Cruise Control Problems of Toyota Tacoma - part 2

Two incidents: 7/9/09 heading down to the keys on us 27 about 6pm. Cruise control set at 60 for several miles (had been raining. Speed limit is 65mph). Back end starts to pass me on right. I am now sliding south bound facing east. I cut wheels to right. This works great. In no time at all, I am skidding southbound facing west. I notice I am not slowing down even though my foot was not on gas (cruise control). I cut my wheels to the left and spun back around again sliding southbound facing east. I went off onto the shoulder. I could see mud and grass in passenger window until I hit the guardrail with r side of bumper. This impact apparently disengaged the cruise control (?) and launched me across both south bound lanes of us 27 where I began to come to a stop. I stomped the gas to get out of on coming traffic and again spun to the right coming to rest in the median as 2 cars passed me. At the time, I thought it strange that the cruise control did not disengage when the wheels started spinning on the wet road. None the less, I wrote this off as me being a !@#$% for using the cruise control when the road was too wet. Now, in light of the 7-22-09 accident, I am not so sure it was the cruise control, or that I am such a !@#$%. 7/22/09 about 7:15am as I completed the turn, the truck (I now call my truck christine) accelerated. When I reached the desired speed, I took my foot off gas but continued to speed up. I tried applying the brakes, but that didn't work out so I stomped on the brakes causing me to fishtail to the right so I let up on the brakes to regain control and I was still accelerating! as I continued to accelerate, I hit (pulled the knob toward me) the cruise control (which I had not engaged previously) thinking I might be having a repeat of 2 weeks ago, but that didn't work either and I continued to accelerate. I put gear selector into neutral (I thought) but continued to accelerate. I overturned in a . . .

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The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Tacoma. While driving 70 mph on a hill with the cruise control activated, the vehicle changed gears and the rpms increased rapidly. The failure has occurred approximately 20 times. The dealer was contacted, test drove the vehicle and duplicated the failure; yet, they said that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 6000 and the current mileage was 17311. Updated 03/19/2010. The consumer stated the transmission down shifted into second gear. Updated 07/19/jb.

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2009 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 crew pickup truck with auto transmission and v6 engine accelerated unexpectedly to over 80 mph, then later on the same trip it happened again. I was on a long straight stretch of interstate the second time so I allowed the truck to accelerate to approximately 95 mph at which time I stopped the truck again. The first time it happened, I had disengaged the cruise control due to a slower car in front of me and when I engaged the cruise control resume feature the truck accelerated 15 mph past the preset speed at which time I turned off the cruise control and regained control of the truck. The second time that it happened the truck was again in cruise control mode and was going up a long hill. When the cruise control shifted the transmission down and accelerated to maintain set speed the truck continued to accelerate past 95 mph and was only stopped by turning off the cruise control again. I allowed the truck to get to that speed to see if it would discontinue accelerating but chickened out at 95 mph because it is after all a truck. I took the truck to the selling dealer, he tried to make it happen again with no success (told me he would have to replace the cruise control unit but could not do that unless he could duplicate the problem because it is a very expensive change out) and it has not happened but one more time. 4 things seem to be common: 1. The cruise is turned on. 2. The vehicle is accelerating when the problem starts. 3. The transmission has automatically downshifted. 4. The problem is halted by turning off the cruise control. I had the dealer document the problem since he would not fix it. I hope this info helps in your continuing investigation of the problems that Toyota seems to be having. I am not a disgruntled customer, I have purchased a 2010 corolla from the same dealer since the incidents.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. While driving approximately 65 mph, the contact pressed the resume cruise control button. Suddenly, the engine began to rev and the vehicle continued to accelerate to 90 mph. He depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle continued to accelerate. The accelerator pedal was 'pegged' to the floor; however, nothing was obstructing the pedal. The contact disengaged the cruise control and placed the vehicle into neutral so that he could coast to a stop. He had to place the vehicle back into gear in order to finally stop the vehicle. He inspected the vehicle but did not see anything jammed under the hood nor did he see any leaks. The contact turned off the vehicle. When he restarted the vehicle, it performed normally. He took the vehicle to the dealer, but they found no failures. The dealer stated that the floor mat could have contributed to the failure. The manufacturer offered no assistance. The current mileage was 43,603 and failure mileage was approximately 43,453. See also 10276445.

I was driving from tucson to queen creek on highway 79. I set my cruise control to 65 and enjoyed the ride. I came around a bend in the road, and there was a pickup pulling a trailer a few hundred yards ahead going much slower than 65. I tapped on the brake to disengage the cruise control, and slowed down to ~ 50 before I could pass due to oncoming traffic. Once the road was clear, I accelerated by pushing the resume feature of the cruise control. The truck accelerated, and I was waiting to feel the overdrive gear kick in but it did not. The truck kept accelerating past 90 mph. I looked down to the gas pedal to see if it was blocked or obstructed and it was not but I could feel gas pedal was flat against the floor. I first tapped on the break again but the truck kept speeding up. I turned off the cruise control, but the truck kept speeding up. At close to 100 mph I put the truck in neutral and tried to get the truck off to the side of the road, but it felt as though the brakes were not working. I got the truck stopped by placing both feet on the brake. The engine was running at ~6000 rpm so I looked at things I thought might be obvious such as an obstruction of the gas pedal, but the pedal was clear and un obstructed. I looked under the truck to look for anything leaking or broken and everything looked fine. I turned off the engine, let the truck sit a minute, then started it again. I drove my wife home, and went straight to the Toyota dealer. The dealer told me they couldn't find anything wrong but said the floor mat was obstructing the gas pedal. I can assure you that this is the first thing I checked when I realized the cruise control wasn't disengaging the engine. I checked it again once I got the truck to stop. If I had seen the pedal was obstructed, I wouldn't be filling out the complaint form and chalked it up to checking the floor mat before driving. This was the scariest situation I have ever had behind the wheel of any vehicle.

2005 Toyota Tacoma. At low speed (25 mph) using cruise control, the vehicle over-accelerates when it approaches a hill or incline. Disengaging the cruise control once the over-acceleration starts seems to fix the problem.

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I have a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. I have had one experience of the accelerator sticking. I was driving on a highway when all of a sudden the car was going like 80 mph, engine screaming - the brakes didn't respond at all. I was not in cruise control (I never use that) and I have just factory installed mats, which were not stuck under the accelerator. Thank god the road was empty, I pulled over, put the car in neutral and shut it off. It didn't do it again so I forgot about it until all this news about so many people describing the exact same thing. I have a flawless driving record for 34 years, I can drive anything. The fact that Toyota says Tacoma not involved I do not believe for a second. They are lying. Now I have to sell the car because it feels like an accident waiting to happen. Please please investigate further the problem with the Tacoma. Thank you.

My Toyota Tacoma suddenly accelerated to a dangerous level of speed while in cruise control. It happened several times during my long distance trip and scared me into not using it again. I thought it was me doing something wrong, until I read about other complaints. I bought it used in 2008, and wasn't aware of any issues until the road trip this year.

I have a 2006 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck that has had numerous incidents of automatic rapid acceleration. These have all occurred during highway driving and with multiple drivers. Initially, I thought this was related to a cruise control problem since they occurred during highway driving. However, the cruise control was replaced in 2008 and I am still having acceleration problems. At present time Toyota has the vehicle listed for the 90l floor mat entrapment recall only and not the accelerator pedal recall. I do not think this is a floor mat problem, but rather it is an accelerator pedal problem. I have attempted to call and email Toyota corporation several times and have had zero response. The local Toyota dealership service department has indicated that they cannot perform the 90l floor mat entrapment recall service until Toyota releases the VIN numbers and service requirements for the Tacoma. No one seems to know when this recall will be released by Toyota and there doesn't seem to be any urgency for it. In the meantime nothing has been done to resolve the acceleration problems with the Tacoma, and infact Toyota fails to recognize rapid acceleration in the Tacoma. I have listed may 1, 2009 as the approximate incident date. However, as noted previously, these incidents occurred multiple times to multiple drivers over the course of the 3 years I have owned the vehicle.

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I bought my 2005 Tacoma about 2 months ago. I have experienced this problem three times now. The last time being tonight after picking up my daughter at work. The truck was accelerating and I was literally standing on the brake and the engine was racing and would not stop. I through it into neutral and it sounded like it was going to explode! I have no rugs in my vehicle, it did not come with any, and I was going to get the all weather mats, but have not bought them yet. The cruise control was not engaged. I do consider myself to be a fairly experienced driver, I use to race a 70 chevelle in the 1/4 mile (this was many years ago. ), if I did not have such experience I am sure I would have ran the car up a tree or something. I am scared, I have beat cancer twice and I'll be !@#$% if I am going to let a faulty Tacoma take me out!.

I own a 2008 Toyota Tacoma 4wd 6cyl ext cab I was driving down the highway and was passing a slower moving vehicle when my track started accelerating on it's own it took me from 60 mph to 78 and would have continued if I didn't apply my brakes as hard as I could it continued to try and pull even with the brakes applied the cruise control was on at the time but was not engaged I got the truck to the side of the road and turned off the key. I took the truck to a Toyota dealer and had it checked out they say they could not find a problem with it they contacted Toyota and gave me a case number for the problem.

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Immediately after purchase, in oct 2008, during a cold morning, set cruise control, but not in overdrive, hit acceleration pedal, vehicle began to speed out of control. This has happened twice. Resolved by disengaging cruise control. Have not duplicated situation, and no more incidents occurred. I notified capitstrano Toyota in CA, but not on list of vehicles recalled. I tried to email with online form, system won't allow me to submit issue. I tried to call Toyota, not taking any calls.

The speedometer will start to jump from your current rate of speed to anything below that. It started on Sunday late after noon on Sep. 15, 2008. Then the cruise control would accelerate on its own when in use. Both have continued to happen since then, accept now the truck is not getting very good gas mileage, the gauges stopped working all together, and the check engine light is now on. The truck is at the dealership as I type this being looked into. There is a serious problem from what I can see when I drive it. Something electrical for sure, and possibly elsewhere internally. I am concerned to have my family in the truck with me at times from the way the truck drives. Another concern is the warranty will be up in a few thousand miles and I am concerned that whatever the electrical problem may be, they could try to sugar coat it so it last a couple thousand miles, then they are not responsible for it. I just want it fixed and safe for my family.

Part 3 this is a serious problem and my next stop is to notify my insurance company and my lender. I am waiting for a case manager to call me from Toyota, but it looks like Toyota doesn't want to believe those of us who have had the same problem. It was very real. Personally, I believe it has to do with the cruise control or whatever would make the accelerator suddenly pull itself to the floor making the truck take off! I am no mechanic, but I have been a driver for 35 years and this had never happened to me in any other vehicle. My truck has about 30k miles on it. It's been in an accident, (some ran a red light and the car they hit crashed into my parked truck), but most of the work was body work and it was recently moved to a more humid climate, rather than mostly dry san diego. It?s a 4x4, double cab and otherwise and well running machine. I leased it for the first 3 years and just purchased it from the leasing agency because I had very low mileage and it was in great shape. Now I am concerned that no one is going to take me seriously. My plan by weeks-end if I don?t hear back something positive, is to go to the local and then perhaps national press. A story was done out of nashville last October about the same problem other Tacoma owners are having. I have contacted them with questions about their story and additional information. My gut feeling is that I need to stay one step ahead of Toyota and the NHTSA. Let them be on the defensive like I am driving around in a death trap! I understand that a recall is expensive. I value my life however far beyond what Toyota could loose and I will not take a shrug of someone?s shoulders for an answer. Not before I die anyway, either by natural causes or in the truck, perhaps wrapped around a tree. So, here is my long story in detail and I expect someone with some good sense will call me and make me a trade, their nice new truck for mine.

Part 2: I started up the engine. It acted normal, no acceleration and it easily backed out of the space. Relieved, I drove back to my boyfriends house. I turned it over and over in my mind what had happened, trying not to miss a step. My boyfriend is very familiar with the mechanics of a car, so as I explained what took place to him and he said over and over that it didn't make any sense. I was sure I had not mistakenly hit the accelerator and the floor mat was clearly under, not over the petal. I chalked it up, once again to a mystery because neither of us could make sense of it. Several days ago, we drove to downtown new orleans. I was driving and I had the cruise control avoiding the speed trap. We drove about 15 miles and parked in a large outdoor parking lot. We were gone for several hours. When we got back to the truck, he drove. About one minute or less into drive and while still going through the paid lot just coming up to railroad tracks, he put his foot on the brake and the truck accelerated forward, the petal once again pulling itself to the floor and the truck taking off like a jet. He hit the brake and I believe threw the truck into park. I was scared to death and then I felt that I had been vindicated! he looked at me and said, wow and again I told him that it was nearly the same scenario that happened to me. He said, you have better call Toyota. We had one passenger who looked as shocked as my boyfriend and we all pondered the possibility of what would have happened if a train had been going by at that very minute. Part 3 to follow.

Part 1: I am reporting a serious problem with my 05 Tacoma suddenly accelerating without reason, twice now, nearly causing an accident. First off, let me offer my truck to anyone who wishes to dispute my claim that my 05 Tacoma is not a danger on the highway. In exchange, I will accept another new truck while one of the experts drives his kids around, waiting for my truck to crash and kill someone. Please, just email me and we can make the exchange right away. Before that happens, allow me to explain what has happened. I just moved this truck out from southern California where once I remember the truck lurching forward as I was coming to a stop, entering a driveway. Not really familiar with the truck then, I chalked it up to my driving and didn't give it much thought. Last month here in louisiana, I drove to the store using my cruise control along a 10 mile highway known for fast cars and faster tickets. It is hot here in louisiana. I had the ac on and left it turned it on when I went into the store. The truck was turned off of course. When I returned from shopping and back into my truck, I turned on the key and threw the truck into reverse. The petal pulled itself to the floor. It left my foot and went all the way forward. I hit the brake and it would not stop, so in my confusion, I threw it into drive and it lurched forward even with my foot on the brake. The wheels were jumping and the truck was inching forward. Everyone around me was scrambling away as it sounded as if I had little to no control over the roaring engine; you know, sensing something was wrong. All of this happened within seconds and I had all my weight on the brake. I finally had the sense to turn off the engine and it stopped, then I sat there for a second trying to figure out what I had done wrong. Look for part 2 and 3 to follow.

I was pulling out of the parking garage at work and made a right hand turn. In the midst of the turn my Tacoma started to accelerate just the right amount to spin the tires. I did not have my foot on the gas because of the fact there was traffic ahead and I was costing around the turn. I have also seen times when my Tacoma will accelerate at lest 10 mph over what I have had my cruise control set to, and there have been cases will it will jump at a light when my foot in on the brake.

Erratic cruise control operation. On slight to moderate uphill grade, the cruise control will often accelerate the vehicle to well over the set speed while holding near full throttle. If not monitored closely, the cruise control will continue to accelerate to 15-20mph over set speed. This has been most noted when the set speed is set to 70mph. This issue can be quite scary when the vehicle can reach speeds of 85-90mph while the throttle is still near full throttle. The system does not seem to be able to back off the throttle in an appropriate manner. If at the beginning of this acceleration sequence, the cruise is cancelled, then immediately re-set, the cruise will behave as expected and hold set speed. This has been addressed by the local Toyota dealer and returned to me with no attempt to resolve with the statement that this is normal operation. The issue was then elevated to Toyota customer care with the same response.

2005 Toyota Tacoma, 4x4, 4 door, long bed, 4. 0 l, v6, efi. March 7, 2008 truck was totaled in roll over. 3 incidents took place with 3 different people. Owner and accident victim, police officers at the times of each incident. Both have had driver training and are experienced drivers. 3rd person is experienced driver who has driver training that is experienced driving cars, trucks, buses, semi trucks. Driver has cdl(bus) and has been driving for many years. Owner had 1st incident, gas pedal stuck and driver had to put truck into neutral and then hit gas pedal 2 times with foot about 6 to 10 times total to get it to disengage itself. On the 2nd attempt to hit the gas pedal, pedal was pushed all the way to the floor hard. 2nd incident, driver had cruise control set at about 58 mph. Driver tapped brake pedal to turn off the cruise control and then the engine started to race and the truck picked up speed. Driver put truck into neutral and had to hit gas pedal and drive pedal all the way to the floor to get it to stop racing. Driver took truck to dealer with end 2 weeks for oil change and told them of incident. They checked truck and found no cause or problem with the truck. 3rd incident took place on March 7, 2008. Driver had cruise control set at about 64 mph. Driver tapped brake pedal to turn off the cruise control. The truck engine then started to race and the truck started to fish tail. Driver hit brake pedal again and the truck went from passing lane off the right side of roadway and hit a ditch and rolled 3 to 5 times. Truck came to rest on its roof. Driver was seat belted in and had to turn key off to get the truck to stop the engine from racing. Tires were in very good shape in 3rd incident and in all incidents floor mat was not stuck in gas pedal and had no part in incidents. 3rd incident road way was wet and it started sleeting at the time of rollover wreck. Roadway was not snow covered. All incidents took place on 4 lane roadways.

Unintended acceleration. The vehicle started speeding up like cruise control was engaged even after the gas pedal released. The only way to disengage was to pump the gas pedal until it released.

After exiting a freeway, I disengaged but did not turn off the cruise control. The vehicle coasted momentarily, but then began to accelerate. I applied the brake, but the vehicle maintained speed. The harder I applied the brakes, the higher the rpms rose. The anti-lock brakes kicked in, and the brakes began smoking, and the vehicle was still moving at 40 mph, the rpms at 6,000. I shifted into neutral, the rpms pegged the tachometer, but the vehicle stopped. The motor revved until I shut the vehicle down. I took it to victory Toyota, but was told that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. They had it for 4 days. I took it to them again, with the same results. In March, Toyota sent two engineers to look at it for a day, however I have not been told any results.

Toyota 2007 Tacoma. Reg cab 4x4. Vehicle's accelerator stays at current speed when foot is removed from gas pedal at speeds over 50 mph. This is still occurring even now. It is like the vehicle has cruise control! that was that is turned on. This vehicle does not have cruise control. This has occurred on at least 10-15 times over the last 2 years since it was purchased. The throttle ecu control seems to be corrupt. This truck cannot be safely driven anywhere. I still have payments. The truck is un-usable.

Vehicle accelerates (surges) on its own and braking does not remedy the problem. This has happened several times when the cruise control is not being used. It also is not attributed to the floor mats as we have carefully checked the positioning of our mats.

I was driving on a narrow mountain road when I accelerated past a vehicle in the slow lane. When I let off the gas it was stuck to the floor. I took my foot completely off the accelerator and it continued to accelerate. My cruise control was not on. I had to use my left foot to press the brakes to the floor. The vehicle continued accelerating and only stopped after I repeatedly stomped on the gas pedal. My wife was with me at the time and witnessed it. I just learned about this problem via the newscast and have not reported it to Toyota yet.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. While driving approximately 45-50 mph, the vehicle lunged forward on its own. The contact applied the brakes and the vehicle slowed down. Previously, while driving uphill, the vehicle accelerated on its own. The contact heard a grinding noise and felt a lunging motion. She deactivated the cruise control and applied the brakes. The vehicle then slowed down. The contact continued driving and once the vehicle reached 65 mph with the cruise control activated, the failure recurred. The contact deactivated the cruise control again and the problem ceased. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but they were unable to duplicate and diagnose the failure. The powertrain was unknown. The current mileage was 10,243 and failure mileage was 9,000.

I was driving my new 2007 Toyota Tacoma on the highway. I went to accelerate to pass another vehicle when my truck suddenly went completely out of control(as if the cruise control had taken over) the gas pedal *pushed itself* to the floor. The truck was accelerating as fast as it could go, rpm past 7000(completely red lining). I applied the brake which did nothing, truck just kept accelerating to top speeds. I had both feet on the brake with all my strength to keep from crashing into other cars on the highway. Counterbalancing it at about 60-70 mph(while the brakes were smoking). I tried pumping the brake, but the second I took my foot off, it kept accelerating faster trying to go 120 mph. Somehow riding the brake as hard as I could I weaving in and out of traffic I got into the brake down lane. Still not able to stop the vehicle I threw it in park, which stopped it, but the gas pedal was still stuck to the floor. Engine was screaming, rpm at 7000, and the tires are spinning burning rubber. I then turned the truck off, turned it back on and it was still doing the same thing until I realized the gas pedal was actually stuck so I hit it and it released. Once I unstuck the pedal the vehicle seemed ok so I drove home very cautiously. When I as almost home I accelerated with a little to much juice and it did the same thing a second time. The pedal took over and floored itself, accelerating to top speed and top rpm's. This time I immediately turned the vehicle off, unstuck the pedal and again carefully finished my drive home. Reported the incident the next morning. They said nothing is wrong with it, after a month of fighting traded the truck in.

This e-mail concerns the operation of the cruise control system, and concerns all vehicles that operate this way. I recently purchased a new truck with a 4 cylinder automatic with a cruise control. I was not told and did not know that the cruise will activate the passing gear to help maintain the speed of car. The concern that I have about this is, if you are set at 70 mph and have a blowout before you can tell what has happened the cruise control can activate the passing gear and easily cause the vehicle to go out of control, and when hitting the brake to stopped cruise and the car could loose it. I am telling you about this because there have been a number of cars that have wrecked because of loosing control and jumping the medium and so on. This could have been the cause. Also I have found that the cruise kicked in the passing gear on most hills when set than when it was not set. . I have retraced my path on a given stretch and with the cruise control off there was only one hill that it needed more help to maintain the same speed. Someone of authority needs to investigate these problems. I believe this can be a very serious thing.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. While driving downhill at 60 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle went into overdrive and accelerated forward without warning. The vehicle's rpm accelerated from two to more than five within seconds. The dealer stated that this is the vehicle's normal operation. The current and failure mileages were 1,900.

Yesterday going home, I took the interstate. Trying the lower speed (for better mileage), I was going 60 mph with the cc set. Traffic came up on me and I felt my truck was in danger, so I used my foot to increase to 70 mph. When I reached 70 mph, I pressed set on the cc switch for it to set the cruise at 70 mph. I removed my foot from the pedal and my truck slowed down to 60 mph, then down shifted and screamed like crazy until it had passed 70 mph, then slowed back down to 70 mph. I was about to reproduce it 3 more times before getting off the interstate. I'm sure it would do the same at lower speeds, but did not have a chance to check it.

I was driving on interstate 55. I went to pass a semi truck. My speed at this time was 65 mph. I stepped on the accelerator and started to change lanes, the transmission down shifted to a passing gear and the throttle was wide open and it stayed that way. I shut off the ignition and turned it back on, the throttle was still wide open. I tried this a total of three times, now I am going well over 80 mph. I finally left the ignition off and coasted over to the side of the road. My wife asked what had just happened and I told her that the throttle was stuck open. I asked her to look on the floor so she could she nothing was stuck anywhere near the accelerator pedal. I might add the cruise control was not on. I restarted the truck and cautiously went to our dinner engagement. After dinner we used extreme caution on our way back home. I tried several times to replicate the problem. It never did produce itself on our return trip. I called Toyota on Monday morning and after telling them the problem they wanted me to drive the truck back to the dealer I refused. I made them come tow it. It was checked out by the field engineer and was returned to me. They said nothing was found to be out of order. But went into detail that the floor mats were not installed correctly. This truck had 149 miles on it. It was only 4 days old.

I was driving down hill along about 50 km/h. I noticed stop lights and cars spinning and sliding everywhere. I gently took my foot off the throttle to start engine braking and as usual nothing happens immediately. Worse, truck started to accelerate because of rpm hang problem on every manual transmission equipped model (my complaint to dealer was ignored twice). This is not exactly a place where you can push the brakes even with abs because it also is an off slope turn. Instead of slowing down gracefully, the rpm hang actually acts like a cruise control. Combined with the downhill and the rpm hang I am not decelerating at all! suddenly the ecu finally decides to close the throttle (fuel cut off). At this point truck tail of my truck slide to the right and to the left. Only my 20 year experience and good luck let me avoid a fatal accident. The non-linear throttle response is not safe. This is just dangerous how the ecu is programmed! maybe because only <10% of all trucks have manual transmissions Toyota doesn't want to hear about it. Toyota must issue ecu patch for manual transmission models v6 Tacoma, fj cruiser to eliminate: 1. Rpm hang when shifting 2. High rpm (1450) when rolling downhill in neutral or with clutch depressed 3. Make linear throttle response.

Erratic cruise control. Will not set consistently. Shifts and accelerates violently.

While using the cruise control at freeway speed, driving up an incline. The transmission downshifted violently two gears from 5th to 3rd. Actual speed acceleration happened enough to nearly cause a rear end collision. I had to manually cancel cruise control to regain safe control. . . .

Sudden acceleration for the third time in this vehicle. Driving on a mountainous road about 30 mph. Truck moved to the side going up an incline for my husband to pass him. He accelerated and the gas pedal "stuck". Applied the brakes with no disengaging of the gas pedal. Turned the key off and on so as not to lose the power steering. This continued for several minutes. When we were on a straightaway, he turned the key off and finally the gas pedal disengaged. Two times previously Toyota has replaced the cruise control. This is not a cruise control issue. This is a gas pedal issue. I was told previously the mat was under the gas pedal. This is hardly the problem. The brakes were again red hot when my husband tried to stop the truck. We will be in touch with Toyota again this a. M. This vehicle is a death trap and needs to be put down! see also odi 10158925 and 10149327.

Erratic, sometimes dangerous transmission shifting while using the cruise control.