2010 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

L HAVE A 2010 TACOMA THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING TOOK IT IN AT 500 MILES AND THEY SAID IT WOULD WORK IN ,IT DIDN'T AT 1100 MILES L TOOK IT BACK AND THEN THEY SAID L SHOULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT 1700 MILES L MADE AN APPOINTMENT ,THEY RESET THE COMPUTER AND IT STILL SLIPPED AND THEY FLUSH THE SYSTEM AND NOW IT'S WORSE, THEY CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THE ENGINEERS WERE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM AND THEY'LL GET BACK WITH ME WHEN THEY FIX IT , IN THE MEAN TIME DRIVE THE TRUCK , WHICH, IS GETTING WORSE. *TR

2010 TOYOTA TACOMA BASE MODEL 2 DOOR SMALL PICKUP TRUCK. WHEN DRIVING INTO SUN AND WHEN RAINING WINDSHIELD APPEARS TO BE ETCHED CAUSING A BLINDING GLARE. DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN IT INSIDE AND OUT AND THEN GAVE THE EXPLANATION THAT ALL THE 2010 TACOMAS THEY HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. 2 DIFFERENT DRIVERS OF OUR PARTICULAR TACOMA HAVE BEEN BLINDED BY THIS APPARENT DEFECT WITH CLOSE CALLS RESULTING. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THANK YOU. *TR

WHILE SLOWING AND MAKING RIGHT OR LEFT TURNS, MY 2010 TACOMA V-6 4X2 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP INTO EITHER NEUTRAL OR FIRST GEAR FOR SEVERAL SECONDS (TYPICALLY 2 OR 3). ENGINE RPM INCREASE AND THEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO THE CORRECT GEAR WITH A LURCH. THIS DEFECT MAKES LEFT TURNS, ACROSS TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS, SINCE YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT WILL HAPPEN AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO HUNT FOR AND FIND THE "RIGHT" GEAR. I FIRST NOTICE THE ISSUE AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 75 MILES (HAVE A LITTLE OVER 800 MILES NOW). BEEN TO DEALER TWICE. DEMONSTRATED PROBLEM WITH SERVICE MANAGER IN THE TRUCK. HE HAD NO SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM. HE "HOPES" TOYOTA WILL COME OUT WITH A FIX. TOYOTA HAS A SIMILAR DEFECT WITH THE 2009 TACOMAS AND ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 3, 2009 TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN T-SB-0373-09. BUT TSB ONLY ELIMINATED THE DEFECT IN THE 2009 MODEL. DOES NOT ADDRESS 2010 TRUCKS. THIS DEFECT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED QUICKLY BEFORE SOMEONE GET INJURED. *TR

WHILE SLOWING TO 10-12 MPH MY 2010 TACOMA V-6 4X4 'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP INTO WHAT SEEMS TO BE NEUTRAL FOR ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS. ENGINE RPM'S WILL RISE TO ABOUT 2500-3000 RPM'S BEFORE TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGES. THIS SITUATION HAS NEARLY GOTTEN ME INVOLVED IN 5 ACCIDENTS. I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 150 MILES ON IT. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN YOU SLOW FOR EITHER A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN OR WHEN YOU SLOW TO 10-12 MPH AND THEN TRY TO RESUME POWER . VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO SELLING DEALER 3 TIMES TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED BUT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. DEALERS TRANSMISSION MECHANIC WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH ME AND THIS CONDITION WAS DUPLICATED WITHIN 5 MINUTES. TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND SO FAR NO FIX HAS BEEN FORTHCOMING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION AND COULD CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

VEHICLE IS A 2010 TOYOTA TACOMA DBL CAB, THE TRANSMISSION SEARCHES FOR THE RIGHT GEAR TO ACCELERATE IN ONCE THE SPEED GETS 15MPH OR LOWER AND YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDDLE. AT 1ST IT WAS JUST ANNOYING, BUT RECENTLY I WAS TURNING A CORNER AT A SIGNAL LIGHT BEHIND ANOTHER VEH. AND IT SLAMMED ON IT'S BRAKES, I WENT TO GO INTO THE PASSING LANE, BUT WHEN I ACCELERATED, THE TRANSMISSION DIDN'T RESPOND, IT JUST REVS UP TRYING TO FIND THE GEAR. BY THE TIME IT DID, I WAS WATCHING IN MY MIRROR AND AN ONCOMING VEHICLE STARTED HITTING THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ME. WHICH WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE IF MY TRUCK WOULD HAVE GONE WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME YOU ARE GOING AT A RATE OVER 25 MPH AND SLOW DOWN TO AT LEAST 15 MPH AND THEN TRY TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. IE: CROSSING HIGHWAYS. I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK OCT. 21, 2009 AND HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NOV 9TH, 2009 WITH THIS ISSUE, THE TECH DROVE IT, ACKNOWLEDGED IT, AND TOLD ME ALL THE NEWER VEHICLES ARE THAT WAY, & HAVE HAD OTHERS COME IN WITH THE SAME ISSUE. NOTHING ELSE HAS BEEN DONE TO TRY TO FIX THIS. I BELIEVE THIS COULD LEAD TO POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES, IF NOT WORSE. *TR

HAD INSTALLED RUNNING BOARDS ON MY NEWLY PURCHASED TACOMA 2010. FAILURE: IT IS INSTALLED TOO HIGH AS TO MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS. OCCURS EVERY TIME ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE. IT HAS CREATED AN UNSAFE SITUATION THAT WOULD LEAD TO PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO ME AND THE PASSENGER. HAS NOT RECEIVED AN ANSWER FROM TOYOTA OF AMERICA ( CASE FILE #0909136310) OR THE DEALER. ( DAYTONA TOYOTA). *TR

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED AS HE WAS DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP AT THE STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE AS IF IT WAS GETTING READY TO ACCELERATE. THE CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES BEFORE IT ACCELERATED. HE HAS NOT TAKEN HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AS OF YET OR THE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO INFORM THEM OF THIS ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600....MW UPDATED 02/17/10. *LJ UPDATED 02/18/10