2009 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON 10/10/2014 WHEN I HEARD A WEIRD SOUND FROM UNDER MY VEHICLE. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED MY REAR LEAVE SPRING WAS SNAPPED IN THE MIDDLE AND AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON A SUBURBAN ROAD. WHEN I DROVE OVER ANY SMALL BUMPS IN THE ROAD, A LOUD METALLIC CLINKING SOUND COULD BE HEARD ISSUING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT LEAF SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WAS SMACKING AGAINST THE REAR AXLE WHEN THE REAR SUSPENSION WAS PUT IN MOTION. IT WAS MANDATORY THAT I REPLACE THE LEAF SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY AND DRIVABILITY. THE REPAIR COST ME $491 (I HAVE THE RECEIPT); THE INCIDENT WAS UNNERVING AND CAUSED CONSIDERABLE BOTHER AND INCONVENIENCE. *TR

AT APPX. 24,000 MILES, I NOTICED THAT MY 'DAYTIME' RUNNING LIGHTS WERE CLOUDY AND THAT BOTH LENSES WERE CRACKED. I NEGLECTED TO TAKE IT IN FOR THIS, SINCE I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENGINE HESITATING ON ACCELERATION. WHEN I FINALLY REMEMBERED TO TELL/SHOW THEM, THEY WEREN'T CONCERNED, BECAUSE THE WARRANTY WAS OUT. THEY DID OFFER TO SPLIT IT WITH ME. MY COST WOULD HAVE BEEN $492.00. SCREW'EM... THIS IS CLEARLY A FACTORY DEFECT. ESPECIALLY WITH AS MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS I HAVE FOUND FOR THIS. YOU'D THINK THE DOT WOULD DO SOMETHING. *TR

AFTER HEARING CLUNKING NOISES IN THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK, AN INSPECTION REVEALED BROKEN REAR LEAF SPRINGS. THE SPRINGS WERE REPLACED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC AT A COST OF NEARLY $1100. I CONSIDER THE FAILURE OF THE SPRINGS TO BE PREMATURE AS I DO NOT USE THE TRUCK FOR HEAVY HAULING. RESEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR BOTTOM LEAF SPRING FAILED IN FATIGUE. THE FAILED SPRING CAUSED DAMAGE AND DEFORMATION TO THE BRAKE LINE. I CONSIDER THIS A PREMATURE LIFE AS THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT EXPERIENCED TOWING OR OFF ROAD USE. *TR

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED BY A LOCAL GARAGE THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE LEAFS (THE MIDDLE LEAF) IN THE DRIVERS SIDE LEAF SPRING STACK HAD BROKEN, ROTATED INWARDS (AWAY FROM THE TIRE) AND HAD NEARLY ABRADED THROUGH ONE OF THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES. IF THE LINE HAD SEVERED THEN 50% OF THE VEHICLES BRAKING WOULD NOT BE OPERATIONAL. THIS COULD LEAD TO EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCES AND COULD BE FATAL! DETAILED PICTURES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR

AMBER INSIDE TURN SIGNAL LAMPS ATTACHED TO FRONT HEADLIGHTS ARE SCORCHING INSIDE LENS OF HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. *TR

THE RUNNING LIGHTS MELTED THE LENSES AT 35000 MILES AND I TOOK MY TRUCK BACK TO TOYOTA AND THEY REPLACED THE LIGHTS, SAID THEY PUT BULBS IN THERE THAT WOULD NOT GET AS HOT. NOW AT OVER 80000 MILES THEY HAVE MELTED AGAIN, THE PLASTIC IS TURNING BLACK, LOOKS LIKE A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. I HAVE SEEN THIS SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER SIMILAR MODELS. TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, NEEDS TO RECALL AND PROPERLY FIX! *TR

MY AMBER DRIVING LIGHT LENS WITHIN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE BURNED, ONE HAS BROKEN IN HALF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR INSPECTION WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT TWO LEAF SPRINGS WERE CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 55,000. UPDATED 08/19/14*LJ UPDATED 08/23/2017*CT