41 complaints reported

2024 Toyota Tacoma Power Train

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
41
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

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May 2026

2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Hybrid. When trying to use 4HI/4LO the vehicle gets stuck in 4LO with the 4LO/4HI lights flashing. This means the vehicle has no idea what the state of the transmission is. It does not allow getting back to 2HI. In the state the vehicle is not drivable. It happens when offroading in the middle of no where. Toyota requires the vehicle to be towed to a dealer. We had this problem 2 weeks ago. The vehicle was towed to Stevenson Toyota in St George UT. They acknowledge it is a Toyota problem. They kept it for 10 days said they had 15 parts to fix it. We picked it up. Tried to get into 4LO the next day the problem happened again and needed to be towed. Both ChatGPT and Gemini state this a known problem but Toyota has not issued a recall on it. That is not safe because an owner can be disabled in the middle of no-where. This vehicle is advertised as off road.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Dec 2025
Mar 2026

Transmission slips and shifts roughly, intermittently. No codes have shown up when scanned at the dealer.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Apr 2025
Oct 2025

Six speed manual transmission would not shift into second fourth or sixth gears. It started in a parking lot shifting from first to second, then it made a grinding noise and all the bottom gears of the extended 'H' shift pattern were not functioning.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Aug 2025
Jul 2025

Transmission slips when needing to speed up quickly thus has hairbrush several times

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jul 2025
Jul 2025

Since first oil change it will not stop leaking oil

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jun 2025
Jun 2025

2024 Toyota tacoma TRD offroad hybrid premium, truck will shift hard into 2nd gear almost like its slipping, issue is primarily noticed when the truck has sat overnight or a few hours. dealership has checked once and recommended me to try changing driving habits, (complete stop when shifting to fwd gear) still no fix. no warning lamps have shown no incidents or accidents from issue but

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jun 2025
Jun 2025

Transmission slipping in 2nd gear and losing power. No warning lights, but the loss of power could've resulted in an accident had it been in an intersection. I can reproduce the issue, but the dealer says they are unable to. That said, there are other issues with power delivery such as RPM flutter that they have acknowledged in writing.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2025
Apr 2025

The transmission slams gears, looses power when shifting on acceleration, and goes into a neutral while in parking lots at low speeds. The truck also while stopped will shutter and feel like it just got hit.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Apr 2025
Feb 2025

Transmission fault codes during family highway trip which completely stop all safety features from working.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Feb 2025
Jan 2025

the transmion for this vehicles has been runing roughft and hard shiftin. this vehicles has les than 5,000. the croblemas been incresing consering and becamong more ovius with the higher usage of this unit. this hapens especialy when first engagin in first gear from parking. also when shifting from first to secong gear. this is a automatic transmision.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Aug 2025
Jan 2025

The morning my transmission failed... I started the truck and put it in R, at which point the entire truck shuddered for several seconds. At this point many, many warning messages appeared on the instrument cluster screen as well as the infotainment screen - and the truck would not move in Reverse. After moving the shifter into P and back to R, the truck backed out of the driveway. When the truck was shifted to D - nothing happened. The truck was shifted back to R and then back to D at which point the truck moved forward but would not shift out of 1st gear. Placed truck back in P and then back to D two more times and truck would move forward but not shift out of 1st gear. Turned truck off and on approximately 3 times and it began to shift gears when driving. I drove the truck to the closest Toyota dealership where the warning codes were checked, and I was told that my transmission was bad and needed to be replaced. I was told that it would need a new Torque Converter assy, new Automatic Transmission assy, and a new Hybrid Module assy. Total cost for parts would be $27,504.29.... Covered by warranty. My truck was purchased brand new in Virginia, MN on [XXX], and the failure occurred on [XXX] with less than 800 miles on the vehicle. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Aug 2025
Dec 2024

Drivers side front CV axle boot not clamped from factory. This caused grease to be thrown throughout wheel well including onto brakes. No warning lamps or indicators. Dealer confirmed issue but has no eta for parts to repair.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Aug 2024
Dec 2024

Vibration between 25 & 45mph Confirmed by dealer technician possible transmission issue. First noticed on drive home after purchase. No incidents yet

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Apr 2024
Nov 2024

While driving on the highway A hybrid System Malfunction occurred, which caused the vehicle to be thrown into 2nd gear. Took the vehicle to dealership and they determined that the transmission had failed. The vehicle was only 1 week only and only had 822 miles on it.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Aug 2024
Nov 2024

Transmission experienced rough shifting from reverse to drive immediately followed by the inability to access gears 1-5. The transmission was within normal operating temperatures per the onboard temp readings. Going into park or neutral did not fix the issue. Stopping and restarting the engine allowed access to lower gears briefly, but once the vehicle shifted up, it could no longer access the lower gears. Shortly after this, the check engine light illuminated and the vehicle went into limp mode.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Aug 2024
Oct 2024

When starting from a stop on at a stop light on a steep hill, the truck did not accelerate and started rolling backward almost hitting multiple vehicles. I was able to get it stopped but had to wait to get help to move it off the road before being able to get it moving forward again.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Oct 2024
Oct 2024

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Transmission, and yes its available for inspection. When I put the truck into drive from park, and even reverse, the truck would jerk. (I have videos) When accelerating around 13-14mph, I could feel the transmission "gear searching" with rough shifting. When decelerating around 15-17mph, the transmission would down shift too early, producing the feeling of engine breaking, and again rough shifting. When I needed to really go, I experienced "transmission lag" where the engine would be working, reving up, the feeling of engaging the clutch (coasting feeling), then after a moment the gear would catch and the truck would finally take off. I took the truck to a dealership to have it checked out, but the technicians said they couldn't reproduce this issue. I called corporate and they sent me to another dealership. This dealership said the same thing, BUT went the next step and pulled some transmission fluid and found metal shavings. They had the truck for almost 3 weeks and replaced the transmission and torque converter. When I went to pick up the truck I put the truck into drive and felt the jerk I experienced before. I put it into reverse then drive, and again the whole truck jerks. I asked to speak to a manager and he said he can have the foreman look at it the next day. I made him get in the truck with me and showed him the truck jerking when placed into drive. Next day, foreman said there was nothing wrong and performed the same as a new truck on the lot. I spoke to a higher manager and he recommended I bring the truck in for the regional Field Technician. The Field Technician reviewed the vehicle and determined there was nothing wrong and it was performing the same as 3 new trucks on the lot.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Feb 2024
Oct 2024

I’ve only had the vehicle about a month with only 1245 miles on it. I was leaving a parking lot and pulled out on the road and the vehicle shifted in neutral after a minute or so the vehicle then slammed back into gear. It did this 2 or 3 times. I pulled into a gas station turned the vehicle off and waited a few minutes. I turned the vehicle back on backed out and preceded to drive when the same issue happened again. But now the vehicle would not shift into other gears. This time the check engine light came on with 3 reported errors 1. Advanced ultrasonic detecting and ranging system malfunction. 2. Drive-start control system malfunction. 3. Check engine light stating malfunction in the electronic control of the engine, throttle, or automatic transmission has been detected. I was only about a mile or 2 from a Toyota dealership and was able to limp the truck to the dealership. The dealership informed me today [XXX], that it will need a new transmission and that there were similar issues on new Tacomas across the US. There were no prior signs of any issues prior to the transmission failure. This happened on a roadway with traffic that comes in both directions. Thanks goodness this didn’t cause an accident has it happened out of the blue. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jul 2024
Sep 2024

Automatic transmission fault that locked the vehicle in 2nd gear. The vehicle was taken to a local dealership for service, and Toyota refused to replace the transmission and torque converter as per their own repair procedure, claiming it must be replicated in order to authorize the repair. This is an already known fault by Toyota, yet their response was that a dangerous condition has to be duplicated even though vehicle diagnostic codes show that two transmission solenoids were stuck, and even though I provided them photos of the multiple warnings on the driver’s dash from when it occurred. Other vehicles with the same condition have been repaired without question. Vehicle had 1,574 miles on it and 1,579 once I arrived at the dealer.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Sep 2024
Sep 2024

The automatic will get stuck in a high gear, making it impossible to accelerate. I was almost hit trying to merge into traffic with the Transmission failing. Going from reverse to drive, the vehicle will "Buck", lurching forward. When at a red light, if the auto start/stop function kicks in, the car will also lurch into gear moving forward.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Apr 2024
Sep 2024

Purchased Truck with 127 Miles, at 327 miles noticed it wasn't shifting. Took truck back to Toyota and they stated there were metal shavings in the transmission and it needed to be replaced. They also stated they have no idea when they would be able to get a transmission.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: May 2024
Sep 2024

new 2024 Tacoma sport. approx. 3800 miles. While driving automatic transmission revved hi, like it was in neutral. Lost power, went into limp mode. Multiple warnings on dash. Had truck towed to dealer. Next day they said transmission needed replaced. metal filings found inside transmission. Not sure how long it would be to repair. The dealership was very kind and sorry this happened. I told them it's not there fault, it's toyota

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Nov 2024
Sep 2024

The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. No warning light was illuminated. The contact restarted the vehicle and drove to the residence. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was determined that the transmission was stuck in sixth gear, and the transmission needed to be replaced; however, the parts were on backorder. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 2,300.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jul 2024
Sep 2024

5000 miles and new 2024 tacoma trd sport auto transmission stopped working . Gears 1-5 stopped engaging. Truck was stuck on road unable to move because truck was trying to start in 6th gear. Got truck towed to Toyota dealer. They contacted Toyota and stated transmission needs replacement along with torque converter. Truck has been at shop for 3 weeks now. Still waiting for parts to be delivered.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jul 2024
Aug 2024

Transmission shifts rough in the morning from gears 1-2. I get some rough shifts when warmed up as well. With the about of automatic transmissions failing it’s time Toyota tell us what’s going on. How can we be expected to drive a new truck every day and worry about if the trans mission will fail.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2024 TOYOTA TACOMA, Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Incident: Jan 2024

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