2006 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING WHEN PRESSING DOWN ON BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY STATED THE CONDITION WAS CAUSED BY LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID DUE TO EXTENSIVE CORROSION/RUST OF THE BRAKE LINE AND THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE WHEN BRAKES FAIL DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE MATERIAL THAT IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE BRAKE LINE. A RECALL IS NECESSARY AND MUST BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS THIS IS SUCH A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE. A CASE HAS BEEN OPENED BY TOYOTA AND AT THIS TIME THEY HAVE OFFERED ME 50% OF THE REPAIR COST, SO IT IS EVIDENT THAT THEY REALIZE THERE IS A MATERIAL DEFECT PROBLEM, BUT ANYTHING LESS THAN A VEHICLE RECALL AND 100% REIMBURSEMENT OF THE REPAIR COST IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TOOK TRUCK INTO DEALER FOR SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME HAD RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT THERE WAS NOW A HOLE IN IT. CONTACTED TOYOTA VIA PHONE AND EMAIL AND WAS TOLD ON BOTH OCCASIONS THAT THERE WAS NOT A "PROGRAM" IN PLACE TO ASSIST OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. PREVIOUS REPLACEMENT PROGRAM COVERED TACOMAS MADE FROM 1998-2004 THAT EXHIBITED THE SAME ISSUES, PREMATURE RUSTING/CORROSION OF THE TRUCKS' FAMES. MY LIMITED RESEARCH HAS SHOWN NUMEROUS CASES WHERE THE FRAMES OF THE TRUCK CORRODES TO THE POINT THAT IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. PLEASE SEE FORUM AT THIS LINK FOR OTHER EXAMPLES HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2006/TOYOTA/TACOMA/FRAME. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A DEFECT WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE TRUCK AND ONE THAT TOYOTA HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT REFUSES TO ADDRESS. IT IS MY BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD ASSIST THEIR CUSTOMERS BY REPLACING THE FRAMES THAT HAVE DETERIORATED PREMATURELY. AFTER TALKING WITH TOYOTA AND MULTIPLE DEALERS, I HAVE NO WHERE ELSE TO TURN FOR ASSISTANCE. ANY HELP YOU CAN BE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE ROARED LOUDLY AS THE TIRES BEGAN SQUEALING. AS THE CONTACT TURNED TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING BEHIND THE VEHICLE, HIS FOOT HAPHAZARDLY SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY ACCELERATED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO MONTHS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

BROUGHT MY TACOMA IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. MECHANIC POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS SEVERE ROT/RUST ON THE FRAME. THERE IS SEVERE FLAKING IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS. THE MOST AFFECTED PART IS THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. *TR

WHILE CHANGING THE OIL ON MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA, I NOTICES SIGNIFICANT RUST ON THE FRAME OF MY TRUCK. I SCRAPED AT SOME AND CHUNKS FELL OFF REVEALING A WEAKENED FRAME. MY SPARE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO HOLD AIR AND UPON INSPECTION THE ENTIRE METAL AREA THAT HOLDS THE TIRE IN PLACE IS RUSTED. THE MILEAGE IS UNDER 90K I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENTED AS I HAVE BEEN READING OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM 2006 TACOMA OWNERS THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MYSELF. THIS CAR IS AS A FAMILY VEHICLE AS UTILIZE IT IN CAMPING, CANOEING AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU *TR

TRUCK'S BRAKES FAILED, TOWED TO SHOP. SHOP REPLACED STEEL BRAKE LINES WITH COPPER NICKEL BUT WARNED OF RUST TO FRAME. WHEN TRUCK WAS AT HOME, PUT IT UP ON STANDS, WENT UNDERNEATH, CHECKED FRAME AND FOUND HOLES MADE BY RUST THROUGH THE FRAME. TOYOTA RECALLED EARLIER TACOMA'S (UP TO 2004) FOR DEFECTIVE FRAMES. THIS 2006 TACOMA HAS EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM - RUST HOLES IN FRAME. THESE TACOMAS ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OF 2005 AND 2006 TACOMAS AND MAYBE MORE. THIS TRUCK AT 39000 MILES HAS RUSTED THROUGH FRAME AND RUSTED THROUGH BRAKE LINE. *TR

DRIVING FROM BACK YARD TO DRIVEWAY TO POSITION TRUCK FOR LONG TRIP. DRIVEWAY IS SLOPE. UNABLE TO STOP TRUCK WITH FOOT BRAKE; PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. HAD TO STOP WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE. REFILLED BRAKE MASTER RESERVOIR, STILL NO BRAKES. TOWED TO SHOP. THEY FOUND STEEL BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. REPLACED STEEL LINES WITH COPPER NICKEL LINES. DON'T THINK BRAKE LINES SHOULD RUST THROUGH AT 39,000 MILES. HAD FAILURE HAPPENED AT SPEED ON HIGHWAY THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND EXTREMELY THIN IN SOME AREAS. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FRAME WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 103,000. *TR

IN OCTOBER OF 2012 I PURCHASED A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA FROM INTERSTATE TOYOTA IN AIRMONT, NY. THE VEHICLE HAD 79,000 MILES ON IT, HAD AND HAD PASSED THE TOYOTA 160 POINT / CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED INSPECTION. PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE I ASKED ABOUT MISSING REAR WHEEL MOLDING, NON FUNCTIONING OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND WHAT LOOKED LIKE RUST ON THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT INTO THEIR SHOP AND PUT ON A LIFT. THE MOLDING WAS REPAIRED, THE GUAGE ORDERED AND SHIPPED TO MY HOME, AND I WAS ASSURED BY MY SALESMAN, JUSTIN GOETZ, THAT THE RUST WAS MERELY SURFACE RUST, AND THAT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T HAVE PASSED THE 160 POINT INSPECTION HAD IT BEEN MORE THEN JUST SIMPLE SURFACE RUST. I WAS HAPPY WITH MY TRUCK AND PURCHASED IT WITH THEIR PLATINUM WARRANTY COVERAGE USING TOYOTA FINANCIAL. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THE A/C STOPPED WORKING. I GOT AN APPOINTMENT AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, SHORE TOYOTA, IN PLEASANTVILLE NJ TO HAVE IT FIXED. I ASKED THAT THE A/C BE CHECKED, AND THAT THE FRAME BE CHECKED AS A MECHANIC THAT PERFORMED MY LAST OIL CHANGE HAD NOTED CONCERN ABOUT FRAME RUST TO ME. SHORE TOYOTA REPLACED THE A/C CLUTCH (COVERED UNDER WARRANTY), AND PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT "THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN AND TAKEN OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY AS THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE!!" I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED OUT WITH PERFERATIONS HOLES ON THE LEFT & RIGHT SIDE RAILS. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THIS VEHICLE COULD HAVE PASSED A 160 POINT INSPECTION BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE MUCH LONGER THEN 8 TO 9 MONTHS FOR SO MUCH ROT TO OCCUR. I WAS FLOORED!! I JUST WANTED MY A/C FIXED. I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT MY $20,000+ TRUCK WAS A JUNKER.....THAT I'D BEEN HAD. TOYOTA CORP SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT AT THIS TIME. I WISH I COULD INCLUDE THE PICS I HAVE OF THE FRAME.

THE TECHNICIAN NOTIFIED ME OF A TIMING COVER OIL LEAK. THE COST TO REPAIR WAS QUOTED AS $2,763.00. THIS LEAK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A COMMON PROBLEM ON 2006 TACOMA AND DISCUSSED ON SEVERAL AUTO FORUMS. TOYOTA SHOULD INITIATE A RECALL TO FIX THIS HIGH DOLLAR, MANUFACTURER ERROR. *TR