2012 Toyota Tacoma UNKNOWN OR OTHER

The frame has rusted through in several spots.

I was attempting to park in a parking space to return items at a department store at a mall. All of a sudden my truck accelerator on its own. The truck traveled over two cements curbs crossed a road before traveling through a chain-link fence down the front of retaining wall into a wooded area swamp. It took three tow trucks to remove the truck. Police report 21-374-AC. Truck wasn't repairable so my insurance company totalled the truck. I filed a complaint with Toyota in Case number 210602000065 but no outcome. This is the second time this truck has had accelerator issues. My first complaint was Aug 2019 with Toyota case number 1908060035. Toyota pulled the black box and came back stating they couldn't find anything.

21012 TACOMA WITH 52,000 MILES IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AIR SWITCHING VALVES, AIR PUMP & GASKETS. KNOWN PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA OF WHICH THEY ONLY MADE A HANDFUL OF RECALLS TO OWNERS. $1500 FOR REPAIRS THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY TOYOTA

THE CODES FOR THE AIR SWITCHING VALVE.

THE HORN DOESN'T WORK. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS "CLOCK SPRING" AND THE COST TO FIX IT IS ALMOST $500. THIS IS A LOT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER GO OUT! RELAY AND FUSE CHECKED OUT.

SECONDARY AIR CONTROL VALVE FAILURE IN THE OPEN POSITION

ERROR 2440/2442 CAME UP A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN STARTING THE TRUCK TO GO TO WORK(COOL MORNING) - SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE STUCK OPEN BANK 1/2. I FIRST NOTICED THAT IT INDEED PUT THE TRUCK INTO LIMP MODE, WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE TO DECREASE POWER SO I COULD HARDLY ACCELERATE.(PRESSURE SENSOR IN EXHAUST WENT OFF BECAUSE VALVES WERE STUCK OPEN) I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO MANY HAVING THE SAME ISSUES ON A TACOMA FORUM I AM ON.(ALL WITH EARLY 2012'S, A REDESIGNED PUMP WAS MADE AND INSTALLED ON LATER BUILT 2012S) I TOOK APART THE SYSTEM AFTER GETTING A SHAFT FROM MY LOCAL DEALER SAYING IT WAS UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.(KNEW IT WAS UNLIKELY AS I HAVE ALMOST 70K MILES, BUT THOUGHT WHY NOT TRY) AFTER READING ABOUT OTHER'S WAYS OF SOLVING THE ISSUE, I TOOK APART BOTH THE AIR PUMP AND VALVE ASSEMBLY TO INSPECT THEM. I WAS AMAZED TO FIND A SOAKED AIR FILTER WITH WATER SITTING IN THE PLASTIC MOLDING UNDER IT, I ALSO FOUND THE RUBBER HAD BEEN BURNT UP IN THE VALVE ASSEMBLY, ALONG WITH DEPOSITS DUE TO MOISTURE.(PICTURES ATTACHED) FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN, TOYOTA INSTALLED THIS DEFECTIVE SYSTEM ON EARLY 2012 TACOMA'S BEFORE A REDESIGNED PUMP(NOT SURE ON VALVES) AND PROGRAMMING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO RUN THE AIR PUMP AFTER THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF TO GET RID OF THE MOISTURE. I BOUGHT NEW VALVES FOR $479, BUT WILL ALSO HAVE TO BUY A BYPASS FOR $350 BECAUSE I KNOW THE AIR PUMP WILL STILL BRING IN MOISTURE AND CAUSE THE VALVES TO FAIL AGAIN, THIS BYPASS ALLOWS THE PUMP/VALVES TO COMMUNIATE TO ECU THAT THEY RUN OK BUT THE AIR PUMP NEVER RUNS. TOYOTA ISSUED A TSB FOR TUNDRA'S AND SEQUIOA'S FOR THE SAME REASON, YET THEY ARE IGNORING TACOMAS.(ATTACHED PDF) ALSO JUST NOTICED ON THIS TSB THEY WERE VERY QUICK ABOUT ISSUING IT AS WELL, CAN'T SEE HOW THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT TACOMA'S HAD THE SAME SYSTEM INSTALLED.

P2442

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP. RECEIVING P2442 CODE AND TRUCK IS GOING IN TO LIMP MODE

P2442 TOYOTA SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM SWITCHING VALVE STUCK OPEN BANK 2 I HAVE GOT THIS CODE THREE TIMES NOW AND THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP AND VALVES WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS 33,282 MILES ON THE TRUCK RIGHT NOW. MANY, MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT TOYOTA IS IGNORING IT. $1900 FIX IS VERY STEEP FOR A TRUCK WITH 33K MILES.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING AND WHEN ENTERING A HIGHWAY MY TRUCK COMPLETELY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH, ANF WOULD NOT GO OVER 1200 RPMS. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE CODES THAT POPPED UP FROM MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND HAVE FOUND A TON OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE CODE IS P2442, AND INDICATES A FAILED AIR INJECTOR THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL OR SAFETY ADVISORY.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRAC OFF APPEARED AND TRUCK ENTERED LIMP MODE. CODES P2440/P2442 ON DIAGNOSTICS. SECONDARY AIR INVERTER FAILED ALONG WITH AIR PUMP. EMISSIONS CONTROL PROBLEMS. TOYOTA DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY RESPONSIBILITY.

A PROBLEM COMMON TO TOYOTA'S OCCURRED WITH MY VEHICLE. THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILED. THE TACOMA DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER AND WOULD NOT REACH CERTAIN RPM'S. THE BILL IS $2,500. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN WITH TOYOTAS. THEY HAVE SAID THIS IS NOT PART OF THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO ENTER LIMP MODE IN A HIGH SPEED/HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. "LIMP MODE" RENDERS THE VEHICLE INCAPABLE OF SPEEDS HIGHER THAN 30 MPH. CAUSING A HAZARD TO OTHER MOTORISTS, I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UPON RESEARCHING THE TOPIC I CAN PLAINLY SEE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS QUITE COMMON WITH MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE. HOWEVER, OTHER MODELS MADE BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER ARE BEING RECALLED AND REPAIRED WHILE THE MODEL I OWN IS NOT. IN ADDITION TO MODEL, THE YEAR OF MY VEHICLE SEEMS TO BE EXPERIENCING AN UNUSUALLY HIGH VOLUME OF FAILURES. FILING A COMPLAINT HERE IS ONLY APPROPRIATE AND APPROPRIATELY, THE AUTOMOTIVE MAKER SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.

P2440-P2442 ERROR CODE. SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVES AND PUMP. A POORLY ENGINEERED PART THAT CONTINUES TO BREAK AND TOYOTA WONT ADDRESS THE ISSUE LIKE IT HAS ON THE TUNDRA & SEQUANA (SP). THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A BAD PART .

AT 57000 MILES CHECK ENGINE AND GETTING P2442 CODE AT START-UP. CHECKED AND IT IS A BAD SECONDARY INJECTION PUMP. CHECKED ON INTERNET AND THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND TOYOTA SAYS IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY $1900 TO FIX

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON - TOOK TO DEALER - WAS TOLD SECONDARY AIR FLOW AND PUMP NEED TO BE REPLACED.

THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP'S VALVES WENT BAD WITH THE VEHICLE ONLY HAVING 30K MILES. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO GO INTO LIMP MODE AND DID NOT ALLOW FOR ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ASPECT WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE VEHICLE TO CAUSE THIS FAILURE, IT JUST STARTED UP ONE DAY AND WAS BAD.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION FAILURE AT 58K MILES. DEALER QUOTED $2200 TO REPLACE VALVES AND PUMP. SEVERAL FAILURES WITH 2012 REPORTED

TAKATA RECALL I STOPPED THE AT TRAFFIC LIGHT ION CITY STREET WITHOUT RAIN. I JUST STARTED DRIVING, WHEN LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN, THERE WAS NO STEERING FEELING AT ALL FOR A FEW SECOND. THE CAR WAVED SIDE BY SIDE TWICE WITHOUT MY CONTROLLING. THEN I DROVE SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, IT'S OK. I BOUGHT CAR TO TOYOTA DEALER THE NEXT DAY, THEY SAID STEERING SYSTEM IS OK, MAY BE BECAUSE OF WET BELT.

THERE IS A PLASTIC FOOT REST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR BOARD THAT COMES LOOSE AND GETS TANGLED UP IN THE DRIVER'S FEET WHILE DRIVING. THIS CREATES A DRIVING HAZARD AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

THE SECONDARY AIR INTAKE PUMP AND SWITCHING VALVE STOPPED WORKING AFTER ONLY 28,000 MILES. CAR WENT DIRECTLY IN LIMP MODE MAKING IT UNDRIVABLE. DEALER WANTED $2,100.00 FOR PARTS AND LABOR AND SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY.

SECONDARY PUMP DOES NOT WORK WHEN IS COLD TURNING TRAC AND ING LIGHT ON CAUSING LOOSE OF POWER AND HIGHT GAS CONSUMING. DEALER SAYS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER.