2017 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNING LEFT FROM A TWO LANE STATE ROAD ONTO A DOWNHILL COUNTRY LANE THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE RESPONDED TO APPLICATION OF THE HAND BRAKE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE VEHICLE BRAKES DID SEEM TO WORK SOMEWHAT WHEN RAPIDLY "PUMPING" THE BRAKES TO PROVIDE STOPPING ABILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN SLOWLY DRIVEN TO THE CLOSEST TOYOTA DEALERSHIP (BILL KIDD'S TOYOTA, COCKEYSVILLE MD). PART THAT MAY HAVE BECOME INOPERABLE: BRAKING ASSIST/MASTER CYLINDER

BLOWER MOTOR BROKE AND NOT GIVING A PROPER AC CIRCULATION. IT'S A YEAR OLD CAR IT SHOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM EVEN NOW WHEN HALF THE COUNTRY UNDER A HEAT WAVE. THAT CAUSES HEALTH ISSUES UNDER 112 DEGREE WEATHER.

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO START OFF IN 1ST GEAR ESPECIALLY WHEN UNDER A LOAD SUCH AS A/C ON DURING A HOT DAY. ALSO CONSTANTLY SHIFTING FROM 6TH TO 4TH THEN HOLDING 4TH FOR A SHORT DURATION THEN SHIFTING TO 5TH AND IMMEDIATE BACK TO 6TH THEN STARTS THE PROCESS OVER AGAIN. I HAVE VERIFIED THIS IS THE CASE WITH EVEN NEW 2018 MODELS THE DEALER AND TOYOTA STATE THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. THE ISSUE IS WE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO OCCUR. WE CAN DRIVE FROM LIGHT TO LIGHT AND SOMETIMES IT LEAVES IN FIRST FROM A COMPLETE STOP AND OTHER TIMES IT DOES NOT. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN MAKING UNPROTECTED TURNS IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC. THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO ACCELERATE AT THE NORMAL RATE WITH THE THROTTLE NEAR THE FLOOR IT EVENTUALLY GRABBED FIRST GEAR AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY JUST IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION. AS STATED THIS ISSUE IS MORE APPARENT IN THE SUMMER HEAT OF LAS VEGAS NV. FELLOW CONSUMERS SUGGEST THAT I INVEST IN A 3RD PARTY "TUNE" THAT RESOLVES THIS ERRATIC SHIFTING BEHAVIOR BUT THE COST IS NEARLY $800 AND I DON'T WANT TO VOID MY MANUFACTURER WARRANTY BY APPLYING A 3RD PARTY SOFTWARE REPAIR BUT THIS IS DESCRIBED BY FELLOW OWNERS AS "THE ONLY FIX". THE ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED IN TOYOTA OWNERS FORUMS AS WELL AS OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS BUT TOYOTA HAS THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND AFTER RELEASE OF THEIR 2ND REVISION TO THE SHIFTING PROGRAM OVER A YEAR AGO. ALSO, IT SHOULD BE MENTIONED THAT DUE TO THIS CONSTANT ERRATIC SHIFTING (CRUISE CONTROL EMPHASIZES THE ISSUE) WE HAVE NEVER ACHIEVED ANYTHING CLOSE TO THE ADVERTISED MPG EITHER WE AVERAGE 14 CITY 20 HWY 16-17MPG COMBINED. 20 HWY MPG IS ACHIEVED WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL, WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL THAT HWY MPG DROPS TO 18.

I HAVE A 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH 53000 MILES ON IT. THE SQUIRREL CAGE ON THE AC BLOWER MOTOR BROKE TODAY DURING A 100 DEGREE DAY. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE ON LINE THERE IS A BACK ORDER ON THE REPLACEMENT PART. THE PLASTIC FEMALE PORT FOR THE SHAFT CRACKED IN HALF AND NOT THE CAGE MAKES A HORRENDOUS NOISE. POOR DESIGN: METAL SHAFT SPINNING INSIDE PLASTIC IS A RECIPE FOR A STRESS CRACK WHICH IS WHAT THIS APPEARS TO BE. MY TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO NOW I AM STUCK PAYING FOR THE REPAIR!!

MOTOR BLOWE FAN CRACKED AND MAKES RATTLING NOISE BEHIND GLOVE BOX. DOES NOT BLOW AIR.

REAR BRAKES LOCKING UP. I DROVE THE TRUCK A COUPLE MILE AND WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN AND WHEN I PARKED THE CAR I SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AS ALWAYS SINCE IT IS A STICK SHIFT/ MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I WENT TO GO TO THE STORE THE NEXT DAY AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE SINCE THE REAR LEFT WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP. I CALLED TOYOTA ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE AND THIS WAS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND THEY WOULDN'T COME TO GET THE CAR BECAUSE THE DEALER WAS CLOSED AND SOMEONE HAD TO SIGN FOR THE CAR. I WAS FORTUNATELY HOME AT THE TIME BUT DID HAVE TO GO TO WORK ON TUESDAY AND THAT WOULD BE WHEN THEY CAME. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS IS NOT CALLED AN EMERGENCY BRAKE FOR NO REASON!!! WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I HAD TO USE IT IN A DRIVING EMERGENCY AND NEEDED TO RELEASE THE BRAKE AND IT DID NOT RELEASE???? THIS CAR HAS 13400 MILES ON IT AND THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE IF YOU ASK ME! I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REPAIR IT MYSELF WITH ENOUGH SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND READING EVERYONE ELSE'S COMPLAINTS AND FREED THE DRUM UP TO MOVE THE CAR SO I CAN GET TO WORK BUT TOYOTA NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AGAIN AND CORRECT THE ISSUE FOR EVERYONE'S VEHICLE INCLUDING MINE BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE DOING THIS AGAIN WHILE THIS CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF THIS. I WISH I HAD KNOWN OF THIS BEFORE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE GEARS TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH GEARS. WHEN ASCENDING UP A HILL, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD FAIL TO SWITCH TO THE PROPER GEAR, CAUSING THE RPMS TO INCREASE AND THE ENGINE TO CONTINUOUSLY REV. ALSO, WHILE IN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS, A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (JONES JUNCTION TOYOTA, 1504 BEL AIR RD, BEL AIR, MD) WHERE THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT WAS REPROGRAMMED (REFLASHED), BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

ENGINE STALLS WHEN ATTEMPTING RAPID ACCELERATION WHEN ENGINE RPM IS LESS THAN 3000. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I RECENTLY ATTEMPTED RAPID ACCELERATION WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN TO AVOID A COLLISION WHERE AN ONCOMING DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT. THE ENGINE STALLED. I HAVE EXPERIENCED OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO MY TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER TWICE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE CONDITION, WHICH WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN A SOFTWARE UPDATE. THE SECOND TIME I WAS TOLD MY ENGINE WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL SPECIFICATION PARAMETERS, AND NO SUCH SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS FORTHCOMING. IT WAS RAINING THE DAY I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE, SO IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO TEST LOW END ACCELERATION. I WOULD NEVER HAVE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE HAD I KNOWN LOW END ACCELERATION WAS SO LETHARGIC. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IT HAS NEARLY GOTTEN ME KILLED.

TACOMA REAR DIFFERENTIAL LEAK - MY 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA IS LEAKING FLUID FROM MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL. CURRENTLY THERE IS TOYOTA RECALL ON 2016 AND SOME 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA MODELS.

WHILE DRIVING ON HWY 80 NEAR VACAVILLE, CA,, SUNROOF SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED. WE STOPPED ON SHOULDER OF ROAD AND UPON OPENING HATCH COVER, SAW HOLE IN CENTER OF SUNROOF. TOYOTA DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY.