Toyota TACOMA — Years to Avoid

Main issue: 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

Main issue: THE TRUCK STARTED TO MAKE A RATTLING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEN REACHING 15MPH. TOOK IT TO DEALER TO HAVE IT EXAMINED. THEY SAID TO TRY DIFFERENT GAS NOT CHEAP GAS. "I WAS ALREADY USING SHELL GAS" BUT I DID WHAT THEY SAID. STILL MAKING THE NOISE NOW FROM 20-40MPH. TAKE IT BACK TO

Main issue: INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A NEW 2010 TOYOTA TACOMA. ON ITS FIRST LONG DISTANCE TRIP, WITH LESS THAT 2000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND BARELY A MONTH OLD, THE REAR FACTORY INSTALLED HIGH PERFORMANCE BILSTEIN REAR S

Main issue: TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN COLD. DELAY IN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE WHEN COLD. TRANSMISSION UPSHIFTS TOO QUICKLY AT VERY LOW SPEEDS.

Main issue: DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED. MY TRUCK HAD 5-6 GALLONS IN THE TANK. SUDDENLY THE LIGHTS ON DASH WENT OFF AND LOSS OF POWER. TRUCK WOULD ONLY DRIVE 25MPH. I HAD TO PULLOVER AND THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET CRUSHED BY THE 18 WHEELER BEHIND ME. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. NOW I DO NOT LET THE TANK GET BELOW 1/2 EMPT

Main issue: A MONTH AFTER I LEASE THE VEHICLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ONE DAY AFTER WORK.