2017 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS TRUCK SHIFTS ERRATICALLY. THE FIRST SECOND SHIFT ALTERNATES BETWEEN EXTREMELY SLOW AND HARSH ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TRUCK BUCK AND SHAKE. BECAUSE OF THIS SHIFT ISSUE POWER APPLIED AT LOW SPEEDS IS INCONSISTENT. THE TRANSMISSION SEARCHES FOR GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND DOWNSHIFTS EXCESSIVELY. THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND ARE ONGOING. THE ISSUES OCCUR AT SPEEDS FROM 2MPH THROUGH 75MPH THESE ISSUES MAKE THE VEHICLE UNPREDICTABLE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. ADDITONALY THE U BOLTS HOLDING THE AXLE ONTO THE VEHICLE WERE NOT TORQUED PROPERLY FROM THE FACTORY. THE BOLTS WERE TORQUED TO APPROXIMALTY 30 FTLBS, NOT THE 52 FTLBS TOYOTA SPECIFIES, WHICH CAUSED AXLE WRAP ISSUES AND MADE THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES LISTED ABOVE WORSE.

CUANDO EL VEHCULO EST FRO, ES DECIR CUANDO LA AGUJA DE LA TEMPERATURA EST POR DEBAJO DE LA MITAD, AL DISMINUIR LA VELOCIDAD SE SIENTE MU RUDO LA ENTRADA DE LOS CAMBIOS INCLUSIVE COMO DE GOLPE, UNA VEZ QUE LA TEMPERATURA LLEGA A LA MITAD SE RESUELVE EL PROBLEMA, YA LO HE LLEVADO TRES VECES A LA AGENCIA, YA ACTUALIZARON LA COMPUTADORA DE LA TRANSMISIN Y NO SE HA RESUELTO EL PROBLEMA

FUEL LEAKING FROM THE CONNECTIONS FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE DIRECT INJECTION SYSTEM. FUEL WAS LEAKING DOWN THE BACK OF THE ENGINE AND ONTO THE TRANSMISSION BELLHOUSING NEAR THE EXHAUST. I COULD SMELL FAINT ODOR OF GAS IN THE CABIN WHILE DRIVING. USED UV DYE TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. UNKNOWN HOW LONG THIS WAS OCCURRING FOR, I HAVE BEEN SMELLING GAS IN THE ENGINE BAY FOR WEEKS, TOYOTA DEALER TOLD ME THE SMELL WAS 'NORMAL' DURING MY LAST SERVICE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

TRANSMISSION DOES THIS ON A RANDOM BASIS IT IS TOO QUICK TO UPSHIFT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BOG DOWN. -TRANSMISSION CAUSES THE TUCK TO LURCH FORWARD AT LOW SPEEDS. -SHIFTING FROM R TO D ON A HILL CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE THE TRUCK TO ROLL BACK AS IF THE TRUCK WAS IN NEUTRAL -IN GENERAL, THE TRANSMISSION IS INCONSISTENT IN OPERATION. IN THE SAME SITUATION, IT MAY REACT DIFFERENTLY -DURING HARD ACCELERATION AFTER YOU LET UP ON THE GAS, THE ENGINE RPM'S WILL STAY HIGH AND SLOWLY COME BACK DOWN. IF YOU PRESS THE GAS AGAIN DURING THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION WILL EITHER CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REV BUT THE TRUCK WON'T ACCELERATE OR WILL SLAM INTO A GEAR CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LURCH. IT ALSO DOES THIS RANDOMLY THE TRANSMISSION BEING SLOW TO DOWNSHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE OR IT WOULD UPSHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR WHILE ACCELERATING/MERGING RESULTING IN AN UNEXPECTED CHANGE IN ACCELERATION.THE VEHICLE WILL ALSO "NOTICEABLY" DOWN SHIFT WHILE THE FOOT IS OFF THE ACCELERATOR RESULTING IN AN UNEXPECTED CHANGE IN DECELERATION. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE AND NOW THE SHIFTING IS STARTING TO JOLT THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING AT CONSTANT SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WILL RANDOMLY SURGE HIGH IN RPMS THEN COME RIGHT BACK DOWN. THE VEHICLE IS PRESENTING UNSAFE CONDITIONS. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. 1ST TIME THEY TOPPED OFF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AS IT WAS LOW FROM THE FACTORY. 2ND TIME THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND OTHERS WERE HAVING IT AS WELL AND THE TRANSMISSION ECU WAS RE-FLASHED. THIS STILL DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK A 3RD TIME AND THEY DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS LESS THAN 2500 MILES ON IT. NOT SURE WHY YOU WOULD DESIGN A VEHICLE TO DO THIS. I HAVE TAKEN MY TRUCK IN FOR THIS PROBLEM AND TOYOTA OF ORANGE SAYS THE TRANSMISSION IS WORKING THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO...

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A SLOW SPEED TO A HIGHER SPEED ENTERING A HIGH SPEED ROAD. THE TRUCK FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR. I HAD TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO TOYOTA SINCE ITS UNDER WARRANTY. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND WAS TOLD I HAVE ONE OF SEVERAL TRUCKS OUT THERE THAT HAVE THIS COMPUTER ISSUE THE CAUSES THIS. I WAS TOLD THEY DO NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THIS BUT THEY COULD GET IT OPERATING CORRECTLY BUT ITS STILL NOT FIXED AND MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. I MENTIONED I ALMOST GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT UNTIL IT IS FIXED. TOYOTA SAID THEY HAVE TO RELEASE THE CAR TO ME SINCE ITS OPERATING CORRECTLY NOW EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM ISN'T FIXED. I LEARNED FROM THEM THEY HAVE MORE TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION BUT DON'T HAVE ONE YET. THEY OFFER NO OTHER SOLUTION OR RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME. I DON'T FEEL THIS IS RIGHT SINCE TO ME ITS MORE OF A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE. I FEEL THEY SHOULD KEEP THE TRUCK UNTIL ITS FIXED AND LOAN ME A REPLACEMENT, OR THEY SHOULD REPLACE MY TRUCK WITH ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THIS SOFTWARE PROBLEM. I AM SHOCKED THEY WILL RELEASE A VEHICLE BACK WHILE STATING THEY KNOW THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM MAY OCCUR AGAIN. I HAVE A CASE NUMBER OF 1711171145 WITH TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS AND I WAS WORKING WITH PAM. I WAS ALSO WORKING THE MATT AT DESERT TOYOTA WHO RECEIVED ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FROM TOYOTA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL HOWLING NOISE IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. ANDERSON WEBER TOYOTA LINCOLN (3450 CENTER GROVE DR, DUBUQUE, IA) CONFIRMED THE HOWLING NOISE IN THE CABIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND SENT A REPRESENTATIVE WHO ALSO CONFIRMED THE NOISE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW AND NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,500. *TT *TR

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE ON TAKE OFF INITIALLY, IT ALSO JUMPS AS YOU ARE SLOWING DOWN ,COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT. IT HAS BEEN IN 4 TIMES FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. TOYOTA KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM, AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE IT, BUT DOES NOT HAVE A FIX FOR IT. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. IT IS DEFINITELY GETTING WORSE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

THE VEHICLE DIFFERENTIAL STARTED TO HOWL AND WHINE AT 800 MILES AND HAS STEADILY INCREASED IN SEVERITY AS I PUT MORE MILES ON IT. THIS IS INDICATIVE OF A BEARING FAILING INSIDE THE DIFFERENTIAL. TOYOTA HAS BRUSHED THIS OFF. THEY HAVE NOT PHYSICALLY INSPECTED THE DIFFERENTIAL OR EVEN CHECKED THE FLUIDS AND PROVIDED NO ANSWER TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHAT IS KEEPING MY VEHICLE FROM NOT SEIZING UP ON THE FREEWAY AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IF THE DIFFERENTIAL GRENADES WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS?

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND YOU COME TO AN ABRUPT SLOWDOWN TO ROLLING THE TRUCK WILL SHUDDER, CLUNK INTO GEAR AND THEN WHEN ABOUT TO STOP WILL LUNGE FORWARD AT TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES WHERE THE ABS ACTUATES DUE TO THE LUNGE FROM THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO REAR END THE VEHICLE INFRONT. IN THE TOYOTA TACOMA FORUMS THERE ARE MANY WHOM EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUE BUT TOYOTA SEEMS TO NOT RESOLVE IT.

12/9/17 THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SNOW ON MY DRIVEWAY. MY DRIVEWAY IS SLIGHTLY ON AN INCLINE AND THEN LEVELS OFF AT THE TOP I PUT MY VEHICLE INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND PROCEEDED UP THE DRIVEWAY WITH NO PROBLEM. I DEACTIVATED THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND PLACED MY VEHICLE IN PARK W/O USING THE E BRAKE. I NEVER USE THE BRAKE WITH THIS VEHICLE OR MY PRIOR VEHICLE A TUNDRA. TWO AND A HALF HOURS LATER MY DAUGHTER INFORMS ME THAT SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND OBSERVED MY VEHICLE HAD ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVE WAY STRIKING A TREE. WHEN I WENT TO INVESTIGATE I OBSERVED THAT MY VEHICLE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN PARK. ALSO THERE WERE TIRE TREAD MARKS ON THE GRASS AND NOT SKID MARKS. QUESTION IS WHY BEING PARKED FOR OVER TWO HOURS THIS OCCURRED.