2008 Toyota Tacoma

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS RESIDENCE. HE NOTIFIED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER OF THE FAILURE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD CALL HIM AFTER OBTAINING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. UPDATED 10/27/10. *LJ UPDATED 11/19/10 *CN UPDATED 11/23/10

REFERENCING MY 2008 4.0L SIX-CYLINDER TOYOTA TACOMA WITH DEMAND 4X4, 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND TRD SPORT PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES A LIMITED SLIP REAR DIFFERENTIAL, I EXPERIENCED AN UNANTICIPATED UNEXPLAINABLE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. NOTE THAT THE TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE A USER CONTROLLABLE TORQUE LIMITING OR TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOWLY TRAVERSE A GRASSY SURFACE WHILE IN TWO-WHEEL DRIVE THE VEHICLE INVOLUNTARILY CAME TO A STANDSTILL. THE ENGINE HAD LOST POWER AND THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO MOVE. THE REAR WHEELS DID NOT SUFFER ANY LOSS OF TRACTION IN OTHER WORDS THEY DID NOT LOSE TRACTION AND SPIN AND COULD NOT BE MADE TO SPIN. APPLYING FULL THROTTLE DID NOT HELP; ALTHOUGH NOT MISFIRING WHILE RUNNING SMOOTHLY, THE ENGINE LACKED MEANINGFUL POWER AND WOULD NOT GAIN ANY SIGNIFICANT RPMS UNDER ANY THROTTLE POSITION. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL GAUGE READINGS OR INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LIGHTS INDICATING A PROBLEM. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT WORKING THE TRUCK FREE BY GOING FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE I WAS ABLE TO MOVE IT ONTO PAVEMENT BUT, WHILE ON THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT A GROSS LOSS OF POWER AND HAD DIFFICULTY ATTAINING EVEN 40 MPH. AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL MILES DOWN THE ROAD, THE FAULT EVENTUALLY CLEARED AND THE ENGINE RETURNED TO ITS NORMAL ENERGETIC SELF. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE'S PERFORMANCE RETURNED TO NORMAL (AND IT WAS SUNDAY) IT WAS NOT TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. ON ARRIVING AT MY DESTINATION, I CONNECTED A OBD2 DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO THE VEHICLE BUT NO TROUBLE CODE WAS INDICATED. (THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF WATER IN THE VEHICLE'S GASOLINE AND THE GASOLINE WAS FRESH AND OF PROPER OCTANE; THE ENGINE OR IGNITION SYSTEM WERE NOT WET. NO POSSIBLE CAUSES FOR THE POWER LOSS WERE OBSERVED.) AN UNEXPLAINED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER IN A MOVING VEHICLE CAN PROVE DISASTROUS IF NOT DANGEROUS. ATTEMPTS AT CONTACTING TOYOTA IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY A CAUSE AND REMEDY FOR THE PROBLEM HAVE PROVEN FUTILE. *TR

I OWN A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE SURGING WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I STILL CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS BUT THEN, ON MAY 11, 2010, I WAS GOING TO PARK THE TRUCK BEHIND OUR MOTORHOME WHICH HAD A CAR CADDY ATTACHED TO IT. AS I TURN INTO THE SPACE, THE THROTTLE STUCK AND I RAN INTO THE CAR DOLLY. I IMMEDIATELY SHOVED INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED IT OFF. MY CAR DOLLY TOOK THE IMPACT. I LOOKED DOWN TO MAKE SURE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND IT WAS. I THEN HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON MAY 12 AND IT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE SINCE. *TR

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ON 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA,ACTS ERRATIC AT TIMES. ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, UNDER EMERGENCY BRAKING ON SNOW COVERED ROADS, (DEER RAN ONTO ROAD, LOTS OF DEER AND SNOW WHERE I LIVE) THE BRAKE PEDAL STAYED STUCK TO THE FLOOR, AND HAD TO BE "RELEASED", (PULLED BACK UP BY MY TOES) IN ORDER TO RESUME DRIVING OPERATIONS. IT FEELS LIKE WHEN THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES "WORK" ON SLIPPERY ROADS, IT INCREASES YOUR STOPPING DISTANCES IMMENSELY. THEY USUALLY WORK GREAT ON BARE PAVEMENT, BUT READ ON. THE LATEST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IN A CITY WITH TRAFFIC MOVING AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 30MPH.. WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE LIGHT CHANGED TO RED, I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT IT FELT LIKE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM KICKED ON, AND MY VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW I PRESSED DOWN HARD FOR AT LEAST 2 SECONDS, THEN I RELEASED THE PEDAL AND REAPPLIED THE BRAKES, AND IT STOPPED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT SKID OR SLIDE, MY WINDOWS WERE DOWN, SO I COULD HEAR NONE OF THE SAME, AND IT WAS BARE PAVEMENT, AND I CAME VERY CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE I WAS FOLLOWING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 55 AND 60 MPH, THE CONTACT REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. SHE THEN NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS WEDGED BENEATH THE FLOOR MAT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES AND REFUSED TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT SHE HAD EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND ASSUMED IT WAS DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH DURING ICY CONDITIONS, THE DIFFERENTIAL GEAR BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH AND THE WINDSHIELD AND TURN SIGNAL WERE DAMAGED. THE CONTACT DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURIES OR IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE DIFFERENTIAL GEAR WAS REPLACED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE WINDSHIELD AND TURN SIGNAL HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

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

1. ICY ROADS 2. ANYTIME ROAD SURFACE IS ICY OR SLIPPERY; ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICK IN AND YOU HAVE NO BRAKING POWER AT ALL EVEN WITH SURFACES THAT MY OTHER VEHICLES HAVE NO ISSUES. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP SEVERAL TIMES. 3. HAVE REQUESTED BELLEVUE, NE TOYOTA REPAIR 2 TIMES. TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRONICS SETTING WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PULLING INTO HIS DRIVEWAY WITH HIS FOOT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO PLACE THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 16,000.