2006 Toyota Tacoma: jerking or lurching

Filed Oct 2, 2016 · Body · 138,000 miles · PA

The frame of my tacoma 2006 is heavily rusted and perforated. Muller toyota, clinton, new jersey has jerked me around for the last seven months, failing to honor the safety recall.

Filed Jun 30, 2015 · Suspension · 98,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota tacoma. While approaching a stop, the contact heard a noise coming from the rear of the vehicle and the vehicle jerked. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v604000 (suspension); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,000.

Filed Mar 4, 2010 · Acceleration · 55,000 miles · GA

Toyota tacoma 2006.... Engine lurches at red lights...when idle...when warming at intermittent or sporadic times. Rpm goes from 1.5 to 3.5. This normally happens when I have my foot on the brake..only twice has it lurched with my foot not fully on the brake. Both times I was turning and had my foot near the brake so that I had time to push hard on the brake to keep me from running into the car in front of me. I have had the truck for almost two years and it happens on a regular basis. It lurched during one of the turns last weekend on a trip to florida.

Filed Feb 24, 2010 · Acceleration · 34,500 miles · WA

This is a description of an event that occurred in september of 2009., bellingham washington. I was southbound on I-5 approximately .25 miles south of sunset drive. I was traveling at about 60 MPH, when noticing a slow vehicle directly about 300 ft ahead I signaled and moved into the passing lane to pass the slower vehicle. Traffic was fairly light. Just as I was just past the slow vehicle I noticed I wanted to take the upcoming off ramp, so I accelerated briefly to gain speed to move back into the slower lane., fortunately traffic was light because the vehicle started racing, I had let off the accelerator and nothing happened, instead I applied both feet first gently quickly firmly to the brake even with the brake firmly applied with both feet my speed was well in excess of 80mph and the engine was racing. Several hundred feet in front of me was my offramp and traffic, lots of it. I asked my husband sitting next to me if he could reach down and pry the accelerator from the floor, he tried unsuccessfully, at this point I new I had to get off the highway or rear end someone on the highway first, then again the same would be true off the ramp which was a fairly short right sweeping ramp. I didn't think we would make it and was most concerned about hitting someone else so I decided to take the ramp, at the same time carefully holding the wheel I ducked under it all the way to the floor and jerked the accelerator pedal out to the top,immediately returned above to the turning ramp both feet still pressed hard on the brake and just as I got to the end of the ramp, the vehicle stopped right in front of mcdonald's.. I just gripped the wheel tightly looked at my husband and said loudly !@#$% (excuse me) thank you god. I had never told anyone of this incident but it haunted me and when I heard of the issues going on in january I thought over and over I should contact toyota. I finally did, I think it was about a month ago. I did get a response. Safety issues don't affect my vehicle why?

Filed Nov 30, 2009 · Engine · 15,000 miles · CA

I have a 2006 toyota tacoma. I have concerns about the throttle mechanism. About a year ago at a stop sign, I experienced the motor racing and vehicle attempting to lurch forward. I had to press very hard on the brake pedal to remain in place. After reading an article from the la times about the toyota throttle problems, I called my toyota dealer. He denied that there was a problem with the electronic throttle. I am concerned that the carpet/gas pedal fix is not addressing the electronic throttle problem.

Filed Jun 7, 2009 · Acceleration · 67,024 miles · CA · crash

I have been driving a toyota tacoma 2006 for a year and it has had two occurrences where the car goes out of control. I just press the gas pedal and it creates this weird screeching noise and all a sudden it jerks forward and it starts to run full force. It has happened when the car is going 5 MPH. The first time I had stopped in an intersection when it was my turn to go I pressed the gas pedal and there was this screeching noise. All of a sudden it went forward at full speed and it hit a car in front of it. This next time I was driving in a parking structure 5mph when all of a sudden it started doing the same noise and it went full force and hit the wall. I checked if there was anything under the floor if the mat was loose or there was debris and nothing was around the pedals. I got bruises in my neck and chest because of the safety belt.

Filed Jan 1, 2009 · Acceleration · 18,000 miles · VA · crash

While attempting to stop at the end of a parking lot, the engine accelerated, the vehicle lurched forward rapidly, could not be stopped by braking. The vehicle surged over a curb, shrubs, and through a chain link fence before it was able to be stopped. This is the second time this has occurred. The first incident did not result in any damage. Since the incident occurred this evening no corrective measure has yet been taken.

Filed Nov 20, 2008 · Acceleration · 33,356 miles · TX · crash

I experienced a problem with 2006 tacoma lurching. Previous incidents were minor in nature with vehicle lurching forward when starting from a stopped position. No real pattern was noted so the problem was not reported to dealer. My husband advised me to report the problem to the dealer during next service visit. Today (november 20, 2008) while parking in front of a wendy's the vehicle suddenly lurched forward causing the vehicle to go over the curb and strike the building doing considerable damage to the tacoma and the building. The vehicle has 33,356 miles and was purchased new in september 2006. I noted similar reported incidents involving the tacoma while searching the internet -- including a the federal safety agency action item dp08001 for which the agency investigator was unable to determine a cause for the reported problem. We believe it is important to report our experience to ensure that a potential defect is fully investigated and the problem corrected. If a person was in front of my tacoma when it lurched forward someone could have been seriously injured or killed. A police report was made, which can be provided upon request. We also took pictures of the damage.

Filed Mar 6, 2008 · Transmission · FL

I want to express my concerns with my 2006 toyota tacoma. I also have a lurching problem once at a complete stop with my foot on the brake. I have never hit anything, but there times when it feels like someone has tapped my rear bumper. I don't know that this is a major problem for me, but I've read that others have actually hit other cars due to this problem. This is not normal, in my opinion. And toyota needs to address this problem before more people get hurt. I purchased this truck because of toyotas reputation for quality and dependability. This lurching occurs almost every day, so the incident date is the last day that this happened.

Filed Jan 7, 2008 · Acceleration · 24,500 miles · MT

The vehicle experienced two spontaneous and uncontrolled accelerations within about two hours. The first was on the highway. I turned into a pullout to allow a faster car to pass on a snow-slicked road. While turning back toward the highway at slow speed, about 5 MPH, tapping on my brake pedal, the car suddenly accelerated and I was forced to stand on the brakes to keep it from running away. Because of the anti-skid brakes engaging, the car still made it 3-4 feet into the traffic lane before I was able to stop. The second incident occurred about an hour later when I arrived home. I was backing the truck down a curved, gravel driveway toward a tuck-under garage. The total distance to be traveled was about 30 feet. Easing down in the turn, I had traveled about 20 feet with my foot on the brake (idling power was all that was needed to back down at 1-2 MPH; no gas was applied). The vehicle suddenly lurched backwards. Again, I had to stand on the brakes while the engine revved and the rear tires spun and threw gravel, digging 3-4 inches deep into the gravel surface, before I was able to turn off the engine. The following monday, I took the truck to my toyota dealer. They were unable to find any defect or recreate the problem, but said they were opening a case file with toyota on the incidents and hoped to gain more information from the manufacturer. *tr see also 10216086 *dsy consumer sent a letter with new information. Updated 7/2/08. *nj updated 07/02/08

Filed Dec 7, 2007 · Acceleration · 17,000 miles · IN

Several problems with lurching, sudden acceleration, and high idle. When stopped with foot squarely on the brake (and only the brake), there will be a sudden lurch that is often strong enough to overcome the brake, nearly causing several accidents with the car in front of me. Always seem to be pressing the brake hard to stop motion and stay stopped. When I let off the brake, the truck accelerates about 100 RPM before even touching the accelerator pedal, and begins moving significantly. When decelerating to a stop, have had several instances of sudden RPM and acceleration. This also occurs when gently pulling into my garage - the engine suddenly lurches, and has nearly caused me to damage my garage. Have had several instances where braking to stop, but the engine lurches greatly (several hundred RPM), I almost can't get the truck to stop, and has nearly caused several accidents. I have been fortunate so far, but afraid it won't last. All of this is worsened when the AC/compressor is running - the idle RPM increases about 300 RPM (way more than necessary), and also contributes to worsening the lurch. Sometimes it seems that the lurching occurs while down-shifting during deceleration. These problems happen to me regularly - and always occur when running the AC/compressor. Please address asap. Thanks.

Filed Dec 7, 2007 · Transmission · 25,445 miles · NJ

When stopping the vehicle sometimes once stopped the truck will lurch forward for no reason. The truck feels as though it is going to get away from me. This has happened several times and no one seems to be able to help.