2019 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

EXTERIOR HEADLIGHTS ARE INADEQUATE AS THE ILLUMINATION IS INADEQUATE AND DOESN'T MEET MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS FOR A VEHICLE ON COUNTRY ROADS. THE INTERIOR SWITCHES ARE NOT ILLUMINATED AND DURING EVENING OPERATION MAKING SAFE ADJUSTMENTS AN IMPOSSIBILITY. AUTO-DIM OVERRIDES NORMAL SAFE HIGH BEAM OPERATION AS SENSOR IS ACTIVATED FROM ANY ROADSIDE REFLECTIVE SURFACE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THE PROBLEM ALMOST MANIFESTED IN SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS. THIS IS A MAJOR LATENT DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT DEFECT AND IS UNSAFE IN NIGHTTIME OPERATION. *JS THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN THE LEFT SIDE INDEX WAS MASKED DURING THE DAY TIME. THE VEHICLE DID NOT INCLUDE A TRANSFER CASE SKID PLATE. THE STEERING HAD ISSUES AND WAS NOISY AS IF DRIVING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP. *JS *JS

ON ENTERING AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE APPLIED BRAKES AUTOMATICALLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. AT THAT TIME THE PATH FORWARD OF THE VEHICLE WAS CLEAR. THIS ACTION CAUSED A SAFETY HAZARD BY STALLING THE VEHICLE IN THE INTERSECTION. APPLYING GAS RESULTED IN NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAD TO STOP ABRUPTLY TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TWO TIMES TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED TO NO AVAIL. THE LAST COMMUNICATION FROM TOYOTA CONCERNING MY COMPLAINT WAS A PHONE CALL FROM A FACTORY REP ADVISING ME THAT I NEEDED TO READ MY OWNERS MANUAL REGARDING THIS ISSUE. AT THIS POINT I AN AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP. NHTSA REF# 247577.

DRIVING TO THE UPS BRAKE MALFUNCTION LIGHT CAME, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT ON, VEHICLE LOST POWER, ABLE TO ONLY MOVE 1 MILE AN HOUR, BRAKE MALFUNCTION LIGHT ALSO SAID BRAKE OVERRIDE, ADVISE BRING TO DEALER . LUCKILY I WAS A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THE TOYOTA DEALER WHEN THIS HAPPENED LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN. TURN ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND DROVE INTO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP.

THIS TACOMA SR5 IS BRAND NEW, ABOUT 4700 MILES ON IT SO FAR. NOTICING A LOT OF HESITATION BETWEEN THE 35-60 MPH. AFTER WEEKS OF TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK TO SAVANNAH TOYOTA, ITS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE HAS SLOW PICK UP AND HARD ACCELERATION FROM A STOP TO POSITION. TOYOTA SAYS IT'S NORMAL, BUT SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ATTACHED THE SERVICE ORDER TO THE COMPLAINT.

A LOT OF US TACOMA OWNERS ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH OUR BLUE TOOTH DROPPING OUT DURING PHONE CALLS. I LIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND THEY FROWN US FROM HOLDING YOUR CELL PHONE TO TALK TO SOMEONE. I PURCHASED A 2019 AND IT HAS 900 MILES AND DID NOT EVER THINK THIS WOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH A BRAND NEW TRUCK. TO THIS DAY, IT'S STILL A PROBLEM.

AFTER PURCHASING A 2019 TACOMA TRD OFF-ROAD IT DEVELOPED A RUBBING NOISE. MY FIRST TWO COMPLAINTS WERE BRUSHED OFF. ON MY THIRD COMPLAINT I WAS INFORMED OF A TSB RELATED TO BAD AXLES. THE TSB DOESN'T PERTAIN TO THE TRD TRIMS BUT ONLY THE SR5 AND LOWER. THE AXLES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND STILL HAVE NOISE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE THEY STARTED REPAIRS. THE THIRD AXLE HAS BEEN ORDERED. THE MECHANICS FROM TOYOTA STATED THAT IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 6 NEW AXLES UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED. NOISE WAS ONLY NOTED AT LOW SPEEDS.

ENTUNE RADIO/HEADUNIT (HU) REBOOT ITSELF WHILE IN A CALL. REBOOT OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AT ANY SPEED, DURING ANY DRIVING CONDITION. AS THE HU REBOOTS, DRIVER IS UNABLE TO USE REAR-VIEW CAMERA AND ANY OTHER FEATURE DISPLAYED IN HU. ROAD ATTENTION IS AFFECTED SINCE DRIVER IS DISTRACTED BY THE SCREEN GOING BLACK AND ON AGAIN. ALSO IF DRIVER IS IN A CALL HAS TO END CALL FROM THE PHONE AND CALL AGAIN USING THE PHONE. NO MESSAGE OR ERROR CODE WAS DISPLAYED ON HU. DEALER ASKED TO FILM THE ISSUE WITH THE CELLPHONE IN ORDER TO SERVICE THE HU. DEALER IS ENCOURAGING THE USE OF PHONE WHILE DRIVING TO FILM AN ISSUE THAT THEY SHOULD CHECK BY LOOKING FOR THE HU ERROR LOG. MOREOVER, I FOUND IN FORUMS AND YOUTUBE PEOPLE REPORTING THIS REBOOTING ISSUE IN ENTUNE HU SINCE 2016. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAVE 2K MILES AND 3 MONTH FROM BOUGHT AND HU HAVE SHOWN REBOOT ISSUE AT LEAST 20 TIMES WHILE CONNECTED TO CELLPHONE VIA BLUETHOOTH.

I NOTICE THAT MY TACOMA 2019 SR5 VIBRATE WHEN I'M BRAKING FROM 20MPH TO 0. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A BRAKE PROBLEM OR THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IT SHIFTING DOWN ON GEAR.

VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY WIFE. SHE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT 90 DEGREES, SHE WAS BRAKING, AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. SHE HIT A CONCRETE SUPPORT FOR A LIGHT POLE. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WAS DAMAGED, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, TWICE WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE "BRAKE!" FLASHED ON THE DASH INFO CENTER. BOTH TIMES I WAS COMING TO A STOP BEHIND VEHICLES COMING TO A STOP. WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOYOTA COSTUMER CARE, WHO HAD AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE EVALUATE THE "BLACK BOX:. THE DATA WAS COLLECTED AND GIVEN TO TOYOTA, WHO INFORMED US THAT IT CAN TAKE 30 DAYS FOR AN OUTCOME. TOYOTA WILL NOT SAY IF THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE, IT IS UP TO US IF WE WANT TO DRIVE IT. TOYOTA WILL NOT PROVIDE US ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION, AS PER TOYOTA ASSISTANCE PERT OF THE VEHICLE WARRANTY. SO AT THIS TIME I CANNOT DRIVE MY NEW, 5000 MILES, TRUCK AND NOT PROVIDED ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION.

HAVING ISSUE WITH THE TRUCK 'LURCHING AND JERKING" WITH RPMS FLUCTUATIONING BETWEEN 500 AND 1000. THIS HAPPENS PRIMARILY IN REVERSE WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE WITH STEADY PRUSSURE. I HAD AN UNCOMFORTABLE INCIDENT WITH A WOMAN IN THE SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT. SHE SAW THAT I HAD STOPPED TO LET HER PASS BEHIND ME WHEN THE TRUCK TOOK A SHORT HOP BACKWARDS. SHE WAS NOT HAPPY. SHE TOOK MY PLATE # AND SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE LOCAL PD . I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND THE OLD STANDARD ANSWER, " ITS NORMAL".THE TECH THAT EVALUATED MY TRUCK VERIFIED THAT IT WAS IN FACT LURCHING.. I THINK ITS A SAFETY ISSUE AND HAVE OPENED A CLAIM WITH TOYOTA CARE. THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE AS THERE ARE SEVERAL WRITTEN CONCERNS IN THE TACOMA FORUMS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEONE GET INJURED. I AM NOT AN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN BUT I BELIEVE THIS POSSIBLY MAY BE A SOFTWARE ISSUE BETWEEN THE THROTTLE CONTROL AND ONBOARD COMPUTER