TSB: 2024 Tacoma Transmission Failures Issue & Replacement (9/9/24). Updated w/ VIN Lookup Tool

[tacorancher]

What would make you happy?



Same question. You want Toyota to buy back your truck?

No. I love the truck. And I’m not super torqued up about this honestly, save for when I’m thinking about possibly getting stranded in the middle of nowhere. What would make me happy is a clear statement from Toyota explaining what the issue is and a means for me to resolve it in Houston at a dealership near my home, before I’m out in the bush with my truck that’s made to go anywhere. I am under warranty for 125k miles / 8 years but what I’d like the same confidence in the drivetrain I had with my third gen — I think Toyota could restore it with some transparency. But anyway. Moving on.

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[Gfenza89]

No. I love the truck. And I’m not super torqued up about this honestly, save for when I’m thinking about possibly getting stranded in the middle of nowhere. What would make me happy is a clear statement from Toyota explaining what the issue is and a means for me to resolve it in Houston at a dealership near my home, before I’m out in the bush with my truck that’s made to go anywhere. I am under warranty for 125k miles / 8 years but what I’d like the same confidence in the drivetrain I had with my third gen — I think Toyota could restore it with some transparency. But anyway. Moving on.

Perfectly said buddy!

 

[CrispyTacoLover]

No. I love the truck. And I’m not super torqued up about this honestly, save for when I’m thinking about possibly getting stranded in the middle of nowhere. What would make me happy is a clear statement from Toyota explaining what the issue is and a means for me to resolve it in Houston at a dealership near my home, before I’m out in the bush with my truck that’s made to go anywhere. I am under warranty for 125k miles / 8 years but what I’d like the same confidence in the drivetrain I had with my third gen — I think Toyota could restore it with some transparency. But anyway. Moving on.

Is Toyota replacing your transmission?

 

[tacorancher]

Is Toyota replacing your transmission?

No. It’s working fine (aside from the weird stuff others have mentioned).

And to be clear - it’s my daily driver and I’m not holding back. I just hate that I spent this much and am never certain about whether the transmission will explode.

 

[Taco Azul]

Just a quick update since my last post. I’ve driven about 300 miles in the past couple days. A little deep snow and lots of freeway driving, including mountain passes in suboptimal weather. Not even a hint of an issue.

So I’m gonna assume my transmission is fine. Maybe I got some bad gas or it was a software glitch or a combination of things. Hopefully it doesn’t come back.

 

[bking]

I just wish Toyota would be proactive about this. There has to be some way to tell if there is debris or not. From what I'm gathering it came from the Torque converters. There were a few early replacements that broke, but at the time they didn't know what was going on and didn't replace the Torque Converters, just the Transmission. From all of the Forums it seems like the issues are slowing down so we may be getting to a point where most that will fail already have. I hope so. I hate the uncertainty. Mine is fine @ 12k miles and 6 months and I've never had a rough shift.

 

[Gfenza89]

I just wish Toyota would be proactive about this. There has to be some way to tell if there is debris or not. From what I'm gathering it came from the Torque converters. There were a few early replacements that broke, but at the time they didn't know what was going on and didn't replace the Torque Converters, just the Transmission. From all of the Forums it seems like the issues are slowing down so we may be getting to a point where most that will fail already have. I hope so. I hate the uncertainty. Mine is fine @ 12k miles and 6 months and I've never had a rough shift.

See that’s the problem though. Failures aren’t necessarily related to hard shifts. Some trucks shift great and then randomly fail and get stuck in gear with zero prior symptoms, others like my truck shifted great for the first 500 miles and then developed all kind of weird issues, hard shifting, clunky downshifts, shudders and vibrations at low speeds, hard engagement into reverse etc etc and zero codes stored in my trucks computer and obviously no check engine light. So basically Toyota has done absolutely nothing for the people in my camp that are stuck with transmissions that clearly have an issue but there’s zero resolution for it

 

[Ray T]

Talked to Toyota about rough ride between 35-42mph that really doesn’t go away they told me there was a file made it’s documented and was there anything else I proceeded to tell him when I was adding accessories through my dealer they didn’t add the bed scene lighting I wanted he put me on hold next thing I know the lady at my dealership is talking to me I’m like what the hell happened they sent me over to my dealership while I was explaining to her and didn’t know how I was talking too her now she got the manager in charge on the the phone and we were talking and he told me he knows what I spent over the last 24ish years at this dealership and if they can’t figure it out with Toyota which he is calling Monday with the service manager and head tech so they can all give their input also he told me that he would get me out of this truck and into a new one

 

[CrispyTacoLover]

Talked to Toyota about rough ride between 35-42mph that really doesn’t go away they told me there was a file made it’s documented and was there anything else I proceeded to tell him when I was adding accessories through my dealer they didn’t add the bed scene lighting I wanted he put me on hold next thing I know the lady at my dealership is talking to me I’m like what the hell happened they sent me over to my dealership while I was explaining to her and didn’t know how I was talking too her now she got the manager in charge on the the phone and we were talking and he told me he knows what I spent over the last 24ish years at this dealership and if they can’t figure it out with Toyota which he is calling Monday with the service manager and head tech so they can all give their input also he told me that he would get me out of this truck and into a new one

 

[Ray T]

Strange my pros vin is like 3000 outside the cut off #

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