2008 Toyota Tacoma

I AM A MECHANIC FOR 5 YEARS. MY WIFE ALWAYS DRIVE THE TRUCK. NEVER ME. ON JAN 27 THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN I START ENTERING THE FREEWAY OR SPEED UP. I HAVE TO STEP ON GAS TO THE METAL. I NOTICED THERE IS A ELECTRONIC OR SENSOR DELAY ON THE GAS PEDAL. CAUSING ME TO REALLY BOTTOM THE GAS PEDAL. BY THAT TIME I REACH IDEAL SPEED. I LET GO OF THE GAS PEDAL THEN THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM THE TRUCK DOES NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY OR DECELERATE BECAUSE THE SENSOR HAS A DELAY. I HAVE TO STEP ON THE BRAKES VERY HARD. I EXPLAINED THIS TO THE DEALER FEW DAYS AGO.BUT TOLD ME MY TRUCK IS NOT PART OF THIS RECALL. RIGHT NOW I TRIED TO PUT SOME LUBE ON THE JOINT OF THE PEDAL BUT IT IS ELECTRONIC-PROBLEM COMPARE TO CABLE AND SPRING. ONCE YOU RELEASE THE PEDAL IT WILL DECELERATE ON ITS OWN. PLS HELP ME AND HAVE THIS RECALLED. THE COMPUTER OR THE SPEED ON THE THROTTLE SENSOR SHOULD BE REAL TIME. FROM THE MOMENT YOU STEP IN THE GAS THE SENSOR SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEND TO COMPUTER TO GO ACCELERATE. WHEN RELEASE IT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEND TO COMPUTER SPLIT SECOND DECELERATE. THAT DELAY IS CAUSING ISSUES OF SAFETY. NOW I HAVE TO TELL MY WIFE TO GIVE ENOUGH SPACE BECAUSE THE TRUCK SEEMED TO BE VERY HEAVY FIGHTING THE DECELERATION DELAY PROCESS AND WEIGHT PLUS BRAKES. IN CALIFORNIA DRIVERS WILL CUT YOU OFF. *TR

WHILE MOVING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 25 MPH OR LESS ON A CROWDED SURFACE STREET, A TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED RED, AND WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO BRAKE, THE ENGINE OF MY TOYOTA TACOMA SUDDENLY REVVED UP TO A VERY HIGH RPM. I JAMMED THE BRAKE DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN MY TRUCK AND THE CAR AHEAD, I WAS ABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK BEFORE HITTING THE CAR, BUT MY REAR DRIVE TIRES WERE SQUEALING AND THE TRUCK WAS SHUDDERING. I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, SUCCESSFULLY ENDING THE INCIDENT. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, I RESTARTED THE TRUCK AND, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK TO A DEALER LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. MY TACOMA IS NOT ON ANY RECALL LIST. HAVE OTHER INCIDENTS BEEN REPORTED FOR THIS TRUCK? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, IT SURGED FORWARD. ON ANOTHER OCCASION WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND SHE CONTINUED TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH FORCE UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY TESTED THE VEHICLE. REPORT 1001136136 WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT OFFER HER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 4/7/2010 *CN UPDATED 07/07/10.*JBB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO SPEEDS OF OVER 100 MPH. SHE ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES, TO NO AVAIL. SHE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR TO THE PARK POSITION, REVERSE AND NEUTRAL WHILE VIOLENTLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE DECLINED IN SPEED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO ABNORMALLY FAST SPEEDS. THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER RECALL PERTAINING TO THE FLOOR MATS, BUT NOT THE RECALL FOR THE STICKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL (SEE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V388000, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL) WHICH THE CONTACT BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE NO FLOOR MATS IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE TO DATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,227 AND THE CURRENT WAS 23,363.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A 5-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLES RPM LEVELS INCREASED ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN GEAR. WHEN THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS 70 MPH AND THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO 5TH GEAR, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 95 MPH WITHOUT HIM PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 03/30/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE DOESN'T GO BACK TO IDLE IN BETWEEN GEARS; ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH GEAR. AND A SLIGHT TO MODERATE DOWN HILL THE RPM'S DON'T GO TO IDLE. UPDATED 08/18/10

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOYOTA'S WITH ACCELERATION ISSUES. I OWN A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. I MADE A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THAT I HAVE FELT, ON MANY OCCASIONS, WHILE STOPPED, A SUDDEN SURGE FORWARD. AT TIMES, IT FEELS AS THOUGH I WAS BUMPED FROM BEHIND. TOYOTA TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A RESULT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR KICKING ON. THE PROBLEM IS THAT ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME, MY A/C WAS NOT ON. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THE ONLY TIMES I HAVE FELT THIS WAS WHILE STOPPED WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS WITH MY VEHICLE. MY COMPLAINT IS LISTED ON THEIR SERVICE RECORD OD MY VEHICLE. I WILL SIMPLY PUT THAT DATE OF INCIDENT AS TODAY'S DATE, AS THIS PARTICULAR SURGE HAS HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES. I HAVE FLOOR MATS THAT DO NOT SLIDE FORWARD, MY PEDAL IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, AND I DO NOT DRIVE WITH BOTH FEET. I FEEL THAT THE ISSUE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM. *TR

PURCHASED A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK IN OCTOBER OF 2007. ONE MONTH LATER I HAD AN ACCELERATION ISSUE WHILE PICKING UP MY SON. I WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP. CAUSING ME CRUSH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW GARAGE DOOR AND THE FRONT OF MY NEW PICKUP. IN ALL I WAS WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR ONE WEEK WHILE HAVING THE REPAIRS COMPLETED, AND MY INSURANCE PREMIUM WENT UP FORCING ME TO FIND A BETTER RATE THROUGH ANOTHER INSURANCE COMPANY. MY MOTHER IN LAW HAD TO HAVE REPAIRS TO HER GARAGE AFTER BEING COMPENSATED FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I PRESSED THE BRAKE DOWN AS HARD AS I COULD AND YET THE TRUCK CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA PURCHASED BRAND NEW LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. SHE STATED THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 20 MPH APPROACHING A PARKING GARAGE WHEN HE RELEASED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRAKE. THE PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN POSITION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 70 MPH. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES, TO NO AVAIL. HE THEN REACHED DOWN AND FORCED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BACK INTO THE IDLE POSITION BY YANKING IT WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS IT WAS DESIGNED AND THAT ALTHOUGH THE FLOOR MATS WERE INSTALLED CORRECTLY, THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED. THE CONTACT DID NOT FEEL THIS WOULD REMEDY THE FACT THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE FROM THE FLOOR MATS. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATLEY 19,419. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

INCHING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN A PARKING GARAGE...THROTTLE SEEMED TO OPEN ALL THE WAY SUDDENLY AND WITH ONLY THREE FEET LEFT TO THE WALL THE TRUCK HIT AT FULL THROTTLE DOING 5,246.00 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. FRONT GRILL; HOOD; FRONT RT FENDER;FRONT RT DOOR; RADIATOR; HEADLIGHT ALL REPLACED. HAVE REPORTED TO TOYOTA CORPORATE AND TOLD TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP. TOOK TO DEALER ORIGINALLY AND WAS TOLD NO RECALL ON TACOMAS. HAVE HAD TWO THROTTLE STICKS AFTER WHILE ON FREEWAY. BOTH ONLY LASTING 5 SECONDS OR SO. *TR