general problems of the 2009 Toyota Tacoma

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that she received notification of the NHTSA campaign number: 09v388000 (vehicle speed control). The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the floor mats were replaced; however, the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed and after the accelerator pedal was released, the brake pedal was depressed, and the accelerator pedal became stuck. The contact stated that the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact was able to depress the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the vehicle was out of warranty and no further assistance provided. The failure mileage was approximately 94,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. While at a complete stop with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle accelerated independently and caused the contact to strike another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was driven home. The contact stated that this was the third time the exact same failure occurred, causing him to strike other vehicles. Previously, the vehicle was taken to a dealer and the contact was informed that the failure occurred due to the floor mat. The accelerator pedal was cut down and the computer system was updated; however, the failure recurred. The failure mileage was 61,000.

At or around 1330hrs local time on april11th I was stationary at a red light on e. Main street at franklin Ave in rockaway borough in dry daylight conditions when my truck experienced full acceleration in an instant propelling me forward until I impacted the vehicle 3 ft in front of me also stopped at the red light. The impact instantly lowered the engine speed to normal idle. This is the third time this happened. The dealer and Toyota try to hide under the floor mats interfering with the accelerator. The last time this happened in 2013 the dealer cut the accelerator pedal and reflashed the computer. It's still not right. Toyota had an independent lab to look at the events recorder and reported everything is fine. The engine speeds up in a rapid manner at a complete stop giving the operator just milli-seconds to try to react. A crash is the result. I'm lucky today, it could have been pedestrians run over and killed. This is a serious problem, I won't drive the Toyota anymore it's an unsafe vehicle.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 mph, he approached a stop signal. After the brake pedal depressed the vehicle surged and crashed into another vehicle. The contact sustained no injuries. The vehicle was driven from the scene. Nhtsa recall campaign id number 09v388000 (speed control) was not related or associated with the recall. The unexpected acceleration occurred two times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who reprogrammed the computer system. In addition, an engineer was referred by the manufacturer to perform an investigation related to the defect, and gather information from the data recorder. The approximate failure mileage was 50,500.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign id number: 09v388000 (vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal) and the vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs. One year later, the contact experienced an abnormal acceleration while shifting into drive with the brakes depressed. He was able to stop the acceleration failure by shifting into neutral and shutting off the vehicle. Once the vehicle was restarted, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure however, the dealer advised that he would be sending for an investigator to further inspect the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The current and the failure mileages were 15,322.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while attempting to park and depressing the brakes, the vehicle abnormally accelerated and crashed into a pole. The contact stated that the brake and accelerator pedals were too close together and she has simultaneously depressed both pedals causing the abnormal acceleration. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The current and failure mileage was approximately 8,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer because he was experiencing issues when he was shifting gears. The technicians modified the accelerator pedal. After the accelerator pedal was modified he was driving approximately 35 mph when it became difficult for him to engage the pedal. The dealer stated that they would replace the pedal; however, the vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 15,000.

Today I was on rt 50 in western fairfax county, va stopped and waiting to make a left hand turn onto centreville rd. All of a sudden my Toyota Tacoma 09 surged forward and gently hit the stopped full size truck in front of me. The gentlemen in the full size truck got out and saw no damage on his truck. I had some minor scratches on the front bumper and on the front license plate. No one was hurt so we did not report anything. I am concerned that there is a defect in my truck that causes this sudden surge. Had someone walked in front of my truck when the surge occurred, someone could have been seriously injured. Luckily no one was hurt.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. While driving in reverse at a very low speed, the vehicle surged backward resulting in a crash. There was no police report filed and no injuries reported. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop to have the body work performed. The vehicle was in the process of being examined for the failure. The failure and current mileages were approximately 18,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle shifted out of gear and accelerated on its own. The contact was able to control the vehicle by applying the brakes and stop the vehicle. The dealer was contacted and could not duplicate the failure and stated that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 5,000. The current mileage was 8,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. While the contact was turning into his garage , driving 10 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact was able to apply the vehicles brakes to stop the acceleration. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership and the manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The current and failure mileages were 6000.

Dealer fails to admit that there is a problem. They could not reproduce the complains in a road test and insist there are no recalls. The vehicle races and is very difficult to stop at times. They adjusted the transmission but the problem is worse now. I have almost gone through a building because I could not stop the vehicle. 4 others have driven the truck and complain of the same difficulty.

My complaint is related to the Toyota recall, the accelerator pedal on my Toyota Tacoma 09 got stuck while driving on the golden state 5 fwy where I miraculously avoided an accident by pulling back the pedal with the tip of my shoe.

I experienced a case of uncontrollable acceleration in my 2009 Toyota Tacoma. It occurred on Feb 25, 2010. I started my vehicle in my garage normally. My foot is on the brake. I let it idle for a short while until the idle rate went under 1500 rpms. I shifted it into reverse and the idle speed went under 1000 rpms. Foot is still on the brake. I let it back out of the garage onto the driveway and then onto the street turning the wheel partially to align myself into the street to begin to drive away. Foot is still on the brake when I shifted into drive. As soon as I shifted into drive it accelerated uncontrollably. My foot is still on the brake , but I realize that the brake will not stop it. I had to make a quick turn to avoid running onto the curb/mailbox and then I quickly shifted it into neutral to bring it to a stop. It came to a stop and I look down at the transmission and I actually shifted it through neutral into reverse. But, it at least was stopped. I contacted my local Toyota dealer in ames, IA and they said to bring it in and they would take a look at it. I took it in on Mar 4, 2010. They said they ran all sorts of diagnostics on it and it checked out fine. They said they contacted Toyota and opened up a case number and would let me know when they knew something more. My vehicle was on the floor mat recall, but the same dealer looked at it last year and said the floor mat was fine. It was not on the foot pedal recall. I believe this is an electronic problem that Toyota is trying to hide with these other recalls. I have no confidence that this problem will not occur again and believe Toyota needs to address this ASAP.

This is my second complaint concerning my 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The other was a transmission problem, however, this frightening experience was different. I was doing about 65mph on the expressway when I pushed the accelerator. The truck did not accelerate, but instead the engine revved up very high. The rpm's dropped when I took my foot off the accelerator. I was so frightened that I pulled over to the side of the road. I am now afraid to drive my Toyota, but I must drive it to get to work. These malfunctioning Toyota's are so dangerous. The mileage on that date was about 3800.

Purchased new Toyota Tacoma trd sport in Aug 2009 with zero miles. All seemed ok, other than a few frustrating cab rattles here and there. However, I also noticed that as my truck neared more miles (7,000 current), I now have to press on the brake pedal a bit harder, yet when I brought this up to the dealer, they stated all was normal and could not replicate. I've had a couple of instances where I've had to press the brake pretty hard to come to a stop or slow down. It seems I need to ride it a little harder than when I first bought my truck. I also want to add, that besides the irritating rattles (door panels/tray holder in center console below the steering wheel - which was replaced, but still make pop sounds here and there, the other smaller rattles - some of which were coming from ill-fit window seals were not really fixed. The dealer replaced the seals and the popping sounds stopped for a day or so then returned. I found the problem is the seals tend to be somewhat improper fit. In other words, they are too large and cause the rubbing. I personally corrected this by removing all door panels only to find out that some of the rattle sounds I had complained about merely had a small piece of felt on the backside, which did not completely cure the problem. I purchased an entire roll of this material myself and coated the inside of each door panel then added a small piece of weather stripping to the inside of door panel edge where it touches the glass window. This helped considerably in reducing air noise and no more rattling. My complaint is still with the brake pedal sometimes, not always, needing to be pushed harder than normal to come to stop or slow down. On other thing I addressed with the dealer was the fact that when I slow down and make turn, not complete stop and go, my engine rpm's don't decelerate quickly enough for the transmission to catch up. Dealer states this is normal operating rpms catching down to shift down of tranny.

Truck surges forward after backing up and then driving forward or turning wheel from stopped position and then driving forward (I. E. After filling up with gas).

I have a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. I have had 3 instances where the truck would hunch up at a stop light like someone was pressing on the gas pedal as I was on the brake pedal. In the last case the truck was being driven out of a church parking lot at a low speed and the vehicle took off and lost control and hit a car. I personally inspected the floormat entrapment the floormat was not even close to the pedal. I have been a technician for 25 yrs and believe it is in the controller. I contacted Toyota and they want to send someone out to inspect it. It has not been repaired for all damage yet. Luckily no one was hurt. This vehicle only has 4,825 miles on it.

Pulling into a parking space at hy-vee grocery store in mount pleasant, IA at a low rate of speed(<5mph) my 09' Toyota Tacoma accelerated into a grocery cart stall. I had applied the brakes with no results and after a one second lull the truck accelerated quickly into the movable obstruction. I have had previous concerns about the rate of acceleration by the amount of pressure applied to the acceleratior. There have been times where light pressure accelerates the car at a faster rate and times where heavier pressure doesn't get enough response in acceleration. Floormats are secured down and no issues have been found by the dealership I had purchased it from.

Five months old 2009 Toyota Tacoma prerunner, v6 5-speed automatic transmission. Had made short trip from home and was returning. Proceeding down slight grade about three blocks from home manually downshifted from drive to 4th. Seeing red signal several blocks ahead downshifted again to 3rd, then 2nd, slowing enough so as to have green light at intersection. Made braking right turn at intersection, aware from experience that I would now have red light at next intersection and would have to stop. Again slight downgrade after making turn. Truck required more than normal braking to slow properly after turn, finally used both feet to apply maximum brake pressure. Truck stopped, but after stopping engine surged repeatedly, causing rear wheels to intermittently spin uncontrollably on damp pavement. Only front wheel brakes were holding truck from crashing into another vehicle. Managed to shift into park and shut off engine. When restarted, operation was normal. Floor mats not involved! engine was repeatedly surging and returning to normal rpm. Both feet were on brake pedal and not on accelerator. Odometer: 3850. Conditions: night, headlights on, heater blower on, a/c off, radio off. Due to shortness of trip engine was most likely not fully warmed up to normal operating temperature. After arriving home took truck out for another short trip over same route. Unable to replicate situation. As retired electronics technician understand how difficult this type of intermittent issue is for Toyota to replicate or confirm, but it is happening, and it is a major safety issue, NHTSA. And it is a lot more than "floor mats". Floor mats might occasionally catch an accelerator pedal, but they don't make an engine repeatedly surge. Been driving 50 years. . . Know it when I see it.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The contact attempted to shift gear into neutral and the rpms suddenly increased to 4500. The vehicle is currently being diagnosed by the dealer and there were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 8636. Updated 1/4/10 the consumer stated he had the truck running in park while he retrieved his mail. When he returned to the truck, he put his foot on the brake pedal and proceeded to move the shift lever from park to drive in a downward motion. As soon as the shift lever entered neutral the motor began to race from 4,500 to 5,00 rpm's. There was nothing obstructing the accelerator pedal and the consumer quickly turned off the ignition. Updated 01/06/10. See alos odi 10325627 and 10367974.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma doublecab lg bd. While driving 55 mph the vehicle began accelerating without intention. He had to exert great force to remove the floor-mat, because it was stuck under the accelerator pedal. He was able to regain vehicle control. The failure and current mileages were 23,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while sitting idle with the engine running, there was an unusual increase in engine rpms to 4000 for approximately three minutes. The vehicle then resumed normal idling. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact stated the failure occurred approximately three times before taking the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the failure the failure mileage was 1,500 and the current mileage was 3,500. See also 10288703 updated 05/19/10 additional documents received updated 06/01/10 additional 06/08/10 updated 06/09/10.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the vehicle accelerated to 95 mph without intention. He had to shift the vehicle into neutral to decelerate. He then restarted the vehicle and resumed normal operation. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for inspection. A technician speculated that the cause of the failure was either a computerized system reset or a floor mat interference. The vehicle was returned to the dealer. The failure and current mileages were 3,100. The vehicle identification number was unavailable. Bl.

As the vehicle is coming to a stop and I am putting on the brake, the engine revs up uncontrollably. My foot is pressed hard on the brake, and is nowhere near the accelerator. The only way I can stop it is to quickly put it into neutral. I keep it in neutral and keep pressing my left foot hard on the brake. After it revs up to about 6000 rpm, it finally goes back to idle. This has happened on four different occasions in the last five months. The first incident occurred within a couple weeks after I purchased my brand new vehicle. I have taken this vehicle into the Toyota service center twice for this problem. They didn't know how to fix it since they say it has to be doing it when they look at it. They have documented it in their files and confirmed that the unexplained acceleration is not caused by a floor mat defect.

While in cruise at 70mph on interstate highway,vehicle shifts down from drive to second. Thus redlining the engine. Brought this to the attention of Toyota and their answer was,"vehicle is operating properly and is doing what it is designed to do". So they are telling me that they have designed a vehicle that is designed to shift down to second, not third at 70mph.

My husband and I purchase a Toyota Tacoma double cab 4x4 2009, on Friday may 22, 2009, and we are having problems with the transmission and the radio. When we are slowing down to turn on a curve and when we depress the accelerator the transmission downshifts into what appears to be the 1st gear. The engine will race up to a higher rmp as the car suddenly slows down. This is definitely a safety hazard. This possess a possibility of an accident as our vehicle now slows down quickly as we are coming out of the curve, light intersection or entering into an intersection. This has been occurring since we purchased both vehicle. We took it to the dealer to be checked, but cannot see anything wrong with it. They told me they can't do anything to correct the issue. (Toyota of st. Croix,us virgin islands). Radio has been ordered because in both vehicles the radio doesn't work. It shuts off , and in the other one when you accelerate (gas pedal) the volume goes down and sometimes up. What can you do to assist us. Thank you.

2009 Toyota Tacoma accelerator police report on file with sioux city iowa police dept. I rearended a minivan at an intersection where she was stopped for a red light due to the vehicle lunging and failing to stop despite me standing on the breaks. . . . . Toyota dealerships are not fixing the pedal as recall is ordering since they say it is not on the recall list. We have had this vehicle for 1 year on a 3 yr lease. My husband drives it as I feel unsafe in it and it has "acted up" for him on several occasions. We are getting no assistance from Toyota in fixing this defect or letting us out of the lease. In order for us to "trade" it for a Ford f150 we have to eat $4000 of negative equity. . . I strongly feel that we are putting our lives in danger by driving this vehicle but have no choice since we both have a 30 mile commute in opposite directions. Its not like we have other vehicles to drive instead. According to your website, it has a recall, but when billion Toyota in sioux falls sd runs the VIN they claim it has no recall. We need your help!.

My 2009 Tacoma when slowing or going around a corner, primarily a right turn fails to accelerate when the pedal is pressed and the engine races momentarily, then engages. I have had it in to the dealer on more than one occasion only to be told that the problem is the "drive by wire" which is electronic, how can Toyota say that there is nothing wrong with the electronics when they blame the reverse problem on electronics?.

While braking at intersection, truck accelerated striking vehicle in front, causing that vehicle to strike car in front of them. Foot was on the brake.

I notice the brake pedal goes all the way down before the brake feels that is applied. I've taken back to dealership and they found nothing in error. I disagree. I've had several other people drive my car-with the same concern. Brakes don't grab. My brother who is ups head mechanic said the same, a fault with the brake pedal. Shouldn't have to go to the floor before the braking system is applied. Just want you to know there's a problem there. I'm aware of it so I drive with caution. But this needs to be address. Thanks, patti kay. I took back to dealership oct. 22 2008 and they said the cause was from the floor mat---it doesn't matter how many floor mats you have it's in the pedal. Either needs adjusted or new pedal system put in.

I live in charleston, SC and I purchased a 2009 Toyota Tacoma on March 17, 2010 with 12,000 miles on it. I was excited to take it on vacation to the florida pan handle over the easter weekend. My excitement turned to a nightmare on Saturday April 3rd when while passing another vehicle on a rural road in florida the Tacoma gas pedal pulled away from me and the car engine went to maximum rpm. I put the Tacoma in neutral and coasted to the side of the road. The engine continued to rev at max rpm, even after I turned it off and then restarted it. I had the truck towed to the nearest Toyota dealer which was located in tallahassee FL. The service director at legacy immediately stated that the floor mats caused the acceleration. He provided a rental car for me for the remainder of the weekend, and told me he would have the truck checked out on Monday morning. I received a call back on Monday afternoon telling me that Toyota was releasing the car back to me, and that it was safe to drive. I told the dealer that I felt the car had a problem, and that I did not feel that it was safe to drive. I am certainly not an automotive engineer or a mechanic, however I do have a masters degree in mechanical engineering, and have been a licensed professional engineer for 20 years. I rented another car at my own expense, and drove 400 miles back to south carolina on Tuesday April 6. My 19 year old son was graduating from marine bootcamp at parris island on Thursday April 8th. I am currently without a car, and more than 400 miles away from where my truck is currently located.