORAML WEAR AND TEAR". BECAUSE I WOULD AHVE TO PAY FOR THE COST THE DEALER SAID THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE WITH THE RACK THE WAY IT IS "FOR AWHILE??!"*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564825March 26, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC., SUSPENSION
CONSUMER STATED THE HEAD GASKET BEGAN TO LEAK RED FLUID, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH HEAD GAKSKETS WERE CRACKED, CONSUMER HAS SINCE RETURED TO THE DEALER ON 3 OTHER OCCASIONS COMPLAING ABOUT AN ENGINE NOISE, CONSUMER THEN LEARNED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS NEVER REPLACED, CONSUMER FINALLY HAD THE GASKET REPLACED AND THE NOISE BECAME EVEN LOUDER, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT AFTER HEAD GASKET WORK IS PERFORMED THAT POTENTIAL FOR LATER DAMAGE WAS COMMON.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759655March 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AFTER ABOUT 1100 MILES WE STARTED TO GET A BAD SHUDDER WHEN SETTING OF, TOYOTA SAID THIS NORMAL, THE TRUCK AS NOW STARTED TO SHUDDER GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND, TOYOTA SAID THIS IS NORMAL, THEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO VIBRATE THROUGH THE CAB AT 3000 MILES,TOYOTA SAID THIS IS NORMAL, THE TRANSMISSION THEN STARTED HARD SHIFTING,CHANGING UP,THE LATER CHANGING DOWN, NOW WHEN PULLING GRADES AND THE TRANSMISSION GOES INTO 4TH GEAR THERE IS A VIBRATION ALL THROUGH THE DRIVE LINE AND CAB, WHEN IN CRUISE THE TRANSMISSION HUNTS UP AND FOR NO REASON, TOYOTA SAYS ALL THIS IS PERFECTLY NORMAL ALTHOUGH 2 TOYOTA TECHS AGREED THERE IS A PROBLEM 2 INDEPENDANT GARAGES SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM, EVERY TIME WE TAKE IT FOR REPAIR TO THE DEALERSHIP TOYOTA TELLS US THERE IS NOTHING WRONG EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP AS SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM TOYOTA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006014March 20, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE AND THE FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF, RESULTING IN A ROLLOVER, THERE WERE 2 INJURIES.*AK. CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT PART WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT MANUFACTURER SHOULD REPLACE VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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