2005 Toyota Tacoma

TOYOTA SENT ME A LIMITED SERVICE NOTICE INFORMING ME THAT MY TRUCK MAY HAVE MORE THAN NORMAL CORROSION ON THE FRAME. I BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO INSPECT IT AND THEY CONFIRMED THERE IS MORE THAN A NORMAL AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON MY FRAME. IN FACT THEY SAID THEY PUNCHED A HOLE IN MY FRAME WHILE PERFORMING THE TEST. LATER THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT TOYOTA WOULD ONLY COVER THE COST TO REPLACE THE FRAME AND LIMITED COMPONENTS, AND IF CERTAIN ITEMS BREAK (LIKE SHOCKS, CALIPERS, MUFFLERS, ETC.) DURING THE REPLACEMENT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO COVER THESE ITEMS. I WAS TOLD THESE COSTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS $1,500. AT THIS POINT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENTIRE REPAIR, LEAVING ME WITH AN UNSAFE VEHICLE TO COMMUTE IN. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO COVER ALL OF THESE ITEMS.

FRAME IS RUSTED AND WE HAVE WAITED SINCE OCTOBER 27 OF 2014 WITH NO NOTIFICATION FROM DEALER AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO REPLACE IT UNDER WARRANTY TOYOTA RECALLED THIS MAY 8TH OF 2014: LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIGN E0D (SPECIFIC 20 COLD CLIMATE STATES ONLY) - CERTAIN 2005-2008 MODEL YEAR TACOMA VEHICLES - CORROSION-RESISTANT COMPOUND APPLICATION TO THE VEHICLE'S FRAME THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY HURLBERT TOYOTA EPPING NH 03042 ON 10/27/2014 AND NOTHING HAS COME FROM THEM. *TR

2005 TOYOTA TACOMA, 4X4, 4 DOOR, LONG BED, 4.0 L, V6, EFI. MARCH 7, 2008 TRUCK WAS TOTALED IN ROLL OVER. 3 INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE WITH 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. OWNER AND ACCIDENT VICTIM, POLICE OFFICERS AT THE TIMES OF EACH INCIDENT. BOTH HAVE HAD DRIVER TRAINING AND ARE EXPERIENCED DRIVERS. 3RD PERSON IS EXPERIENCED DRIVER WHO HAS DRIVER TRAINING THAT IS EXPERIENCED DRIVING CARS, TRUCKS, BUSES, SEMI TRUCKS. DRIVER HAS CDL(BUS) AND HAS BEEN DRIVING FOR MANY YEARS. OWNER HAD 1ST INCIDENT, GAS PEDAL STUCK AND DRIVER HAD TO PUT TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN HIT GAS PEDAL 2 TIMES WITH FOOT ABOUT 6 TO 10 TIMES TOTAL TO GET IT TO DISENGAGE ITSELF. ON THE 2ND ATTEMPT TO HIT THE GAS PEDAL, PEDAL WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR HARD. 2ND INCIDENT, DRIVER HAD CRUISE CONTROL SET AT ABOUT 58 MPH. DRIVER TAPPED BRAKE PEDAL TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE AND THE TRUCK PICKED UP SPEED. DRIVER PUT TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND HAD TO HIT GAS PEDAL AND DRIVE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET IT TO STOP RACING. DRIVER TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER WITH END 2 WEEKS FOR OIL CHANGE AND TOLD THEM OF INCIDENT. THEY CHECKED TRUCK AND FOUND NO CAUSE OR PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK. 3RD INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 7, 2008. DRIVER HAD CRUISE CONTROL SET AT ABOUT 64 MPH. DRIVER TAPPED BRAKE PEDAL TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE TRUCK ENGINE THEN STARTED TO RACE AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO FISH TAIL. DRIVER HIT BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN AND THE TRUCK WENT FROM PASSING LANE OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY AND HIT A DITCH AND ROLLED 3 TO 5 TIMES. TRUCK CAME TO REST ON ITS ROOF. DRIVER WAS SEAT BELTED IN AND HAD TO TURN KEY OFF TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP THE ENGINE FROM RACING. TIRES WERE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE IN 3RD INCIDENT AND IN ALL INCIDENTS FLOOR MAT WAS NOT STUCK IN GAS PEDAL AND HAD NO PART IN INCIDENTS. 3RD INCIDENT ROAD WAY WAS WET AND IT STARTED SLEETING AT THE TIME OF ROLLOVER WRECK. ROADWAY WAS NOT SNOW COVERED. ALL INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE ON 4 LANE ROADWAYS. *TR

I AM A 63 YEAR OLD WHITE FEMALE WHO OWNS A 2205 TOYOTA TACOMA, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, TWO-WHEEL DRIVE, KING CAB, PURCHASED IN OCTOBER OF 2005 AT THE PRESTIGE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN KINGSTON, NEW YORK. THE TACOMA PRESENTLY HAS 15,800 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED. SINCE THE FIRST TIME I DROVE THIS VEHICLE THE ENGINE "RACED" WHEN STARTED UP. I BROUGHT THIS IMMEDIATELY TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INDICATED THAT I SHOULD "WAIT FOR A MOMENT THEN ENGAGE THE GEAR" AND THAT WOULD STOP THE REVVING MOTOR. I WAS NEVER COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY IT SOUNDED WHEN STARTED UP, HOWEVER, SOMETIMES IT WAS QUIETER. NONETHELESS I FELT THAT I HAD A SAFE, DEPENDABLE VEHICLE AND ALL THE "REPORTS" WRITTEN ABOUT IT INDICATED THIS WAS THE CASE. ON TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 2008, I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON ROUTE 212 FROM WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK TO SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK. ABOUT THREE MILES FROM HOME, ON ROUTE 212, THE ENGINE SURGED AND REVVED UP SO INTENSELY THAT IT TERRIFIED ME! THE NOISE AND SPEED WERE OVERWHELMING. I KNEW IN A NANOSECOND THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THERE WAS A CULVERT AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I KNEW THE VEHICLE WOULD TURN OVER IF I TRIED TO EXIT THERE. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AT THIS SAME MOMENT AND THERE WEREN'T ANY! I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO BRAKE TO NO AVAIL. THERE WAS A SAAB DEALERSHIP JUST UP THE ROAD WHICH HAD A FENCE ALONG THE ROAD EDGE AND A TELEPHONE POLE. I MADE A SPLIT-SECOND DECISION TO DOWN-SHIFT INTO THE LOWEST GEAR AND HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL! IF I COULDN'T STOP I WOULD HAVE VEERED RIGHT, INTO THE FENCE, AND IF I COULDN'T MAKE THAT - AS THERE WAS TRAFFIC BEHIND ME - I WOULD HEAD FOR THE TELEPHONE POLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE! TERRIFYING! I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP THIRTY FEET FROM THE TELEPHONE POLE - BARELY. A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE TO BE SURE! AN INTERNET SEARCH THAT EVENING FOR A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE CAME UP CLEARLY - SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION! PERIOD! *TR

THE PAINT ON MY VEHICLE IS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO CHIPPING AND PEELING. THE BASE SEEMS VERY THIN AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CHIPS IN THE PAINT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUST. IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I LIVE IN THE MIDWEST AND WE DON'T USE SAND WHEN IT SNOWS, SO IT IS NOT ROAD CONDITIONS, JUST EVERYDAY DRIVING THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *JB

I HAVE EXCESSIVE PAINT CHIPPING PROBLEMS ON A 2005 SPEEDWAY BLUE TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB TRD SPORT SR5 V6 4WD. I'VE OWNED FOR LESS THAN (1) YEAR AND THERE ARE OVER (100) PAINT CHIPS ON: HOOD, FENDERS, BUMPERS, ROCKERS, DOORS, AND BED. THERE ARE (0) SCRATCHES ON THIS TRUCK, AND THE FACTORY SKID PLATES ARE STILL CHIP/SCRATCH/DENT FREE. CHIPS GO DOWN PAST PRIMER. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN OFF-ROAD. ONLY DRIVEN ON HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS. *JB

2005 TOYOTA TACOMA XTRA CAB 4X4. PASSENGER SIDE CARPET AREA WAS DISCOVERED WET AT AROUND 1379 MILES. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT HOSE CONNECTION ON THE EVAPORATOR BOX HAD CRACKED OFF WHERE THE DRAIN HOSE CONNECTS TO THE BOX. HAD TO ORDER AND REPLACE THE LOWER PART OF THE BOX, WHICH REQUIRED COMPLETE REMOVAL OF FRONT DASH. SUBSEQUENT PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD VENTS WAS REPAIRED AFTER RETURN AND DISCOVERY THAT VENT WAS NOT PROPERLY RECONNECTED WHEN FRONT DASH WAS REINSTALLED. *JB