2006 Toyota Tacoma

I AM WRITING TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. IN JANUARY 2010 WHILE I WAS HAVING NEW TIRES INSTALLED ON MY TRUCK I NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUST AND LARGE AREAS OF METAL FLAKING OFF OF THE FRAME, CROSSMEMBERS AND FACTORY INSTALLED TRAILER HITCH OF MY TRUCK. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS DISCOVERY I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT TOYOTA HAD INSTITUTED A CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR OWNERS OF 1995-2004 TACOMAS ADDRESSING THIS EXACT ISSUE. ON JANUARY 15, 2010 I TOOK MY TRUCK TO GATEWAY TOYOTA IN TOM'S RIVER NJ, THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT MY THEN NEW TRUCK IN 2006 AND HAD THEIR SERVICE MANAGER INSPECT MY TRUCK. I WAS PRESENT DURING THIS INSPECTION AND I POINTED OUT THE LARGE ARREARS OF RUST AND FLAKING METAL ON MY FRAME, CROSSMEMBERS AND TRAILER HITCH TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO TOLD ME THAT UNLESS MY FRAME HAD ACTUAL HOLES IN IT CAUSED BY RUST NOTHING COULD OR WOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THE OBVIOUS CORROSION OF THESE VITAL COMPONENTS. THIS RUST PROBLEM IS AN ISSUE THAT TOYOTA HAS BEEN AVOIDING DEALING WITH FOR MANY YEARS AND I FEEL THAT IGNORING THIS ISSUE IS AFFECTING THE SAFETY AND VALUE OF MY TRUCK. IT IS BEYOND LOGIC FOR TOYOTA TO ASSIST OWNERS OF OLDER VEHICLES AND IGNORE OWNERS OF NEWER AND MUCH MORE VALUABLE VEHICLES WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE INSTITUTE A RECALL OF ALL TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCKS REGARDLESS OF YEAR OF MANUFACTURE BEFORE SERIOUS AND POSSIBLY DEADLY INCIDENTS OCCUR DUE TO COMPROMISED STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THESE SUBSTANDARD AND RUST PRONE FRAMES. . THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV EXCESSIVELY HIGH AND CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE GEAR WAS THEN PLACED INTO THE "DRIVE" POSITION. AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PARKED TRAILER AND PUSHED THE TRAILER INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY COLLISION SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE BODY DAMAGES. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION PERFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. UPDATED 05/07/10 UPDATED 06/03/10*BF UPDATED 06/07/10 *JB UPDATED 06/22/10 *BF RESEND 06/24/10*LJ UPDATED 06/24/10 UPDATED 07/19/10 *BF UPDATED 07/21/10.*JB UPDATED 8/9/10 *CN TOYOTA'S FIELD TECHNICAL SPECIALIST FOUND NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS. UPDATED 08/17/10.*JB

STARTING IN MARCH 2009, CAST ALUMINUM WHEELS HAVE PAINT BUBBLING AND SURFACE CORROSION. CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE STATING OUT OF WARRANTY CONDITION. A PROFESSIONAL WHEEL RECONDITIONER HAS STATED THAT IF EVEN IF REPAINTED IT WOULD RETURN SINCE THE CORROSION IS EMBEDDED INTO THE METAL. MY OPINION IS THAT OVER TIME, SURFACE CORROSION CAN LEAD TO WEAKENING OF THE WHEEL STRUCTURE POTENTIALLY CAUSING FAILURE AND SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER DOUBLE CAB 4X2 V6. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE EXPERIENCED FOUR INSTANCES WHERE AFTER PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL HARD, THUS INTO OVERDRIVE, THE TRUCK EITHER KEPT SPEEDING UP OR DID NOT REV BACK DOWN. 1ST INSTANCE - ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE, I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND NEEDED TO SPEED UP TO ENTER INTO TRAFFIC AT SPEED. I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL HARD ENOUGH TO BOOST SPEED. AS I ENTERED TRAFFIC, THE TRUCK JUST KEPT SPEEDING UP. AFTER APPLYING A LIGHT BRAKE, I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES AND IT THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY ENGAGED AND GEARED BACK DOWN. 2ND INSTANCE - WHILE LEAVING THE FREEWAY @ 65 MPH I SLOWED TO 45 MPH AND SWITCHED LANES TO THE RIGHT. THEN I APPLIED GAS TO SPEED UP TO MERGE AND THE TRUCK DID NOT SLOW DOWN. AGAIN THE LINK BETWEEN THE THROTTLE AND THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SEEM TO REACTION AS IN A NORMAL SITUATION. I HAD TO MERGE BACK BECAUSE THE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN FAST ENOUGH. AFTER 4-5 SECONDS THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN. 3RD INSTANCE - AGAIN ENTERING THE FREEWAY. I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL TO SPEED UP ENOUGH TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC. THIS TIME THE THROTTLE OPENED FULL BORE. I PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, LIGHTLY APPLIED THE BRAKE, AND PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL. AFTER 5 SECONDS THE TRUCK FINALLY REVVED BACK DOWN. I REACHED A SPEED OF OVER 90 MPH IN THIS INSTANCE. 4TH INSTANCE - DRIVING UPHILL THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED THROTTLE WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL, THE TRUCK SURGED FORWARD, AGAIN FULL BORE. I USED THE SAME TECHNIQUE AND IT EVENTUALLY SLOWED. THIS PROBLEM IS DEFINITELY NOT A FLOOR MAT PROBLEM. I NOW DRIVE MY TRUCK VERY GINGERLY SO AS NOT TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO TWO DEALERSHIPS, BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN HELPFUL OR HAVE RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. SAYING THAT "YOUR TRUCK IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST WE SEE HERE, CALL THIS TOYOTA NUMBER." I KNOW THAT OTHERS WITH THE SAME MODEL HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

IN LATE MAY 2009 WHILE ON HIGHWAY 50 IN SACRAMENTO JUST EAST OF THE 50/80 INTERCHANGE IN GOOD WEATHER (DRY AND CLEAR) MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA'S GAS PEDAL BURIED ITSELF TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WENT TO MAXIMUM ACCELERATION. BRAKING ONLY HAD A SLIGHT INITIAL EFFECT AND THEN OVERHEATED AND FADED. AFTER A LUCKY 4 MILES I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND THE PROBLEM RESOLVED. THIS BEGAN AROUND 60MPH AND MAXED AROUND 107. DURING THE 4 MILES I ACTIVATED AND DEACTIVATED MY CRUISE SEVERAL TIMES, TAPPED THE BRAKES, REACHED DOWN AND PULLED ON THE PEDAL AND THE MAT, THE RECENT TOYOTA EXPLANATIONS OF STICKING PEDAL AND MAT ISSUES DID NOT APPLY AND I FIND THEM LUDICROUS.. IT IS AN EERIE FEELING TO HAVE YOUR ACCELERATOR LEAVE YOUR FOOT ON ITS OWN. TRUCK HAD 36,500 MILES, NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT, WAS IN GOOD REPAIR WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND WAS STOCK EXCEPT FOR A SHELL. WHILE OWNED THE TRUCK HAD EXPERIENCED THE AT STOP SURGE DESCRIBED BY MANY OTHERS WHERE IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE TAPPED THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WHILE WAITING IN AN INTERSECTION. LOVED THE TRUCK UNTIL THAT DAY, AND RESPECTED TOYOTA. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON ANOTHER ROAD OR WITH HEAVIER TRAFFIC IT WOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. TRADED THE VEHICLE TWO WEEKS LATER AT GREAT LOSS OF EQUITY. SOMEONE ELSE NOW OWNS THIS VEHICLE. *TR

STUCK ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. NO FLOOR MATS INSTALLED. TRUCK REACHED 110MPH BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK UNDER CONTROL. NO CRASH. HAD REPORTED TO TOYOTA SEVERAL TIMES THAT I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS FROM THE START. THEY SAID THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS OR THEY COULD NOT RE-CREATE THEM. I HAVE STOPPED DRIVING THE TRUCK. *TR

2006 TOYOTA TACOMA INVOLVED TO ACCIDENT ON 10/22/09 WHERE DURING THE ACCIDENT THE ACCELERATOR STUCK WIDE OPEN ON THE ICE. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE WHEN TRUCK STOPPED & THE REAR TIRES WHERE STILL SPINNING. I HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION TO GET THE WHEELS TO STOP SPINNING. THE CAR I HIT HONDA ACCORD WAS TOTALED. IT GOT KNOCKED INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T TELL POLICE ABOUT THE ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. NOT ON THE POLICE REPORT. I DID ADVISE THE PARTY I HIT & THE TOW TRUCK DRIVERS. ALSO ADVISED THE BODY SHOP. NOW MY INSURANCE WENT UP[ $50 A MONTH. I HAVE A TICKET AND HAVE TO PAY A FINE. I IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THE FLOOR MAT WHEN I GOT MY TRUCK BACK FROM THE BODY SHOP. I BELIEVE TOYOTA IS PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR MY ACCIDENT. I STARTED TO SLIDE ON THE ICE & AT SOME POINT THE ACCELERATOR STUCK WIDE OPEN. THIS I'M SURE MADE THE ACCIDENT MUCH WORSE. IMAGINE BEING ON ICE WITH YOUR ACCELERATOR STUCK WIDE OPEN. I WAS LUCKY NO ONE WAS KILLED. *TR