While driving my 2009 toyota tacoma sport pick-up truck in a lowes home improvement center parking lot today (11/27/10 at 2:25 pm), my tacoma began a very rapid acceleration as I put my foot on the brake to slow down rounding an isle turn in the lot and preparing to park the vehicle. I applied immediate heavy pressure on the brake since a toyota prius was right in front of me and I did not want to hit it. During my braking the rear tire(s) was spinning and screeching on the pavement. The truck moved forward about 5 feet and then the motor shut off as I was reaching to turn off the ignition. Whew! This happened in all of a span of maybe 4 to 5 seconds. Thank god I had just recently taken the truck in for a recall where the dealer cut back the accelerator pedal and installed new software to shut off the engine when the brake was applied. This new software saved my butt and that of the prius too. Who knows the damage that might have been done without it. This is my (the tacoma's) 3rd rapid acceleration incident and 3rd time I am reporting to the federal safety agency. First report was on 12/03/09 id: 174319. This time I was parked with the motor running. Upon moving the shift lever from p to n the motor rapidly accelerated. Since the car was in neutral I was able to shut off the ignition. I took the truck to the dealer the next day and they "found no problem". Right! My second report to the federal safety agency was on 4/14/10 odi: 10325627. Same problem as with the first report to the federal safety agency. I did not take it to the dealer this time because I knew that they would "not find anything." for this latest incident I am taking the truck in on monday morning, 11/29/10 at the dealer's request to me today. Regardless of what the dealer may say to me or does, I am getting rid of the tacoma. It has become too dangerous to drive. I am lucky my wife was not driving the tacoma when this last incident happened. See also 10294490 and 10325627. *dsy
2009 Toyota Tacoma engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. The contact stated while sitting idle with the engine running, there was an unusual increase in engine rpms to 4000 for approximately three minutes. The vehicle then resumed normal idling. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact stated the failure occurred approximately three times before taking the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the failure the failure mileage was 1,500 and the current mileage was 3,500. See also 10288703 *dsy updated 05/19/10 *bf additional documents received updated 06/01/10 additional 06/08/10 *bf updated 06/09/10.
I have 2009 toyota tacoma double cab 4x4 v6. I also had 2008 model of the same vehicle. Both these vehicles shared a common negative characteristic. The engines have sudden RPM increases that are significant enough to propel the vehicles forward. This usually occurs while the vehicle is stopped and the transmission is in the drive position , at a red light for instance. Additional pressure must be applied to the brakes to maintain control of the vehicle. This problem was identical on both tacomas.
While stopped at a red light and crosswalk waiting for two pedestrians to cross my 2009 toyota tacoma sport began to attempt to accelerate on its own. The only way I was able to stop it was to put the automatic transmission in neutral - with the engine racing out of control until I managed to turn the ignition key off. My vehicle has about 10k miles on it. Luckily I was able to keep the brake on hard enough to prevent hitting the pedestrians while my tires were smoking because of the engine revving.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota tacoma. Whenever the contact turns the vehicle, the engine revs very loudly. However, the transmission does not engage. The contact is concerned that a crash could occur. The dealer stated that the failure was due to computer failure, but the manufacturer has not yet provided a remedy. The contact called the manufacturer directly and they sent a technician to test drive the vehicle. The technician stated that this was a characteristic of the vehicle and there was no remedy available. The failure mileage was 15 and current mileage was 2,100. Updated 8/18/09 *cn the consumer stated the vehicle seemed to be missing 1st gear for a few seconds. Updated 08/21/09
2009 toyota tacoma with 550 miles. Engine started making noise. Took vehicle in on 18mar09;valves and lifters need readjusting. Picked vehicle up on 20mar09 still making noise and louder. Both exhaust manifolds warp and leaking with blue on metal. Supposedly fix but engine still making noise. Now heads and piston have blue. Truck has been in dealerships service for two weeks now. Help
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