2005 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

BLOWER MOTOR FAN SPEED SELECTOR SWITCH ILLUMINATION HAS QUIT WORKING AND ALSO THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE DISPLAY ON THE FRONT PASSENGER ROOF HAS QUIT WORKING. *TR

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FROM TOYOTA IN OCTOBER OF 2009 FOR ACCELERATOR PEDALS STICKING TO CARPET. THE LETTER FROM TOYOTA STATED THEY WOULD CONTACT ME ON WHAT TO DO NEXT TO GET IT FIXED. ITS FEBRUARY 12, 2010 AND I HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM THEM ABOUT WHAT TO DO ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF REGARDLESS OF "FIXES" ON MY 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED TO TURN. I HIT MY BRAKE AT WHICH TIME THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND I HIT THE VEHICLE. *TR

2005 TOYOTA TACOMA VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STOP IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WHEN SNOW COVERS ROAD SURFACE OR DRIVING THROUGH STANDING WATER VEHICLE IS ALMOST IMPOSIBLE TO STOP. REPORTED TO TOYOTA DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A NORMAL CONDITION BECAUSE OF ABS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION *CN

WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AT LEGAL FREEWAY SPEEDS, ANY SLIGHT UPHILL (OR STRONG HEADWIND) WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LOSE 2 TO 3 MPH -- THEN THE THROTTLE WILL SUDDENLY GO WIDE OPEN, OR NEARLY SO. THE TRANSMISSION THEN DOWNSHIFTS (OFTEN FROM 5TH TO 3RD) FOLLOWED BY VERY RAPID ACCELERATION TO A SPEED SEVERAL MPH ABOVE THE PRESET SPEED, BEFORE FINALLY SLOWING TO THE CORRECT PRESET. THIS HAS OCCURRED CONSISTENTLY SINCE WE PURCHASED THE TACOMA NEW IN 2005. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT IS NORMAL, BUT NONE OF MY OTHER VEHICLES HAVE EVER DONE THIS. *TW

I WAS ON VACATION IN MY 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X4 4 DOOR IN COLORADO. WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON AND SET FOR 65 MPH, I STARTED UP A PASS ON I-25 APPROACHING RATON, NM FROM THE NORTH. AS WE WENT UPHILL AND THE VEHICLE LUGGED DOWN, IT SHIFT DOWN AND BEGAN RAPID ACCELERATION AND AS WE ENTERED A TURN WAS ACCELERATING THROUGH 85 MPH. MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE FLOOR MAT WAS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE PEDAL. I STOOD ON THE BRAKE BUT THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED. I PUSHED THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT DISENGAGED. WE MADE IT THROUGH THE INCIDENT WITH NO LOSS OF ANYTHING BUT PERHAPS SOME OF MY HAIR. AFTER RETURNING FROM VACATION I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LARRY MILLER TOYOTA IN PEORIA, ARIZONA AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM WE EXPERIENCED. THE DEALERS EMPLOYEES INDICATED THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD SUCH A THING AND THEN COPIED THE OWNERS MANUAL HIGHLIGHTING THE PART THAT SAYS TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN GOING UPHILLS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR FIVE YEARS NOW AND HAVE LEARNED TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE GOING UPHILLS BUT HAVE STILL EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM THREE OTHER TIMES WHEN I WAS NOT CONSCIOUS OF THE GRADE WE WERE ON AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL VEHICLE WITH CRUISE CONTROL IN MY LIFE AND HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH CRUISE CONTROL GOING UPHILLS EXCEPT THE POTENTIAL OF THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING UP AND DOWN FROM OVERDRIVE TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO MAINTAIN THE SPEED SET. WE ALSO OWN A 2000 TOYOTA AVALON WHICH I DRIVE ON VACATIONS AND IF THERE IS ANY ISSUE I TURN OFF THE OVERDRIVE AND IT DOES FINE. I BELIEVE THERE IS A COMPUTER ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL THAT CREATES THE PROBLEM AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FLOOR MATS. *TR

2005 TOYOTA TACOMA. AT LOW SPEED (25 MPH) USING CRUISE CONTROL, THE VEHICLE OVER-ACCELERATES WHEN IT APPROACHES A HILL OR INCLINE. DISENGAGING THE CRUISE CONTROL ONCE THE OVER-ACCELERATION STARTS SEEMS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA ON JANUARY 26TH 2010. I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WHERE I HAD A RED STOP LIGHT AND SLOWED THE TRUCK TO AN ALMOST STOP. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WAS NEARLY TO THE FLOOR BUT NOT ALL THE WAY YET. THEN VERY SUDDENLY THE TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD AT WHICH POINT I JAMMED MY FOOT DOWN HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THEN THE TRUCK SORT OF JUMPED THREE TIMES DURING WHICH I HAD MY FOOT COMPLETELY PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUMPING BY ITSELF. THANKFULLY THE TRUCK STOPPED ABOUT ONE FOOT FROM THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET AROUND ME. THE TRUCK TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET DURING THIS TIME WHERE I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAVE NOT HAD ANOTHER SITUATION LIKE THAT SINCE. BUT HAD NO WARNING THE LAST TIME AND AM VERY WORRIED NEXT TIME I WILL NOT BE AS LUCKY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK, I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN AND APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. TO AVOID HITTING A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, I SWERVED INTO A YARD AND PUT THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL. THIS ENABLED ME TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP. *TR