2012 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING AND WHEN ENTERING A HIGHWAY MY TRUCK COMPLETELY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH, ANF WOULD NOT GO OVER 1200 RPMS. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE CODES THAT POPPED UP FROM MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND HAVE FOUND A TON OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE CODE IS P2442, AND INDICATES A FAILED AIR INJECTOR THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL OR SAFETY ADVISORY.

PULLED ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND THE TRUCK WOULD NO ACCELERATE. PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND TRIED TO AVOID GETTING HIT. GOT OFF ON THE NEXT EXIT. HAD TO GO UP A HILL TO GET HOME AND TRUCK WAS STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN 20 MPH. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS THE AIR INJECTION VALVES AND THAT THE TRUCK HAD GONE INTO LIMP MODE BECAUSE OF THE EMISSIONS PROBLEM. CODES WERE P2440, 2442. DEALER SAID PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED BY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AND EMISSIONS WARRANTY EXPIRED.

WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING ONTO A HIGHWAY, "CHECK ENGINE"AND "TRAC OFF" WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AS I PULLED INTO TRAFFIC. TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE SO I COULDN'T ACCELERATE. ONCOMING TRAFFIC WORKED AROUND ME AS I TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS. SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM P2440 AND P2442 ARE THE ERROR CODES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VALVES STUCK OPEN.

2012 WITH ONLY 24,900 MILES AND MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE TOYOTA TUNDRA ISSUE RELATING TO SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP. DEALER SAYS IT'S NOT COVERED. THE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THEIR TACOMA'S. IT'S NO FAIR!

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF APPEARED AND TRUCK ENTERED LIMP MODE. CODES P2440/P2442 ON DIAGNOSTICS. SECONDARY AIR INVERTER FAILED ALONG WITH AIR PUMP. EMISSIONS CONTROL PROBLEMS. TOYOTA DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY RESPONSIBILITY.

A PROBLEM COMMON TO TOYOTA'S OCCURRED WITH MY VEHICLE. THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILED. THE TACOMA DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER AND WOULD NOT REACH CERTAIN RPM'S. THE BILL IS $2,500. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN WITH TOYOTAS. THEY HAVE SAID THIS IS NOT PART OF THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.

CEL CODE P2442,P2445 DEALERSHIP SAYS THE AIR SWITCHING VALVE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE 75K MILES ON TRUCK. DEALER IS CHARGING ME 1200$

2012 TOYOTA TACOMA W 47K MILES 4 YRS OLD. BOUGHT BRAND NEW FROM TOYOTA. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO WORK AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF BOTH CAME ON. ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE UP A HILL OVER A BRIDGE AND COULD NOT GO BEYOND 20 MPH WITH ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY DOWN!. VEHICLES SPEEDING UP ON ME, PULLED OFF INTO EMERGENCY LANE. VEHICLE TOWED AND BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME A 'BANK 1 SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE' NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT ABOUT $900. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR A RECALL. RESEARCH ON INTERNET SHOWS THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. TOYOTA CC CALLED WITH REPORT FILED. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THERE IS A SERIOUS INJURY OR MORTALITY DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE IN A VULNERABLE POSITION.

HORN STOPPED WORKING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. MY RESEARCH SHOWED IT WAS SAME PROBLEM WITH 2010 TACOMA'S,AND THEY WERE RECALLED! READ THERE WAS A RECALL TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE SPIRAL CABLE IN STEERING WHEEL. CALLED TOYOTA WAS TOLD TO TAKE TO DEALER, BUT WOULD HAVE TO PAY,AND MAYBE BE REIMBURSED. DON'T HAVE THE MONEY BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR 4 YEARS.

CODE P2442: SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE STUCK OPEN BANK 2. THIS HAPPENED ON A VEHICLE THAT DOES NOT TOW, DRIVE OFF ROAD, AND IS IN WARM WEATHER CLIMATE, AUSTIN, TX. MY COMMUTE TO WORK IS 5 MILES, EACH WAY. TOYOTA SAYS THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN OR EMISSIONS WARRANTY. THIS IS A $2,000 FIX FOR A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 59,000 MILES.