2006 Toyota Tacoma

THERE WAS NO EVENTS LEADING UP, IT JUST STARTED ONE DAY. YOU PUT THE BRAKE ON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK WOULD TRY TO LEAP FORWARD WITH A LOUD THUNK. THE LONGER YOU HOLD THE BRAKE THE LOUDER THE SOUND WOULD BE. NOW WHEN YOU LET UP ON THE BRAKE, IT DOES IT. NOT WHEN HOLDING THE BRAKE DOWN. WHEN YOU LET UP ON THE BRAKE, IT THUNKS HARD AND LOUD FORWARD. *TR

MY 2006 TACOMA DEVELOPED A LEAK AT THE RACK FOR THE POWER STEERING AT 1600 MILES AND WAS DISCOVERED AT TWO MONTHS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. DEALER AND TOYOTA AMERICA HAVE REFUSED TO COVER THIS FAILURE. I HAVE NOTED OVER THE INTERNET THAT SEVERAL OTHER TACOMA OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME FAILURE WHICH MAY BE THE RESULT OF THE POWER STEERING UNIT NOT BEING ROBUST ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE LARGE (STOCK) TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2006 TACOMA ON DEC. 23, 2008 FROM COMPETITION TOYOTA IN NEW YORK. WE DROVE THE TRUCK BACK TO WISCONSIN THAT DAY. TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASE DATE (APPROX. 1500 MILES LATER), THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. HAVING A BUSY SCHEDULE, AND NOT USING THE TRUCK MUCH, WE BROUGHT THE TRUCK INTO MARQUART TOYOTA IN EAU CLAIRE, WI ON MARCH 18, 2009. THEY ASSURED ME THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS LONG AS IT WERE AN AIRBAG PROBLEM. TURNS OUT THEY CHARGED US WITH $94.95 FOR THE PROBLEM TO BE DIAGNOSED. A SPIRAL COIL THAT ALLOWS THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN WHILE STILL KEEPING THE AIRBAG CONNECTED BROKE. THEY QUOTED ME $483.19 FOR THE REPAIR OF THIS COIL. DUE TO THIS BROKEN COIL, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE TRUCK WORK. I CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. AFTER TWO WEEKS OF DELIBERATING, TOYOTA TOLD ME THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I REMINDED THE REPRESENTATIVE WHOM I WAS SPEAKING WITH THAT ALL SAFETY RELATED DEFECTS ARE TO BE COVERED IN ENTIRETY BY THE MANUFACTURER. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THIS TRUCK WORK BECAUSE OF THIS COIL, SOUNDS LIKE A SAFETY DEFECT TO ME. *TR

TWICE THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH IN A WEEK. THE FIRST TIME THE ENGINE ACCELERATED WHILE COMING TO A STOP BUT I HAD TIME TO PUMP THE BRAKE AND THE ACCELERATION STOPPED AND I DISMISSED IT AS A FLUKE OCCURRENCE BUT TODAY COMING TO WORK IT WAS WORSE AND I WAS GOING THROUGH A SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WAS COMING TO A STOP SIGN, BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. I COULD NOT PUT ENOUGH FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP MY VEHICLE, MY BACK TIRES WERE SQUEAL, I BARELY MISSED A VAN WHILE HAVING TO TURN RIGHT AS THE BACK END PEELED OUT UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION OF THE ENGINE EVEN WHILE THE BRAKES WERE FULLY ENGAGED BY ME. I WAS ABLE FINALLY STOP SOME HOW. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INSPECT THIS TRUCK BEFORE I EVEN ATTEMPT TO HAVE MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP INSPECT IT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DEALERSHIP AND/OR TOYOTA INC. WILL COVER-UP AND/OR DECLINE TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK AND OTHERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT; THUS ABSOLVING THEMSELVES OF ANY LIABILITY AND/OR RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS ISSUE/CONCERN THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED BY MORE THAN 1 TOYOTA TACOMA OWNER. IN THIS INCIDENT, THERE WAS NEITHER AN ACCIDENT NOR ANY FATALITIES INVOLVED, LUCKILY, BUT IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES, FATALITIES, BEFORE TOYOTA AND/OR THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCY TAKES THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY AT LESS THAN 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DRIVER, WEIGHING 250 LBS., COULD NOT PLACE ENOUGH FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. HE RAN TWO RED LIGHTS AND BARELY MISSED A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AND NUMEROUS OTHER VEHICLES WHILE THE BRAKES WERE STILL FULLY ENGAGED. HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY ENGAGING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE FLOOR MATS. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WAS LINKED TO THE UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 18,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED TO 100 MPH WITHOUT VOLUNTARY APPLICATION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE RPMS ABNORMALLY INCREASED AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE PARKING BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER BECAUSE THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE OR LOCATE ANY DIAGNOSTIC ERROR CODES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 65,000. 4/01/09 *NJ UPDATED 04/06/09.*JB

WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY, BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. THE DRIVER, WEIGHING 250 LBS, COULD NOT PUT ENOUGH FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER HAD TO RUN 2 RED LIGHTS BARELY MISSING A COMMERCIAL TRUCK AND NUMEROUS CARS BECAUSE OF THE UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION OF THE ENGINE EVEN WHILE THE BRAKES WERE FULLY ENGAGED BY THE DRIVER. THE DRIVER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY ENGAGING THE PARKING, EMERGENCY BRAKE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INSPECT THIS TRUCK BEFORE I EVEN ATTEMPT TO HAVE MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP INSPECT IT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DEALERSHIP AND/OR TOYOTA INC. WILL COVER-UP AND/OR DECLINE TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK AND OTHERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT; THUS ABSOLVING THEMSELVES OF ANY LIABILITY AND/OR RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS ISSUE/CONCERN THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED BY MORE THAN 1 TOYOTA TACOMA OWNER. IN THIS INCIDENT, THERE WAS NEITHER AN ACCIDENT NOR ANY FATALITIES INVOLVED, LUCKILY, BUT IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES, FATALITIES, BEFORE TOYOTA AND/OR THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCY TAKES THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY? THANK YOU, SCOTT J. SCHULTE *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA XRUNNER. THE CONTACT HEARD A WHISTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE THROW BEARING. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE FAILURE, BUT IT RECURRED A MONTH LATER. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED THE THROW BEARING AGAIN, BUT THE NOISE RECURRED A WEEK LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO REPLACE THE BEARING. IT WAS GREASED BECAUSE THE DEALER FELT THAT SINCE IT WAS NEW IT DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE BEARING WAS GREASED, THE NOISE RETURNED APPROXIMATELY TWO DAYS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH AND, AFTER IT WAS REPLACED, THE NOISE RETURNED TWO WEEKS LATER. HE DOES NOT HAVE A WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE AND CANNOT AFFORD A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. HE WANTS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED BY TOYOTA FOR FREE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.