2009 Toyota Tacoma

2009 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X4 CREW PICKUP TRUCK WITH AUTO TRANSMISSION AND V6 ENGINE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY TO OVER 80 MPH, THEN LATER ON THE SAME TRIP IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I WAS ON A LONG STRAIGHT STRETCH OF INTERSTATE THE SECOND TIME SO I ALLOWED THE TRUCK TO ACCELERATE TO APPROXIMATELY 95 MPH AT WHICH TIME I STOPPED THE TRUCK AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I HAD DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL DUE TO A SLOWER CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND WHEN I ENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL RESUME FEATURE THE TRUCK ACCELERATED 15 MPH PAST THE PRESET SPEED AT WHICH TIME I TURNED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND REGAINED CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THE SECOND TIME THAT IT HAPPENED THE TRUCK WAS AGAIN IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE AND WAS GOING UP A LONG HILL. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION DOWN AND ACCELERATED TO MAINTAIN SET SPEED THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE PAST 95 MPH AND WAS ONLY STOPPED BY TURNING OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AGAIN. I ALLOWED THE TRUCK TO GET TO THAT SPEED TO SEE IF IT WOULD DISCONTINUE ACCELERATING BUT CHICKENED OUT AT 95 MPH BECAUSE IT IS AFTER ALL A TRUCK. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE SELLING DEALER, HE TRIED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN WITH NO SUCCESS (TOLD ME HE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE CRUISE CONTROL UNIT BUT COULD NOT DO THAT UNLESS HE COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE CHANGE OUT) AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED BUT ONE MORE TIME. 4 THINGS SEEM TO BE COMMON: 1. THE CRUISE IS TURNED ON. 2. THE VEHICLE IS ACCELERATING WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTS. 3. THE TRANSMISSION HAS AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFTED. 4. THE PROBLEM IS HALTED BY TURNING OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. I HAD THE DEALER DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM SINCE HE WOULD NOT FIX IT. I HOPE THIS INFO HELPS IN YOUR CONTINUING INVESTIGATION OF THE PROBLEMS THAT TOYOTA SEEMS TO BE HAVING. I AM NOT A DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMER, I HAVE PURCHASED A 2010 COROLLA FROM THE SAME DEALER SINCE THE INCIDENTS. *TR

WHEN RE-ACCELERATING AFTER A LOW SPEED TURN MY 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA REVS HIGH BUT DOES NOT GO ANYWHERE. AFTER A SECOND OR SO IT RETURNS TO A NORMAL RPM AND THEN IS IN GEAR TO DRIVE NORMALLY. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IF CARS WERE APPROACHING IN A FAST MANNER, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. *TR

1. NEW VEHICLE--PROBLEM BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES. 2. TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AFTER MAKING A TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH--TACHOMETER INDICATES ENGINE SPEED REACHES APPROXIMATELY 3000 RPM BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION REENGAGES WITH A JERK SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE REAR WHEEL SLIP ON WET ASPHALT PAVEMENT. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AT ALMOST EVERY INSTANCE WHEN I SLOW TO APPROXIMATELY 10MPH FOR A TURN. THIS PROBLEM IS APPARENTLY VERY COMMON FOR MY VEHICLE MAKE /MODEL--THERE ARE NUMEROUS POSTS ON VARIOUS INTERNET SITES UNDER THE HEADING "2009 TOYOTA TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS". THIS PROBLEM, IF NOT RESOLVED, WILL LIKELY CAUSE MANY ACCIDENTS DURING THE APPROACHING WINTER MONTHS. 3. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AT 4018 MILES (08/12/09)--SERVICE MANAGER TEST DROVE VEHICLE, REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM AND STATED "IF CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT IS NOT ON, THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE". *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE FAILED. HE THEN ADDED THAT THERE WAS NOT AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER ON 10/16/09 AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE A RESPONSE WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,100. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION IS WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO GO AROUND A CURVE OR DECELERATE FOR ANY REASON IT DOES A HARD DOWN SHIFT AND THEN WHEN I PROCEED TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR THE TRUCK ACTS LIKE IT IS SEARCHING FOR WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN, AT THE SAME TIME THE RPM IS INCREASING (ENGINE STARTS TO RACE) AND FINALLY THE TRANSMISSION LURCHES FORWARD AND GOES INTO GEAR. IF YOU ARE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR CROSSING A BUSY HIGHWAY THIS IS VERY UNNERVING AND IN MY OPINION A SAFETY ISSUE AND AN ACCIDENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE TAKEN MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER TWICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THAT I HAD TO GET USED TO IT. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2009 TACOMA DOUBLE CAB SR5 4X4 AUTO IN JUNE OF 2009. IT NOW HAS 9000KMS. EVER SINCE NEW I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS STRANGELY AND SOMEWHAT UNPREDICTABLY. WHEN I AM DRIVING AT APPROX 18KM/H AND PRESS THE ACCELERATOR (TO ACCELERATE OR CONTINUE SAME SPEED) THE TRUCK USUALLY DROPS INTO 1ST GEAR AND STAYS THERE FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE GOING BACK INTO SECOND GEAR. THIS CAUSES A "LURCHING" AS IT SHOULD NOT BE JUMPING TO 1ST. IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE AND I HAVE DRIVEN MANY, MANY AUTOMATICS, INCLUDING TOYOTAS, AND THEY DO NOT DO THIS. I HAD A 2001 TACOMA BEFORE PURCHASING THIS NEW ONE AND IT DID NOT DO THIS. ALSO, WHEN YOU SHIFT THE TRUCK FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE, AND IMMEDIATELY PRESS THE GAS, IT IS ALMOST LIKE THE TRUCK HESITATES, THEN LURCHES FORWARD VIOLENTLY. SOMETIMES CAUSING WHEELSPIN. IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE THERE IS NO POWER FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS THEN IT SUDDENLY HITS. THESE PROBLEMS ARE DANGEROUS AS THEY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD WHEN IN TRAFFIC THIS IS NOT SAFE. *TR

2009 TACOMA, 5 SPD. AUTO TRANSMISSION. SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF OWNING THIS CAR (NOW AT 2400 MILES) THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN YOU ACCELERATE AFTER SLOWING PROBABLY BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR (10-15MPH). THE TACH WILL GO UP BUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE AND YOU JUST END UP COASTING INTO A TURN OR MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THIS POSES A DANGEROUS CONDITION DUE TO THE HESITATION AND SHOULD NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION. *TR

2009 TOYOTA TACOMA; BE AFRAID, DO NOT BUY IT AS IT HAS TRANSMISSION TROUBLES THAT TOYOTA WILL NOT LIVE UP TO. TOYOTA IS IGNORING THE ISSUE!!!! I PULLED OUT FROM A STOP WHEN THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED THEN CAUGHT JUST IN TIME FOR ME TO GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I THOUGHT FOR SURE I WAS GOING TO BE T-BONED. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER AND HAVE YET TO HEAR ANYTHING BACK. I HAVE THIS TRUCK 6 MONTHS. I WAS SO EXCITED TO FINALLY OWN A HIGH END TOYOTA. SINCE TOYOTA "HAD" SUCH A GOOD NAME. I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THERE ARE NO GOOD VEHICLES OUT THERE TO BUY........ HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F0DE869 HERE ARE MORE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF BY TOYOTA. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THERE IS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR A DEATH DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2010 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH A 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN I SLOW DOWN FOR A RIGHT TURN (OR BRAKE FOR ANY OTHER REASON) AND THEN ACCELERATE, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP INTO NEUTRAL AND FAILS TO RESPOND FOR A SECOND OR TWO. THIS PROBLEM MAKES MERGING INTO MOVING TRAFFIC VERY HAZARDOUS. WHEN I WENT TO MY TOYOTA DEALER TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS "NORMAL" FOR THE 2009 AND 2010 TACOMA AND NO REPAIR WAS AVAILABLE. *TR