2007 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

REAR LEAF SPRING RECALL, TOYOTA HAS FAILED TO REPAIR. THIS RECALL IS OVER A YEAR WITH "NO REPAIR AVAILABLE" OVER A YEAR TO RECEIVE A SECOND NOTICE INDICATING TOYOTA IS SEARCHING FOR PARTS STILL. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD EVERY TIME VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. LEAF SPRINGS ARE RUSTED AND COULD FAIL. WHY NO CORRECTIVE ACTION AND STILL NO DATE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT?

WHILE DRIVING FUSE PANEL UNDER DASH CAUGHT FIRE AFTER USING HORN EXCESSIVELY. FIRE WAS PUT OUT IMMEDIATELY BUT DAMAGE RESULTED IN A MELTED FUSE PANEL AND WIRING HARNESS

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2007 TOYOTA TACOMA, RUSTED FRAME.. I PURCHASED USED IN AUSTIN TEXAS ON OCT 2015 FROM A DEALERSHIP. THE TRUCK IS FROM A NORTHERN STATE, AFFECTED BY MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF RUST ON THE FRAME. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR A LOOK OVER, I WAS TOLD I HAD A FEW YEARS LEFT IN THE TRUCK BEFORE THE RUST ROTS COMPLETELY THROUGH. TOYOTA NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2007 MODELS AS WELL. I JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK THINKING THIS WAS GOING TO RUN FOR A VERY LONG TIME, I WAS MISTAKEN AND BUYER BEWARE.

WHEN I DRIVING ON LOCAL STREET, MY TRUCK FELT ODD WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS ACCELERATION (( SLOW)) THE SPEEDOMETER HIT BETWEEN 30MPG TO 40MPG I FEEL SHUDDER LIKE THE GAS GOT JOKE {{INTERMITTENT)) I FEEL MY ENGINE SHAKING TILL I PASS THE 40MPG, IF I STEP ON THE GAS DOWN FAST ITS RUN NORMAL, I HEARD ALOTS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM..MY MILAGES NOW 73,000.00....

DUE TO COMBINATION OF THE SPIRAL CABLE DESIGN AND CHARACTERISTICS UNIQUE TO THE CHASSIS COMPONENTS OF THE TACOMA, STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION ('FLUTTER') CAUSED FRICTION BETWEEN THE FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLE (FFC) AND THE RETAINER IN THE SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS OCCURRED IN A FFC WITH SIXTEEN-CHANNEL CIRCUITS AND DAMAGED CERTAIN CIRCUITS ON THE FLAT CABLE THAT PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY TO THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG MODULE. AS A RESULT, CONNECTIVITY WAS LOST AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG MAY HAVE BECOME DEACTIVATED, CAUSING IT TO NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THIS COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY TO THE DRIVER. THE 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH A FFC WITH SEVEN CHANNEL-CIRCUITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. INDICATIONS OF A DEVELOPING PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTED THROUGH ILLUMINATION OF THE AIRBAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND ROTATING THE STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000 MILES AT THAT TIME. INITIALLY THE LAMP WOULD CYCLE OFF AND ON WITH THE FREQUENCY OF THE LAMP IN THE ON POSITION INCREASING OVER TIME. THIS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOSS OF CONNECTIVITY WAS A RESULT OF INCREASED WEAR IN CERTAIN CIRCUITS. EVENTUALLY THE LAMP WOULD STAY ON CONTINUOUSLY INDICATING THAT ALL CONNECTIVITY WAS LOST IN THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE AT A MILEAGE OF 129,094 AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED AT A COST OF $461.83 PLUS TAX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTED FROM THE WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED A TOTAL OF SIX TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

MODERATE TO SEVERE VIBRATION STARTED FROM 5-40 MPH THEN VIBRATION IS STILL THERE AT > 40MPH BUT NOT AS BAD. DOES NOT MATTER IS HOT OR COLD, CITY OR HIGHWAY I HAD TIRES BALANCED AND ROTATED BUT VEHICLE STILL VIBRATES. TSB'S FROM TOYOTA POINT TO DRIVE TRAIN VIBRATIONS IN TACOMA MODELS. NOW, AT TIMES, THE DRIVE TRAIN SQUEALS LIKE A BAD U-JOINT OR HANGER BEARING. DEALER SAID THEY ARE AWARE BUT NO RECALL. THIS NEEDS A RECALL. VEHICLE HAS AROUND 147000 MILES.

MY BRAKES ARE SPONGY AND GO TO THE FLOOR AND TOOK TO A TOYOTA CERTIFIED SHOP AND CANNOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN DECLINED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V604000 (SUSPENSION). THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000. UPDATED 05/18/16*LJ; 04/23/18*JB *CN