2016 Toyota Tacoma complaints

VEHICLE HAS A NOTICEABLE DELAY AND ABRUPT SHIFTING WHEN CHANGING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. THE DELAY IN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE FEELS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT OFTEN CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 4000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, THEY HAVE SAID THAT THIS BEHAVIOR IS NORMAL.

SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THERE IS A DELAY SO WHEN I GO TO TAKE OFF IT SLAMS INTO DRIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ESTIMATED MPG DISPLAYED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD WAS INACCURATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE COMPUTER WAS RESET. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT THE ESTIMATED MPG OF FUEL CONSUMPTION WAS NOT CALCULATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED 2 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE TRUCK. HAD TO PAY $500 DEDUCTIBLE THROUGH MY INSURANCE, WINDSHIELD FROM TOYOTA COST $1,000. NEXT ISSUE IS MY TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND THE TRANSMISSION TO BE LOW, THEY TOPPED IT OFF AND IT'S STILL LAGGING WHEN SHIFTING. MISS THE ENGINE IN MY 2012 2ND GEN. COME ON TOYOTA!!!!

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I HAD A SMALL ROCK COME UP AND HIT MY WINDSHIELD, I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY ROCK CHIP BUT I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND THERE WAS A 10 INCH CRACK IN THE GLASS, THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH MY MOM'S 2016 TACOMA.

WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THERE IS A DELAY OF ABOUT 1 SECOND BEFORE IT IS FULLY ENGAGED IN FIRST GEAR. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

AFTER DRIVING 10 MILES FROM A COLD START THE VEHICLES BRAKES WILL START APPLYING BRAKING POWER. VEHICLE BECOMES NOTICEABLY LABORED AND CANNOT ENGAGE HIGHER GEARS. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT FACTORY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE FEELS THAT VEHICLE IS WORKING AS DESIGNED. ON 2016-03-18 THE BRAKES WHERE ENGAGING WHILE DRIVING. THE BRAKES BECAME OVERHEATED AND GLOWING RED TO THE POINT WHERE OTHER MOTORISTS TRIED TO WARN ME THAT MY TRUCK IS ON FIRE. I PULLED OVER AND FOUND BRAKE ROTORS TO BE HOT ENOUGH TO IGNITE PAPER AND PINE NEEDLES. AFTER TWO HOURS OF WAITING THE BRAKES COOLED AND I DROVE IT HOME. THE FOLLOWING MORNING I DROVE THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AFTER 15 MILES. UPON STOPPING THE FRONT ROTORS WERE FOUND TO BE EXTREMELY HOT. THE REAR DRUMS WERE ALSO OBSERVED TO BE HOT ENOUGH TO BUBBLE AND MELT THEIR PROTECTIVE PAINTED FINISH. THE SMELL OF OVERHEATED BRAKES AND RUBBER WAS ALSO OBSERVED. TIRE PRESSURE HAD ALSO RISEN SEVERAL DEGREES. VEHICLE IS BEING TOWED IN FOR THE FIFTH SERVICE INCIDENT SINCE ACQUISITION ON 2015-12-22. VEHICLE ODOMETER SHOWS MILEAGE IS UNDER 5,000. NOT CERTAIN THAT ODOMETER IS ACCURATE AND SUSPECT THAT VEHICLE WAS IN SERVICE PRIOR TO ACQUISITION.

AFTER 10,000 MILES THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. THEN THE NEXT DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE TRACTION CONTROL. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY LOOKED AT IT SAYING I JUST NEED NEW SENSORS. DROVE IT A COUPLE MORE DAYS AND NOTICED THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NON EXISTENT. I DRIVE A LOT FOR WORK AND USE IT A TON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULDN'T EVEN BRING THE LIGHT ON OR WORK AT ALL. THE NEXT DAY STARTED DRIVING AND THE REAL ISSUES STARTED. TURNED TRUCK ON; SAME PROBLEMS I HAVE BEEN HAVING; THEN THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT. KEPT GOING AND GOING TILL I WAS GETTING TO 5000RPM AND IT SHIFTED WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FORCE. ONCE IT SHIFTED THE WHOLE TRUCK DID A HUGE JERK THEN WENT A LITTLE MORE AN DID A DOUBLE SHIFT TOTALLY BYPASSING THE 3RD GEAR. I TURNED IT OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN. KEPT HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ALL DAY. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID GET IT TO THEM WHEN I COULD AND THEY WOULD TAKE A LOOK. ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS TRYING TO GET THE BRAND NEW $35,000 TRUCK THAT DIDN'T WORK TO THE DEALERSHIP ALMOST RUNNING INTO THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME WHO CUT ME OFF BECAUSE I CAN'T GO OVER 40MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE VIOLENT SHIFTING MOVING THE WHOLE TRUCK. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE DEALERSHIP TRIED TO BLAME ME FOR ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS THAT I COULD NOT HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSE IF I TRIED AND THAT MY BRAND NEW TRUCK WITH 10,000MILES ON IT WAS FINE JUST NEEDED A COUPLE SENSORS. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT WORKING AND I THINK SENSORS ARE THE LEAST OF THE W

MY ABS LIGHT FAILURE CAME ON AND SAID CHECK WITH DEALER. THREE DAYS LATER TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND ELECTRICAL HARNESS HAD BEEN CHEWED BY RODENTS. IT IS REQUIRING $5000 TO REPLACE THIS COMPONENT. I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK FOR ONE MONTH AND BRAND NEW. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONERY IN DRIVEWAY WHEN EATEN.

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR COMES UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING. COLD WEATHER FREEZES INSIDE THE LATCH-HANDLE AND DOES NOT COMPLETE LATCH. WHEN PASSENGER PUT WEIGHT ON DOOR THEY NEARLY FELL OUT OF THE MOVING VEHICLE. A SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS OBSERVED WHEN GOING THROUGH A CORNER; NO PASSENGER.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOCKING OF THE REAR WHEELS. TOYOTA AND THE DEALERSHIP HAVE STATED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE CAUSED THE WHEELS TO SEIZE. TOYOTA'S FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT THE PARKING BRAKES SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN COLD WEATHER AND THAT ANY FUTURE REPAIRS ARE NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY.

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING (30-40 DEG F) I LET THE TRUCK WARM UP UNTIL THE THE THERMOSTAT NEEDLE BEGINS TO MOVE. WHEN I PUT THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE THE ENGINE RPMS SURGE AND THEN A SECOND OR TWO LATER THE TRUCK WILL ENGAGE REVERSE AND THE TRUCK WILL OFTEN LURCH REARWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE THE SAME THING HAPPENS. AFTER DRIVING A MILE I GET ON THE FREEWAY AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO TOP GEAR NO MATTER WHAT I DO AND THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO HAVE REDUCED POWER AS IT DOES NOT WANT TO MAINTAIN A SPEED GREATER THAN 60 MPH WITHOUT GREAT PROVOCATION. THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70 MPH SO THIS CAUSES A SAFETY CONCERN AS MY VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AT A MUCH LOWER SPEED THAN THE SURROUNDING TRAFFIC. THIS BEHAVIOR PERSISTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MILES BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL OPERATION. EVEN WHEN IT IS INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE HAS REACHED OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE THE REDUCED POWER MODE AND ERRATIC TRANSMISSION BEHAVIOR PERSISTS.

VEHICLE IS HESITANT AND SLOW TO SHIFT AND FULLY IN GAGE TO THE NEXT GEAR WHILE ACCELERATING. SOMETIMES TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO SWITCH INTO DRIVE FROM REVERSE WHILE AT MEDIUM TEMPERATURE. SLIGHT VIBRATIONS WHILE MOVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 - 40 MPH ARE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL AND THROTTLE PEDAL. HOOD VIBRATION AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH AND IN DRIVE IN CAR WASH DRIER.

I HAD THIS TRUCK LESS THAN 2 WEEKS WITH AROUND 500 MILES ON IT AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED DUE TO A PEBBLE HITTING IT AT A FAIRLY LOW SPEED. THE WINDSHIELD SEEMS TO BE ESPECIALLY FRAGILE IN THE 2016 TACOMA AS I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ROCKS HIT MY WINDSHIELD AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND NEVER HAD IT CRACK SO EASILY. I HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT MANY OTHER 2016 TACOMA OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE.

FIRST INCIDENT OCCURED WHILE VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN LIGHT SNOW AND ICE CONDITION. 4-WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM DID NOT APPEAR TO BE OPERATING PROPERLY. ENGAGED NEW "CRAWL-CONTROL" SYSTEM PER OWNER'S MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS. DURING USE OF CRAWL-CONTROL THE MOTOR RPM'S EXCEEDED 5,500; IMMEDIATELY PRESSED ENGINE-STOP BUTTON AND APPLIED BRAKES. INCIDENT RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE OF FRONT DRIVE-LINE. DAMAGE INCLUDED FRONT DRIVE-SHAFT FAILURE; DEALER INDICATED "DRIVE-LINE" REPLACED. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO COMPONENTS ADJACENT TO FRONT DRIVE-SHAFT. VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. TWO DAYS AFTER SERVICE RANDOM BRAKE LOCK-UP OCCURS WHILE DRIVING; VEHICLE SKIDS OUT OF CONTROL. NO MALFUNCTION INDICATORS SHOWING. ABS ALSO DOES NOT ACTIVATE DURING PANIC STOP BRAKE APPLICATION. BRAKE LOCKUP EXPERIENCED IN WINTER CONDITIONS AT HIGH ELEVATION NEARLY CAUSING POTENTIALLY FATAL ACCIDENT (1,000FT DROP FROM ROAD TO CANYON BOTTOM, NO GUARD-RAILS). WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS. UPON COMING TO A STOP IT IS DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT DRIVE FORWARD. ENGAGED 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND VEHICLE STRUGGLED TO MOVE. ENGAGED DIFFERENTIAL LOCK AND DROVE BACKWARDS FOR 80FT. WHEELS APPEAR TO BECOME UN-LOCKED. DRIVE FORWARD FOR ANOTHER 500 YARDS AND SAME SITUATION OCCURS.

SAFETY ISSUE - WHEN STARTING COLD AND ENGAGING REVERSE, THE TRUCK SOMETIMES FAILS TO ENGAGE THE REVERSE GEAR CAUSING A DELAY OF 3-6 SECONDS, THEN ENGAGES SUDDENLY CAUSING TRUCK TO SURGE IN REVERSE. THIS SURGE COULD CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ANY PEDESTRIANS BEHIND THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS POSSIBILITY OF BACKING INTO SOMETHING. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP. TOOK IT TO MOLLE TOYOTA IN KANSAS CITY WHO REPORTS THIS AS NORMAL.

HAD AN ARE TRUCK CAP PUT ON AFTER 5 MILES OF DRIVING TRUCK INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON "BRAKE MALFUNCTION". GOT TRUCK HOME TRIED TO RESTART AND NOW TRUCK WILL NOT START SAYING "CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM AND BRAKE MALFUNCTION

2016 TOYOTA TACOMA EXHIBITS A SEVERE RESONANT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND GAS PEDAL FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE. THE BUZZING VIBRATION EMANATES THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AND GAS PEDAL AT A SEVERITY AND PITCH THAT CAUSES DISCOMFORT, TINGLING IN THE HANDS, ARMS, AND RIGHT LEG'TO AN EXTENT I BECOME DISTRACTED WHEN DRIVING OWING TO THE DISCOMFORT AND USE UNSAFE DRIVING METHODS TO AVOID THE STEERING WHEEL OR GAS PEDAL. 'WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 1,000 THROUGH 3,000 RPMS, THE STEERING WHEEL AND GAS PEDAL EXHIBIT A RESONANT BUZZING VIBRATION. THE VIBRATION IS POWERFUL AND WORST IN THE 2,100-2,500 RPM RANGE. EXTREME COLD WEATHER TEMPERATURES (15 DEGREES OR LESS) DAMPEN IT. 'THE VIBRATION ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE ENGINE IS UNDER LOAD. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS REVVED THROUGH THESE RANGES IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. 'WHEN THE VIBRATION OCCURS IN THE 2,100-2,500 RANGE, IT HAPPENS AT AN INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY THAT CAUSES CLOTHES AND SHOES TO VIBRATE. MOREOVER, ONE CAN FEEL THE VIBRATION IN THE SKIN AND BONES. 'WHEN TRAVELING FOR LONG DISTANCES ON THE HIGHWAY THROUGH HILLS OR MOUNTAINS, THE ENGINE OFTEN SETTLES IN THE 2,000-2,500 RANGE. THE VIBRATION IS CONSTANTLY PRESENT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND GAS PEDAL. AFTER LONG EXPOSURES TO THIS VIBRATION VIA LONG TRIPS, HANDS AND FEET BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE TINGLING. I CONSTANTLY TRY TO STEER WITH MINIMAL TO NO CONTACT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AND USING CRUISE CONTROL TO AVOID THE DISCOMFORT. THIS AFFECTS DRIVER'S ABILITY TO FEEL AND MAINTAIN PROPER C

THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE IN A NORMAL AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. IT IS LONG ENOUGH WHERE YOU SELECT DRIVE AND BEGIN TO APPLY THROTTLE AND IT JUST REVS UP THEN ENGAGES WHILE THE ENGINE IS REVVED AND LUNGES FORWARD. IT ALSO SLIPS WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS AT LOW SPEED AND LOW THROTTLE.

TRANSMISSION HAS A DELAYED ENGAGEMENT ON A COLD START. WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE, THE TRUCK MOVES SLIGHTLY THEN A HARD LOCK UP IS FELT. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. WHILE BACKING UP ONTO STREET, WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DELAY WITH NO MOVEMENT. WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC I WAS WORRIED WHETHER ON NOT IT WOULD ENGAGE AT ALL. COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN COLD OR AFTER THE TRUCK SITS FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. USUALLY ALWAYS OCCURS WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE UP, REVERSING AND THEN GOING INTO DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS A PARTIAL ENGAGEMENT BUT ACCELERATION IS NOT AS INTENDED. IT WILL THEN "BANG" INTO TO GEAR AND GO. FEAR IS THAT IF YOU BACK OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY AND INTEND TO ACCELERATE, THE TRUCK MAY NOT MOVE AS INTENDED THUS CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. FOR A NEW VEHICLE, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY SLIPPAGE ONCE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. YESTERDAY I HAD IT WHERE THE SLIPPING LASTED THREE SECONDS BEFORE IT FINALLY WENT FULLY INTO GEAR. MY TRUCK HAS 1650 MILES ON IT AND IT'S DONE THIS SINCE THE DAY IT WAS NEW. I WOULD SAY I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS AT LEAST 70+ TIMES DURING COLD STARTS AT HOME OR AT WORK. ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEAR ON THE TRANSMISSION'S INTERNALS DUE TO THIS PARTIAL ENGAGEMENT OF A FORWARD GEAR.

ON A COLD START, AFTER YOU PUT THE VEHICLE IN D (DRIVE) THERE IS UP TO A 7 SECOND DELAY ON ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE ACCELERATOR CAN BE PRESSED AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FOR UP TO 7 SECONDS LEAVING ME STRANDED FOR EXAMPLE IF I HAVE BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TO THE STREET. ONCE I PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE ON A COLD START, I CANNOT MOVE FOR UP TO 7 SECONDS. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME ON A COLD START.

ON 11/23/15 I WAS ABLE TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. ON 11/24/15 I GOT INTO THE VEHICLE TO CRANK IT UP WHEN THE VEHICLE'S WARNING LIGHTS OF BRAKE, ABS WARNING TO CHECK THE ANTI'LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM AND THE ANTISKID/TRACTION LIGHTS CAME ON AT APPROXIMATE 110 MILES. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT HURT THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE IT AND THAT IT WAS SAFE. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS PROBABLY JUST A FUSE BY A SALESPERSON, WHO ALLEGEDLY TALKED TO ONE OF THE MASTER TECHNICIANS ABOUT THE SITUATION. ON 11/30/15 I ALSO REPORTED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ALSO NOT WORKING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHEN I ARRIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD LEFT REAR SPEED SENSOR AT 185 MILES AND AGAIN THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. ON 12/04/15 AT 334 MILES THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED. AS I WAS GOING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND LESS THAN 10 MILES AWAY, THE SAME LIGHTS AND WARNING READOUTS CAME BACK ON. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE VEHICLE AROUND AND PROCEEDED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. ON MY WAY BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE SLOWING DOWN, A LOUD METALLIC BANGING/RATTLE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR END. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, I EXPLAINED THE SAME SYMPTOMS HAPPENED AGAIN AS BEFORE AND THAT NOW CLANGING/RATTLE IN THE REAR END HAD DEVELOPED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00P.M., I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT A REAR WHEEL BEARING WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY FROM THE FAC

THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED AFTER THE FIRST PEBBLE HIT IT ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE DOING ABOUT 50 MPH. WHILE THIS SOUNDS LIKE A NORMAL ISSUE, THIS HAPPENED 200 MILES AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE. I TRADED IN MY 2009 TACOMA WHICH HAD BEEN HIT HUNDREDS OF TIMES ON THIS SAME STRETCH OF ROAD. I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT UNTIL I WENT TO THE AUTO GLASS REPAIR PLACE AND DISCOVERED MINE WAS THE 3RD 2016 TACOMA THAT WEEK FOR THE SAME ISSUE. FURTHER RESEARCH REVEALED THAT THE 2016 WENT TO A NEW MULTI-LAYERED GLASS THAT CUTS DOWN ON NOISE. I THINK THIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE WINDSHIELD DAMAGE. WHILE A MINOR CHIP MAY HAVE BEEN THE RESULT IF IT HAD HAPPENED WITH AN OLDER VERSION WINDSHIELD.