Toyota Tacoma

"Told by dealer that the water from the air conditioner condensation leaked from a clog in the hose that runs under the carpet in the rear compartment. This of course is not a warranty item. It took a while and a lot of effort to get rid of most of the mildew smell."

"Toyota’s small trucks have always been good in the more important ways (reliability), but have also always been tin cans."

"Driver side window seal were defective causing major howling sounds in windy conditions"

"the seal around the third brake light leaked ad one around the rear glass."

"Not sealed well to begin with"‿noisy. In windy conditions the driver side window squeals."

"Squeaks when going over any bumps"

"some squeaks when going over bumps"

"Buzzing noise at steady speed 1500 to 1800 rpm"

"Right front cab mount was installed incorrectly and needed to be replaced. Rear leaf springs squeaked - leaf springs had to be cleaned. I also took the vehicle in to have the ATF checked. Reports in Tacomaworld suggested that many with the tow package were low on ATF"

"Brand new vehicles should not have rattles in the first 12 months. The problem was a piece of the hand hold on the passenger side somehow was not fit correctly at the factory and started to rub against the dash. Super annoying"

"rattles from passerger side"

"Rattles in dash. Can't seem to find it. Very annoying"

"I noticed noises coming from the rear while driving. Later I discovered that Toyota is in the process of issuing a recall due to a problem with the rear differential. I'm awaiting the recall notice from Toyota so that I can take it in for inspection and repair"

"Interior of truck. A rattles/squeaks coming from the passenger (front) Unable to locate source of noise. Bringing in vehicle to dealer next week to fix this noise"

"I noticed a squeak in front of my truck. The dealer body shop told me my front bumper had been hit and the bumper bracket was bent. You could not see anywhere the bumper was hit and they showed me a picture of the bracket, it was really thin. I have never hit anything and am about the only one who drives this truck. I just think that a bumper should take a 5mph hit or something like that before the bracket bends. Also they told me my back bumper was hit and on one side the bracket bent. You could actually see a tiny ding mark in this bumper. I park my truck out away from other cars and haul firewood and bicycles in it most, its not used for work or abused. Pretty wimpy bumper brackets if you ask me."

"Bushings went bad but were covered under warranty"

"There is a part somewhere in the door post area between the front and back door that rattles. The dealer couldn't find anything when the vehicle was under warranty."

"A lot of noise both inside and out"

"The bed rattles as though screws are loose. Service department hasn't been able to do anything to end the rattle."

"Loud when driving any speed"

"Much wind and tire noise"

"Extreme wind noise so loud that you have to increase volume to hear radio/Navigation"

"A whistling noise occurs at high speed in combination with strong winds"

"Can hear the wind noise on the driver and passengers doors, while driving westbound"

"Howling noise during a crosswind. Weather seal around doors replaced. Helped but still there but much better"

"Wind noise from mirrors at or above 70mph"

"road noise"

"Depending on the speed, wind direction and possibly temperature, the vehicle emits whistling noises"

"Vehicle has very loud road noise probably coming from rear wheels through rear air vents in cab."

"Wind noise around mirrors and windows. Very noisy overall in the cab. The dealer couldn't do anything about the noise while the vehicle was under warranty. The mirrors in my last Tacoma had the same problem. No more Tacoma's for us! Very poor workmanship!! Lousy upgrade. I don't imagine Toyota will do a major overhaul of this vehicle because they don't do it for approximately 10 years."

"When driving at highway speeds, especially on windy days, there is a loud, almost constant sqealing wind noise coming from the front doors (both the driver's and passenger's side)"

"Drivers side window makes a loud fluttering noise driving at 65mph on the freeway. Sounds like the rubber trim on the top of the truck cab allows air underneath. Dealer couldn't find the problem."

"Door wind noises, noise between cab and pickup bed. Both rear and front bumper have popped off with only minor taps to bushes or rocks, while turning in difficukt places at slow speed"

"There is often loud squealing noises when driving in high winds, especially cross winds. It appears to be coming from the mirrors, especially the passenger side mirror. It has not been resolved, it does not affect the operation of the truck."

"transmission shift flare between 3-4 gears. Delay in response time from a stop, and in stop and go traffic. Only when it is in s mode and set up to 5 gear does if feel some what normal. Very did appointed even after the trans updates. 1st one and rev 1. Still not acceptable"

"It's really a combination of the transmission and the transmission computer. I think the gearing is too steep and the computer always wants to be in a higher gear than is practical. This makes the driving experience frustrating especially in stop and go traffic. I ended up getting rid of the truck after about 14 months because I couldn't take driving it anymore"

"Car surges when cold. Car shifts back & forth during slight inclines when driving"

"delayed shift in the morning from park to drive. While driving, it up-shifts too early. when braking, you can feel it down shift late. when i need a lower gear, i almost have to floor it to get it to downshift but then it down shifts too far. drives me craZY"

"Shifting was rough going up hills (automatic shifting). Complained about it 2 months after purchase but was told the software had to "learn" my driving habits. A software update came out a year later which made shifting less rough, but I'm still not happy with the transmission"

"When starting in the morning it would hesitate when shifting into drive. An update to the computer has corrected this"

"hard upshifts when driving in hilly areas. jumps gears between 50-60 mph. abrupt noise when coming to a stop. Like it won't go into neutral"

"Jerk going from reverse to forward . Hesitate when first starting."

"The shift points for this truck is terrible. Google it and you'll see it's a Tacoma epidemic! For me, it shifts too early from take off. On hills it can't decide what gear to be in. Sometimes shifting from park to drive the motor revs up and jumps into gear (safety issue). Very disappointed in the quality of this Toyota transmission!"

"The dealer told us of the rough shifting and the fact there was a software upgrade which fixed the problem."

"The 3.5 liter engine/six gear transmission is under powered vs the previous 4.0 lite/five gear models causing continual downshifting on any incline. Its loud, but weak. I want my 2013 Tacoma lease back. What a disappointment."

"The transmission remains (after computer adjustment) both rough shifting and slips?, actually, it often doesn't shift when it should."

"The fluid in the transmission was low"

"Transmission was not correctly filled with fluid from the factory. Toyota denied there was a problem then claimed they filled it with fluid. After several return trips they actually filled the trans with fluid, now it goes into gear and shifts correctly"

"When new, transmission shifts up and down constantly. After 6 months, a new transmission update came out. My transmission was updated. Much better, but not perfect"

"erratic engagement when engaging drive from park or reverse. tsb improved the problem"

"Reprogrammed Engine Control Module twice. Still don't like the constant shifting up and down - particularly when in cruise control"

"problems with shifting on hills. Fixed by a Toyota update"

"TSB on transmission on ill-developed computer programming. TSB took care of most of my complaints"

"I was told the problem with the "slipping" was the computer program which was updated but now the shifting does not seem right at all times - I'm just not sure I can rely on it to last as long as I think it should"

"The shifting was sporadic and rough, especially when first operated (of the day) or going from reverse to forward."

"On deacceleration for a stop that doesn't warrant a stop, depressing the throttle pedal will give a jerk. In auto, the transmission doesn't shift properly. Driving in manual eliminates a lot of the transmission issues."

"Broke down 2 times. They replaced the crank shaft sensor which fixed the problem for a month. Broke down a 3rd time but they couldn't find any additional problems. I was sent home without any fix so just waiting for the issue to occur again. Toyota corporate has been involved"

"Screen/data reboots"

"Same problem as with blue tooth pairing"

"The radio/nav/bluetooth started having problems to where the whole unit would shut down and reset over and over when her iphone 7 would connect up with the radio via bluetooth. It worked fine for 6 or 7 months and then it went all haywire and we had to restore the phone to original settings and software for it to work again. Funny as It worked fine for months. Seems to be a consistant problem with many owners across the board as they use the same head on most of their vehicles. Wait till the"

"The trip odometer and mileage calculator would reset themselves with no input from me. The entire unit which included the speedo and the tach and all the vehicle info had to be replaced. That unit also had the vehicle total milage in it. So they had to order a new unit with that exact milage and until the new unit arrived I was not allowed to drive my truck. It took two months for the new unit. Fortunately the dealership gave me a new Tacoma to drive in the meantime. Still it was a PIA."

"The Navigation is far too complicated can cause distracted driving.I use my Garmin GPS instead"

"Both vehicles have in-dash GPS systems. I inquired about updating the maps for both vehicles. I was told the cost was $300 per vehicle. I consider the cost to be extremely exorbitant and called Toyota to inquire about the issue. I was told by the representative I talked to that the cost is set by each dealer at their discretion. I was also told that some dealers provide map updates at no charge. I sent a letter to my dealer describing my experience and received no response. I contacted Toyota"

"The placement requiers that you take your eyes off of the area in front of you. I have compaired the performance of the "in dash" to my garmin. I can put the garmin in front of me. the garmin is more responsive and persise than the "in dash". You can not make changes on the "in dash" unit while the truck is moveing. your passenger can not make changes while in motion. I have remove it in the display. When we purchased a camery for my wife a few day later, I not op to have "Idash" Nav. when f"

"Awful. Not accurate. Takes us to wrong locations. Programed location is sometimes blocks away. Sometimes takes us around in circles. Basically unuseable. We need to use the GPS on our phone or an after-market GPS. Will not let you choose another route to the location if needed while the vehicle is moving. Limited features while vehicle is moving. Aftermarket GPS and phone GPS allow this. Entune drains the phone battery quickly"

"entire navigation and radio had to be replace in the first month"

"Pairing and un-pairing is too complicated. Most of the time I prefer to use my Plantronics blue-tooth device that fits to my ear. For it's far superior sound and clarity"

"HAD TO HAV E DEALER HELP. AND THEN TOOK TWO PEOPLE TO SOLVE PROBLEM AND QUIT AGAIN.. STILL NOT WORKING"

"The daeler ship mad a big deal regarding Blue Tooth. What they did not say that some of the features diid not work while in vehcile was moving. The phone wark good"

"phone not working when driving"

"Phone paired but the nav and audio system in the dash kept stopping and starting. Was in the shop 4 times and updated but seemed to end up with my samsung 8 phone or contact list interfering with the electronics and when updated and removed and reinstalled it was fixed. The phone and dash nav and audio had worked for months and one day decided to go out of wack. I will never trust a self driving car as there are too many systems ans softwares that will never be quite right with all the auto makers and phonemakers with too many app:to al work properly all the time. Glad im getting old before the problems develop and surface. Might be that a certain brand of self driver will only work with brand x phones and certain apps. Good luck."

"Frequently when I attempt to play music via Bluetooth from my iPhone the music skips. I have to turn off then back on to resolve the problem"

"The phone will un pair from the system and then the radio will restart. You then have to re pair the phone to the system"

"The radio system would regularly drop the phone connection. When this happened, the radio would turn off and restart. When that happened, all favorites and contacts were lost. Many times when a call was attempted the radio would appear to be dialing, as did the phone yet nothing was really happening and the phone and radio were then stuck in limbo. Toyota was totally aware of the problem and ultimately said they could not fix the problem. They basically told us to live with. it. They made no attempts to replace the unit. Their excuse was they couldn't find anything wrong, yet they openly admitted there was a problem that they could not fix. I ended up pulling the unit and replacing it with an after market one."

"Vehicle doesn't have Apple Play. For the amount the dealer marked up for the terrible Etune system, it should work with the iPhone. It's either all phone or all Etune. Can't hear the iPhone when listening the radio. Can't use Apple maps with the system either. Toyota's gps is very outdated and slow. There is also lag with sound being played from the iPhone. About a half second to one second delay. Annoying when someone in the vehicle is watching video and using the sound system."

"Radio reception is terrible! Constant fading in and out"

"Very poor AM reception and adjacent frequency rejection."

"Toyota made little or no attempt to provide software fixes/updates for the radio problem"

"Siris could not understand voice commands. Mostly with calling contacts. They changed complete radio, but still have same problem could be a software issue"