THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS NOT AS BRIGHT AS ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. VISABILITY ON DRIVER'S SIDE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED ON LOW BEAM. ILLUMINATION VERY POOR ON DARK ROADS OR IN FOG. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED WAS WRONG. IT CAME FROM MANUFACTURER MADE LIKE THAT.*AK
2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
PART 1: I AM REPORTING A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH MY 05 TACOMA SUDDENLY ACCELERATING WITHOUT REASON, TWICE NOW, NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. FIRST OFF, LET ME OFFER MY TRUCK TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO DISPUTE MY CLAIM THAT MY 05 TACOMA IS NOT A DANGER ON THE HIGHWAY. IN EXCHANGE, I WILL ACCEPT ANOTHER NEW TRUCK WHILE ONE OF THE їEXPERTSї DRIVES HIS KIDS AROUND, WAITING FOR MY TRUCK TO CRASH AND KILL SOMEONE. PLEASE, JUST EMAIL ME AND WE CAN MAKE THE EXCHANGE RIGHT AWAY. BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAS HAPPENED. I JUST MOVED THIS TRUCK OUT FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE ONCE I REMEMBER THE TRUCK LURCHING FORWARD AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP, ENTERING A DRIVEWAY. NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE TRUCK THEN, I CHALKED IT UP TO MY DRIVING AND DIDN'T GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT. LAST MONTH HERE IN LOUISIANA, I DROVE TO THE STORE USING MY CRUISE CONTROL ALONG A 10 MILE HIGHWAY KNOWN FOR FAST CARS AND FASTER TICKETS. IT IS HOT HERE IN LOUISIANA. I HAD THE AC ON AND LEFT IT TURNED IT ON WHEN I WENT INTO THE STORE. THE TRUCK WAS TURNED OFF OF COURSE. WHEN I RETURNED FROM SHOPPING AND BACK INTO MY TRUCK, I TURNED ON THE KEY AND THREW THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE. THE PETAL PULLED ITSELF TO THE FLOOR. IT LEFT MY FOOT AND WENT ALL THE WAY FORWARD. I HIT THE BRAKE AND IT WOULD NOT STOP, SO IN MY CONFUSION, I THREW IT INTO DRIVE AND IT LURCHED FORWARD EVEN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE WHEELS WERE JUMPING AND THE TRUCK WAS INCHING FORWARD. EVERYONE AROUND ME WAS SCRAMBLING AWAY AS IT SOUNDED AS IF I HAD LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OVER THE ROARING ENGINE; YOU KNOW, SENSING SOMETHING WAS WRONG. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WITHIN SECONDS AND I HAD ALL MY WEIGHT ON THE BRAKE. I FINALLY HAD THE SENSE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND IT STOPPED, THEN I SAT THERE FOR A SECOND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I HAD DONE WRONG. LOOK FOR PART 2 AND 3 TO FOLLOW. *TR