2018 Toyota Tacoma: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Nov 4, 2022 · Transmission · NJ

2018 2WD Tacoma. Auto transmission. Ever since new and even today, when traveling 30-40 MPH and slowing to anywhere from 10-25 MPH, and then trying to accelerate, the engine and/or transmission stumbles/hesitates for at least a full second, and then the engine races higher and a hard transmission downshift occurs jerking your head and body back and sending the vehicle into a fast acceleration.

Filed Mar 30, 2021 · Transmission · 35,600 miles · AL

2018 tacoma automatic transmission shudders, hesitates and misses at speeds between 35-60 MPH. This happens constantly. Slight pedal and low RPM's in 5th and 6th gear is when it's most noticeable. On occasion, there is a more serious miss, which feels as if you have turned the ignition off at 50mph and then right back on. This does not happen frequently, 4 or 5 times in the 20,000 miles I've driven it. The shudder has been looked at by toyota on 3 occasions, and has bee shrugged off as a "typical characteristic of the vehicle". Toyota north america made an appointment for me to see the service manager who rode with me and felt the shudder and missing. He had me test drive a 2019 v6 automatic off road and it also had the shudder and missing in the same range. The final outcome was that it is a characteristic of the vehicle and there is nothing that can be done. The fuel pump recall was done. The power train was re-flashed. No change in the condition. It is very unnerving and disappointing that they consider this condition acceptable.

Filed Dec 7, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · 8,685 miles · MA

My 2018 toyota tacoma pick up truck while driving especially on the highway has a skip or hesitation that randomly happens it's like a misfire in the engine it's much more noticeable when I haul my camping trailer up hills took it to the dealer a number of times in the last time the senior tech took it for a drive and acknowledged that there was an issue as l had explained the report says he called toyota and that is a defect on the 2018 v6 toyota tacoma's is a very dangerous it feels like it's going to stall at times especially if you're hauling a trailer that's over 5000 pounds uphill

Filed Sep 2, 2020 · Fuel system · 6,500 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota tacoma. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, while depressing the accelerator pedal the vehicle hesitated. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact continued driving to his destination. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 20v012000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact called brunswick auto mart (3031 center rd, brunswick, oh 44212; (330) 273-3300) where it was confirmed that the part was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer had not been made aware of the issue. Vin tool confirms parts not available. The failure mileage was 6,500.

Filed Jul 29, 2020 · Fuel system · 15,000 miles · GA

The truck hesitates at lower rpms and feels very sluggish. Something needs to be done about this! Seven months is to long!

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 Jun 22, 2020 · Engine · 28,000 miles · MA

2018 tacoma trd sport manual transmission - this has been going on since day 1 - engine hesitation in 1st and most noticeable in second gear. The truck hesitates and surges during light and moderate acceleration - feeling like an extreme lean running condition. This puts the driver and other people around you at risk when pulling out into traffic or highway. If you shift a touch early into second gear the truck occasionally bog ( starve for fuel )heavily - where you must either be patient, slip the clutch press on the accelerator harder, or downshift. The hesitation is there all the time and more noticeable with any load up any incline. This is dangerous and the driver must be prepared at all times to down shift, slip the clutch, and must know about the hesitation. My co-workers and friends have driven with me and can't believe toyota hasn't fixed it yet. My son came home from driving it - saying its hesitating severely. This has been going on since day 1 and getting worse.

Filed Jan 17, 2020 · Engine · 16,500 miles · MN

When slowing down before making a left turn across traffic, after the vehicle comes to a crawl or stop and then I accelerate to turn left across traffic, the engine hesitates for 1 to 2 seconds before accelerating. I took my 2018 toyota tacoma to my dealer and they were able to replicate the problem. A re-set or upgrade to the computer has not fixed the problem. There is a great deal of discussion of this issue at https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-stalling-in-intersection-update.459540/.

Filed Mar 21, 2019 · Transmission · CA

When driving the car when the engine is completely cold and shifting mainly from 2nd and up, the transmission hesitates when going into gear. Once the truck is warmed up to normal operating temps, it doesn't do it anymore

Filed Nov 16, 2018 · Acceleration, Transmission · 3,500 miles · CA

Acceleration delay/hesitation, unp? Try telling a driver what to doredictable and dangerous computer transmission combination. I now have just over 4000 miles on my 2018 toyota tacoma or 4x4 dcsb. Purchased in july, got a software update in august at about 1100 miles. While the throttle response improved post update, the hunting for gears and what gear do I belong in confusion has not really improved. I might have been able to live with some of the gear hunting/confusion, but the one issue that just kills me every time, is a delay from pressing the pedal until the vehicle accelerates when I am in a coast at approximately 15-25mph. I can literally press the pedal, count 1, 2..and then the truck revs aggressively and kicks into gear as if it's now overcompensating for the delay as opposed to what should have just been a gradual increase in speed. This doesn't happen every time, but it happens often enough that it is an obvious flaw and it has never improved post update. And once and just once, I pressed the pedal and it just didn't react at all, it was just dead, then I released it and pressed again and it accelerated. I have never in my entire 24 years of driving experienced a dead pedal until this brand new 2018 tacoma. The update I am referencing flashes the computer of the truck and the same calibration id was released to combat a number of issues known by toyota. The toyota service bulletin id's for this update are 0062-18, 0058-18, 0125-18.