Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, CALIFORNIA, INC.
Manufacturer Id: 1063
Model: Tacoma
Model Year: 2009
Plant City: Fremont
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: California
Series: TRN240L/TRN245L/GRN245L
Trim: Deluxe
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Wheel Base Type: Short
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
STEERING
I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND I LOST CONTROL OF MY 2003 TOYOTA TACOMA WHICH AT THAT TIME CAUSE MY STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK AND I ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A WALL AND TOTALING MY TRUCK. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. *TR
2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON A HILL WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE CHANGED GEARS AND THE RPMS INCREASED RAPIDLY. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND DUPLICATED THE FAILURE; YET, THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17311. UPDATED 03/19/2010. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR. UPDATED 07/19/10*JB