2012 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

THERE IS A PLASTIC FOOT REST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR BOARD THAT COMES LOOSE AND GETS TANGLED UP IN THE DRIVER'S FEET WHILE DRIVING. THIS CREATES A DRIVING HAZARD AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

MY 2012 TACOMA WITH 45,000 MILES GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHT WHEN I STARTED IT TO GO HOME. I WAS MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND UNABLE TO GO ABOVE 40 MPH. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE SO I EXITED AND TOOK IT TO A DEALER. THEY CITED TROUBLE CODES P2440 AND P2442 AND SAID THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE (PN 25710-31022) FOR A TOTAL COST OF $940! ACCORDING TO FORUMS AND THE NHTSA.GOV SITE, THIS IS A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL. I JUST BOUGHT THIS LAST JULY AND I NEVER EXPECTED TO HAVE TO REPLACE PARTS ANYTIME SOON.

MY 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER 2WD HAS 54,640 MILES. I JUST GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHT YESTERDAY. MY TRUCK WOULD ACCELERATE TO JUST 25 MPH WHEN MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND TOP SPEED WAS AROUND 50 MPH. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER THIS KNOWN PROBLEM UNDER THE STANDARD 3 YEAR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. AUTOZONE RAN THE DIAGNOSTIC SCAN AND CAME UP WITH TROUBLE CODES P2440 AND P2442. THESE ARE TIED TO THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM AND SWITCHING VALVES. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WOULD COST ME CLOSE TO $2000 TO REPAIR. I PAID $30,000 FOR THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW JUST 4 YEARS AGO. THIS NEEDS TO BECOME A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SO THAT A SAFETY RECALL IS ISSUED FOR TOYOTA TO REPAIR THIS KNOWN DEFECT FOR FREE.

AIR PUMP AND VALVES ON THE EMISSION SYSTEM FAILED. TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE WITH LIMITED ACCELERATION AND SPEED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON 2012 TACOMA. TUNDRA AND SEQUOIA VEHICLES HAVE HAD THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AND REPAIRS COVERED BY TOYOTA. HOWEVER, TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER THIS SAME ISSUE ON THE TACOMA.

SECONDARY PUMP DOES NOT WORK WHEN IS COLD TURNING TRAC AND ING LIGHT ON CAUSING LOOSE OF POWER AND HIGHT GAS CONSUMING. DEALER SAYS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER.

I STARTED MY TACOMA, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRK OFF LIGHTS WERE ON AND AFTER TAKING THEM TO THE DEALER LEARNED THAT THE VECHILE WAS IN LIMP MODE. THE TRUCK WILL NOT EASILY ACCELERATE BEYOND 30MPH. THIS IS CAUSED BY ERROR CODE P2442 AND P2440, FROM A KNOWN FAULTY PART THAT TOYOTA REFUSES TO REPLACE.

I TOOK MY 2012 TACOMA INTO SERVICE TODAY WITH A TRAC OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE NEEDED REPLACED AT THE TUNE OF $1300. I SEE THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND WITH 37K MILES, I FIND IT UNREAL THAT THIS ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.

CODES P2440 & P2442 THESE ARE FOR THE AIR INJECTION SYSTEM ON START UP. THE VALVES FAIL AND THIS IS A EMISSIONS PART. OUT OF WARRANTY AND ONLY HAVE 65,000 MILES. TUNDRA HAD THIS ISSUE AND GOT A 10 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE COMPONENTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

ONLY 49,000 MILES ON MY $32,000 TRUCK AND LIKE MANY OTHER OWNERS OF 2012 TACOMAS I HAVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON WITH THE TRAC OFF LIGHT AND GIVING THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE OF P2442 SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE. THIS IS CLEARLY A EMISSIONS AND MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL INSTEAD OF CHARGING US $2,100 FOR A FIX A A PRACTICALLY NEW EXPENSIVE TRUCK. THE AIR INJECTION VALVE IS PART OF EMISSIONS AND SHOULD BE COVERED AND A TSB OR RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THIS. WHEN THIS VALVE GOES OUT TYPICALLY EVERY 50,000 IT RENDERS YOUR TRUCK USELESS AND PUTS IT INTO SAFE MODE NOT ALLOWING YOU TO GO MORE THAN 35-40 MPH. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS SPEED JUST DOESN'T WORK ON THE HIGHWAY TO TRAVEL TO WORK AND UNLESS YOU FORK OVER THE $2,100 TO HAVE IT FIXED THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO WORK. THIS IS SUCH A SCAM ON TOYOTAS PART AND I AM OUTRAGED THAT AFTER PURCHASING OVER 4 TOYOTA VEHICLES FROM THEM THEY DON'T STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT TO FIX THE PROBLEM.