2006 Toyota Tacoma Power Train

VEHICLE HAS A DRIVETRAIN SHUDDER ON TAKE OFF BETWEEN SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AT APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH. THIS HAS DONE THIS SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW. DEALER REPLACED DRIVELINE WHICH DID NOT HELP. REGIONAL TOYOTA REP DROVE THE TRUCK AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE SHUDDER BUT THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NORMAL. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT AND IS COMPLAINED ABOUT BY MANY OWNERS ON TOYOTA TACOMA ONLINE FORUM: HTTP://WWW.TOYOTANATION.COM/FORUM/T171279.HTML . THERE ARE MANY OTHER MESSAGE THREADS FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. SEARCHING FOR SHUDDER OR VIBRATION WILL YIELD RESULTS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS SHUDDER/VIBRATION IS CAUSING WEAR ON COMPONENTS ON MY VEHICLE AND IT IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE EVERY DAY. MANY OWNERS SEEM TO BE WAITING FOR A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT WILL ADVISE DEALERS ON HOW TO FIX THIS. I HAVE OWNED 4 OTHER TOYOTA'S AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS POOR QUALITY/DESIGN IN ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES. *JB

2006 TOYOTA TACOMA, MANY TIMES WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT I TOO HAVE EXPERIENCE THE "LURCHING". I WILL HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND FOR SOME REASON THE ENGINE GOES TO A HIGHER IDLE AND THE BREAK IS NO LONGER ADEQUATE TO KEEP THE TRUCK STOPPED AND SO IT JUMPS/LURCHES AHEAD. PRESSING HARDER ON THE BRAKE IS THE ANSWER TO THIS ISSUE. I ALSO AT TIMES FEEL LIKE THE TRUSK DOES NOT WANT TO STOP...WHEN COASTING TO A RED LIGHT THE TRUCK KINDA WANTS TO KEEP GOING. I TOO THOUGHT I WAS BEING PICK BUT NOW THAT I HAVE READ THESE OTHER POSTS I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS VEHICKE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DEMAND A FIX..

ON JULY 27TH OF THIS YEAR MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA HAD A PRESSURE PLATE FAILURE THAT CAUSED MY TRUCK TO HAVE TO BE TOWED. MY TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME MY CLUTCH WAS BURNED UP AND WOULD COST $1450 TO BE FIXED AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. I KNEW THIS WAS NOT TRUE AND HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO FOUND MY PRESSURE PLATE HAD FAILED WITH NO SIGN OF ABUSE. I HAD THE PARTS REPLACED WITH TOYOTA FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS. WHEN THE SHOP RECEIVED THESE PARTS THEY CALLED ME TO TELL ME THESE PARTS WERE A DIFFERENT DESIGN THEN THE PARTS THAT FAILED IN MY TRUCK. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND OUT TOYOTA CHANGED THESE PARTS AND PART #S IN 2006 AFTER I BOUGHT MY TRUCK. I FOUND SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS OF CLUTCH FAILURE ON THE DESIGN IN MY TRUCK. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE PROOF OF THIS TOYOTA DENIES THAT THERE WAS A PART CHANGE OR PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK AND HAS NOT OFFERED ME ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE $1300 IN BILLS I HAVE IN INCURRED WITH HAVING TO CHANGE THIS PART. *TR

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS (ABOVE 50 MPH) THERE IS A WHINING COMING FROM THE DRIVETRAIN. I HAVE AN 06 TACOMA REG. CAB WITH 4X4 & 5 SPEED WITH LESS THAN 500 MILES. TRUCK HAS MADE THE NOISE SINCE PURCHASE DATE. SERVICE TECH THOUGHT NOISE WAS NORMAL OR MAY GO AWAY EVENTUALLY. I THEN TEST DROVE A DUPLICATE TRUCK OFF DEALER LOT WITH SERVICE TECH & THERE WAS NO WHINING. THEY THEN CONCEITED THAT IT WAS NOT NORMAL. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, TRANSFER CASE & DRIVESHAFT WITH NO RESULTS. FORTUNATELY DEALER DOES RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM HOWEVER THEY CAN NOT GIVE A SOLUTION. DEALER HAS PROVIDED ME WITH LOANER CAR WHILE PROBLEM IS BEING WORKED, BUT THEY HAVE HAD THE TRUCK 24 DAYS OF THE APPROX. 70 DAYS I HAVE OWNED TRUCK. *JB

AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES UPON APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN IN A NORMAL MANNER, EVEN WHEN I APPLIED MORE PRESSURE. I PUT THE GEAR SELECTOR INTO NEUTRAL AND THE BRAKES STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE, HOWEVER, SPED UP FOR ANOTHER FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT SUDDENLY DROPPED TO IDLE SPEED. I HAVE NOT YET HAD A RECURRENCE OF THIS DANGEROUS INCIDENT. *NM

MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA MAKES A LOUD CLANKING NOISE UPON TAKEOFF. THE NOISE COMES FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR THE TACOMA. IF TRUE, THIS IS NOT GOOD NEWS. *NM

THIS IS A SUPPLEMENT TO AN EARLIER COMPLAINT, ODI #10161327. THERE IS A WHINE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN AT 53 TO 63 MPH. ABOVE OR BELOW THAT SPEED RANGE THERE IS NO WHINE. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS A WHINE, BUT SAYS ALL REGULAR CAB TACOMAS WITH A MANUAL 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION HAVE THAT WHINE AND THAT IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. (THEY DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT!) OTHER TACOMA MODELS (WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS) DO NOT WHINE, ONLY THOSE WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, ACCORDING TO THIS DEALER. IF THIS IS TRUE, THERE MUST BE A DEFECT SOMEWHERE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN. I THINK THEY ARE STONEWALLING ME AND FEEDING ME A BUNCH OF BULL. THEY ALSO TELL ME THAT IF I WANT A RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, I MUST TALK TO SOMEONE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL. SO FAR, I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND OUT HOW TO REACH THEM. I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT. WOE IS ME! I SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH NISSAN. *NM

THERE IS A WHINE IN THE RUNNING GEAR AT 53 TO 63 MILES PER HOUR. ABOVE OR BELOW THAT SPEED RANGE THERE IS NO WHINE. *JB