1998 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

DEALER ADVISED THAT TRUCK HAD SAT IN WATER FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR GREASE TO ESCAPE RACK END BOOTS. TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN IN DEEP WATER, ONLY DIRT ROADS. RACK ENDS ARE RUSTED AND NEED REPLACEMENT. TRUCK HAS BEEN THROUGH TWO SETS OF TIRES BOTH BEING THE TYPE SUPPLIED BY TOYOTA WITH THE VEHICLE. WE GET ABOUT 12000 MILES ON 50000 MILE TIRES, TRUCK WEARS TIRES AS IF FAULTY FRONT END PARTS. TIE ROD END ON DRIVERS SIDE BAD, PROBABLY CAUSE OF TIRE WEAR, BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT TIRE WEAR. NEVER INSPECTED TIE ROD ENDS OR SHOCKS, DEALER SAID THEY GET MANY COMPLAINTS ON TIRE WEAR ON THESE TRUCKS.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75R/15 )

ON 07-07-00 WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-81 IN VIRGINIA, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW OUT. AFTER CHANGING THE TIRE, INSPECTION OF THE FLAT TIRE REVEALED THAT THE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPERATED FROM THE TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HH4WA TIRE SIZE: P225/75R15 )

ENGINE SURGES WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CAUSING THE RPM OF THE ENGINE TO RISE HIGH. YH

WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 35-40 MPH, TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A JEEP WRANGLER, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. TRUCK WAS BEING REPAIRED. WHOLE FRONT END WAS DAMAGED, TOTAL AMOUNT OF DAMAGES WAS $9,500.00. *AK *ML

WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 30-40 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE , AND RESULTING IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK SHOULDER HARNESS DID NOT TIGHTEN UP. *YH

A PERSON TURNED INTO THE PATH OF MY TRUCK, I HIT HER @ 30MPH, CENTER OF MY TRUCK HIT THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER OF HER CAR, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND THERE WAS A BLOWOUT. ALSO, NOTICED A FOUR- INCH CUT WHERE THE TORN TIRE AND METAL TREADS WERE SHOWING. *AK THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. THE CUSTOMER FEELS ALL FOUR TIRES SHOULD BE REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING ON A 4-LANE HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE CAME OUT FROM THE RIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

FRONT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE CENTER/BOTTOM THAT EXTENDED UP APP. 4 INCHES AND THE TURNED TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE. I WAS TOLD BY A FLEET MANAGER THAT TOYOTA TRUCKS ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN PULLING INTO A TURNING LANE WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND , THEN L TRIED TO PRESS THE BRAKES AGAIN THE BRAKES STILL DID NOT RESPOND. THEN, THIRD TIME THE REAR END BRAKES JUST SIMPLY LOCKED UP, REAR ENDING A MERCEDES 30MPH. THEN, THE TRUCK WENT TO THE SIDE AND LIGHTLY HIT ANOTHER TOYOTA TRUCK, NIETHER SIDES OFF MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND MY TRUCK RECEIVED HEAVY FRONT CLIP DAMAGE AND HEAVY SIDE DAMAGE, L WAS LEFT WITH NO WAY TO GET TO WORK , SINCE THEN THE TRUCK HAS BEEN REPOSSED AND LM BEING SUED APPROSS.30,000 DOLLARS. L STILL THANK GOD IM OK AND SO WAS EVERY BODY ELSE *AK