2008 Toyota Tacoma

I HAD TO GO GET DOGFOOD SO DROVE TO STORE 2 MILES AWAY,UPON RETURNING HOME PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY TO PARK IN FRONT OF GARAGE WERE I HAVE PARKED FOR 14 YEARS. AS I APPLIED THE BRAKE THE TRUCK ACCELERATED FORWARD HITTING THE GARAGE. IT HAPPENED WITHIN SECONDS AND I APPLIED THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD.TOOK TRUCK TO TOYOTA TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG,SO IT WAS OFF TO THE TOYOTA BODY SHOP FOR REPAIRS TO THE SUM OF $3300. THIS IS MY FORTH TOYOTA TACOMA AND I LOVE THESE TRUCKS BUT NOW I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE COULD GET HURT OR KILLED. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE PARKWAY, PITTSBURGH NEAR PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON MARCH 8, 2009. WHERE THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED IS 3 LANES. I ACCELERATED TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE LANE, THE THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN AND I WAS SPEEDING AS FAST AS THIS VEHICLE COULD GO, I TRIED BRAKING WITH ONE FOOT, THEN 2 FEET, NOTHING WAS SLOWING ME DOWN. I WAS CONCENTRATING ON WHAT WAS AROUND ME AND NOT THE SPEEDOMETER OR GAUGES. I NOTICED A GRAVEL BERM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PARKWAY AND THOUGHT MY ONLY WAY OF GETTING THIS TRUCK STOPPED WOULD BE TO TRY AND GET INTO THE GRAVEL BUT KNEW AT THE SPEED IN WHICH I WAS GOING THAT I WOULD PROBABLY FLIP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLES AHEAD OF ME WERE GETTING CLOSER AND I KNEW THAT I HAD TO GET THIS VEHICLE STOPPED SOMEHOW. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE WAS SCREAMING - IT SOUNDED AS IF THE ENGINE WOULD COME THROUGH THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK. THE SPEED AT WHICH I WAS TRAVELING STILL PROPELLED ME UP THE GRAVEL BERM, WHEN I CAME TO A NEAR STOP, I SHUT THE IGNITION OFF. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE FLOOR, THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT STUCK, THE FLOOR MATS WERE NO WHERE NEAR THE GAS OR BRAKE PEDAL. THE SMELL OF HOT BRAKES WAS QUITE EVIDENT. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED NORMALLY. I CONTINUED TO MY DESTINATION CAUTIOUSLY. THE NEXT DAY, MONDAY, MY HUSBAND AND ME TOOK THE TACOMA TO TOYOTA OF GREENSBURG WHERE WE BOUGHT IT AND IT WAS PUT ON THE COMPUTER AND SHOWED "NO ERROR CODES". THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH I HAD GONE ON-LINE THE NIGHT BEFORE TYPING "TOYOTA TACOMA ACCELERATION PROBLEMS" AND FOUND NUMEROUS ARTICLES. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT I DID NOT WANT THIS VEHICLE THAT IT IS A "DEATH TRAP!" THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID, "WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WE ARE NOT GOING TO BUY IT BACK." I HAVE CONTACTED NHTSA AND SPOKE TO SCOTT YON WHO ADVISED ME TO CONTACT TOYOTA CALIFORNIA, I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND SPOKE TO DON LOMBARDO AND NICOLE RED WHO BLAMED THIS INCIDENT ON THE TACOMA RUBBER FLOOR MATS. *TR

I WAS COMING UP TO A TWO WAY STOP MY FOOT WAS OFF THE ACCELERATOR AT ABOUT 12 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO ACCELERATE I STARTED TO BRAKE BUT ENGINE WAS REVVING SO HIGH IT PUSHED MY TRUCK INTO THE PATH OF A SEMI BEFORE I GOT THE TRUCK PUT INTO NEUTRAL LUCKILY NO CAR WAS COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION SO THE SEMI DRIVER WENT INTO THE OTHER LANE AND AVOIDED A BAD ACCIDENT WHICH MIGHT HAVE KILLED ME. CALLED THE DEALER SAID BRING IT IN RIGHT A WAY,WILL UP DATE WITH RESULTS LATER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE RPMS INCREASED RAPIDLY. THE CONTACT WAS NOT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE TIME. THE VEHICLE ACTED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO LUNGE FORWARD. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AT LEAST FOUR TIMES AND THEY STATED THAT THE MANNER IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN CAUSED THE SURGES AND INCREASED RPMS. THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS LESS THAN 100 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4,515. UPDATED 4/6/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY SURGE ON ITS OWN. EVEN WHEN HE SHIFTED GEARS THE TRUCK WOULD MAKE A LOUD NOISE AS WELL. UPDATED 06/09/09.*JB UPDATED 03/19/10.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE SPEED INCREASED TO 80 MPH UNEXPECTEDLY. SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF A GRAVEL ROAD AND PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AND SHE HAD TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE TO MAKE IT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN APRIL OF 2008 AND THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE DEALER INFORMED HER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEM AT HER EXPENSE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FLOOR MATS CAUSED THE ACCELERATION, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT DOES NOT WANT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,140. UPDATED 03/13/09. *JB

THIS HAS HAPPENED ON FOUR (4 ) OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TWO ( 2 ) I WAS NOT SURE THAT IT WAS DRIVER ERROR, I AM NOW POSITIVE THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. APPROACHING A RED LIGHT I HAVE REMOVED MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. AS I GET CLOSER TO THE INTERSECTION I APPLIED THE BRAKE, MY VEHICLE ACCELERATED. I WAS STOPPED AND MY REAR TIRES WERE SPINNING ( THE PAVEMENT LOOKED DAMP ) I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL .THE TACHOMETER WENT TO FOUR THOUSAND (4000). I PUMPED THE ACCELERATOR A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATIONS. I AM WAITING FOR MY DAY OFF TO RETURN THE VEHICLE FOR SERVICE ASSUMING THEY CAN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM? *TR 2/22/10 2009 *DT UPDATED 02/24/10. *LJ UPDATED 03/01/10 UPDATED 08/18/10

I WAS DRIVING IN DOWNTOWN HILO GOING APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 MPH. THERE WAS A TRUCK AHEAD OF ME STARTING TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT. I ALSO STARTED TO BRAKE WHEN SUDDENLY THE TACOMA STARTED TO SURGE. I PRESSED DOWN ON THE BRAKE WITH ALL MY MIGHT BUT THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. I THEN PUMPED THE BRAKES IN DESPERATION. I HIT THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME SLIGHTLY. THE SAME THING HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE A FEW MONTHS BACK BUT FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND OTHER OWNERS OF THE TOYOTA TACOMA HAVE HAD THIS SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENED ON SATURDAY, TODAY IS MONDAY AND I WAS PLANNING ON TAKING IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, BUT FROM READING WHAT OTHERS WROTE TOYOTA WILL NOT FIND OR REMEDY THE PROBLEM OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I SHOULD BOTHER. THE TRUCK IS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD AND I AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE IT. CONTEMPLATING TRADING IT IN FOR A SUBARU, BUT THE NEXT OWNER WILL BE DRIVING A DANGEROUS VEHICLE. *TR

2008 TOYOTA TACOMA SPORT TRD 4X4 TRUCK. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65MPH AND WENT TO CHANGE LANES TO PASS AND THE ACCELERATOR SEEMED TO HAVE STUCK AND KEEP ACCELERATING EVEN KNOW I WASN'T PUSHING THE GAS & THE BRAKE FELT LIKE A WEIGHT NOT A NORMAL BRAKE PEDAL. THE TRUCK ALSO HAS HIGHER IDLE AT TIME OF AND HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES BUT NOT ALL THE TIME. THE GARAGE CLAIMS THEY CAN'T FIND AN ISSUE AND THEY TELL YOU NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. THE CONSEQUENCES TO THIS FAILURE OR ACTION IS VARY DANGEROUS AS THE VEHICLE SEEMS UNCONTROLLABLE AND YOU COULDN'T SLOW IT, EVEN WHEN DOWN SHIFTING IT WOULD WIND OUT. IT LASTS ABOUT 1 MILE OR SO (SOMETIMES LONGER) AND THEN SEEMS TO GO BACK TO NORMAL. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT I HAVE ALREADY FILED FOR THE TOYOTA DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROGRAM BUT HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING TO DATE, I FILED BECAUSE MY BRAND NEW TACOMA HAS MANY,MANY OTHER ISSUES AND NOBODY WILL HELP OR FIX IT BEING CERTIFIED TOYOTA DEALERSHIP/GARAGE OR THE CALIFORNIA TOYOTA CORP. THEY DON'T CARE 1 BIT AND CLAIM IT'S UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE GARAGE NEEDS TO TELL THEM WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT TO FIX IT. A MASSIVE HUGE RUN AROUND. I HAVE ALSO RESEARCHED THIS MYSELF AND IT SEEMS TO BE A GROWING PROBLEM AND HAVE A REPORTED 400+ CASES OF SIMILAR INSTANCES. TOYOTA DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR TRUCKS ANYMORE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE PEOPLE GET SERIOUSLY INJURED AND OR DIE FROM THIS ISSUE. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK FOR SEVERAL REASONS AND THAT BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT 1. ALSO YOU CAN FIND MANY MANY MORE OTHERS THAT HAVE THIS ISSUE ON CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM UNDER TOYOTA RECALLS OR PROBLEMS. HAVE A LOOK. THE TRUCKS HAVE MAJOR ISSUES AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT IT. I WAS A LOYAL TOYOTA OWNER UNTIL ALL THIS. I HAD A 2003 TACOMA WITH VARY SIMILAR ISSUES AND SHOULD OF NEVER WENT BACK FOR MORE. *TR

I OWN A 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA 4WD 6CYL EXT CAB I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WAS PASSING A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE WHEN MY TRACK STARTED ACCELERATING ON IT'S OWN IT TOOK ME FROM 60 MPH TO 78 AND WOULD HAVE CONTINUED IF I DIDN'T APPLY MY BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD IT CONTINUED TO TRY AND PULL EVEN WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AT THE TIME BUT WAS NOT ENGAGED I GOT THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE KEY.I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A TOYOTA DEALER AND HAD IT CHECKED OUT THEY SAY THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT THEY CONTACTED TOYOTA AND GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE TRUCK WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT PRIMARILY OCCURS WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR SITTING STILL. MOST OF THE TIME IT IS SUBTLE (APPROXIMATELY 200-400 RPM) BUT HAS GONE OVER 1200 RPM ON OCCASION. I AM NOW DRIVING WITH ONE HAND ON THE GEAR SHIFT SO I CAN SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL WHEN THIS OCCURS AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A RECURRING CONDITION THAT TOYOTA SAYS IS NOT A PROBLEM BUT THEY HAVE OFFERED NO HELP IN RESOLVING THE ISSUE. *TR