2005 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ON 3 OCCASIONS. 12/23/19, 12/24/19 & 2/22/20. SEEMS TO HAPPEN DURING SLOW CREEPY SPEED WITH FOOT ACTION ON THE BRAKE IN SLOW TRAFFIC OR GOING THRU A PARKING LOT. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE, SLAM IN PARK AND TURN OFF IGNITION DUE TO A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE ON 10/7/19. IF NOT PREPARED IT COULD EASILY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. IT BOTHERS ME HOW RANDOM THIS OCCURS FOR NO REASON.WITH FOOT NOWHERE NEAR OR ON THE GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE ACTS LIKE YOU SLAMMED THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THE CHASSIS WAS BENT AND WAS TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A TOYOTA DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHASSIS WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AT TOYOTA OF BRISTOL DEALER, (3045 W STATE ST, BRISTOL. TN 37620, (423) 212-4266), HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 264,488.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HALTERMAN'S TOYOTA (1741 PARADISE TRAIL, EAST STROUDSBURG, PA 18301, (570) 273-9454) TO HAVE THE BRAKES SERVICED. THE MECHANIC POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE HOLES FOUND WITHIN THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER RECALL ON THE VEHICLE AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED A RENTAL VEHICLE AND, AFTER SIX WEEKS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

THE FRAME ON MY TOYOTA TACOMA IS ROTTING AWAY. WHEN I SPOKE TO A REP FROM TOYOTA ON 9/27/19 HE SAID THE RECALL ENDED JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. SENSE WHEN DOES A RECALL END. ISN'T IT GOOD FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE LEAFSPRING RECALL THEY INSPECTED THE FRAME TO AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE WRONG BUT THEY WILL NOT HONOR IT SO NOW THAT I PAID ALL OF THAT MONEY FOR MY TRUCK. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO. I I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE UNSAFELY VEHICLE. I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THIS COMPLETE. SOMEBODY REALLY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IT'S NOT FAIR THAT YOU SPEND YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON A VEHICLE FOR THE FRAME TO ROT AWAY. I FEEL THIS RECALL SHOULD BE HONORED. I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLE SO IT WOULD LAST BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE AND IT'S REALLY NOT FAIR THIS IS TOYOTA'S FAULT NOT MINE. AND IN MY OPINION THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION: STOPPED IN TRAFFIC WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. SUDDENLY VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE WITH MY RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE ENTIRE TIME. BACK WHEELS STARTED TO SPIN WITH VEHICLE LURCHING FORWARD. FORTUNATE TO HAVE ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME TO AVOID HITTING IT. THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION EVENT LASTED ABOUT 10 SECONDS OR SO.

PREMATURE FRAME RUST PROBLEM. I CANNOT DRIVE THIS TRUCK BECAUSE OF SAFTY CONCERNS.

I BOUGHT A USED 2005 TACOMA IN JULY OF 2019. NO FRAME ISSUES WERE APPARENT AT THE TIME THAT I PURCHASED IT. THE WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT IT, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE RECALL WORK DONE ON THE LEAF SPRINGS AND SEAT BELTS. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO CHECK OUT THE FRAME BECAUSE I HAD BECOME AWARE OF THE FRAME SERVICE CAMPAIGN. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE DEADLINE HAD PASSED IN JANUARY OF 2019 AND THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED MUCH MORE TROUBLESOME FRAME CORROSION AND AM CONCERNED THAT THE TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.

SQUIRK-LIKE SOUND AT THE BEGINNING OF A TRIP, SPECIFICALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHES 5 MPH. THIS NOISE PREVAILS AS LONG AS THE SPEED IS INCREASED, SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE RANGE OF 5 TO 15 MPH. FROM 16 MPH IT STARTS A VIBRATION ALONG THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BODY, WHICH AUGMENTS AS LONG AS THE SPEED IS INCREASED. THESE SYMPTOMS APPEARED FOR FIRST TIME 5 YEARS AGO, APPROXIMATELY. ON THAT FIRST EVENT THE PROPELLER SHAFT SPIDER ANT THEIR BEARINGS WERE REPLACED BY THE TECHNICIAN WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT. NOWADAYS I JUST SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER TOYOTA AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER FOR PROPER DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. IT IS NECESSARY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS AUTOMOTIVE UNIT PRESENTED SYMPTOMS OF VIBRATION AT CRUISE SPEED (55 MPH), SINCE THE VERY FIRST TIME IT WAS DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY, FOR THE YEAR OF 2005. WHEN THAT OCCURRED, THIS DRIVER BROUGHT THE UNIT TO THE DEALER. THE RESPONSE WAS THAT THE VIBRATION DESCRIBED IS "NORMAL". THIS STRANGE "SHAKING" AT CRUISE SPEED HAS NOT DISAPPEARED. IT THINK IT IS A DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING DEFECT OF THE PROPELLER SHAFTS AND THEIR JOINTS, WHICH CAUSE A DYSFUNCTIONAL PROPELLER SHAFT RUNOUT (GREATER THAN 0.6MM [0.024 IN.]). OTHER TACOMA 2005 OWNERS HAVE LET ME KNOW THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME SITUATION IN THEIR VEHICLES. THIS COULD REPRESENT A POTENTIAL SAFETY RISK FOR ALL VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.

MY STEERING HAD STARTED TO GET STIFF DURING A TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA. SINCE THEN IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE. AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF THIS IT BECAME NORMAL AGAIN. NOW IT IS GOING BACK TO BEING STIFF AND HARD TO TRANSITION FROM A TURN TO STRAIGHT MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

I OWN A 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA, I TOOK IT TO WHITE RIVER TOYOTA, 303 SYKES MOUNTAIN AVENUE, WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VT 05001 802-299-2880 FOR SOME RECALL WORK, THEY WERE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE RECALL WORK ON THE LEAF SPRINGS BECAUSE THE FRAME WAS SO ROTTED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD ATTACH THE LEAF SPRINGS TO, IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A WARRANTY FOR THE FRAME THAT HAD EXPIRED ON 1/31/19 AND THEY WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO HELP ME. MY TRUCK HAS 25,125 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT, THE BODY AND ENGINE ARE IN GREAT SHAPE, BUT THE FRAME IS JUNK. I HAD NOTICED SOME INSTABILITY IN THE HANDLING OF THE TRUCK ABOUT A WEEK PRIOR AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE LEAF SPRINGS AS WELL AS THE FRAME.