general problems of the 2005 Toyota Tacoma - part 1

Blower motor only works on high. Sometimes speed od. Doesn't work, sometimes it does. Speed od. Reads about 5 miles per hour fast. Gauges pause for about 10 sec. Before working when I first start truck. All started around 120,000 miles.

I was approaching a red;ight in phoenix, a truck was in front of me I applied the brake and the accelerator amped up. The guy I rearended said he saw mer crow hopping as my truck was doing this. I had my foot firmly pressed on the brake as hard as I could. I only stopped when I rear ended him. I was on a city street in phoenix.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. While driving 5 mph and pulling into a parking space, the vehicle accelerated and the vehicle crashed into a store. When the vehicle accelerated, it burned rubber and left marks at the scene. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was not yet diagnosed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 146,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. While the vehicle was in drive, it accelerated independently without the accelerator pedal being depressed. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 09v388000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,932.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while driving 5 mph, the engine rpms increased abnormally as the vehicle lunged forward, causing the contact to crash into another vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 130,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, it lunged forward. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage and VIN was not available. Mh.

I was pulling into the garage; as I began to brake to bring the truck to a halt, the engine raced and the anti-lock brakes started going off as I stood on the brake pedal. The truck probably would have gone through the back of the garage had I not thrown the gear selector into neutral. This is the third time I've had this experience, but it's the first time I had others in it with me and first time I was worried about getting the vehicle stopped before an accident occurred. I'm beginning to wonder if this vehicle is safe to drive down the road. I'm not sure what the appropriate course of action is. The problem only happens once in a while, so it seems like taking it to the dealer wouldn't produce any results.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma pre-runner. The contact stated that when making a three point turn, she applied the brakes and the rpm's started to rev up. The vehicle then accelerated without any warning causing the contact to crash into a parked vehicle. The police were contacted and there was a report available. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised her that her vehicle should not have experienced the failure due to NHTSA campaign id number 09v388000 (vehicle speed control) being performed earlier. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were approximately 73,469. Tb.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that after placing her vehicle into reverse, the engine revved as well as the rpm's. After restarting the vehicle three times it drove as normal. Approximately a few blocks later and driving approximately 35 to 40 mph the accelerator jammed without any warning. The contact immediately placed the gears into neutral after depressing on the brakes failed, pulled over. The vehicle has not been inspected by a dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure and current mileages were approximately 59,000. Tb.

2005 Toyota Tacoma. Consumer requests reimbursement for recall repairs on vehicle. The consumer stated his request for reimbursement was denied for the recalls and Toyota never provided him with an explanation. The consumer has since traded the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that as she shifted into reverse and applied the brakes the vehicle exhibited an abnormal increase in engine rpms. She then shifted into park but the failure did not cease and the vehicle was shut off. The vehicle was inspected by an authorized dealer and they advised her that they were unable to diagnose the vehicle or able to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 78,000.

The vehicle in question, 2005 Toyota Tacoma , continued to accelerate after releasing the accelerator pedal. I repeatedly depressed the brake pedal to no avail as the vehicle rammed into a chain link fence. The fence slowed the momentum of the vehicle as vehicle acceleration continued. I then completely remove my foot up from the brake and hit the brake very hard at least two to three times until the accelerator finally broke loose and acceleration stopped. The vehicle did not show any sign of a problem prior to the accelerator hanging up. It just occurred randomly.

Several months ago we received a recall notice on our 2005 Toyota Tacoma. We took the truck to champion Toyota austin TX on Thursday sept 23 2010 to have it repaired under the recall. When my wife picked up the truck later she immediately noticed that the lower half of the pedal had been cut off and that she was not able to safely drive the vehicle, her foot cannot reach the accelerator pedal. We contacted the dealership the same afternoon, and since then have tried to get this resolved by phone and email. We have been told repeatedly by Toyota that nothing can be done. This repair is unsafe. We live about 5 miles from the dealer. My wife was almost rear ended on the way home when her foot slipped off the pedal. Our biggest safety concern is that she now has to move the seat so far forward to reach the accelerator that her chest is in contact with the steering wheel - airbag.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The contact was stopped on a bridge with the brakes depressed when there was an abnormal increase in engine rpms. The vehicle then began to independently creep forward. The contact depressed the brakes but to no avail. The vehicle then accelerated and although the contact applied extreme force to the brake pedal, the vehicle proceeded to crash into another vehicle. The contact shifted into neutral and turned the vehicle off. There were no injuries. The vehicle was undamaged. The manufacturer advised that the failure was caused by the floor mats and referred the contact to the local dealer. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure and advised the vehicle was safe to drive. The current and failure mileages were approximately 40,000.

Short in the button to turn the cruse control on sometimes it works but I have to push it at least 200 times. The second thing is a short in the over head compas/temperature gauge it just does not work any more.

The third of three incidences occurred on 3-10-10 while traversing a parking lot which, at the time of the accident, I thought sloped down into a lower parking lot. At the edge of the upper parking lot it became apparent that there was a two to three foot vertical drop into the lower lot. I applied the brakes and continued over the edge. Upon impact with the lower lot, the vehicle accelerated and, after swerving to avoid a parked vehicle, became uncontrollable. This resulted in the vehicle making impact with a building on the edge of the parking lot.

I was driving about 40 miles per hour my 2005 Toyota Tacoma on the freeway in light rain. The steering completely went out of control and my truck began fishtailing. I tapped on the brakes lightly but the truck continued accelerating faster. I ended up hitting the concrete barrier and was placed in the ambulance. I now suffer from lower back and possible torn ligaments in the neck. Before the accident there has been a couple of incident where the steering veers of for no reason and sometimes the steering shakes when I drive.

I was in a parking lot w/ my 05 Tacoma and needed to perform a k turn. I stopped, put the truck in reverse, and it felt like it went full throttle for about 2-3 seconds. I had to slam on the brake immediately and was able to stop the vehicle before hitting any of the parked cars. The same event occurred moments later when I had to back out of some heavy snow in the same parking lot. I have received a letter about floor mats last year and haven't had them in the driver's side since last October. It also did not seem to be a pedal issue. The throttle seemed to open immediately after the shifting into reverse. I reported the incident to my insurance company. No repairs have been done.

Driving a 2005 Toyota Tacoma no visible adverse weather, cold/ truck slid sideways, accelerated even though the brakes were depressed to the floor. Vehicle rolled three times. Vehicle continued to idle up even after it was on its side . Contacted Toyota, given an incident reference number, no response from Toyota.

My incident occurred while driving my 2005 Toyota Tacoma on January 26th 2010. I was approaching an intersection where I had a red stop light and slowed the truck to an almost stop. My foot was on the brake pedal and it was nearly to the floor but not all the way yet. Then very suddenly the truck lurched forward at which point I jammed my foot down hard on the brake pedal. Then the truck sort of jumped three times during which I had my foot completely pressed on the brake pedal. The gas pedal was pumping by itself. Thankfully the truck stopped about one foot from the oncoming traffic and they were able to get around me. The truck traveled approximately 15 feet during this time where I had my foot on the brake pedal. I have not had another situation like that since. But had no warning the last time and am very worried next time I will not be as lucky.

On the day of December 10, 2009 I was arriving home from work as I always do. I was preparing to park my 2005 Toyota Tacoma truck in front of the garage as I always do. As I began to back up the engine roared causing the truck to plunge backward into the garage door and house. I was unable to stop the vehicle even while having my foot on the brake. However this was not the first time this had happened. The first time was at a traffic light. As I stopped at the light, with a car in front of me, with my foot on the brake the engine roared and the tires screeched causing the truck to accelerate . Fortunately I was able to put the truck in neutral allowing me to avoid slamming into the car. The second time I was taking my wife to her oncologist appointment for a chemotherapy treatment. As I approached the turnpike booth to get my ticket the engine again roared and plunged forward and I was unable to get my ticket. Thank god there was no car in front of us. I was finally able to bring the truck to a stop by placing it in neutral. Again visibly shaken, I turned the truck around explained to the ticket taker what had happened and I returned home. I immediately called the dealer where I had purchased the vehicle and asked if they had heard of any similar incident. They informed me they had not heard of this before. At this point in time no one is willing to help resolve this problem. I am unable and unwilling to use this truck because I am afraid something fatal my happen.

I was pulling up behind a car at a redlight, applying my brakes, when the brakes seemed to vibrate. Suddenly, my 2005 Toyota Tacoma's engine revved violently and the truck jumped forward and hit the car in front. My foot was pressing as hard as I could the entire time. I had to throw the truck into neutral. Following the accident report, I had the truck towed to my Toyota dealership. Hopefully they will do right by me as this was clearly not my fault! I refuse to drive it until they discover what went wrong. I can say that it was not a floormat issue!.

Often times when I am braking to a stop in my 2005 Toyota Tacoma, I feel the truck lurch forward. I have been able to stop the truck by applying more pressure to the brake, but the truck still wants to move forward. I generally leave ample distance between myself and the cars in front of me. This has prevented two rear end accidents.

My 2005 Toyota Tacoma accelerator went full open throttle and the truck ran away full open throttle with out me pressing on the gas pedal, I could not stop this with condition with the brake pedal burning my brakes to a smell of burnt brake pad. This happen in the day time and the floor mat was no where close or near the accelerator pedal, I looked down to check the floor mat position. To stop the run away veh and over revving engine condition I had to turn the ign key to the off position, and I put the trans in neutral and coasted to a stop to void engine damage and crashing. This condition happened while accelerating onto a hwy where the posted speed limit is 65mph. After restarting the engine in was back to normal and this condition has not happened again in the last 150 miles that I have driven the truck. The Toyota dealership said they don't have a repair and don't no want caused my truck to go wide open throttle by itself.

A couple of years ago I started experiencing sudden un-commanded acceleration at low speed. There have been 4 instances of this problem occurring. It happens randomly with no warning when I apply the brakes (like slowing for a stoplight or a slower car ahead). The last one happened on August 24, 2009. This time it resulted in a low speed collision and damage to my vehicle. Fortunately no other vehicle was involved. At first I thought this might be my error, but on reflection, I believe there is more to this problem and I don't think it is a problem with floor mats. I am following the recall situation and am waiting to be contacted by my dealer for rectification of this problem. I like my Tacoma but I am nervous driving it and try to avoid it when I can.

We purchased a 2005 Tacoma pick-up in 2005. My husband has had two experiences with the pick-up accelerating on its own, at full throttle, without his foot on the throttle at all. Only after turning the engine off did it stop. This took place in 2006 & 2007. He contacted the Toyota dealership that we purchased it from and were told they had not heard of anything like that happening. We gave the truck to our son in August of 2008. In June of 2009, the truck accelerated to full throttle, while in reverse, going maybe 5mph . He had his feet on the brake and the tires were smoking. Luckily, he was able to stop it. We now have a 2008 Tacoma pickup and a 2009 corolla car in our possession. We're very concerned about what is going on. We would appreciate you looking at the Tacoma pick-up for more than the floor mat recall. We have had this happen to our family and we want the problem solved. I have sent an email to Toyota on their web site telling them of our experience with the Tacoma pickup. Thank you.

While driving down the freeway at approx. 65mph the vehicle accelerated, as we don't often drive our vehicle it has only occurred 2-3 times(between 2008-2009), fortunately we have always been a reasonable distance from other vehicles when the truck "takes off"(it is like you gunned the gas pedal). After the acceleration the truck just slows back down. We received a recall notice for the floor mat issue, which this is not the issue, it stated we would be informed as to when we should bring the vehicle in for that repair. So far no other contact has been made. With bringing this acceleration concern to the attention of the dealer, we were informed that although the 95 Tacomas are not in the accelerator recall, they would look at the gas peddle and replace it if needed at our expense minus labor costs. I see now that this may not even fix the problem. Should I bother having this repair done?.

Vehicle surges forward slightly when stopped at stoplight. Happens nearly every time I stop the vehicle without having it in park mode. The severity of the surge seems to be proportional with the velocity of the vehicle prior to stopping (I. E. Surge is more pronounced when stopping from a higher velocity than from a lower velocity). The surge event occurs roughly 2-3 seconds after vehicle comes to a full stop, and lasts perhaps 0. 5 seconds then goes away. With the foot on the brake, the vehicle doesn't go very far, but it's a safety concern in the event the surge becomes uncontrollable. Corrective action has been to maintain a greater-than-usual distance from the intersection or from the vehicle in front.

In June 2008, we experienced a wreck that we at first thought must have been related to my wife mistakenly hitting the gas when she thought she had hit the brake. At the time, she had just turned into our neighborhood and would have been traveling slowly but the Tacoma hit the center median, went across it and ended up in the other side facing the other direction. It did considerable damage underneath the truck. At the time, the Toyota dealer mentioned nothing about acceleration problems. We could not understand what had happened but had no other explanation. We have full records on the incident.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. While driving 35 mph and making a right turn the vehicle suddenly began to accelerate on its own. The contact had to place the vehicle in neutral in order to stop the vehicle from accelerating. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 77000. Updated 12/17/09 the consumer stated the floor mat was not the issue as the mats are cloth and not rubber and the pedal was up not down. Updated 12/21/09.

I was approaching a stoplight, pressing on the brake to come to a stop behind the line of cars already waiting at the light. Right before my truck came to a complete stop, the engine starting racing. I pressed harder on the brake, but the truck surged forward 3 or 4 feet and hit the car in front of me. While I was pressing on the brake, I could hear the tires screeching on the road, but there was nothing I could do to stop the truck before it caused an accident.

My 2005 Toyota Tacoma 4dr 2x4 is experiencing the lurching issue when a/c is running at a stop light. Although it has not caused any accidents thus far, I've come close in many occasions and nervous at letting my wife drive the vehicle. Now that I've just had a child, I'm even more interested in getting this issue fixed. This issue occurs repeatedly when a/c is running.

May 30, I was pulling into a parking space at kiewit middle school with my Tacoma. While I was approximately 5-10 feet from the car in front the engine begin racing. My foot was not on the accelerator, it was firmly on the brake. The engine continued revving and the brakes final gave and I hit the car ahead. As it is I damaged the front of my Tacoma, as well as the rear of car ahead of me. I am sure if there were not a vehicle ahead at such a close distance great damage and injury would have been incurred. I do not feel that currently the vehicle is safe to drive, I contacted Toyota, national -- they told me that it was ok and to take it home. I felt so strongly that the vehicle was not safe that I immediately traded it in for a Nissan -- if you need more information of would like to speak with others that saw what happened please let me know. I have also kept all receipts and documentation from Toyota. Btw -- according to Toyota -- you guys don't exist. -- I stumbled upon your information in the back of my new Nissan's owner manual.

This is for the 2005 Toyota Tacoma. I have noticed several times when coming to a stop that the truck lounges forward. Even with my foot completely on the brake the truck still will pull forward. I have had this happen so many times, one time stopping for a pedestrian crossing in front of me and the truck trying to pull forward. I took the vehicle to the dealership numerous times and they just told me it wa s normal or they could not duplicate the problem.

Truck lurched forward when at a stop sign. Foot was on the brake, yet truck moved forward an inch or two. Happens regularly, 4-5 times a week. Last time was on Sep 10th, 2007.