2011 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

THE EXISTING "TOYOTA CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROGRAM ZH2 CERTAIN 2005 ' 2011 MODEL YEAR TACOMA COVERAGE FOR PROPELLER SHAFT UNIVERSAL JOINTS" COVERS REPLACEMENT OF U JOINTS AND/OR SHAFTS DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND WEAR. MY VEHICLE, WHILE NOT COVERED BY THE SPECIFIC VIN SERIES, IS A 2011 TACOMA WHICH HAS ITS U JOINTS REPLACED RIGHT NOW AT A TOYOTA DEALER. REASON: EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND WEAR CAUSING LOOSE AND WORN OUT U-JOINTS ACCORDING TO TOYOTA SHOP IN PALESTINE, TX. THE COST IS APPROX. $560. THE REP AT TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CENTER WAS UNABLE TO HELP AND ONLY ADVISED TO RETAIN REPAIR RECEIPTS FOR FUTURE WIDENING OF PROGRAM, IF APPLICABLE.

MY DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS QUIT WORKING BECAUSE THEY GOT TOO HOT AND BURNED THE LENS AND BULB SOCKET. THIS CAUSED MY FRONT AND REAR RIGHT BLINKERS TO CEASE WORKING AND COULD HAVE HAD DISASTROUS RESULTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V604000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. SERVCO TOYOTA HONOLULU (2850 PUKLOLA ST #200, HONOLULU, HI) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

LEAF SPRING BROKEN REAR SUSPENSION NO RECALL NOTED FOR THIS PARTICULAR VIN OTHERS WERE AFFECTED

HORN STOPPED WORKING AT APPROXIMATELY 95000 MILES. SPOKE WITH TECHNICIAN AND WAS TOLD THIS PROBLEM WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE AIRBAG.

MANY TOYOTAS WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF THE AIRBAGS BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY TRUCK WAS NOT. LAST YEAR MY HORN STARTED TO ACT UP AND SOMEONE AT THE TOYOTA REPAIR CENTER COMMENTED THAT IT MAY BE DUE TO THE AIRBAGS. JUST TO LOOK AT IT THERE IS A CHARGE OF OVER $100.00 TO REPAIR IT WOULD COST ME OVER $200.00 NOW MY HORN WORKS WHEN WHEN I PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON BUT NOT IN THE STEERING COLUMN. I THOUGHT I READ THAT THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLES IN THE SAME YEAR THAT WERE RECALLED.

PURCHASED NEW TOYOTA TACOMA 2011 FROM LOCAL DEALER. PROBLEM IS WITH DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS GETTING TOO HOT AND BURNING AND CRACKING LENS. CUSTOMER SERVICE SAYS THEY SENT OUT WARRANTY POLICY BULLETIN (POL14-03) , BUT I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE. THEY ALSO SAY BOTH WARRANTIES THEY CREATED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, HAVE EXPIRED, AND WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS. I AM WORRIED THEY MAY START A FIRE BECAUSE OF THE OVERHEATING.

[XXX] LIGHTNING/ELECTRICAL I WANT TO REPORT SAFETY ISSUES WITH MY TOYOTA TACOMA. WHEN I BOUGHT TACOMA IN SAN ANTONIO, BRAND NEW IN 2011, A FEW MONTHS LATER THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT (DRL) AND TURN SIGNAL LENS BECOME DISTORTED, BUBBLED, AND CRACKED. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH, AND IT WAS AN EXTREMELY COMMON ISSUE WITH MANY OWNERS COMPLAINTS. I TOLD MY DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS "NORMAL" AND I WAS REQUIRED TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED. EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN I WAS AT MOUNTAIN STATES TOYOTA IN DENVER TO GET THE OIL CHANGE, I INQUIRED ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. THE EMPLOYEE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A VERY COMMON ISSUE, AND THAT TOYOTA WILL FIX IT FOR FREE. I WAS TOLD THAT A LETTER WAS MAILED OUT TO EVERY PERSON THAT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A TIME LIMIT TO GET IT DONE AND IT ALREADY ALREADY PASSED. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TOYOTA. IN ADDITION, MY TRUCK HAS ALWAYS HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUES SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN I DRIVE MY TRUCK, EVERY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND LIGHTS, INCLUDING FROM THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL WOULD SHUT DOWN AND INSTANTLY START BACK UP, AND MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD MOMENTARILY LOCK UP. I CALLED TOYOTA HEADQUARTER, AND THE LADY I SPOKE TO SAID THAT THERE WAS A TIME LIMIT WHEN I COULD GET IT FIXED, AND THAT IT HAS NOW EXPIRED. AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING SHE CAN DO ABOUT IT. I ONLY WANT TOYOTA TO FIX THIS ISSUE FREE OF CHARGE, BECAUSE I NEVER RECEIVED THAT LETTER THEY TOLD ME THEY SENT OUT, AND I DO NOT KNOW WHY THEY PUT A TIME LIMIT ON IT. IF TOYOTA REFUSES TO GET IT FIXED, I WANT TO PUT TOYOTA ON NOTICE THAT I WANT TO INITIATE ARBITRATION WITH TOYOTA. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

2011 TOYOTA TACOMA HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH VIBRATIONS AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 55. THOUGHT IT WAS A TIRE BALANCE PROBLEM BUT HAVE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL SETS OF TIRES AND REBALANCING AT THIS POINT AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. AND, I SEE THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED SUSPENSION VIBRATION PROBLEMS WITH A 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA. TOYOTA MUST INVESTIGATE SUSPENSION PROBLEMS WITH 2011 TACOMAS AND ISSUE A RECALL AND REPAIRS!! THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT TOYOTA MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

MY HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY LENS WERE DISTORTED AND BUBBLED ON BOTH SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. TOYOTA REPLACED THE HEADLIGHTS TWICE ON THE RIGHT & 1 ON THE LEFT. NOW THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS DISTORTED AND BUBBLED AGAIN AND TOYOTA REFUSED TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE IT IS OUTSIDE THE 5 YEARS/70,000 MI WARRANTY. THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD AND A DEFECT FROM THE DESIGN. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PICTURE FOR REFERENCE.