2011 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

SINCE PURCHASE VEHICLE HAS HAD INTERMITTENT VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS EVIDENCED BY SHAKING OF THE TRUCK BED, EMPTY PASSENGER SEAT AND STEERING WHEEL. ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE BY: REBALANCING, ROTATING AND REPLACING TIRES, ALIGNING FRONT END, WHEEL TRUING, UNIVERSAL JOINT AND DRIVE SHAFT HANGER BRACKET REPLACEMENT, INSPECTION OF- ROD ENDS, UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS, STEERING BOX, UNSUCCESFULL. JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ATTACHED TECH BULLETIN FROM TOYOTA. SHOULDN'T THIS BE A SAFETY RECALL DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DRIVELINE FAILURE? TOYOTA TECH BULLETIN # T-SB-0008-14 IT WON'T UPLOAD DUE TO SIZE.

DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS ARE TOO HOT. THE BULBS HAVE MELTED AND BUBBLED THE PLASTIC HOUSING. CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT A NOTICE WAS SENT OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED. TOOK MY TRUCK TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT ANY ISSUE. TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER ANY REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENTS.

THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT HOUSING OVER THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS IS MELTING / BUBBLING. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 40,000 MILES. TOYOTA WILL NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT. POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE DRIVER HEARD CLUNKING AND BANGING NOISES. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE MIDDLE LEAF IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE LEAF SPRING FAILED AND WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ALDERMAN'S TOYOTA (33 SEWARD RD, RUTLAND, VT 05701) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LEAF FAILED AND ALL FOUR LEAF SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V604000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO COVER HALF OF THE REPAIR COST.THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,500. UPDATED 08/24/17*LJ *CN

THE RUNNING LIGHT LENS ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS FOGGED AND CRACKED. TOYOTA ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL AND SENT ME A LETTER THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE PART UP TO 5 YEARS OR 70,000 MILES. I HAVE 65,000 MILES BUT MY TRUCK IS GREATER THAN 5 YEARS OLD, AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE PART AFTER I CONTACTED THEM. ACCORDING TO MY LOCAL DEALER THIS WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN TO THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD UNKNOWN NOISE COMING FRONT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANY FAILURES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED EACH TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE MORE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE LOUDER THE NOISE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING WAS DETACHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE RT 22 TOYOTA DEALER (LOCATED ON 109 US 22 HILLSIDE, NJ), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED DUE TO THE DIAGNOSTIC FEES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

LEAF SPRING HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY LIA TOYOTA DEALERSHIP'S SHOP IN COLONIE, NY AS BEING BROKEN. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM FOR 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA VEHICLES WITH OTHER VIN NUMBERS, BUT NOT MINE. THE DEALERSHIP CONTACTED TOYOTA, WHICH DENIED MY VEHICLE FOR THE RECALL, SO IT RECOMMENDS REPLACING BOTH LEAF SPRINGS AT MY EXPENSE ($2400). I FEEL THAT TOYOTA SHOULD INCLUDE MY VEHICLE IN THE RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HORN FAILED TO WORK WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPIRAL CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $500. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND COULD NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 06/29/17*LJ *CN

THE SEAT MATERIAL IS FUZZING UP AND SUBJECT TO TEARING EASILY ON ALL SEATS THE FIRST 6 MONTHS I OWNED IT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT FRAME WAS COMPLETELY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.