2012 Toyota Tacoma complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PRIME TOYOTA RT 2 (LOCATED AT 700 OLD UNION TURNPIKE, LANCASTER, MA 01523, (978) 353-1700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LEAF SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIFED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *BF CONTACT WAS TOLD BY TOYOTA DEALER NOT TO DRIVE IT.*JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION THE BACK END CREAKS LOUDLY OVER THE REAR TIRES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE AT LOW SPEEDS AS THE TRUCK BOUNCES OVER THE ROAD. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND I AM IN THE BED OR ON THE TAILGATE, THE TRUCK BOUNCES EASILY AND CREAKS LOUDLY OVER THE REAR TIRES. I HAD NEW LEAF SPRINGS INSTALLED IN JULY 2018 BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MY MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE. NOW, LESS THAN A YEAR LATER THE SAME ISSUE PERSISTS. THE SOUND IS METAL IS RUBBING ON METAL, AND I SUSPECT ANOTHER PART OF THIS VEHICLE'S SUSPENSION IS BAD.

'TAKATA RECALL' SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP SECONDARY AIR SWITCHING VALVES LIMP MODE DON'T GO OVER 40 CRUDE CONTROLS DOESN'T WORK

DEFECTIVE CLOCK SPRING. OPEN CIRCUIT.

THE CODES FOR THE AIR SWITCHING VALVE.

WHEEL VIBRATES AND SHUDDERS IN MOTION, STEERING WHEEL BECOMES STIFF, DIFFICULT TO TURN WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING.(SEE ZH@ TOYOTA SUPPORT PROGRAM). PER BOBBY RAHAL, LEWISTOWN PA, UNIVERSAL SHAFT AFFECTED, CORROSION NOTED. CONTACTED TOYOTA, RECALLS ON SAME REPORTED ISSUES ONLY COVERED ON TACOMA'S FROM 2005-2011; THEY WILL NOT COVER THE RECALLED SHAFT ASSEMBLY,UNIVERSAL JOINT AND HANGER FOR 2012 AS IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED AS OF YET. THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE LAWSUIT APPARENTLY FOR FAULTY SAFETY ISSUES

WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP I HAD MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO DEFECTIVE SECONDARY INJECTION VALVES BEING STUCK CLOSED/OPEN. THE CODES I HAD FOR THIS ISSUE IS P2440 AND P2442. IN MY CASE THIS ISSUE MADE MY TRUCK GO INTO LIMP MODE WHICH IS OFTEN A LOSS OF POWER IN THE ENGINE AND SOMETIMES A RESTRICTION IN ONE'S ABILITY TO SHIFT THE TRUCK. LUCKILY THE HIGHWAY WAS NOT BUSY AT THE TIME THIS HAPPENED, BUT IF IT WERE I WOULD BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE A VERY UNSAFE THING TO HAPPEN GOING 70 MPH. THE PARTS DO HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UNTIL 2022 IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE TOYOTA IS NOT INTERESTED IN RECALLING THESE PARTS EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS THAT THESE PARTS ARE DEFECTIVE. I HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH AND FOUND ISSUES WITH THESE PARTS GOING BACK TO 2013.

60,000 MILES. THREE YEARS AGO THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. WE BROUGHT IT AND PAID FOR DIAGNOSTICS BUT NO ANSWERS. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACK OFF ARE LIGHTING (NOT RELATED TO FIRST ISSUE) AND THE TRUCK IS IN SLOWDOWN MODE. WE REPLACED THE GAS-CAP BUT IT DIDN'T FIX THE ISSUE. DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT USED TO BE A QUALITY COMPANY.

I WAS ON THE THE HIGHWAY TODAY AND SUDDENLY I LOST POWER AND WON'T PASS SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH VERY DANGEROUS HAVE HEARD THIS HAPPEND TO A LOT OF TACOMAS/ TUNDRAS AND HAS TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE EMISSIONS I THINK I NEED A NEW DIVERTER VALVE WHICH TOYOTA SHOULD COVER

HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY VEHICLES SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM, REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE AND HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, SEEMS LIKE A NON-RELIABLE COMPONENT. ALWAYS GET THE FAULT CODES P2440 AND P2442. I STRONGLY BELEIVE THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT.

CIL AND TRAC ILLUMINATION WITH CODES P2440 AND P2442 CAUSED THE ENGINE TO GO TO LIMP MODE WITH LOSS OF POWER

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH TRAC OFF LIGHT COMES ON. NO POWER. AIR IDOL CONTROL VALVE STUCK OPEN.

TRAC OFF WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AUTOMATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. I HAD TURNED CAR ON TO DRIVE DOWN THE HILL ON MY PROPERTY.

DURING NORMAL DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT CAME ON AND TRUCK IMMEDIATELY WENT IN TO LIMP-HOME MODE. I HAD IT SCANNED FOR CODES AT THE LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE AND IT CAME BACK WITH P2440 AND P2442 WHICH SEEMS LIKE A COMMON ISSUE WITH A VALVE IN THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM. I QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH SHOWED THAT SOME 2012 TACOMA OWNERS ARE GETTING THIS COVERED UNDER A SPECIAL WARRANTY EXTENSION, SO I PUTTERED OVER TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP EXPECTING TO HEAR THE SAME STORY, BUT THEY ARE TELLING ME THE ECM COMPUTER IS BAD. WHICH I AM TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION ON SINCE I CAN'T FIND ANY ECM FAILURE ISSUES FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL YEAR.

KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE SECONDARY AIR VALVE. THROWS THE CODE P2442 VEHICLE GOES INTO SAFE MODE. DEALERSHIPS WANT ABOUT $2,000 TO FIX IT. RECOMMENDING THE FAN-BLOWER AS WILL TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT. THIS IS KNOWN ISSUE FROM ALL THAT I HAVE READ AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM IN VA LAST YEAR DIDN'T MENTION THIS AT ALL OR OFFER ANY KIND OF WARRANTY TO COVER POTENTIAL ISSUES.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHT CAME ON. TRUCK WILL NOT EXCEED OVER 2500 RPM AND/OR REACH A SPEED OVER 25 MPH. NO TORQUE/POWER WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED, ESPESICIALLY WHEN TRAVELING UP STEEP TERRAIN. TOYOTA NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE.

DRIVE TRAIN VIBRATION. TOYOTA HAS A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR THIS ISSUE THROUGH THE 2011 MODEL, BUT THIS IS A 2012 MODEL WITH SAME ISSUE. SITUATION OCCURS DURING ACCELERATION.

MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL IN THE 2005-2011 TACOMA RECALL FROM TOYOTA. THE SUBJECT VEHICLES REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM CONTAINS LEAF SPRINGS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED OF EITHER 3 OR 4 LEAF SPRINGS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A LEAF COULD FRACTURE DUE TO STRESS AND CORROSION. THIS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE FUEL TANK OR OTHER COMPONENTS. MY VEHICLE HAS THE DAMAGED LEAF AS DESCRIBED IN THEIR RECALL ALTHOUGH IT IS A 2012, AND I DISCOVERED IT RECENTLY HEARING A NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

MY STEERING SHAFT ROTTED AND SEIZED. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED IT BUT CHARGED ME $536.02 TO FIX IT. WHEN I RESEACHED RECALLS THERE WAS ONE ON 5/12/12. I AM ASKING FOR MY MONEY BACK FOR THIS REPAIR

THE CHECK ENG & TRAC OFF LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND ALMOST GOT STRUCK FROM THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME. MY TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE & SLOWED DOWN TO 2500 RPMS & WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THAN 25 MPH!! THIS IS A HAZARD AS I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS, IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO TOYOTA, THEY HAVE REPAIRED THE TUNDRA'S BUT SO FAR AM NOT SHOWING ANY RECALL ON THE TACOMA'S. ERROR P2442 SECONDARY AIR INJECTOR FAILURE. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. SCARY! PLEASE BEWARE 2012 TACOMA OWNERS! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME! $2000 REPAIR!

TOYOTA HAS A KNOWN ISSUE OF THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE THAT IS FAULTY THAT CAUSES THE 2012 TACOMA TO GO INTO "LIMP MODE" EXPECTANTLY. I WAS GETTING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE TRUCK CUT OUT DOWN TO 25 MPH WHILE TRAFFIC WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE ENGINE CODES SHOWN ARE THE TYPICAL P2440 AND P2442 AND HAS BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES. PLEASE PROMPT TOYOTA TO RECALL THIS PART TO AVOID UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENTS OR DEATH DUE TO A KNOWN ISSUE.

83K MILES. ENG LIGHT AND TRAC LIGHTS COMES ON, WHILE DRIVING TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND WILL NOT EXCELERATE PAST 2500 RPMS AND WILL NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 35 MPH. ERROR CODE P2442 SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN A SUBURBAN AREA IT LOST POWER, SLOWING TO 25 MPH MAXIMUM, I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. I SWERVED OFF THE ROAD INTO THE GRASS TO AVOID BEING HIT. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE EMISSION SYSTEM. IT IS THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM. TOYOTA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME. SOME OF THE 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA'S HAVE A CUSTOMER SUPPORT / WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THIS PROBLEM, NOT MINE.

IN MAY OF 2017 THE LEFT REAR LEAF SPRING BROKE I PROXIMITY TO THE GAS TANK. I WAS TOLD BY HERITAGE TOYOTA THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL IN PLACE FOR 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA PICK-UPS ALTHOUGH A RECALL WAS IN PLACE THAT STOPPED AT 2011 VEHICLES. I HAD BOTH SETS OF REAR SPRINGS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION IN MAY OF 2017 AT MY EXPENSE. AS OF LAST WEEK. A LEFT REAR SPRING HAS AGAIN BROKE IN THE VICINITY OF THE GAS TANK AND I AM AGAIN BEING TOLD THAT THERE IS NO RECALL IN PLACE FOR 2012 TACOMA'S. THIS TRUCK DOES NOT GET HEAVY USE OR CARRY HEAVY LOADS ALTHOUGH I DO LIVE ON A GRAVEL ROAD. I AM HAVING A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THIS REPEATED PROBLEM IS NOT A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT WITH A REAL SAFETY CONCERN GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE BROKEN SPRING TO THE GAS TANK. THE DEFECT WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

MECHANIC SAYS LEAF SPRINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED,SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN 2011 RECALL.ONLY 55,000 MILES ON TRUCK

LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT GOES BAD ON BOTH SIDE CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE.

WENT ON VACATION TO TEXAS, STOPPED TO GAS UP AND WHEN I WENT BACK ON INTERSTATE I HAD A DRAMATIC LOSS OF POWER. COULD NOT KEEP UP ENOUGH SPEED TO GO SPEED LIMIT. AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK. AT DESTINATION A LOCAL TOLD ME ABOUT A REPAIR SHOP. COST ME A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO RESET TO FACTORY SPECS. THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN FOUR OTHER TIMES. I DISCONNECTED BATTERY AND RESET MYSELF. NOW IT`S A DAILY THING.

THE BRAKES ARE REAL TOUCHY AFTER IT RAINS OR REALLY HIGH HUMID DAYS. I FOUND MOISTURE IN THE LICENSE PLATE MAKER LIGHTS AND HOUSINGS WERE FULL OF WATER. AFTER CLEANING IT OUT THE BRAKES SEEM TO WORK NORMAL AGAIN. IT SEEMS THAT THE LIGHTS DO NOT HAVE TO OPERATE SWITCHED ON , FOR THIS SITUATION TO OCCUR.

THE HORN DOESN'T WORK. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS "CLOCK SPRING" AND THE COST TO FIX IT IS ALMOST $500. THIS IS A LOT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER GO OUT! RELAY AND FUSE CHECKED OUT.

75K MILES. CEL LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS COME ON, TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE PAST 2500 RPMS, AND WILL NOT REACH SPEEDS ABOVE 35 MPH. VERY VERY DANGEROUS AND ENDANGERS NOT ONLY THE TRUCKS DRIVERS, BUT OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THIS IS DUE TO A FAULTY DIVERTER VALVE THAT IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT TOYOTA HAS ISSUED RECALLS ON FOR OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

AIR INJECTOR PUMP CAUSING ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC LIGHT TO COME ON AND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. VEHICLE IN MOTION WHEN OCCURRING.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTOR SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE PROBLEM AT 55000+ ODOMETER

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 4/20/2018 THE RIGHT SIDE ROOF MOLDING CAME OFF AND FLEW IN TO CAR BEHIND ME,CAR DID NOT STOP. IT MADE A VERY LOAD NOISE AS IT CAME OFF. I WAS ON THE INTERNET AND SAW THERE WERE OTHERS WITH THIS ISSUE AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2008-2011 MODELS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAYTON TOYOTA (2291 US-130, DAYTON, NJ 08810, 732-329-9191), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND OFFERED TO COVER THE COST OF THE PARTS WHILE THE CONTACT COVERED THE LABOR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

I BOUGHT A USED 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH 75,000 MILES ON IT FROM A DEALERSHIP WITH THE "TOYOTA CERTIFICATION." AT 86,400 MILES, THE TRUCK BED STARTED SAGGING, AND EVERYTIME I ACCELERATED, THE SUSPENSION WOULD MAKE A LOUD THUMPING NOISE, & THE BACK END WOULD WIGGLE & VIBRATE. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID BOTH LEAFSPRINGS (UNDER THE TRUCK BED) CRACKED (AT THE SAME TIME), BUT UNFORTUNATELY MY 2012 WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE SUSPENSION RECALL, WHICH COVERED ONLY UNTIL THE 2011 MODEL YEAR. OTHERWISE THE RECALL WOULD'VE PAID FOR THE FIX. IT APPEARS FAULTY STEEL WAS STILL USED IN THE LEAFSPRINGS MANUFACTURE WELL INTO THE 2012 MODEL YEARS. IN THE MEANTIME, I HAD TO GET MY TRUCK FIXED, AND SPENT ROUGHLY $1,100 AT A NON-DEALERSHIP MECHANIC. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AS THERE ARE OTHER TRUCKS IN THIS SAME PREDICAMENT.

THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM WENT OUT

LEAF SPRINGS

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PROBLEMS (VALVES AND/OR PUMP) CAUSES A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON, AND PUTS THE ENGINE IN "LIMP HOME" MODE, WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH LIMITS TOP SPEED TO ~40MPH. THIS IS NOT ONLY RIDICULOUS, BUT DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF IT HAPPENS WHILE ON A FREEWAY. THE "LIMP HOME" MODE PERSISTS UNTIL THE CODE IS CLEARED, BY USING AN ODB TOOL, OR CLEARING THE ECU BY OTHER MEANS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES WHERE, WITH NO WARNING, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY LOST POWER, AND I HAD TO FIND THE NEAREST "SAFE SPOT" TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND PULL OVER. TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS ISSUE IN A TSB, BUT PROVIDES NO RECALL, DESPITE THIS BEING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN IT HAPPENS.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CAR IMMEDITELY LOST POWER. COMPUTER CODES P2440 AND P2442 INDICATED ISSUES THAT WOULD NOT EFFECT NORMAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE- JUST EMMISION CONTROL ISSUES. 98,000 MI. ON VEHICLE WHEN IT OCCURRED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. ALSO, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

SECONDARY AIR PUMP AND SWITCHING VALVES FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH ONLY 62,000 MILES. TRUCK FORCED INTO LIMP MODE AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL OVER 20MPH. THE TRUCK HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC CONTROL LIGHT APPEAR. TOYOTA ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $2100 TO FIX. AFTER READING ABOUT THE ERROR CODES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR ALL 2012 TACOMA OWNERS AND TOYOTA WARRANTY REFUSES TO COVER ANY OF THE COST OR RECALL THE PART (THE SAME ISSUE ON TOYOTA TUNDRAS WAS RECALLED).

DRIVING VEHICLE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ENGINE LOOSES POWER. TRUCK DID NOT DIE AND WOULD SLOWLY ACCELERATE. I HAD TRAFFIC BEHIND ME HONKING AND CUTTING ME OFF UNTIL I COULD GET TO A PULL OFF SPOT. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED THE SECONDARY AIR PUMP AND VALVES WERE THE CAUSE CAUSING THE LOTS OF ACCELERATION. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND KNOWN ISSUE FOR TOYOTA OWNERS AFTER RESEARCHING. I DO HAVE REPAIR RECEIPT WHICH IS VERY COSTLY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THEN IMMEDIATELY REGAINED POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE STATION, RESTARTED IT, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA OF POWAY (13631 POWER RD, POWAY, CA 92064) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR SYSTEM VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE AIR INJECTION PUMP MAY EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,472.

AT 60,000 MILES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS COME ON WHEN STARTING UP TRUCK IN MORNING. THIS PUT THE TRUCK INTO LIMP MODE. MY MECHANIC CLEARED THE CODES BUT DID NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN REPAIRING AS HE COULDN'T GUARANTEE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN DOWN THE ROAD AND SAID TOYOTA WILL NOT WARRANTY THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. DEALER ADVISED APPROXIMATELY $2,000 TO REPAIR. AFTER SEEING ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM 2012 TACOMA OWNERS, I CAN NOT BELIEVE TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER A RECALL SINCE THEY COVERED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TUNDRA AND SEQUOIA.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTOR FAILURE. VALVES STUCK OPEN. CHECK ENGINE CODES P2442 AND P2440. VEHICLE IN MOTION DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. JUST BOUGHT YESTERDAY WITH 47K MILES. FAILURE CAUSES VEHICLE TO 'LIMP'. CAN'T EXCEED 2500 RPMS VERY EASILY, MASSIVE LOSS OF POWER.

VACUMME SWITCHING VALVE AND AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILURE AT 43,000 MILES, COST TO REPAIR IS $2052.32. THIS PART IS PART OF THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY TOYOTA BUT IS NOT. WHEN THIS VALVE THROWS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THE TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS IT HAS REDUCED POWER.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TRAC OFF LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE VEHICLE, PULLED OVER, AND TOOK MY 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH 78,000 MILES TO THE MECHANIC WHERE I LEFT IT OVERNIGHT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT IN THE MORNING. RUNNING A DIAGNOSTIC THEY FOUND CODE P2443 - SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE STUCK. I ASKED IF THEY HAD DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE AND THEY SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR TOYOTA AND THEY HAVE DONE RECALLS ON BOTH THE TUNDRA AND SEQUOIA MODELS THAT HAVE HAD THESE ISSUES, BUT THE TACOMA HASN'T HAD A RECALL YET, EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE JUST AS COMMON WITH THE SAME PARTS. THEY SAID THE COST OF PARTS AND LABOR WOULD BE AROUND $2,000. WHEN I ASKED THEM IF THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE OFF THEIR LOT THEY SAID THESE CODES CAN CAUSE THE TACOMA TO GO INTO "LIMP MODE" WHERE YOU CAN LOOSE POWER, ACCELERATION, AND WON'T BE ABLE TO GO OVER 45MPH. I HATE TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD KEPT MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND TRIED TO GET UP TO SPEED ONLY TO "LIMP" INTO TRAFFIC OR IF THIS HAD HAPPENED A MINUTE LATER ON THE INTERSTATE! EVERY THREAD I READ ONLINE FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES SHOW PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES FROM AS LOW AS 1,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. THE ISSUES WITH THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP AND SWITCHING VALVES SEEMS MOST COMMON BETWEEN 50,000-80,000 MILES, BUT EVENTUALLY DOES HAPPEN IN THE 2012-2015 TOCOMA MODELS.

COLD START OF THE VEHICLE WAS FOLLOWED BY A HIGH PITCHED WHINE AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND 'TRAC OFF' LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. DIAGNOSTIC CHECK REVEALED FAULTY SECONDARY AIR PUMP AND SWITCHING VALVE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY TOYOTA FOR THE TUNDRA AND THE SEQUOIA, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY DUMB ON THIS MODEL YEAR TACOMA. A CURSORY SEARCH OF THE INTERNET REVEALS THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN THE 2012 TRUCK. THERE ARE DOZENS OF REPORTS OF VEHICLES FAILING TO ACCELERATE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, AND THE $2000 RECOMMENDED FIX IS BEING DONE WITH THE SAME IMPROPERLY ENGINEERED PARTS.

AT LESS THEN 50K MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND 900 MILES FROM HOME MY TRUCK DECIDED TO GET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHT CAUSED BY CODES P2440 AND P2442 AND P2445. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME. THESE CODES PUT ME INTO LIMP MODE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY IN SNOWY AND ICY CONDITIONS. I COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AS I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE SHOULDER WITH TRAFFIC ZOOMING ALL AROUND ME, DANGEROUS AND SCARY! TOYOTA WANTS $2000 TO REPAIR IT. INTERNET RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA FAILS TO RECOGNIZE FOR TACOMAS BUT HAS ISSUED A TSB AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES FOR TUNDRAS. SHAME ON TOYOTA. NOW I GET TO ENDURE THE COST OF REPAIR AFTER THE HOLIDAY SEASONS AND I'M SURE MY BOSS WILL LOVE TO HEAR I WONT BE RETURNING TO WORK ON TIME.

ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN THE TRUCKS PERFORMANCE JUMPED INTO LIMP MODE "TRAC OFF" AS I WAS DRIVING. LOSS OF SPEED AND PERFORMANCE CAUSED ME TO BE A DRIVING HAZARD. 2 VENDORS TODAY FOUND THE CODES P2440 AND P2442, WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE TRIGGERED MY TRUCK INTO "TRAC OFF" AND "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ON. MODE CAUSES MY TRUCK TO ONLY DRIVE ABOUT 45 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS PERFORMANCE AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD,I HAD NO WARNING THAT THE LOSS OF PERFORMANCE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN INITIALLY WHEN I WAS TRAVELING.THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT APPEARS TO BE ON A LARGER SCALE.I HAVE BRIEFLY SCANNED THE INTERNET IN THE LAST HOUR AND SPOKE WITH VARIOUS VENDORS ABOUT THE PROBLEM & I HAVE CALLED MY DEALERSHIP & EVEN THE MAIN TOYOTA LINE AND EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CODES ARE P2440 & P2442. AFTER FINDING OUT THE CODES I LOOKED AT THE AIR INJECTION PUMP & I WAS ASTONISHED TO SEE THAT THE PUMP WAS COMPLETELY FULL OF WHAT, LIKE SOMEONE LITERALLY TOOK A WATERHOSE & FILLED IT UP. LOGICALLY, THIS IS WHY THE AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVES 1 AND 2 ARE BOTH STUCK OPEN ONE CODE FOR EACH OF THE VALVES. THE NEXT THING THAT IS UNUSUAL IS THAT THERE ARE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL..THEN I FOUND THE TUNDRA RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME PUMP ISSUE! IT IS PECULIAR, THAT A DIFFERENT MODEL TRUCK WITH THE SAME PUMP HAS THIS PROBLEM & NO RECALL OR REMEDY. FACT-TUNDRA IS A MORE EXPENSIVE TRUCK THAN TACOMA, IS TOYOTA FIXING PUBLIC RELATION ISSUE