2004 Toyota Tacoma Vehicle speed control Problems

“After shifting from second gear to third gear, the gas pedal stopped working completely. Seconds later it functioned normally, and as if nothing had happened. This has happened before, and I have identified the problem as a failure of the throttle body motor/sensor. I will be asking the Toyota dealership to fix the part.”

“Going 35 miles an hour the vehicle will start to pull to the side and the ball joint will come out also the ABS sensor cable will brake and you will have to replace it a $2500 dollar spence for a Toyota malfunction in the suspension I have a friend in california that has one a year early model than mine a 2003 Toyota Tacoma and he told me about this problem had happen to him in the freeway about 60 MPH to him a had to learn the hard way if you have a Toyota Tacoma please I am warning you to have the ball joint replace before its to late the new ball joints are warranty for life but I will…”

“While driving the engine speed dropped and the accelerator pedal stopped responding. After towing the truck home I read the scan codes and there were many that related to the throttle body sensors. In order to debug the system I cleared the problem. With the key on and the engine not running I tested the drive-by-wire system manually. It responded correctly and showed no problems. No more codes were thrown. I started the truck and put it in gear and engine went to full throttle immediately. I turned the truck off quickly and rechecked the drive by wire servo system. …”

“2004 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 with 3.4l engine and manual trans. Having throttle body issues. The accelerator position sensor is failing causing the truck to stall for a second and then pick back up. Truck does not throw a check engine code when this occurs, so dealer has informed me on different occasions that nothing is wrong. I was almost ran over the other day trying to pull out into traffic when the throttle body failed. This is a safety concern and Toyota needs to address it immediately!!!!!!!! …”

“When I was 16 years old my parents got my a new 2004 Toyota Tacoma, which was bought in september 2004. However, I did not get my license until december 21, 2004. I did not start driving right away. I started driving the truck in january. I only drove to school and back, which was about 7 miles away. On day after softball practice, which was held after school, on february 24 2005, I wrecked the Toyota Tacoma. I was not going very fast down the road, but all of the sudden the truck sped up and I felt like I did not have control over the truck. I ran off the road and over corrected twice. …”