| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006054897 | Incident Date: Jan, 26 2006 |
| Consumer's City: LANSING | Consumer's State: NC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: TACOMA | Model Year: 2006 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:cruise control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3TMLU42N36M | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 01 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 30 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Cruise control set at 67 mph, traveling in the left hand lane of highway. car in front slowed down and i moved to the right lane as another car was tailgating me. stepped on the gas when the car i was trying to get by accelerated. truck accelerated rapidly to 75-90 mph, stepped on the brake to release cruise control but truck continued acceleration. in front of truck was semi, i hit the brakes to control speed, brakes did not work as automatic brakes but like old brakes, put both feet on brakes but truck did not slow down and continued at 55 to 65 mph. went into the emergency lane, put on flashers. brakes were smelling at this point. put truck into neutral and truck continued moving forward at excessive speed. put it back in drive and continued to exit ramp which was very long. finally got off highway and turned the key off. truck smelled badly from the brakes. waited about 10 minutes, called son who called toyota. i carefully put the truck in drive and cruised into a gas station, turned truck off, exited vehicle. son called back and said toyota said "do not drive the truck". they sent a tow truck to pick it up. son and partner got to vehicle and the hub caps were burning hot from brakes being applied. toyota drove vehicle for 111 miles and checked everything out and found nothing. i called toyota and have started arbitration for them to buy back my brand new truck. *jb |
