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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006061050 | Incident Date: Mar, 28 2006 |
| Consumer's City: AURORA | Consumer's State: CO |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: TACOMA | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:front |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 11111111111 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 29 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 09 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Potential safety hazard 29 mar 06 05/06 tacoma suspension design-design flaw and potential safety hazard. this is not a question but a description of what i and other previous and current tacoma or truck owners consider a design flaw and potential safety hazard. i'm highly disappointed with the front end metal suspension knuckle that sits a 1/2 inch away from the middle of the tire. this is on the 05 tacoma crew cab 4x4 shortbed w/trd, tow pkg (oc)options. -this causes issue this could cause flexing of the tire during normal on-road and off-road bumps causing the tire to flex and possibly rub against the suspension knuckle. this situation is compounded if a tire runs a little low on air pressure and could cause a premature cut tire or blowout. another unrelated item--the new 05/06 tacoma rear suspension bottoms out to easy. during a recent hunting trip oct 05 in colorado. i had my hunting gear distributed evenly in the crew cab and the shortbed (appx 100pds in the back seat, only myself 220pd in driver seat, and appx 400 pds in the truck bed. the truck bed had appx 275 pds between the wheel well and tailgate and other 100-150 max in front of bed evenly destroyed. the truck bottomed out quite easily on fairly minor ruts on dirt roads and on highway ditches that were only minor sloped and should not have cause the truck to bottom out. the truck was not close to the 50% weight limit and the rear of the truck standing still was not sagging much at all from the weight. i was really shocked that it sounded like the truck bottomed out on minor slow speed ruts and during highway road humps or dips. this never happened with my 95 or 98 tacoma unless i had 75% plus of the bed carry limit met. i think you need to beef up or retest/redesign the springs and/or shocks to meet the new trucks weight and load carry capabilities better. billy armour. *nm |
