2018 Toyota Tacoma acceleration problems

Filed Jun 22, 2023 · Acceleration · IL

Stalls when pressing down the acelator pedal from 0 to 30mph and takes between 2 to 7 seconds to ramp up the RPMs

Filed Jul 29, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 17,500 miles · NC

On several occasions my car has lost power and started idling very low in traffic. There has been an open recall for several months for this problem and toyota has not fixed it.

Filed Jul 2, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 15,000 miles · OR

My 6 speed manual v6 3.5l trd off road tacoma has hesitations and bucks when you apply throttle in the lower RPM 1000 to 2000 range to accelerate and also has poor throttle response when down shifting to slow and make a turn onto a side street. You have to apply almost 3/4 throttle to get the RPM to come to where you can rev match to the appropriate gear. It makes for a jerky ride for passengers and seems hard on the drivetrain. No dealer fix is available. Clutch pedal also squeaks on warmer days.

Filed Jan 30, 2020 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 48,000 miles · AL

My 2018 tacoma had a check engine light come on, then the trac light came on. Cruise control quit working and engine runs rough. When driving, vehicle begins to lose acceleration and check engine light begins flashing. When idling, engine runs with with a miss, and when driving, at lower speeds the vehicle shudders as if its losing power.

Filed Jan 24, 2020 · Acceleration, Brakes · 21,039 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota takoma. The contact stated that while driving and accelerating, a warning message in the instrument panel stated that the brake and accelerator was depressed at the same time. The vehicle lost motive power. Marietta toyota (750 cobb pkwy s, marietta, ga 30060, (470)938-8430) was contacted and an appointment was scheduled which was still pending. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The manufacturer was not contacted or informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 21,039.

Filed Oct 18, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · 3,500 miles · FL

2018 toyota tacoma i4, when cool or cold engine or transmission will stall & stumble while accelerating you can be smooth or aggressive & it will occur, it has also occurred when it has been very hot outside 85-95 degrees and occurs even at normal engine operating temperature. The transmission also will down shift to 4th gear for no apparent reason while cruising @ 55-65mph on flat and level roads, it also constantly hunts 4 gears. I have been to toyota dealership several times and the cant duplicate the issue. I have been told by toyota that because my truck is a (4 cylinder) that they are not as many on the road as the v6's models so toyota engeneering wont even look into the problems that I have been experiencing. They just say that's normal toyota performance.

Filed Sep 17, 2019 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 12,957 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota tacoma. While driving 72 MPH with the cruise control activated, the speed erroneously increased to more than 90 MPH. Also, the collision avoidance system malfunctioned and did not slow down or stop the vehicle when approaching a second vehicle. In addition, while the cruise control was activated, the vehicle would suddenly decelerate after the cruise control erroneously deactivated. The cause of the failures was not determined. The local dealer (chatham parkway toyota, 7 park of commerce way, savannah, ga) was contacted. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact indicated that the vehicle was previously serviced to repair a wave radar sensor. The failure mileage was 12,957.

Filed Sep 10, 2019 · Acceleration, Brakes · FL

The truck vibrate as if it has big off road tires, the vibration is very strong form 15 or 20 mpr at times is so strong that the dashboard make noyce and the front passenger seat makes noyce. In the morning and sometimes at any time the engine is king of missing for small times, missing , like going and stopping the engine nease. All this happening in city driving or hwy. All his happens on and off .

Filed Jul 11, 2019 · Acceleration, Brakes · 6,500 miles · NV

With laser cruise control on, vehicle will suddenly slam on the brakes and release with no other vehicles in front of it. This has happened 8 or 9 times in the time I have owned the truck. I have taken it back to the dealer 4 times for this problem, only to be told that they cannot duplicate it and nothing was done to repair the problem. The next day I received a recall notice to bring the truck to toyota to repair a front sensor for this problem. I brought the truck in to the dealer and they said that water was getting into the front grill sensor and they glued a piece of rubber/foam over the sensor. A few days later the same thing happened again. My wife and I are afraid to even drive the truck and toyota has said everything is ok. The second problem is with laser cruise on and set at 75 miles an hour traveling up a grade, the vehicle will downshift into third gear running the tach to 300 RPM's over the redline. Toyota says that this is fine and the truck has a governer to keep the truck from over revving 300 RPM's above redline at 5800 RPM. I explained that in the owners manual it says to never run the engine to redline. Again toyota says this is normal and that they will not fix the problem. Redline is 5500 RPM.

Filed May 24, 2019 · Acceleration · 2,975 miles · CO

I just called my dealer for a 6 month service appt and was informed about a recall on my vehicle that is not shown in your website tool. My toyota tacoma 2018 was recalled for "kob millimeter radar sensor" which reportedly could affect braking. Your site is not reporting this recall on my vehicle but the dealer is.