it’s implied by simple probabilities. We have a small subset of 4G Tacoma owners here and have a handful of them with failed transmissions at minimum. Of course, people on forums are biased toward those with negative outcomes, but extrapolation suggests more despite our likely population bias.
Perhaps the NHTSA is slacking, but according to their website, dealers are required by law to report vehicle issues to them and as of Friday the 9th when I checked last that is what they were reporting.
Interesting. I wasn’t aware they were required to report it. I’d be curious to see what teeth there are for mandating reporting.
Thats exactly what I had to do with mine. Tried going into manual mode and choosing a lower ger but only 6-8 worked. I then rev'd it up like crazy to get it to go from a stop. I limped it home about 2 miles. Once I got it home I turned off the truck, started it back up, and all the gears worked. I called Toyota after that, who towed it away. So far I am the only one I have heard about who has had the issue intermittently. They still found metal shavings in the transmission fluid and saw a code for a solenoid issue.
Well, when it first happened I could tell something was wrong while sitting in a parking lot. No check engine lights yet. As I pulled out I noticed I had to give it considerably more gas to get moving. I ended up pulling off the road into a neighborhood where I turned the truck off and back on, it went into lower gears, and I went about a quarter mile till I got to a stop sign where as I sat there I could feel it jerking forward as it was going up through the gears. Then the check engine light came on.
I had no check engine lights when my issue occurred. I was at a stop light with the auto stop hold on, had ect power button on (SR5 feature), and got to about 25 pulling onto the highway and heard a loud clunk, and lost power it seemed. Right after that I knew I had some sort of transmission issue. Once at the first light tried going but it wouldn't until I revved it up.
I think it’s just saying if debris in pan, then replace torque converter. The debris could have been from the failed transmission parts. However I do think it possible it was a run of bad transmissions from Aisin. Maybe due to a manufacturing glitch such as debris. If it was an engineering flaw maybe more would have failed?
Way more than 13. I already went through this. New trans after 5000 miles. My dealer got one a week after mine showed up. On forums I already seen 15. So wonder how many that haven’t posted there trans problems . Number just keep going up the more miles ppl but on this truck.
The engines being replaced in the identified Lexus models and the Tundra were engines built in Japan. In fact the machining process that caused the debris was first introduced in Japan, and then repeated in the US.
