| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006057212 | Incident Date: Feb, 19 2006 |
| Consumer's City: CARLSBAD | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: TACOMA | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5TEWN72NX4Z | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 23 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 26 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2004 toyota tacoma [xxx] electronic throttle control system (etcs). on 26 feb 2005, 14 apr 2005, 17 apr 2005 and 20 feb 2005 after prolonged driving at highway speeds when stepping off the gas pedal to make a stop the engine speed would not decrease and i would have to apply both feet to the brake pedal to try to slow down, and swerve to the side to avoid hitting vehicles in front of me. after approximately 5-10 seconds the engine speed would suddenly decrease and i could regain control. while struggling to keep control did not shift from drive to neutral. in each instance no warning lights. before these 4 events occurred the engine suffered a catastrophic failure on 11 apr 2004 with only 1,111 miles. toyota of carson city nevada effected the repairs to the catastrophic engine failure by replacing the lower block and the cylinder heads among other components. i took the car to toyota of carlsbad, california on 1 mar 2005, 20 apr 2005, 5 may 2005 and 23 feb 2006 for the speed control problem but they could not duplicate it and would not replace any components. apparently the computer did not register/store any diagnostic failure codes. i know by having read the toyota service manual that the electronic control module does not record all failures. i cannot tell if this problem was present when the car was built or whether it was induced by repairs for the catastrophic engine failure. what i do know is that i have a serious safety issue. i am very concerned about not being able to avoid hitting a pedestrian or another vehicle. i have exhausted all consumer support avenues with toyota. reference number [xxx] with eloise toyota customer support 1-800-331-4331 today 24 feb 2006 indicates that they will not do anything else. i strongly suspect that there are two failures. first, the throttle body is malfunctioning intermittently causing the problem. second, the ecm is failing to detect and record the event. *nm updated 07/17/2012 *js |
