2016 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

AS TRUCK WAS COMING TO A SAFE STOP, THE TRUCK QUICKLY ACCELERATED INTO A SMALL TREE AND CAUSED DAMAGE. SAME SYMPTOM LATER ON HIGHWAY AND ALMOST HAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SO I PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND CALLED FOR WRECKER SERVICE. TRUCK NOW AT PANAMA CITY TOYOTA STILL WAITING FOR CODE READING.

NOTICED MY TACOMA BEING SLOW TO DOWN SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE OR IT WOULD UP SHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR WHILE ACCELERATING/MERGING RESULTING IN AN UNEXPECTED CHANGE IN ACCELERATION. ALSO IF RIDING BETWEEN 20-40 MPH THE VEHICLE RIDES AT A VERY LOW RPM (~1100) AND SHIMMIES THE VEHICLE LIKE IT WILL STALL. 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. BROUGHT IT BACK A 4TH TIME TO BE SEEN BY A FIELD SPECIALIST AND THE ISSUE COULD BE DUPLICATED BUT THERE IS NO FIX AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS LESS THAN 2500 MILES ON IT. NOT SURE WHY YOU WOULD DESIGN A VEHICLE TO DO THIS.

WHEN WE ARE DRIVING EITHER ON CITY ROADS OR ON HIGHWAY, EITHER IN SPORTS MODE AND AUTOMATIC THERE IS A LAG IN THE WAY THE ENGINE WILL SHIFT INTO GEARS. IN SPORTS MODE THE LAG IN GEAR SHIFT IS RIDICULOUSLY LONG WHEN IT SHOULD SHIFT QUICKER. AS FOR AUTOMATIC THERE IS ALSO A SLOW RESPONSE IN SHIFTING WHETHER GOING UP A HILL AS WELL AS GOING DOWN A HILL. WE HAVE 5000 MILES ON THIS TRUCK AND WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BROKEN IN BY NOW

TRANSMISSION HAS HESITATION WHEN FIRST GOING IN FORWARD OR REVERSE, ONCE YOUR DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION IS CONSTANTLY SHIFTING SEARCHING FOR GEARS UNTIL YOU GET UP TO CRUISING SPEED OF 50-60 MPH. IN CITY DRIVING TRANSMISSION SHIFT TO QUICKLY AND BOGGS DOWN THE ENGINE AND THEN SHIFT RIGHT BACK DOWN AND GEAR AND DOES THIS CONSTANTLY AT LOWER SPEEDS, BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK ON AUGUST 28 2016

TRUCK ABRUPTLY LOST COMPLETE POWER AND STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON A RURAL TWO LANE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. REQUIRES A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP REPORTED A FAILED CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND REPLACED IT.

THE BREAKS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE. THE TRUCK SLIDES AND IT DOESN'T BREAK EFFECTIVENESS. FEELS LIKE THE TIRES ARE BLOCKED OUT AND THE CAR SLIDES ON THE ROAD WITHOUT STOPPING THE TRUCK. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME A QUICK BREAK IS NEEDED OR EMERGENCY HAPPENS. I HAVE BEING LUCKY OF KEEPING ENOUGH DISTANCE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS. A RECALL OF THE BREAK SYSTEM IS NEEDED ASAP. MORE THAN 5 TIMES I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE. IN THE BEGINNING I THOUGHT IT WAS ME ADJUSTING TO A NEW TRUCK, BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

BLIND SPOT MONITOR (BSM) - FROM THE FIRST DAY I DROVE THE TRUCK OFF THE LOT, THE BSM ERROR MESSAGE CAME ON. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND THE ERROR LIGHT COMES ON AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES PER WEEK WHILE DRIVING. DURING MY FIRST SERVICE, THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE A BAD SENSOR. ITS BEEN ALMOST 4 MONTHS AND I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CALL BACK BY THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO BRING MY TRUCK IN FOR THE SENSOR REPLACEMENT.

THIS TOYOTA TACOMA IS ALWAYS TRYING TO SHIFT UP OR DOWN. I FOUND WHERE TOYOTA SAYS IT IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A NEW SHIFT POINT TO KEEP THE MILEAGE UP. THIS TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD WITH POWER REDUCTION AND IS TRYING TO UP SHIFT. WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO COME TO A STOP TRANSMISSION TRYING TO SHIFT UP AND THEN IT WILL SHIFT HARD. YOU WILL FEEL A DRIVELINE CLUNK AS YOU STOP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID TOYOTA KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID A CASE WAS OPENED. I WAS TOLD THEY DROVE SEVERAL ON THEIR LOT AND THEY WERE THE SAME. THE FINAL WORD WAS NOTHING WRONG . THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. HAS BEEN DOING SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK.

WHILE DRIVING EASTBOUND ON THE 210 FREEWAY IN GLENDORA, CA AT APPROX 35MPH THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN AND VIOLENT STOP AND VEERED SLIGHTLY INTO THE LANE TO MY RIGHT. I WAS NOT BRAKING AT THE TIME. REAR WHEELS HAD LOCKED AND VEHICLE HAD TO BE DRAGGED TO THE SHOULDER AS REAR WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEM AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE, AND SEEMED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA OF GLENDORA IN GLENDORA, CA FOR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD LEAKED OUT, AND IT ALONG WITH THE REAR TIRES HAD BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS WAS A NEW VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 4500 MILES ON IT. IT HAD NOT HAD ITS FIRST OIL CHANGE NOR ANY OTHER SERVICE. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CAUSED BY EXTERNAL DAMAGE, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME BY THE DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THE PART HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY SEALED. VEHICLE HAS NO WARNING SYSTEM OR DASH LIGHT TO COMMUNICATE A LOSS OF DIFFERENTIAL FLUID AS IT WOULD WITH OIL, TIRE PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, ETC.

THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION CONSISTENTLY GETS STUCK IN GEAR ONCE THE TRANSMISSION IS HOT. THIS TYPICALLY OCCURS ON DRIVES OVER 2-3 HOURS OR HEAVY STOP-GO TRAFFIC. THE DRIVER CANNOT CHANGE GEARS WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE SHIFTER, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN DRIVING DYNAMICS WHILE THIS IS OCCURRING (E.G., LOSS OF VEHICLE SPEED, LOSS OF ENGINE REVS, LUGGING TRANSMISSION). EXAMPLES INCLUDE DOWNSHIFTS FROM 5-6, 5-4, 4-3, AND 3-2 AS WELL AS UPSHIFTS THROUGH THOSE SAME GEARS. THIS PRESENTS A CRITICAL SAFETY CONCERN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT OPERATE AS INTENDED. IT PLACES THE DRIVER IN DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS, WHEREBY THE DRIVER IS TAKING ATTENTION AWAY FROM DRIVING IN ORDER TO APPLY SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE SHIFT LEVER IN ORDER TO GET THE TRANSMISSION UNSTUCK. MOREOVER, WHILE MANEUVERING THE VEHICLE THROUGH TRAFFIC OR INTERSECTIONS, THE DRIVER AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD BECOME VULNERABLE TO MAJOR ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTIONING TOYOTA TRANSMISSION AND THE INABILITY OF THE DRIVER TO SAFELY OPERATE THE VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. TOYOTA RELIED ON AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY DEALER TO PERFORM AN INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF A MALFUNCTIONING TRANSMISSION AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DENY ALL RESPONSIBILITY; EVEN GOING AS FAR AS TO MAKE THE ASSERTION THAT "THE CUSTOMER CAN DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS NECESSARY". TOYOTA HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO REVIEW OR INSPECT THE MALFUNCTIONING TRANSMISSION ONLY TO CONCLUDE IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE!