Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota tacoma pickup truck. Since the vehicle was purchased he smelled fuel inside of the vehicle after starting it. The dealer could not duplicate the failures. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer to repair the vehicle; however, the contact does not know what component was repaired. He also stated the driver's side seat belt sensor failed and the seat belt off warning light illuminated on the warning panel. The dealer confirmed that the sensor had failed. No repairs were made to the seat belt. The failure and current mileages were under 65,000.
2006 Toyota Tacoma fuel system complaints
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The truck accelerated and would not stop I had both feet on the brakes they was as hard as a rock and the truck kept accelerating ,I was on a two lane road. I was coming quickly upon cars in front of me and I put the gear shift in 3rd out of drive and back in ,and truck engine came back under my control . Engine came down but ,a little later the brakes would not stop the truck. I managed to get it home and I am afraid to drive it. I called toyota and they said I had to drive it to one of their dealers or they can not help me.I am afraid to drive it what should I do I do not want to hurt myself or some one else it has nothing to do with the floor mat. I ask the lady if she would promise me it would not happen on the way to the dealers she would not I ask her if they would tow it she said at my expense. I refused and she hung up the phone. She called me back on dec 21 and said she had contacted toyota lawyers and they can not help me. I need more information on what to do if you can help me .
Problem: throttle hung in a wide-open position while driving. No carpet problem was involved. This has happened twice to me in a two week span!!! I would like to report a serious problem with my 2006 tacoma. On 10/29/09 while towing a trailer I experienced the first occurrence. I had two passengers with me that can attest to the truth of my situation. I depressed the throttle and the motor suddenly went to a wide-open position. Fortunately, I was not in heavy traffic. I attempted to slow the truck with brakes alone but they could not stop the acceleration of the truck. My only thought was to turn off the ignition. I did so and brought the truck and trailer to a safe stop although it was very difficult without the power brakes being active along with the fact that I was also towing a trailer. I checked the throttle and gas pedal connections and found no obvious problems. I then attempted to restart the truck to see if possibly the computer cleared itself. When I turned on the ignition, the motor started and instantly went into a full-open throttle mode. I shut it off before it reached a very high level. We then checked all the same things we already checked and I decided to try starting the truck again. This time, it started and ran like nothing ever was wrong. We drove the truck home with no other problems. I brought the truck to my local toyota dealer where I had purchased it. They inspected both the throttle body, engine codes, and test drove it and told me that they could find nothing wrong. I was sent on my way with no charge to me. They gave me no paperwork as I normally get but I did confirm that this complaint was put into their computer system. This same problem happened to me once more on 11/02/09 which also happened to be my birthday. I feel extremely fortunate to not have been involved in any accident to date but I must tell you that I do not feel safe driving this vehicle at the present time. Ref. Toyota national headquarters file #0911125974.
2006 toyota tacoma 2.7 liter engine. Purchased and @ 42k miles fuel smell enters cabin. I does not happen all the time but suspect the air injected exhaust system a failure. The smell of fuel is so bad I have to stop and remove everyone from vehicle due to nausea, and light headed.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota tacoma. The vehicle caught fire due to the fuel tank and fuel line while traveling 65 MPH. The vehicle was completely destroyed. The contact was unsure if there was property damage. A fire report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 3,000. The consumer provided an incident report. Updated 06/08/07
Applied brake pedal as I approached an intersection with a red light and could not stop, causing my vehicle to rear end a stopped vehicle. My vehicle also picked up acceleration when I applied the brake a second time. I had to shut the vehicle off in order to stop it from climbing up the rear of the vehicle ahead of me. Police officer at the scene verified this observation afterward indicating a mechanical problem and noted same on the police report. My brand new vehicle was purchased less than two weeks before this accident, towed back to the dealership after the accident and remains there awaiting an inspection by the manufacturer.
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