2007 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

MY SON AND I WERE GOING TO THE COURTHOUSE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT COMPONENT TO BLAME THE PROBLEM ON, SO I WILL JUST DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED. MY SON WAS A WITNESS TO THE INCIDENT: I WAS TRYING TO PARALLEL PARK. MY RIGHT FOOT WAS STILL PRESSING ON THE BRAKE AS I PUT THE GEAR IN R. WHEN I DID THIS, I HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD WHIR FROM THE REAR WHEELS. I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY TRUCK IN NEUTRAL. MY TRUCK WAS STILL NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED IN THE PARKING SPOT: THERE WAS A CAR PARKED ON THE LEFT THAT COULD HIT ME. I PUT THE CAR IN D. THEN I AGAIN HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD WHIR FROM THE REAR WHEELS, SO I PRESSED DOWN COMPLETELY ON THE BRAKE, BUT MY TRUCK STILL MOVED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO THE CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF ME. MY TRUCK KEPT PUSHING INTO THAT CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF ME, SO I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY TRUCK INTO PARKING GEAR AND THIS STOPPED MY TRUCK. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE TOYOTA DEALER AND THE DEALER BLAMED THE PROBLEM ON THE FLOORMAT. THE DEALER MADE THE PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING THE CASE AND GETTING A SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION TOO BUREAUCRATIC, SO I JUST GAVE UP AND DID NOT PURSUE THE MATTER SO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CASE # IS AT THE DEALERSHIP. AN EXAMPLE OF THE BUREAUCRATIC HEADACHE: I WANTED TO DO A TRADE, BUT IF I DID THAT, I HAD TO PAY ANOTHER $7,000, AND I DID NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. THERE WAS ANOTHER WITNESS IDENTIFIED IN THE POLICE REPORT. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THIS "WITNESS #1 ADVISED THAT HE CAME TO HIS VEHICLE AND ADJUSTED WHERE HE PARKED. HE ADVISED THAT AS HE WAS GETTING OUT, HE OBSERVED VEHICLE #1'S [MY VEHICLE] TIRES BEGAN TO SPIN. HE JUMPED BACK INTO HIS VEHICLE AND OBSERVED IT [MY VEHICLE] CRASH INTO THE CURB AND VEHICLE #2." THE POLICE REPORT ENDS WITH: "THERE WERE LEAVES ON THE GROUND AROUND WHERE THE CRASH OCCURRED."

NORMAL FREEWAY DRIVING, WITH ONLY 61,000 MILES ON 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA, WHEN AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, ADVISING TO SEE "DEALER IMMEDIATELY". DEALER "FOUND SYSTEM CODE B 1801 OPEN D SQUIB INTERMITTENT OPEN SPIRAL CABLE WIRING. WAS ABLE TO CLEAR LIGHT BUT SYSTEM CODE WILL RETURN. REPLACE SPIRAL CABLE DECLINED. PARTS AND LABOR $432.45 PLUS TAX." CURRENTLY, SEEKING AFFORDABLE WAYS TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. *TR

WE WERE PULLING INTO A COVERED CARPORT, AND THERE WAS A BBQ GRILL AND HOUSE ADDITION IN FRONT OF US. MY HUSBAND APPLIED THE BRAKES TO HIS 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED CAUSING US TO HIT THE GRILL/ADDITION THAT WAS IN FRONT OF US. HE HAD BOTH FEET JAMMED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL AFTER WE HIT THE GRILL/ADDITION. THIS IS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS STILL SITTING AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, WE ARE TOO SCARED TO DRIVE IT. TOYOTA AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. TOYOTA RECORDED THE COMPLAINT, TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE WOULD CALL BACK IN ONE BUSINESS DAY...THAT DID NOT HAPPEN I HAD TO CALL THEM BACK. AFTER REACHING A PERSON IN THE SECOND CLAIM DEPARTMENT, HE THEN TOOK MY STATEMENT AGAIN AND SAID THAT THE CASE WAS BEING TRANSFERRED YET AGAIN AND THAT SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT ME IN 10-14 BUSINESS DAYS. AFTER THAT CONTACT THEY WILL SET UP AN INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE AND TOYOTA WILL ISSUE A RULING 30 DAYS AFTER THE INSPECTION TAKES PLACE. THE GENTLEMAN SAID THAT HE DOES NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE FIX THE VEHICLE OR DRIVE IT UNTIL THE INSPECTION TAKES PLACE, BUT IT IS OUR CHOICE. WELL THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO FIX THE VEHICLE UNTIL TOYOTA RESOLVES THE CLAIM SO OUR HANDS ARE TIED. WE ARE HOPING THAT THE VEHICLE GETS REPAIRED AND THAT TOYOTA CAN GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. BUT FOR NOW WE ARE JUST WAITING, AND PAYING ON A VEHICLE WE CANNOT DRIVE WHILE THEY TAKE THEIR GOOD OLD TIME TO CALL US AND SET UP AN INVESTIGATION....VERY FRUSTRATING. WE RECEIVED THE RECALL FLOORMAT NOTICE ON OR ABOUT THE WEEK OF 8/30/2010 BUT WERE MOVING ON 9/17 SO DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE MOVE TO SCHEDULE THE APPT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT WE DIDN'T MAKE IT THAT FAR. I ALSO FEEL IT IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FLOOR MAT IS RUBBER HAS TEETH ON THE BACK OF IT AND WAS AND IS NO WHERE NEAR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A FLOOR MAT ISSUE I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH BRIDGESTONE DULLER AT /265 60 R/17 TIRES. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE BREAKING OFF IN PIECES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING IN THE TIRES WAS EXPOSED. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES, BUT THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE DEALER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20000.

2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING RECALL ON VEHICLE FOR CARPET AND ACCELERATION ISSUES *TGW THE CONSUMER DID NOT BELIEVE THE FLOOR MATS WERE THE PROBLEM REGARDING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION ISSUE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE NOTICED WHEN HE MOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP, HIS FOOT WOULD SOMETIMES PUSH THE BRAKE, BUT ALSO OVERLAPPED AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL ALONG WITH ACCELERATOR BECAUSE OF HIS SHOE SIZE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PEDALS WERE DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AT 62,000 MILES. DEALER DETERMINED THE SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY IN THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED DUE TO BROKEN WIRE. THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. DEALER SAID TOYOTA HAD NO RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WERE AWARE OF OTHER FAILURES. DEALER IS TOYOTA OF NEWPORT. *TR

2007 TACOMA TRUCK. UPON STARTING TRUCK IT WENT INTO A HI-SPEED IDLE PEGGING THE TACH. TURNED OFF IGNITION AND RESTARTED AFTER ABOUT 5 SECONDS. SAME RESULT. WAITED ABOUT 10 SECONDS NORMAL OPERATION ON THIRD START. IT SOUNDED LIKE A JET HAD LANDED IN MY DRIVE WAY. CALLED DEALER. STATED THAT UNLESS CHECK ENGINE WAS ON THERE IS NO TROUBLE CODE TO BE DISPLAYED. AS OF THIS DATE (8-30-10) I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE OR ANYONE ELSE DRIVE THIS AUTO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS.AFTER THE REMEDY REPAIR, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE PROPERLY DUE TO THE SIZE. THE CONTACT MEASURED THE LENGTH OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND DETECTED THAT THE PEDAL WAS RESHAPED THREE INCHES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MODIFICATION WAS FOUR INCHES. THE CONTACT HAD NO RESOLUTION WITH THE MANUFACTURER IN EXPLAINING THE INSUFFICIENT REMEDY REPAIR PERFORMED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN ACTIVATING THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THERE WAS A LOUD, ABNORMAL ROAR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE AIR FILTER YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE FLOOR MAT BECAME STUCK UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S HOME AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISES FROM THE CRASH. RECENTLY, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ENTIRE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT HE TAKE THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 84,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. UPDATED 09/09/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/10/10*JB