2012 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

MY 2012 TACOMA IS THROWING LIGHTS ON FOR A NEW SECONDARY AIR INJECTOR VALVE , PARTS P2440 AND P2442. THE TOYOTA MECHANIC SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AS THE 2012'S HOLD MOISTURE AFTER SHUT DOWN AND THE VALVES BREAK DOWN. I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ONLINE AND A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX FOR US ALL. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED FIX, JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CAUSE IN IMMINENT HEALTH HAZARD DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT A PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA SHOULD COVER. THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE ONCE A SENSOR DETECTS THIS PROBLEM IS THAT IT PUTS IT IN A LIMP MODE, AND MAKES THE VEHICLE VERY SLUGGISH EVEN DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE 45 MPH.

I WAS PULLING OUT ON TO THE HIGHWAY AND MY TRUCK FAILED TO EXCEED 30 MPH WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHICH NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION BY MY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, THEY EXPLAINED THAT MY SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVES WERE STUCK OPEN (P2440, P2442) WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO LOSE ALL POWER. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT SINCE I AM NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY (MY TRUCK IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD WITH 48,000 MILES ON IT) THAT TOYOTA WOULD NOT COVER THE 2,000 DOLLAR COST TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, COUNTLESS OTHERS WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE TOYOTA TUNDRA ALSO HAD THIS ISSUE AND AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS OFFERED FOR THOSE VEHICLES. SINCE TOYOTA KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THEY SHOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT AND FIX THE DEFECTIVE PART WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS I FOUND OUT. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS NO REASON THIS EMISSIONS PART SHOULD EVER SHUT DOWN THE POWER TO THE TRUCK WHILE DRIVING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ERROR CODE P2442 SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE STUCK OPEN. TRUCK IMMEDIATELY GOES INTO "LIMP' MODE AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20MPH. EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DECELERATE ON A HIGHWAY FOR A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HAS PROMPTED WARRANTY EXTENSIONS ON TOYOTA TUNDRA'S.

FAULT CODES P2440 AND P2442, POWERTRAIN - AUXILIARY EMISSION CONTROLS. AIR PUMP FAILING AT 41,000 MILES. DEALER REPAIR COST IS $1,900. VEHICLE GOES IN TO "LIMP MODE" WHEN STARTED, THAT DRASTICALLY REDUCES POWER.

THE ABS ACTUATES PREMATURELY DURING CORNERING ON FREEWAY ON/OFF RAMPS AND IN CORNERS RESULTING IN SUSPENSION DIVE, AN UNDER STEER CONDITION, AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AT POSTED SPEED LIMITS ON DRY PAVEMENT. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA/BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH NO RESOLUTION. THEY CLAIM THAT THE LEVELING KIT AND AT TIRES ARE TO BLAME. I RELATED THAT I HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THE TRUCK WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW WITH NO MODIFICATIONS.

WHILE COMMUTING TO WORK THE ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, CAUSING MY TRUCK TO SLOW DOWN, VERY SLOW. IT WOULD NOT LET ME ACCELERATE AND DISABLED MY PROGRESS TO AROUND 2000 RPMS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS OR A DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY IF I WAS TOWING A LOAD OR IN A MAJOR TRAFFIC SITUATION. CODES - 2440 AND 2442 WERE THE CAUSES OF THIS SCARY ACCOUNT.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE MALFUNCTION RELATED TO EMISSIONS. CODE P2440 & P2442,

AT START UP "CHECK ENGINE" AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHTS WERE ON. TRUCK HAD NO ACCELERATION AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSTIC CODES P2440 AND P2442 WERE DETECTED. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE AIR INJECTION SYSTEM BANK 1 AND BANK 2. DURING RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS OF 2012 TACOMA'S COMPLAING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. SOME EVEN LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, THE TUNDRA APPARENTLY HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE BEING REPORTED

LIKE MANY OTHERS, MY 2012 TACOMA SUDDENLY LOST POWER ON THE HIWAY. REFUSED TO GO ABOVE 40 OR SO MPH. OTHER CARS HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO AVOID ME. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY WANTED NEARLY $2000.00 TO REPLACE THE SAME PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE TUNDRAS AS BEING DEFECTIVE. SECONDARY AIR INJECTION STUCK OPEN. THE CODES ARE P2440 AND P2442. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. TOYOTA ISSUED A TSB AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 150K FOR THE TUNDRA BUT NOT THE TACOMA. SAME PARTS! MY TACOMA WAS IN MOTION WHEN SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. CHECK OUT CARCOMPLAINTS.COM

SECONDARY AIR PUMP FAILED AT 47,000 MILES, SHORTLY AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. IT FAILED AS I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A MAJOR FAST-MOVING HIGHWAY AND PROMPTLY WENT INTO "LIMP" MODE, LIMITING ACCELERATION. IT TOOK OVER A HALF MILE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO 40 MPH. MEANWHILE, VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE BRAKING ABRUPTLY TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH ME. AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE SECONDARY AIR PUMP IS PART OF THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD EFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ENGINE IN THIS MANNER. THIS SEEMS MORE LIKE A SOFTWARE INDUCED FAILURE, WHICH, IN THIS CASE, CAUSED A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH TOYOTA AGREED TO REFUND ME 1/2 OF THE $2500 THAT I WAS CHARGED FOR THE REPAIR. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I FOUND DOZENS OF INSTANCES OF THIS FAILURE ON 2012 TACOMA'S WITH SIMILAR MILEAGE.