1996 TOYOTA TACOMA Vehicle Speed Control Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. HE THEN CRASHED INTO A TREE AND THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT WAS UNINJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR WAS IT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 245,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 245,000

TAPPING NOISE IN ENGINE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 4-12-97. CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN, AND OTHER PROBLEMS HAD BEEN HAPPENING, TOYOTA HAS NOT BEEN ASSISTING CONSUMER WITH ANY OF THE VEHICLES ISSUES, A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET WAS NOT REPLACED AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, AND FROM ONE TOYOTA DEALER TO THE NEXT HAS FOUND MORE AND MORE PROBLEMS. TOYOTA STATED THEY WILL NOT COVER HEAD GASKET PROBLEM REGARDLESS OFTHE PAST PROBLEM. *AK. CONSUMER STATES SINCE HEAD GASKET WAS DONE THE EXHAUST STUDS WERE TIGHTENED DUE TO THE ENGINE MAKING NOISE, IT SOUNDS LIKE VALVE RAPPING, THUMBING NOISE OVER BUMPS AT LEFT FLOOR AREA, REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND NOISE FROM FRONT END AND ALSO NOISE AT IDLE. *YD

THROTTLE VALVE CABLE BROKE DURING NORMAL USE OF THE TRUCK. NOTICED A CHANGE IN TRANSMISSION FUNCTION AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT TOO SOON AND WAS NOT ABLE TO SPEED UP NORMALLY. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT FROM FIRST TO THIRD GEAR AT 10MPH AND THEN TO 4TH GEAR AT 30 MPH. IT WOULD BYPASS 2ND GEAR SO I HAD TO SHIFT IT MANUALLY IN ORDER TO ACHEIVE A SPEEDY ENOUGH START TO GET ON THE FREEWAY. ALSO OCCURRED IN MY BROTHERS 96 TACOMA ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE FOR IT TO BE OCCURRING IN THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR TRUCK ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME. TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR AND THE CABLE WAS RUSTED SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS EXPOSED SOMEWHERE IN THE ENGINE THUS CAUSING IT TO GET WEATHERED AND BREAK. REPAIRS WERE OVER $300 DOLLARS AT DEALERSHIP AND I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER SOME WARRANTY SINCE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PART SHOULD HAVE HAD A HOUSING TO PROTECT IT FROM BEING WEATHERED AND RUSTED. I BELIEVE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS SAME THING WITH THIS SAME MODEL AND YEAR TRUCK SINCE IT HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SAME FAMILY HERE. *AK

VEHICLE HAS TWO SAFETY CONCERNS OF A STICKY ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND ENGINE RPMS JUMPING FROM 600 TO NEARLY 1100 WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IS RUNNING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK WHILE AT A STOP. *MJS

VEHICLE HAS TWO SAFETY CONCERNS OF A STICKY ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND ENGINE RPMS JUMPING FROM 600 TO NEARLY 1100 WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IS RUNNING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK WHILE AT A STOP. *MJS

THROTTLE VALVE STICKS SHUT WHILE DECELERATING. I ADJUSTED THE SETSCREW ABOUT A YEAR AGO(ANOTHER 35,000 MILES LATER) THE PROBLEM HAS RETURED. SINCE I DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS I'LL CONTINUE TO ADJUST IT MYSELF. TAKING MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER ONLY EVER CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS! *AK

THE THROTLE STICKS BADLY. OFTEN TIMES I MUST STOMP ON THE GAS TO GET UNSTUCK. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY HAD NO FIX. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, THE TRUCK ACCELERATED TO A HIGH SPEED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH INTO 3 OTHER VEHICLES. EVEN THOUGH DRIVER'S FOOT WAS HEAVY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE TRUCK DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN HARD. THE BODY WORK IN BEING TAKEN CARE. OWNER IS WAITING FOR A INSPECTOR FROM TOYOTA TO CHECK THE ACCELERATOR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO ACTIVATING THE A/C, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES UP TO 20 MILES. DEALER REPLACED ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. PROBLEMS IS STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 52 MPH ON WET/TWO-LANE HIGHWAY, WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON CRUISE CONTROL, BUT OWNER NEVER RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 52 MPH ON A WET/TWO-LANE ROAD, WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, ALMOST REACHING 70 MPH. CONSUMER CLAIMS THERE WAS A SERVICE RECALL ON DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL MODULE, BUT HE DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION. *AK

GAS PEDAL STICKS.

ENGINE NORMALLY IDLES AT 550 RPMS AND SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY INCREASED TO 1050 RPMS. WHEN PULLING INTO A GARAGE OR SERVICE STATION THIS SUDDEN ACCELERATION CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH NO WARNING. DEALER SAIS ALL TACOMAS DO THIS. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IN A IDLE POSITION OR COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE RPMS WILL ACCCELERTED UP 400 TO 500 RPS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LERCH FORWARD AND APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE