2004 Toyota Tacoma Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“On several occasions my truck has completely lost power. A few times it happened while pulling into traffic resulting in me almost being hung out in a busy intersection. When I push the gas pedal, it starts to move forward, then suddenly loses power. I believe the problem is somewhere in the throttle body. I also get some hesitation when lightly hitting the accelerator at highway speeds.”

“Problem with the electronic throttle control on acceleration, the throttle drops off like I let my foot off the pedal, the dealer replaced the throttle body per customer request (me) and it fixed the problem, only to happen again several months later, this happened one time again, a total of 2 new throttle bodys were replaced, now a few years later it failed again trying to pass a car and I almost caused an accident because the throttle failed.”

“I was driving my truck to a work location and stopped at a t-intersection to yield to the normal traffic flow. While stopped, the engine began to rev up for no apparent reason. I was not touching the accelerator pedal, but had my foot firmly on the brake. At first, I heard the engine noise but did not realize that it was my vehicle making the noise. Then when I looked down at my instruments, I saw that my engine RPM's were above 1800 and staying steady. …”

“After driving in wet/heavy snow I cannot shift into reverse or park. Without shifting into park the ignition key cannot be turned all the way off or removed. I had to disconnect the battery cable to prevent the battery from dying while the snow melted.”

“Frame: I had my Tacoma in for work (the clutch would not return fully to the up position) and the dealer (tj Toyota, potsdam, ny) said there were holes in the frame. There was one on the left side near there sway bar and two on the right side just in front of the passenger door. The dealer called Toyota and Toyota said the program for undercoating the frame ended in december and they would not do anything. I bought this truck in january 2011 from the dealer (tj Toyota, potsdam ny) and they did not undercoat the frame before they sold the truck to me (with 77,500 mi). …”