2016 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

TRANSMISSION HAS A DELAYED ENGAGEMENT ON A COLD START. WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE, THE TRUCK MOVES SLIGHTLY THEN A HARD LOCK UP IS FELT. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. WHILE BACKING UP ONTO STREET, WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DELAY WITH NO MOVEMENT. WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC I WAS WORRIED WHETHER ON NOT IT WOULD ENGAGE AT ALL. COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN COLD OR AFTER THE TRUCK SITS FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. USUALLY ALWAYS OCCURS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE UP, REVERSING AND THEN GOING INTO DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS A PARTIAL ENGAGEMENT BUT ACCELERATION IS NOT AS INTENDED. IT WILL THEN "BANG" INTO TO GEAR AND GO. FEAR IS THAT IF YOU BACK OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY AND INTEND TO ACCELERATE, THE TRUCK MAY NOT MOVE AS INTENDED THUS CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. FOR A NEW VEHICLE, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY SLIPPAGE ONCE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. YESTERDAY I HAD IT WHERE THE SLIPPING LASTED THREE SECONDS BEFORE IT FINALLY WENT FULLY INTO GEAR. MY TRUCK HAS 1650 MILES ON IT AND IT'S DONE THIS SINCE THE DAY IT WAS NEW. I WOULD SAY I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS AT LEAST 70+ TIMES DURING COLD STARTS AT HOME OR AT WORK. ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEAR ON THE TRANSMISSION'S INTERNALS DUE TO THIS PARTIAL ENGAGEMENT OF A FORWARD GEAR.

ON A COLD START, AFTER YOU PUT THE VEHICLE IN D (DRIVE) THERE IS UP TO A 7 SECOND DELAY ON ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE ACCELERATOR CAN BE PRESSED AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FOR UP TO 7 SECONDS LEAVING ME STRANDED FOR EXAMPLE IF I HAVE BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TO THE STREET. ONCE I PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE ON A COLD START, I CANNOT MOVE FOR UP TO 7 SECONDS. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME ON A COLD START.

THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED AFTER THE FIRST PEBBLE HIT IT ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE DOING ABOUT 50 MPH. WHILE THIS SOUNDS LIKE A NORMAL ISSUE, THIS HAPPENED 200 MILES AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE. I TRADED IN MY 2009 TACOMA WHICH HAD BEEN HIT HUNDREDS OF TIMES ON THIS SAME STRETCH OF ROAD. I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT UNTIL I WENT TO THE AUTO GLASS REPAIR PLACE AND DISCOVERED MINE WAS THE 3RD 2016 TACOMA THAT WEEK FOR THE SAME ISSUE. FURTHER RESEARCH REVEALED THAT THE 2016 WENT TO A NEW MULTI-LAYERED GLASS THAT CUTS DOWN ON NOISE. I THINK THIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE WINDSHIELD DAMAGE. WHILE A MINOR CHIP MAY HAVE BEEN THE RESULT IF IT HAD HAPPENED WITH AN OLDER VERSION WINDSHIELD.

ON 11/23/15 I WAS ABLE TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. ON 11/24/15 I GOT INTO THE VEHICLE TO CRANK IT UP WHEN THE VEHICLE'S WARNING LIGHTS OF BRAKE, ABS WARNING TO CHECK THE ANTI'LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM AND THE ANTISKID/TRACTION LIGHTS CAME ON AT APPROXIMATE 110 MILES. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT HURT THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE IT AND THAT IT WAS SAFE. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS PROBABLY JUST A FUSE BY A SALESPERSON, WHO ALLEGEDLY TALKED TO ONE OF THE MASTER TECHNICIANS ABOUT THE SITUATION. ON 11/30/15 I ALSO REPORTED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ALSO NOT WORKING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHEN I ARRIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD LEFT REAR SPEED SENSOR AT 185 MILES AND AGAIN THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. ON 12/04/15 AT 334 MILES THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED. AS I WAS GOING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND LESS THAN 10 MILES AWAY, THE SAME LIGHTS AND WARNING READOUTS CAME BACK ON. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE VEHICLE AROUND AND PROCEEDED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. ON MY WAY BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE SLOWING DOWN, A LOUD METALLIC BANGING/RATTLE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR END. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, I EXPLAINED THE SAME SYMPTOMS HAPPENED AGAIN AS BEFORE AND THAT NOW CLANGING/RATTLE IN THE REAR END HAD DEVELOPED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00P.M., I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT A REAR WHEEL BEARING WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY FROM THE FACTORY, THAT IT HAD DONE SOME DAMAGE AND THAT THE PARTS WERE ORDERED. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE OTHER DAMAGE SUCH AS THE BRAKES, TIRE, SENSORS OR THE REAR HOUSING AND SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE.