FOR NO REASON AT ALL MY 2019 TOYOTA TACOMA SR5 STALLED AND DISPLAYED A "HIGH TRANSMISSION TEMP WARNING". THIS OCCURRED WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS OF LEAVING MY HOME. A TOW WAS NECESSARY TO GET THE TRUCK TO AUTONATION TOYOTA, CLEARWATER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. AUTONATION MADE NO REPAIRS AS THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLE…
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FOR NO REASON AT ALL MY 2019 TOYOTA TACOMA SR5 STALLED AND DISPLAYED A "HIGH TRANSMISSION TEMP WARNING". THIS OCCURRED WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS OF LEAVING MY HOME. A TOW WAS NECESSARY TO GET THE TRUCK TO AUTONATION TOYOTA, CLEARWATER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. AUTONATION MADE NO REPAIRS AS THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AN ONLINE SEARCH REVEALED THIS HIGH TRANSMISSION TEMP WARNING AND STALLING HAS BEEN OCCURRING ON TACOMAS AND TUNDRAS FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS. THIS COULD POSE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THE STALL OCCURRED ON A HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE. I'M SURE TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT LIKELY HAVE KEPT QUIET ABOUT IT. SINCE THIS HAPPENED I FEEL UNEASY EVERY TIME I TAKE THE VEHICLE ANYWHERE. I'M HOPING NHTSA CAN HELP TO RESOLVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE.
NHTSA ODI #11241819
9,000 miles · Aug 2, 2019
Power Train
2019 TOYOTA TACOMA TRD PRO REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAS OIL LEAK.
NHTSA ODI #11241358
6,000 miles · Jul 31, 2019
Power TrainService BrakesUnknown Or Other
TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AND JERKY WHEN ACCELERATING. VIBRATION WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND DURING BRAKING.
NHTSA ODI #11240901
10 miles · Jul 9, 2019
Power Train
LOUD RATTLETLIN NOISE HEARD AT UNDERCARRIAGE WHEN MOVING IN NEUTRAL THRU A BUMPY ROAD.
NHTSA ODI #11230420
Mileage unknown · Jul 7, 2019
Power TrainService Brakes
CRUISE CONTROL SLAMS ON BRAKES, WHEN IN OPPOSING LANE OF ANOTHER CAR. ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD, ON THE INTERSTATE AT, 70 MILES AN HOUR, THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL, FLOORS THE THROTTLE TO AROUND, 5,000 RPM'S. THEN THE DRIVESHAFT HAS VIBRATION, AROUND 44 - 45MILES AN HOUR, ALSO VIBRATES IN CERTAIN RPM RANGES. WHICH FRANKLIN TOYO…
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CRUISE CONTROL SLAMS ON BRAKES, WHEN IN OPPOSING LANE OF ANOTHER CAR. ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD, ON THE INTERSTATE AT, 70 MILES AN HOUR, THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL, FLOORS THE THROTTLE TO AROUND, 5,000 RPM'S. THEN THE DRIVESHAFT HAS VIBRATION, AROUND 44 - 45MILES AN HOUR, ALSO VIBRATES IN CERTAIN RPM RANGES. WHICH FRANKLIN TOYOTA, GLADLY TOLD ME, IT'S JUST A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TRUCK. WHEN I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT, ANOTHER THING TRUCK SOMETIMES GETS STUCK IN CERTAIN RPM RANGES, LIKE 3,000 RPMS, AT 55 MILES AN HOUR, THEN WHEN YOU GO UP A HILL, IT FEELS LIKE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING ONLY HAVE 1,800 MILES ON IT, THIS TRUCK SUCKS TERRIBLY, OH AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW, GAS DEVELOPED, A RATTLE AFTER ABOUT 1600 MILES, NOT TOO HAPPY WITH MY PURCHASE, FEEL LIKE I GOT RIPPED OFF. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER TOYOTA. AND THE BEST PART I'M PAYING 35,000 $ OVER A 6 YEAR PERIOD FOR THIS PIECE OF JUNK. TOYOTA IT SEEMS MAKES NOTHING BUT CLUNKERS
NHTSA ODI #11229956
236 miles · May 23, 2019
Power Train
I PURCHASED AND DROVE A BRAND NEW 2019 TOYOTA TACOMA TRD OFF ROAD 4X4 6'BED OFF THE LOT, WITH ONLY TEN MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE BACK TO MY HOMETOWN AND WAS BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT 236 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE RPM ODOMETER GAUGE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO JUMP RAPIDLY WHILE THE VEHICLE…
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I PURCHASED AND DROVE A BRAND NEW 2019 TOYOTA TACOMA TRD OFF ROAD 4X4 6'BED OFF THE LOT, WITH ONLY TEN MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE BACK TO MY HOMETOWN AND WAS BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT 236 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE RPM ODOMETER GAUGE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO JUMP RAPIDLY WHILE THE VEHICLE SIMULTANEOUSLY LOST POWER AND SPEED AND THE WHOLE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD ABRUPTLY A FEW TIMES. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. TURNED IT BACK ON, AND IT LURCHED FORWARD AND WAS CLEARLY NOT DRIVABLE SO I TURNED IT BACK OFF. AT NO POINT DID ANY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR WARNING SIGNALS GO OFF ON THE VEHICLE EITHER WHILE DRIVING OR AFTER HAVING PULLED OVER. IT WAS THREE HOURS BEFORE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE GOT A TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE. UPON LOADING THE VEHICLE ONTO THE TOW TRUCK, IT WAS CLEAR THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING IN LARGE QUANTITIES AS IT WAS VISIBLY POOLED WHERE IT HAD BEEN PARKED, HAD LEAKED ALL OVER THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED TO POUR OUT ALL OVER THE TOW TRUCK BED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE NEAREST TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHERE THE TOW TRUCK HAD DELIVERED THE VEHICLE TO LATER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED ME THAT A MANUFACTURER SEAL HAD FAILED CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO LEAK AND THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE NEVER PASSED QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT THE MANUFACTURER. THIS VEHICLE'S FINAL ASSEMBLY POINT WAS LISTED AS BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO.
NHTSA ODI #11209570
1,200 miles · May 19, 2019
Power TrainVehicle Speed Control
WHILE DRIVING ON CRUISE CONTROL THE ENGINE SHIFTS TO A HIGHER GEAR FOR NO REASON RESULTING IN HIGHER GAS USAGE. I ALSO NOTICED WHILE HAVING THE RADAR ON WHILE ON ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, THE VEHICLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY "SLAM" THE BRAKES FOR NO REASON RESULTING ME IN A BAD SITUATION DUE TO TRAFFIC. THE SYSTEM ENGAGES THE BRAKES FO…
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WHILE DRIVING ON CRUISE CONTROL THE ENGINE SHIFTS TO A HIGHER GEAR FOR NO REASON RESULTING IN HIGHER GAS USAGE. I ALSO NOTICED WHILE HAVING THE RADAR ON WHILE ON ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, THE VEHICLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY "SLAM" THE BRAKES FOR NO REASON RESULTING ME IN A BAD SITUATION DUE TO TRAFFIC. THE SYSTEM ENGAGES THE BRAKES FOR NO REASON EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE THAT THE SYSTEM IS DETECTING IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO ME IN THE FRONT. PLEASE FIX THIS CRUISE CONTROL ISSUE
NHTSA ODI #11208499
300 miles · May 17, 2019
Power TrainService BrakesWheels
FROM DAY ONE THE TACOMA VIBRATES AND SHUTTERS WHEN BREAKING. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT TOYOTA WOULD NOT LOOK AT IT UNTIL I DROVE 1,500 MILES FIRST. THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND IT WAS OK. THE SECOND TIME I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY HAD TO SHAVE…
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FROM DAY ONE THE TACOMA VIBRATES AND SHUTTERS WHEN BREAKING. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT TOYOTA WOULD NOT LOOK AT IT UNTIL I DROVE 1,500 MILES FIRST. THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND IT WAS OK. THE SECOND TIME I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY HAD TO SHAVE THE FRONT ROTORS AND SAND THE BRAKE PADS. THE THIRD TIME I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT HAD DEFECTIVE REAR BENT AXLES AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THOSE COMPONENTS. I UNDERSTAND TOYOTA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THESE ISSUES FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
NHTSA ODI #11208205
12 miles · Mar 4, 2019
Power TrainService BrakesSuspension
WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK AT NORMAL SPEED 45+ MILES AND SLOWING DOWN VEHICLE HAS SEVERE VIBRATION FELT THROUGH OUT THE CAR. IT GETS WORST WHEN BRAKING SLOWLY AS IT COMES TO A STOP. ITS FELT ON THE STEERING WHEEL, BRAKE PEDAL, SEATS AS WELL AS THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE TRUCK. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT'S NORMAL BUT I H…
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WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK AT NORMAL SPEED 45+ MILES AND SLOWING DOWN VEHICLE HAS SEVERE VIBRATION FELT THROUGH OUT THE CAR. IT GETS WORST WHEN BRAKING SLOWLY AS IT COMES TO A STOP. ITS FELT ON THE STEERING WHEEL, BRAKE PEDAL, SEATS AS WELL AS THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE TRUCK. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT'S NORMAL BUT I HAVE NEVER FELT THIS ON ANY TOYOTAS. I HAVE WORKED FOR TOYOTA FOR MANY YEARS AND TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP TELLING ME THIS IS NORMAL IS JUST CRAZY. I BELIEVE IT'S COMING FROM THE DRIVE SHAFT OR REAR AXLE AREA BUT BY ME FIXING MY OWN TRUCK IS NOT GOING TO RESOLVE ANYTHING. THEREFORE I AM WRITING TO YOU TO SEE IF YOU CAN TRY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FROM THE DAY 1 OF THE PURCHASE AND GETTING WORSE. THANK YOU
NHTSA ODI #11183998
200 miles · Jan 21, 2019
Power TrainService Brakes
TRUCK HAS VERY PRONOUNCED SHUDDERING DURING BRAKING BETWEEN 40-10 MPH. IT ALSO HAS SHUDDERING DURING CRUISING BETWEEN 25-45 MPH. REAR DIFFERENTIAL HOWLS WHILE CRUISING AT 40-50 MPH AND SOMETIMES DURING DECELERATION.
Consequence: If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump assembly with an improved one, free of charge. Owners of specific models were notified that remedy parts were available starting January 21, 2021. Owners of other models will be notified as remedy parts become available. Remedy parts should be available for all affected vehicles by late March 2021. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371 or Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. Note: This recall is an expansion of recall 20V-012. Toyota's number for this recall is 20TA02. Lexus' number for this recall is 20LA01.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) recalled certain 2018-2019 4Runner, Highlander, Camry, Land Cruiser, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma and Tundra, and Lexus RC 300, RC 350, GS 350, GX 460, IS 300, LC 500, LS 500, LX 570, RX 350L, and 2019 Toyota Avalon and Corolla, and certain Lexus NX 300, and ES 350 vehicles on January 13, 2020. On March 4, 2020, Toyota expanded the recall to include certain 2014-2015 Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser, 2018 Avalon, Corolla, 2014 FJ Cruiser, 2017 Sienna and Lexus 2018 ES 350, 2018-2019 GS 300, 2013-2014 GS350, 2014-2015 GX 460, IS 350 and LX 570, 2014 IS F, 2018-2019 IS 350, LC 500H and LS 500H, 2013-2015 LS 460, 2015 NX 200T and RC350, 2017 RC 200T and RX 350. Toyota also removed the 2018-2019 Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser and 2018-2019 Lexus GX 460 and LX 570 and 2019 NX300 from inclusion in this recall. On March 19, 2020, Toyota expanded the recall to include 2015 Lexus GS350 vehicles. The low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump, free of charge. The recall began May 4, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371 or Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 20TB02 and 20TA02 for Toyota vehicles and 20LB01 and 20LA01 for Lexus vehicles.
Gulf States Toyota (GST) is recalling certain 2019 C-HR, 4Runner, Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Highlander, Land Cruiser, Prius, RAV4, Sequoia, Tacoma, Sienna, Tundra and Yaris vehicles. The text on the load capacity label may become illegible. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the driver cannot read the label, they may unknowingly overload the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: GST will notify owners, and dealers will provide corrected load carrying capacity modification labels, free of charge. The recall began May 24, 2019. Owners may contact GST customer service at 1-800-444-1074. GST's number for this recall is 19R1.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Toyota Tacoma vehicles. Improper machining of the brake master cylinder may result in internal damage of one of the seals, affecting brake performance.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: Reduced brake performance can lengthen the distance needed to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the brake master cylinder, free of charge. The recall began January 28, 2019. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this recall are J16/J06.
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NHTSA investigations
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EA19001 · Electrical Overstress
Opened Apr 19, 2019 · Closed Sep 19, 2024
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags: Air Bag/restraint Control Module
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect. During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW. The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with manufacturer design specifications. The ECU in the subject vehicles contains a model DS84 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which controls the communication of the crash sensor signal, firing commands (i.e., when to deploy the airbag(s) and/or pretensioners), and fault information (e.g., diagnostic trouble codes). In September 2016, FCA announced recall 16V-668 for certain model year (MY) 2010 to 2014 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep products manufactured with the subject ZF-TRW ACU. In this recall, FCA discussed an EOS condition that resulted in a failure of the subject DS84 ASIC, which caused air bag non-deployment. FCA noted that the defect condition had only been observed in vehicles equipped with sensor harnessing routed across the front of the vehicle. Other FCA vehicles that also used the subject ACU, but were not equipped with cross-car harnessing, had not experienced EOS failures, despite similar time in service. During the course of this investigation, ODI sent two separate Information Request (IR) letters to six vehicle manufactures (including FCA, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Toyota) and one IR letter to ZF-TRW. These IR letters resulted in ODI receiving comprehensive data from these manufacturers and suppliers. Studies of this data found that the DS84 ASIC does not have sufficient protection against negative electrical transients or electrical overstress (“EOS”) that can be generated in certain severe crashes. An electrical transient occurs when the electrical power supplied to a circuit changes momentarily over a short duration of time. In these severe crash cases, the crash sensors and other powered wiring can be damaged and short circuited so as to create a negative electrical transient of sufficient intensity and duration (that are outside the vehicle manufacturer's specification) to damage the ASIC before the restraint device deployment signal is received by the SRS ECU. This damaged signal can lead to incomplete or nondeployment of the air bags and/or pretensioners. Airbag non-deployment and/or lack of pretensioner operation can increase the risk or severity of injury in a crash.A total of 8 fatalities and 14 injuries were associated with known EOS events. The common element in all investigated manufacturers vehicles is the SRS ECU containing a DS84 ASIC manufactured by ZF-TRW. The risk associated with the ASIC is equally shared among all OEMS involved in the investigation. The actual real-world risk can be mitigated by other factors which were assessed by ODI during this investigation. The first mitigating factor involves protections built into the ACU design which protect the DS84 ASIC from damage. There are multiple strategies and levels of protection employed by different OEMs that provide effective EOS mitigation. The two most common strategies at the ACU level are circuit protection diodes on the remote senor signal lines, and current limiting resistors that protect critical components. The second mitigating factor is found at the vehicle level and involves the location and routing of the wires leading from the crash sensors to the SRS ECU. If the wires are well protected in a crash and are not routed with other power wires carrying large currents, the risk for an EOS event is significantly reduced or eliminated. These design specific factors combine to produce a spectrum of risk for the vehicles equipped with ACUs using the DS84 ASIC. Given the many of years of field exposure, it is possible to divide the subject population into two groups; vehicles which have experienced EOS events, and vehicles which have not experienced EOS field events. Four of the six OEMs involved in this investigation have experienced EOS field events on at least one of their models equipped with a DS84 ASIC. All vehicle models (including the Toyota models identified in the Failure Report Summary of the opening resume for this investigation) with field events have been recalled. In an abundance of caution, ODI kept this investigation open five years to monitor field performance and did not identify any field events on vehicles not included in existing safety recalls. Given the spectrum of risk identified in this investigation and that all vehicles with a demonstrated unreasonable risk have been recalled, ODI is closing this investigation. ODI is closing this investigation with the following manufacturer safety recalls: 16V-668, 18E-043, 18V-137, 18V-363, and 20V-024. With the recall actions taken by the subject vehicle and equipment manufacturers, this investigation is closed. The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exists on other model or model year vehicles outside of the recall scopes. The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.
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