2012 Toyota Tacoma complaints

MY 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. TRUCK WENT IN LIMP MODE, WHICH WAS VERY UNSAFE. TOOK MY TRUCK TO AUTO ZONE TO HAVE THE CODES READ. MY TRUCK CODE WAS P2442. AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCH VALVE STUCK OPEN. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO TOYOTA TUNDRA TRUCKS BUT NOT FOR THE TACOMA.

DRIVING ON THE STREET TO WORK ONE MORNING, THE TRAC OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS BOTH SUDDENLY APPEARED. I THEN NOTICED THAT MY TRUCK WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE PAST ~40 MPH. GOING UPHILL, MY TRUCK WAS LIMITED TO ONLY ~20 MPH. MY TRUCK WENT INTO THIS "SAFE MODE." I CONNECTED AN OBD DEVICE AND THE CAME UP WITH THE FOLLOWING TWO CODES: P2440 AND P2442. THE CODES REFER TO "SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE STUCK OPEN" FOR BANKS 1 AND 2, RESPECTIVELY. I DID SOME FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE CODES, AND IT TURNS OUT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON 2012 TACOMAS. APPARENTLY, THE VALVE FOR THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM IS STUCK OPEN DUE TO MOISTURE AND/OR CARB BUILD UP. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DESIGN/ENGINEERING ISSUE. PART REPLACEMENT COSTS ~$480 FOR EACH VALVE ASSEMBLY. LABOR CAN RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN $200-$500. IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT IS COMMON TO A LOT OF 2012 TACOMAS, THEN I BELIEVE TOYOTA SHOULD BE PROACTIVE SUCH AS RELEASING AN OFFICIAL RECALL OR EVEN IMPLEMENT SOME TYPE OF REIMBURSEMENT. NOTE THAT MY TRUCK HAS ~80,000 MILES ON IT. AS AN OWNER, I SHOULDN'T SUFFER FROM AN ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW AND I SHOULDN'T BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE TO REPAIR/FIX THE ISSUE. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! *TR

ENGINE CODE P2442 & P2440: SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE BANK 2. TRUCK ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT. DEALER WHAT $1800.00 TO MAKE REPAIRS. TOYOTA HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PART AND THEY NEED TO FIX IT. NOTHING LIKE HAVING NUMEROUS FAILURES AND LEAVING THE CUSTOMER TO PAY FOR THE POOR ENGINEERED PART. *TR

2012 TACOMA WITH 37,00 MILES: WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE ON TO A BUSY HIGHWAY, (60MPH SPEEDS), TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND "CHECK ENGINE" AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" AND WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 35 MPH. I HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OFF THE ROAD AS TO NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IF THIS HAD THIS OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED (60 MPH+), WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN A WRECK DUE TO THE SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT AND DECELERATION. I TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE AND RECEIVED THE CODE P2442: SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE STUCK OPEN BANK 2. FROM RESEARCHING, THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 2012 TACOMAS, AND HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN AN ISSUE WITH OLDER TUNDRAS, WHICH TOYOTA ISSUED A TSB FOR. TOYOTA REFUSES TO REPAIR THIS UNDER WARRANTY (EITHER POWERTRAIN OR FEDERAL EMISSIONS) EVEN THOUGH THE FAILED PART IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM! THE SYSTEM IS USED TO PUMP ADDITIONAL AIR INTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD UPON STARTUP TO DILUTE THE OVER-RICH CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO INCREASED POLLUTION. (HOW IS THAT NOT AN EMISSIONS RELATED PART?) THE FAILURE OR WARPING OF THE ONE-WAY CHECK VALVE CAUSES HOT EXHAUST GASES TO BACKFLOW INTO THE SOLENOID, AND MELTING THE GASKETS. THIS ENDS UP BLOCKING THE SEALING PLATE AND CAUSING IT TO REMAIN IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE DANGER IS THAT THE HOT EXHAUST IS THEN FED INTO A PLASTIC AIR PUMP CAUSING IT TO POTENTIALLY MELT OR CATCH FIRE! THE FACT THAT THIS FORCES THE VEHICLE INTO "LI

WHEN I WAS LEAVING WORK THE OTHER NIGHT MY 2012 TACOMA WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND PRESENTED THE CEL AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS ON THE DASH. AFTER REVIEWING THE MANY BLOGS ON THE SUBJECT AND TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANICS, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THE SECONDARY AIR VALVE IS LIKELY STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE MECHANIC HAS QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $1,142 ($780 FOR THE PART) TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SYSTEM (VALVE NOT SOLD SEPARATELY). I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TUNDRAS/SEQUOIAS AND 2012 TACOS. HOWEVER, ONLY THE TUNDRAS ARE UNDER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY. I BOUGHT A TACOMA BECAUSE THE LAST TWO TOYOTA'S HAVE RUN 300K MILES + WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THIS TYPE OF EXPENSIVE REPAIR DUE TO POOR ENGINEERING IS LUDICROUS AND SHOULD BE A WARRANTY ISSUE. I GUESS TOYOTA WANTS TO BE TERRIBLE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. GREAT. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TRAC OFF LIGHT IS ON. MY TRUCK HAS NO POWER AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE DTC IS P2442. SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCH VALVE STUCK OPEN BANK 2. TOYOTA KNOWS THEY HAVE A EMISSIONS ISSUE. MY VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW.

CHECK ENGINE AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS CAME ON. VEHICLE ACCELERATION BECAME VERY SLUGGISH. I FELT THE VEHICLE BECAME A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT HAD ALMOST NO ACCELERATION . MERGING INTO TRAFFIC BECAME DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF LACK OF ACCELERATION. HAD LOCAL SHOP CHECK TRUCK AND ERROR CODES RETURNED WERE P2440 AND P2442 WHICH THEY SAID INDICATED SECONDARY AIR INJECTOR PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. EST CHARGE ABOUT $2000!

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE ENTERED "LIMP MODE," WHICH KEEPS THE CAR UNDER ABOUT 35MPH AND PREVENTS IT FROM ACCELERATING QUICKLY. THE CEL READ AS A SECONDARY AIR INTAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM (P2440 AND P2442). JUDGING BY THE MULTITUDE OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS I HAVE FOUND, THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA REFUSES TO RECTIFY FOR TACOMAS BUT HAS ALREADY ADMITTED TO FOR TUNDRAS. THIS IS A SERIOUS DANGER TO DRIVERS IF THE VEHICLE ENTERS "LIMP MODE" WHILE THEY ARE DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT ISEEMS ALSO RIDICULOUS FOR TOYOTA TO EXPECT TACOMA OWNERS TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THEIR POORLY DESIGNED PART, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE PART IS NOT VITAL TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ENGINE.

WE JUST PAID TOYOTA A LITTLE OVER $2,000 TO REPLACE THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM. THE SWITCHING VALVE WAS STUCK CLOSED ACCORDING TO TOYOTA. THIS IS A 4 YEAR OLD TRUCK. IT IS UNREAL TO SPEND THIS KIND OF MONEY THIS EARLY FOR THIS. THE TUNDRA HAS RECALLS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM: STARTED THE VEHICLE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. OBD READ P2440/P2442. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER AND WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 20MPH AND THE RPM'S RAMMED UP. AFTER SOME SOME RESEARCH FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TACOMA IN WHICH TOYOTA WAS AWARE OF.

2012 WITH 78,000 MILES, THREW CODES P2440, P2442. SAME AS EVERY OTHER TACOMA OWNER IN THIS YEAR RANGE. BAD VALVES AND PUMP ON THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION UNIT. COST TO REPAIR AROUND 1,000 DOLLARS DOING THE WORK MYSELF. VERY DISAPPOINTED AS THIS IS MY THIRD TACOMA AND HAD PLANNED ON KEEPING THIS ONE FOR A LONG TIME.

SHORTLY AFTER BUYING MY TACOMA NEW I NOTICED THAT MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE SENSITIVE AND WOULD LOCK UP WITHOUT WARNING AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE CAN VARY EVERY TIME I APPLY THE BRAKES. I BROUGHT THIS UP TO MY DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGES AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL. THE VARIED STOPPING DISTANCE CAUSES PROBLEMS SINCE THE TRUCK COULD SUDDENLY STOP SHORTER THAN NORMAL AND CATCH TRAFFIC BEHIND ME OFF GUARD AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. OTHER TIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES AREN'T WORKING EVEN THOUGH I AM PRESSING FIRMLY AND WONDERING IF I'M GOING TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID HITTING A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. ON EMERGENCY QUICK STOPS MY BRAKES WILL LOCK UP AND WITH THE VARIED STOPPING DISTANCES I'M SURPRISED I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A POSITION WHERE THE STOPPING DISTANCE IN AN EMERGENCY WAS MORE THAN NORMAL CAUSING ME TO CRASH. I WOULD SAY THAT MY ONLY COMPLAINT SO FAR ON THIS TRUCK IS THE BRAKES AND MUCH BETTER THAN THE TRUCK THAT I TRADED IN BECAUSE OF SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH IT'S ELECTRICAL, BRAKING (IT'S BRAKES WERE POOR BUT AT LEAST YOU COULD STOP WHEN YOU WANTED), BUILD QUALITY, AND OTHER ISSUES. THIS CLEARLY ISN'T NORMAL AND IF THE DEALER SAYS IT IS, HOW CAN SOMEONE GET IT FIXED WITHOUT TRADING IT IN. THIS IS THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE WITH THIS TRUCK BUT IT'S BIG ENOUGH TO TRADE IT IN. I SPENT $30K FOR THIS TRUCK AND WOULD RATHER KEEP IT BUT IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT.

TACOMA WENT IN "LIMP MODE" ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED; CAUSE THE CAR TO BE EXTREMELY UNDER POWER. VEHICLE EXTREMELY UNDER POWER CAUSING TO BE DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. CODE P2442 SECONDARY INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURE; COMMON TO OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES INCLUDING TUNDRA'S. TOYOTA ACTED RESUMABLE WITH TUNDRA'S WITH EXTENDING WARRANTY REPAIRING BUT AT THIS TIME REFUSES TO REPAIR KNOWN FAILURES IN TACOMA'S.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION FAILURE AT 58K MILES. DEALER QUOTED $2200 TO REPLACE VALVES AND PUMP. SEVERAL FAILURES WITH 2012 REPORTED

THE AIR INJECTION PUMP WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND THERE IS ONLY 18,200 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP BEFORE "SAFE MODE" KICKED IN. TOYOTA WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART. I UNDERSTAND FROM READING ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND WISH TO ADD MY EXPERIENCE TO THE LIST.

THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP'S VALVES WENT BAD WITH THE VEHICLE ONLY HAVING 30K MILES. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO GO INTO LIMP MODE AND DID NOT ALLOW FOR ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ASPECT WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE VEHICLE TO CAUSE THIS FAILURE, IT JUST STARTED UP ONE DAY AND WAS BAD.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE FAILURE STUCK IN OPEN POSITION CAUSING LIMP MODE IN THE TRUCK. TRUCK IS NOT ABLE TO GET TO SPEED ABOVE 40 MPH. THIS HAPPENED AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO A STATE ROUTE WITH SPEED LIMIT OF 55 MPH AND CARS GOING WAY FASTER THAN THAT. THIS COULD POSE A DANGER IF SITUATIONS WHERE SPEED IT REQUIRED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ANOTHER CAR. TRUCK ONLY HAS 57K MILES ON IT. THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTAL EMISSIONS SYSTEM AND SHOULD NOT CAUSE THE TRUCK TO BE USELESS IF FAIL.

57,000 MILES ON TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE, P2440 AND P2442 CODE SHOWED SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE DEALER QUOTED $2000, SAID THEY WOULDN'T COVER ANYTHING

THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILED AT 62,000 MILES. FOR SPECIFICS IT SHOWED THE CODES P2440 AND P2442. THIS WAS KNOWN PROBLEM ON THE PREVIOUS MODEL TUNDRAS, THE SERVICE MGR AT RODLAND TOYOTA SAID THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED THREE PUMPS ON TRUCKS OF THE SAME YEAR THAT WEEK.

THE SECONDARY INJECTION PUMP WENT OUT.

TAKATA RECALL I STOPPED THE AT TRAFFIC LIGHT ION CITY STREET WITHOUT RAIN. I JUST STARTED DRIVING, WHEN LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN, THERE WAS NO STEERING FEELING AT ALL FOR A FEW SECOND. THE CAR WAVED SIDE BY SIDE TWICE WITHOUT MY CONTROLLING. THEN I DROVE SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, IT'S OK. I BOUGHT CAR TO TOYOTA DEALER THE NEXT DAY, THEY SAID STEERING SYSTEM IS OK, MAY BE BECAUSE OF WET BELT.

I WAS DRIVING ON A50MPH HIGHWAY AN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND TRUCK SLOWS TO 40MPH WONT GO ANY FASTER.

THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP AND SOLONOID...IT LEFT ME STRANDED ON THE ROADSIDE...24000 MILES ON A TRUCK IS NOT EVEN BROKE IN..RELIABILITY?..I HANDLED IT..ONLY BECAUSE IVE BEEN A MECHANIC FOR 25 YEARS...WHAT IF IT WAS MY WIFE AND KIDS BROKE DOWN IN GETTO TOWN...THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR MANY AND IS SO COMMON..IVE CLEARED THE CODES SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY ALWAYS REAPPEAR...THIS IS A DEFINATE RECALL...MAKE IT SO...24000 9N A TRUCK AND I CANT DRIVE IT...MY LOYALTY IS FADING FAST...TRY TO IMAGINE DRIVING YOUR TRUCK DOWN A ST.LOUIS 6 LANE FREEWAY AND YOUR TRUCK SAYS...NOPE YOU STAYING HERE..ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD...DONT GET OUT...YOULL GET RAN OVER...MAYBE TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE A DISPLAY ON THE INFO CENTER CONCOLE THAT TELLS YOU THAT...AND THEN WISHES YOU GOOD LUCK...

THERE IS A PLASTIC FOOT REST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR BOARD THAT COMES LOOSE AND GETS TANGLED UP IN THE DRIVER'S FEET WHILE DRIVING. THIS CREATES A DRIVING HAZARD AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

MY 2012 TACOMA WITH 45,000 MILES GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHT WHEN I STARTED IT TO GO HOME. I WAS MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND UNABLE TO GO ABOVE 40 MPH. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE SO I EXITED AND TOOK IT TO A DEALER. THEY CITED TROUBLE CODES P2440 AND P2442 AND SAID THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE (PN 25710-31022) FOR A TOTAL COST OF $940! ACCORDING TO FORUMS AND THE NHTSA.GOV SITE, THIS IS A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL. I JUST BOUGHT THIS LAST JULY AND I NEVER EXPECTED TO HAVE TO REPLACE PARTS ANYTIME SOON.

MY 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER 2WD HAS 54,640 MILES. I JUST GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHT YESTERDAY. MY TRUCK WOULD ACCELERATE TO JUST 25 MPH WHEN MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND TOP SPEED WAS AROUND 50 MPH. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER THIS KNOWN PROBLEM UNDER THE STANDARD 3 YEAR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. AUTOZONE RAN THE DIAGNOSTIC SCAN AND CAME UP WITH TROUBLE CODES P2440 AND P2442. THESE ARE TIED TO THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM AND SWITCHING VALVES. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WOULD COST ME CLOSE TO $2000 TO REPAIR. I PAID $30,000 FOR THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW JUST 4 YEARS AGO. THIS NEEDS TO BECOME A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SO THAT A SAFETY RECALL IS ISSUED FOR TOYOTA TO REPAIR THIS KNOWN DEFECT FOR FREE.

AIR PUMP AND VALVES ON THE EMISSION SYSTEM FAILED. TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE WITH LIMITED ACCELERATION AND SPEED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON 2012 TACOMA. TUNDRA AND SEQUOIA VEHICLES HAVE HAD THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AND REPAIRS COVERED BY TOYOTA. HOWEVER, TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER THIS SAME ISSUE ON THE TACOMA.

SECONDARY PUMP DOES NOT WORK WHEN IS COLD TURNING TRAC AND ING LIGHT ON CAUSING LOOSE OF POWER AND HIGHT GAS CONSUMING. DEALER SAYS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER.

I STARTED MY TACOMA, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRK OFF LIGHTS WERE ON AND AFTER TAKING THEM TO THE DEALER LEARNED THAT THE VECHILE WAS IN LIMP MODE. THE TRUCK WILL NOT EASILY ACCELERATE BEYOND 30MPH. THIS IS CAUSED BY ERROR CODE P2442 AND P2440, FROM A KNOWN FAULTY PART THAT TOYOTA REFUSES TO REPLACE.

I TOOK MY 2012 TACOMA INTO SERVICE TODAY WITH A TRAC OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE NEEDED REPLACED AT THE TUNE OF $1300. I SEE THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND WITH 37K MILES, I FIND IT UNREAL THAT THIS ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.

CODES P2440 & P2442 THESE ARE FOR THE AIR INJECTION SYSTEM ON START UP. THE VALVES FAIL AND THIS IS A EMISSIONS PART. OUT OF WARRANTY AND ONLY HAVE 65,000 MILES. TUNDRA HAD THIS ISSUE AND GOT A 10 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE COMPONENTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

ONLY 49,000 MILES ON MY $32,000 TRUCK AND LIKE MANY OTHER OWNERS OF 2012 TACOMAS I HAVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON WITH THE TRAC OFF LIGHT AND GIVING THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE OF P2442 SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE. THIS IS CLEARLY A EMISSIONS AND MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL INSTEAD OF CHARGING US $2,100 FOR A FIX A A PRACTICALLY NEW EXPENSIVE TRUCK. THE AIR INJECTION VALVE IS PART OF EMISSIONS AND SHOULD BE COVERED AND A TSB OR RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THIS. WHEN THIS VALVE GOES OUT TYPICALLY EVERY 50,000 IT RENDERS YOUR TRUCK USELESS AND PUTS IT INTO SAFE MODE NOT ALLOWING YOU TO GO MORE THAN 35-40 MPH. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS SPEED JUST DOESN'T WORK ON THE HIGHWAY TO TRAVEL TO WORK AND UNLESS YOU FORK OVER THE $2,100 TO HAVE IT FIXED THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO WORK. THIS IS SUCH A SCAM ON TOYOTAS PART AND I AM OUTRAGED THAT AFTER PURCHASING OVER 4 TOYOTA VEHICLES FROM THEM THEY DON'T STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

AS I'VE READ FROM NUMEROUS OTHER 2012 TACOMA OWNERS ON TACOMAWORLD.COM, MY SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALVE HAS FAILED AT 65K MILES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING ISSUE WITH ALL 2012 SIMILAR TACOMA MODELS AND SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE RECALLED AND REPLACED FOR FREE! UNTIL FIXED, MY TRUCK IS UNDRIVABLE, MEANING THE CEL LIGHT IS ON AND THE TRUCK WON'T GO FASTER THAN 30 MPH.

THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEMS SEEMS TO FAIL QUITE FREQUENTLY ON THESE 2012 TACOMAS WITH LITTLE TO NO HELP FROM TOYOTA TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE AS A RECALL. THESE ARE KNOWN TO FAIL RIGHT AFTER YOUR OUT OF WARRANTY AND TO CHARGE IT'S LOYAL CUSTOMERS OVER $1000 FOR A PART THAT SHOULD NOT FAIL OR A PART THAT SHOULD BE COVERED IS ABSURD. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL TOYOTA CUSTOMER MY WHOLE LIFE BUT THE ISSUES OF THE TACOMA ARE MAKING ME RETHINK MY DECISIONS AS AN AUTOMOTIVE CONSUMER

THE SECONDARY AIR INTAKE PUMP AND SWITCHING VALVE STOPPED WORKING AFTER ONLY 28,000 MILES. CAR WENT DIRECTLY IN LIMP MODE MAKING IT UNDRIVABLE. DEALER WANTED $2,100.00 FOR PARTS AND LABOR AND SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY.

AFTER STARTING TACOMA, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHT CAME ON, WENT INTO LIMP MODE, COULD ONLY GO 30MPH. TACOMA JUST HIT 34,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP STATED SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE STUCK CLOSED BANK 1 (CODE P2441). WAS TOLD PUMP AND VALVES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT $2100, INCLUDING LABOR. CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE, TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN OR EMISSIONS WARRANTY. THIS ISSUE ACTUALLY FIRST OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AGO WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. PULLED INTO A FIRESTONE AND THEY SAID IT WAS ALSO CODE P2441. THEY RESET IT AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO. THIS TIME THE CODE WOULD NOT RESET, WARNING LIGHT WON'T TURN OFF AND REMAINS IN LIMP MODE.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE FAILURE AT 53K MILES, TOYOTA WOULD NOT COVER UNDER MY POWER TRAIN OR EMISSION WARRANTY. TRUCK WAS PUT INTO LIMP MODE WHEN THE FAILURE HAPPENNED AND WAS UNDRIVABLE.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WAS NOT GOING PAST 2K RPM AND OVER 20MPH. CONNECTED TO AN ONBOARD DIAGNOSTIC READER WHICH GAVE ME CODES P2440 AND P2442- SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE STUCK OPEN BANK 1 & 2. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES AND ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND TOYOTA DOES NOT COVER FAULTY EQUIPMENT UNDER ANY WARRANTY (POWERTRAIN OR FEDERAL EMISSIONS) ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE ISSUED CANADA TSB 3861 ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEFICIENCY, BUT LEAVING THE OWNER TO PAY $645.00 FOR THE REPLACEMENT PART FROM TOYOTA DEALER. THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY- THEY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A VEHICLE STILL WITHIN POWERTRAIN (60,000MI) OR FEDERAL EMISSION (80,000MI) WARRANTY.

ABS GOES OFF UNEXPECTEDLY IN LOW SPEEDS/HIGH SPEEDS...DRY/WET CONDITIONS...USUALLY ON WINDING ROADS WITH GRADE FLUCTUATIONS CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MY PURCHASE IN 2012. THANKFULLY I HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS BUT LOTS OF CLOSE CALLS. TOYOTA REFUSES TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, AND DENYS THAT IT HAPPENS.

WHILE ON HIGHWAY DOING 65MPH, VEHICLE SLOWED TO 50, TO 40, TO 30, TO 20 BY ITSELF. PULLED OVER, PLACED BACK INTO GEAR, VEHICLE ONLY WENT 40 MPH DOWNHILL, 20 MPH UPHILL. DROVE TO TOYOTA DEALER WHO SAID THIS WAS THIRD TACOMA THIS WEEK WITH FAULTY SECOND AIR FUEL INJECTOR. NO RECALL YET, BUT 3 WEEKS FOR BACK ORDER OF PART. 43 OTHERS BEFORE MY PART REQUEST. SAME PART ON RECALL FOR TUNDRA MODEL. SAFETY WAS COMPROMISED ON HIGHWAY BECAUSE OF AUTOMATIC DECELERATION

BREAKING HARD, ESPECIALLY ON WET ROADS, THE FRONT WHEELS LOCK UP CAUSING LACK OF STEERING. NOTICED THIS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2012. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NORMAL BRAKING AND EMERGENCY STOPPING.

THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT OCCASIONALLY WHEN THE TRUCK COMES TO A STOP AND THE BRAKE PRESSED THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE WITH A SURGE AND FEEL LIKE SOMEONE HAS BUMPED YOU FROM BEHIND BUT THERE WILL BE NO ONE BEHIND YOU. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BUT I CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK WITH 1200 MILES.

BRAKES ON VEHICLE LOCK-UP AND ARE OVERLY SENSITIVE. ON MANY OCCASIONS WHEN DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT AT SLOWS SPEEDS THE ABS ENGAGED AND LOCKED THE BRAKES WITH ONLY VERY LIGHT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. ON ONE OCCASION WHEN DRIVING AT 10-15 MPH IN A PARKING LOT IN SNOW, A LIGHT TOUCH TO THE BRAKE LOCKED UP THE BRAKES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND CRASH. I HAVE HAD FOUR OTHER TOYOTA TRUCKS, THREE OF THEM TACOMAS AND NONE OF THEM HAD THIS BRAKING ISSUE. BARELY PRESSING THE BRAKES SHOULDN'T CAUSE THEM TO LOCK UP WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. LUCKILY IT DOES IT MORE OFTEN AT LOW SPEEDS. IT'S A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS THE VEHICLE BECOMES UNDRIVABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND THE SPEED DECREASED TO 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF TH FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILIABLE.

VEHICLE LUNGES WHEN YOU COME TO COMPLETE STOP, BETTER HOLD THE BRAKE WITH SOME FORCE ANY TIME STOPPED, TOYOTA SERVICE SAYS IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, ITS NORMAL !!

AT APROXIMATE 40 MPH AND AT A CONSTANT SPEED THE VEHICLE STARTS TO SHUTTER OR SHAKE, FEELS LIKE IT WANTS TO DOWN SHIFT OR UP SHIFT MAYBE ITS CONFUSED. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE 2 TIMES

CHANGING A FLAT TIRE, THE SPARE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN USED WAS LOW ON AIR, DROVE FOR LESS THAN 5 MILES AND PARKED LATER IT WAS FLAT TOO.DEALER HAS DONE SEVERAL MULTI POINT INSPECTIONS, SPARE TIRES NOT ON LIST. DEALER STOLE THE HUBCAP DURING THE MOUNTING / INSTALLATION

ENGINE OIL LIGHT COMES ON AND FLASHES A FEW TIMES AFTER STARTUP, BEYOND THE NORMAL TIME FOR ALL THE OTHER LIGHTS WHILE IN THE STARTING MODE, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE

FUEL SYSTEM CAN BE HEARD HOURS AFTER THE TRUCK IS PARKED, FEW TIMES A WEEK AND SOMETIMES DAILY .AND RUNS 2 TO 15 MINUTES. CONTACTED DEALER AND SAYS IT NORMAL FOR FUEL EVAP TO DO A SYSTEM CHECK. ONGOING STARTED BEFORE 3000 MILES