Brake Sensor Problems of Toyota Tacoma

The pre colision system is faulted out due to the sensor behind the windshild.

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With laser cruise control on, vehicle will suddenly slam on the brakes and release with no other vehicles in front of it. This has happened 8 or 9 times in the time I have owned the truck. I have taken it back to the dealer 4 times for this problem, only to be told that they cannot duplicate it and nothing was done to repair the problem. The next day I received a recall notice to bring the truck to Toyota to repair a front sensor for this problem. I brought the truck in to the dealer and they said that water was getting into the front grill sensor and they glued a piece of rubber/foam over the sensor. A few days later the same thing happened again. My wife and I are afraid to even drive the truck and Toyota has said everything is ok. The second problem is with laser cruise on and set at 75 miles an hour traveling up a grade, the vehicle will downshift into third gear running the tach to 300 rpm's over the redline. Toyota says that this is fine and the truck has a governer to keep the truck from over revving 300 rpm's above redline at 5800 rpm. I explained that in the owners manual it says to never run the engine to redline. Again Toyota says this is normal and that they will not fix the problem. Redline is 5500 rpm.

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Tl the contact owns a 2018 Toyota Tacoma. While driving approximately 30 mph and attempting to stop the vehicle, the brake pedal extended to the floorboard when it was depressed and the stopping distance was extended. In addition, the brake sensor indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to autoland Toyota (170 us 22, springfield, NJ 07081), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 1,500.

I have been running the same wheels and tires on the vehicle since it was brand new, running 17" aluminum wheels with a 10- ply rated 265/70/17 michelin lt which is a standard size for this vehicle. At about 47,000 miles the traction control on my Tacoma started acting up badly making it very dangerous to drive on mountain roads with super-elevated turns. Basically the truck thinks it is sliding when it's not even close to breaking loose at 35 mph. The sensors or computer is failing causing the right front or left front wheel to pulse (apply brake pressure) which results in the vehicle pulling in the opposite direction I am steering. This is at low speed 35 to 40 mph. This is a very dangerous situation and I explained that the vehicle is 'pulling me across the center line into on coming traffic which could cause a head on collision and I got no response other than " if my shop foreman tells me the truck is operating as designed there is nothing more we can do or you. When I called it to the attention of the service manager and shop foreman at northridge Toyota, I was told the vehicle shows no errors so the truck is "operating as designed' and their suggestion was to deactivate the traction control from now on, each time I drive a mountain road. I explained that they were asking me to deactivate the on board safety measures on the vehicle in order to drive the truck in the highest risk driving conditions, they again said the truck was operating as designed and that I should not expect their to be any repairs made. This is absolutely inexcusable. They went on to suggest I seek a second opinion at another dealer and they sent me down the road in my truck even though I told them the symptoms, duplicated the problem with shop foreman in the truck and most importantly that the truck was unsafe to drive. Fascinating!!!.

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Going 35 miles an hour the vehicle will start to pull to the side and the ball joint will come out also the abs sensor cable will brake and you will have to replace it a $2500 dollar spence for a Toyota malfunction in the suspension I have a friend in California that has one a year early model than mine a 2003 Toyota Tacoma and he told me about this problem had happen to him in the freeway about 60 mph to him a had to learn the hard way if you have a Toyota Tacoma please I am warning you to have the ball joint replace before its to late the new ball joints are warranty for life but I will check in to that if I still have the pick up in four years.

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Braking inconsisency, usually in stop and go or unexpected traffic stops, say at traffic lights and intersections. Occasionally the efficiency of the brakes varies, usually causing concern that one might / will not be able to stop short of a collision. Ie near misses. This condition is experienced even on dry excellent road surfaces in normal weather conditions. Surprise, longer than expected stopping distances, questioning if all the brakes are functioning or if abs is cutting in prematurely. Occaional long rollouts stops and a couple of experiences where I had to alter heading to almost pass up along side the vehichle ahead, during a freeway stop and go, panic stop has made me suspect that there might be a relationship with the axle-wrap (tacoma) phenomenon. Could the excessive brake bias caused rotation of the rear axle housing and abs sensors be imparting a premature false, impending wheel lockup signal, to theabs computer to unnecessarily bypass fluid under pressure back to the resevoir and thus not maintain full brake pressure to all four brakes/wheels during medium to heavy braking on good road conditions? not all stops produce bumping (axlewrap) and only on occasion is reduced braking a major factor, however they do occur and usually when you are not expecting it. Toyota dosent seem to have a solution to the axle-wrap reoccuring discrepancy. Dealerships seem to believe that if there was a serious problem then Toyota would tell them about it? unusual brake shoe wear patterns exist. On subject vehicle the rear shoes at last inspection appeared to be about half worn away and the front disc pads were relatively little worn and one could expect that the backs would need changing two to three times relative to the front discs once. This may support the theory that a severe brake bias exists and could be due to a malfunctioning abs system? technicians from Toyota have driven the vehicle and have not recommended any solutions or corrective maintenance. 5/10 - 5/11.

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