2012 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

REPLACEMENT AIR INJECTION VALVES AND PUMPS FOR SECONDARY EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM. TOYOTA WANTS 2200 FOR AN ISSUE THEY ARE AWARE OF AND HAVE ALREADY RELEASED SERVICE BULLETINS FOR ON THE TUNDRA AND SEQUOIAS. ENGINE CODES P2442 AND P2446. WHEN THE CODES ARE THROWN THE CAR IS PUT INTO LIMP MODE AND DECELERATES TO 35 MPH, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A NON-ESSENTIAL EMISSIONS SYSTEM.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURE. FAILURE CODES OF P2440 AND 2442 OCCURRED DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO LIMP MODE. THE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO LIMITED THROTTLE CONTROL. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2012 TACOMA TRUCKS. *TR

AIR INJECTION SYSTEM FAILING PUTTING TRUCK INTO LIMP MODE (CODES P2442 AND P2440) AN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION. COMMON LOW MILEAGE PROBLEM THAT IS NOT COVERED BY EITHER FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY OR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

TREAD CRACK/SPLIT OR DRYROT ON OUTER AND INNERMOST TREAD SURFACE OF ALL FOUR TIRES. BOUGHT VEHICAL USED WHEN IT HAD 44,627 MILES WHEN NOTICING THIS PROBLEM.

DRIVING AT 55 MPH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE. DECREASE IN SPEED AND POWER. MECHANIC COMPUTER SHOWED FAULT CODES 2440 AND 2442. SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP AND VALVES FAILURE. THROUGH RESEARCH HUNDREDS OF TACOMA OWNERS ARE HAVING SAME PROBLEM. FAULTY MANUFACTURERS PART CAUSING VEHICLES TO GO INTO LIMP MODE. *TR

CHECK ENGINE AND TRAC OFF LIGHT ON WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. NOTICED IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MUCH AT 20MPH (LIMP MODE?), SO I PULLED OVER AND CALLED DEALER SERVICE AND TOOK FOR DIAGNOSIS. LUCKILY NOT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR BUSY STREET, JUST NEIGHBORHOOD. DEALER REPAIRED SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP AND VALVES FOR $2,000. INDICATED NOT A NORMAL REPAIR. INTERNET SEARCH PROVED OTHERWISE AS ITS A EXTENSIVE ISSUE WITH PRIOR MODELS OF TOYOTA VEHICLES AND 2012 TACOMA'S.

SECONDARY AIR INTAKE SYSTEM FAILED DURING START UP. THE VEHICLE IS DRIVABLE BUT DANGEROUS CEL IS ON AND COMPUTER LIMITS THE VEHICLES POWER. THIS IS RELATED TO EMISSIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS 8 DAYS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH 39500K MILES. THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES INCLUDING THE 2012 V6 TACOMA. COST OF REPAIR ESTIMATED AT $1950.00

ENGINE/ALL POWER IS LOST WHEN ENGINE HAS REACHED A CERTAIN RPM. CODE READER STATES "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR "A" CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION".

VEHICLE STUMBLED AND ENGINE ALMOST DIED WHILE MAKING A TURN IN FRONT OF INCOMING TRAFFIC WITH MY ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE TRUCK. MIL ON WITH CODE P2442 REPORTED, SECONDARY AIR INJECTION MALFUNCTION. THIS 2012 TACOMA IS TOYOTA CERTIFIED WITH 34,216 MILES, SPOKE WITH MULTIPLE TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVES AND ALL HAVE STATED THIS IS NOT A WARRANTIED ITEM. THIS MALFUNCTION IS COMMON ON OTHER TOYOTA TRUCKS WHICH HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON THE SAME EMISSION COMPONENT IN QUESTION. THIS PROBLEM IS BOTH A SAFETY HAZARD AND AN EMISSIONS HAZARD. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS CAME ON. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND NEARLY DID NOT MAKE IT UP A HILL. CODES WERE READ AT A LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE INDICATING P2440 & P2442. TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE CODES AND INDICATED THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVES WERE BURNED OUT AND STUCK OPEN, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED AT A SIGNIFICANT COST TO ME. AN INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS CONDITION IS COMMON TO THE 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. A SIMILAR ISSUE INVOLVING THE TOYOTA TUNDRA WAS ALSO DISCOVERED. *TR