2008 Toyota Tacoma

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOYOTA'S WITH ACCELERATION ISSUES. I OWN A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. I MADE A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THAT I HAVE FELT, ON MANY OCCASIONS, WHILE STOPPED, A SUDDEN SURGE FORWARD. AT TIMES, IT FEELS AS THOUGH I WAS BUMPED FROM BEHIND. TOYOTA TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A RESULT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR KICKING ON. THE PROBLEM IS THAT ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME, MY A/C WAS NOT ON. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THE ONLY TIMES I HAVE FELT THIS WAS WHILE STOPPED WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS WITH MY VEHICLE. MY COMPLAINT IS LISTED ON THEIR SERVICE RECORD OD MY VEHICLE. I WILL SIMPLY PUT THAT DATE OF INCIDENT AS TODAY'S DATE, AS THIS PARTICULAR SURGE HAS HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES. I HAVE FLOOR MATS THAT DO NOT SLIDE FORWARD, MY PEDAL IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, AND I DO NOT DRIVE WITH BOTH FEET. I FEEL THAT THE ISSUE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM. *TR

PURCHASED A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK IN OCTOBER OF 2007. ONE MONTH LATER I HAD AN ACCELERATION ISSUE WHILE PICKING UP MY SON. I WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP. CAUSING ME CRUSH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW GARAGE DOOR AND THE FRONT OF MY NEW PICKUP. IN ALL I WAS WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR ONE WEEK WHILE HAVING THE REPAIRS COMPLETED, AND MY INSURANCE PREMIUM WENT UP FORCING ME TO FIND A BETTER RATE THROUGH ANOTHER INSURANCE COMPANY. MY MOTHER IN LAW HAD TO HAVE REPAIRS TO HER GARAGE AFTER BEING COMPENSATED FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I PRESSED THE BRAKE DOWN AS HARD AS I COULD AND YET THE TRUCK CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. *TR

MY 08 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X4 THAT I PURCHASE ON 3/5/08 HAS HAD A THROTTLE AND STEERING PROBLEM FROM THE DAY I PURCHASE IT. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN CHECKED BY FREEMAN TOYOTA OF HURST, TX SEVERAL TIMES AND TOYOTA OF IRVING. TOYOTA OF IRVING CALLED IN A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE, WHO ALSO CHECKED AND DROVE IT. ALL TELLING ME THE TRUCK WAS PROGRAMMED TO ACT THE WAY IT WAS PERFORMING. ON 12/05/08 I FILLED A COMPLAINT WITH NCDS, CASE# 6008198. THE ARBITRATION RESULTS BETWEEN TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC., GULF STATES TOYOTA DISTRIBUTORS, INC. HOUSTON, TX AND MYSELF, WAS, "THE VEHICLE IS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED." MY TOYOTA TACOMA STILL DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE DRIVER, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY RECALLS ON MY 2008 TACOMA 4X4. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA PURCHASED BRAND NEW LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. SHE STATED THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 20 MPH APPROACHING A PARKING GARAGE WHEN HE RELEASED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRAKE. THE PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN POSITION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 70 MPH. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES, TO NO AVAIL. HE THEN REACHED DOWN AND FORCED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BACK INTO THE IDLE POSITION BY YANKING IT WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS IT WAS DESIGNED AND THAT ALTHOUGH THE FLOOR MATS WERE INSTALLED CORRECTLY, THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED. THE CONTACT DID NOT FEEL THIS WOULD REMEDY THE FACT THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE FROM THE FLOOR MATS. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATLEY 19,419. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

INCHING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN A PARKING GARAGE...THROTTLE SEEMED TO OPEN ALL THE WAY SUDDENLY AND WITH ONLY THREE FEET LEFT TO THE WALL THE TRUCK HIT AT FULL THROTTLE DOING 5,246.00 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. FRONT GRILL; HOOD; FRONT RT FENDER;FRONT RT DOOR; RADIATOR; HEADLIGHT ALL REPLACED. HAVE REPORTED TO TOYOTA CORPORATE AND TOLD TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP. TOOK TO DEALER ORIGINALLY AND WAS TOLD NO RECALL ON TACOMAS. HAVE HAD TWO THROTTLE STICKS AFTER WHILE ON FREEWAY. BOTH ONLY LASTING 5 SECONDS OR SO. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA AND IT HAS VIBRATION AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, I HAVE CARRIED IT TO 2 TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS AND THEY BOTH SAY THEY DON'T FEEL IT, WELL THEY ARE LYING BECAUSE IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE. EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT , IT VIBRATES. IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE A TIRE VIBRATION, MORE LIKE A DRIVE SHAFT VIBRATION . AS OF NOW NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS GETTING A LITTLE WORSE EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN TOYOTA FOR NOT TRYING TO HELP ME. I CARRIED IT TO DAVE EDWARDS TOYOTA IN SPARTANBURG,S.C. AND TOYOTA OF GREER S.C. THE SAME DAY OF SEPTEMBER 22,2008. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN AUGUST 2, 2008. WHY CAN I NOT GET IT FIXED BY TOYOTA? AND NOW THEY ARE COMING OUT SAYING THE 2010 IS ON RECALL FOR VIBRATION, IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE. I WOULD HATE TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO CLEAR THIS UP BUT IF YOU CANNOT GET ME ANY SATISFACTION I MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY CHOICE. AT THE PRESENT I HARDLY DRIVE IT AT ALL AND WHEN I DO IT IS SHORT TRIPS. I CAN'T SEE PAYING FOR SOMETHING I CANNOT DRIVE. PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

I'M AWARE OF ALL THE NEGATIVE NEWS ON TOYOTA BUT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW. I WAS RUNNING MANY ERRANDS THAT SATURDAY. IT WAS HOT / HUMID AND THE A/C WAS ON MEDIUM. I WAS ON A SLIGHT UPHILL GRADE WAITING AT THE RED TRAFFIC LIGHT. I WAS THE FIRST CAR TURNING RIGHT ON THE RED LIGHT. THEN MY TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD WHILE I WAS RELEASING MY BRAKE. SO, I STEPPED THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED TO NETURAL. THE ENGINE REVIVED FOR A SPLIT SECOND THEN IT RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. I LOOKED DOWN TO CHECK THE FLOOR MAT AND THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. I CONSIDER THIS A MILD INCIDENT COMPARED TO WHAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING ON THE NEWS. I REPORTED IT TO AN AUTHORZIED TOYOTA SERVICE ADVISOR AND HE DISMISSED THE CASE SAYING IT WAS CAUSED BY THE A/C NOT NEED MORE POWER. HOW OFTEN DID IT OCCUR? JUST THAT ONCE. WHAT WAS DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM? NOTHING. *TR

FUEL FILLER NECK FLAP BROKE OFF AND FELL INTO THE TANK.GAS MILEAGE IS TERRIBLE. LEFT TURN SIGNAL STAYED ON AND AIR CONDITIONER WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO CHAMPION TOYOTA ON 10-15-09. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT FLAP INSIDE TANK IS NORMAL... THEY REPAIRED TURN SIGNAL AND STATED THAT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED THE A/C TO NOT WORK PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT WIRES WERE BURNT TOGETHER CAUSING THE TURN SIGNAL TO STAY ON. RECEIVED VEHICLE BACK ON 10-20-09. ALSO, I HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO THE 10-15-09 INCIDENT CONCERNING A/C NOT WORKING, THEY SAID THEY CORRECTED PROBLEM. ALSO, TAILGATE HAS BOWED AFTER MOVING A LIGHT DRYER. DEALER STATES THAT TAILGATE IS NOT RATED. *TR

ON 08/24/08, MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK. ON 12/22/2008, HE WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE. SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO ENGAGE AT FULL THROTTLE. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS NOT ON THE GAS PEDAL, BUT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AS IT SHOULD BE WHILE WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE TO GREEN. STARTLED, HE PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AS THE ACCELERATION OF THE ENGINE SEEMED TO OVERTAKE THE ABILITY TO BRAKE. THE TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT WHICH STOPPED THE MOMENTUM AND KILLED THE ENGINE. THE ACCELERATION AND POWER OF THE ENGINE WAS SO GREAT THAT THIS ALL HAPPENED IN ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS. WHEN HE RESTARTED THE ENGINE, EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE FINE AS THE TRUCKS COMPUTER SEEMED TO RESET ITSELF. HE REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA AND ASKED THAT THE TRUCK BE CHECKED OUT. WHEN WE WENT TO PICK UP THE TRUCK AT HOOMAN TOYOTA, WHERE A FACTORY TECH CAME TO INSPECT IT, HE WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS FINE AND ACCELERATION SYSTEM (PEDAL LINKAGE) WAS FINE AS WELL. HE WAS EVEN TOLD THAT THE FLOOR MAT WAS UNHOOKED AND PROBABLY GOT STUCK ON TOP OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FLOOR MATS WERE NOT UNHOOKED WHEN WE DROPPED OFF THE TRUCK. MY HUSBAND TRIED THE FLOOR MAT ON TOP OF THE PEDAL WHILE STEPPING ON THE BRAKE AND THE RPM DID NOT GO UP MUCH AT ALL, CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH TO OVERPOWER THE BRAKING SYSTEM AS THE TECH SUGGESTED. WE BELIEVE THERE WAS A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION AND NOT A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WHICH WAS THAT THE TECH CHECKED OUT. THE CASE MANAGER WAS INFORMED OF THIS BEFORE AND AFTER THE INSPECTION. AFTER THE RECALL NOTICE ON TV IN AUGUST, WE REMOVED THE FLOOR MATS FROM THE TRUCK, A SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED 10/19/09 (WITH NO FLOOR MATS) WHICH DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. WE, AGAIN, BROUGHT THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER AND IT WAS, ONCE AGAIN, CLEARED TO DRIVE WITH NO ISSUES. THERE IS CLEARLY A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AND WE ARE SCARED TO DRIVE IT. PLEASE HELP! *JB