2018 Toyota Tacoma Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“The clutch for the manual transmission stays at the floor when depressed in cold weather. Below 20 degrees f. It becomes very dangerous to drive. I have to wait for all traffic to clear before trying to pull out onto a large road as I don't know when or if the clutch will engage. The dealer won't touch it as they do not have a service bulletin from Toyota regarding the issue.”

“Acceleration delay/hesitation, unp? Try telling a driver what to doredictable and dangerous computer transmission combination. I now have just over 4000 miles on my 2018 Toyota Tacoma or 4x4 dcsb. Purchased in july, got a software update in august at about 1100 miles. While the throttle response improved post update, the hunting for gears and what gear do I belong in confusion has not really improved. …”

“My 2018 Toyota Tacoma pick up truck while driving especially on the highway has a skip or hesitation that randomly happens it's like a misfire in the engine it's much more noticeable when I haul my camping trailer up hills took it to the dealer a number of times in the last time the senior tech took it for a drive and acknowledged that there was an issue as l had explained the report says he called Toyota and that is a defect on the 2018 v6 Toyota Tacoma's is a very dangerous it feels like it's going to stall at times especially if you're hauling a trailer that's over 5000 pounds uphill”

“In august 2018, I purchased new, a 2018 Toyota Tacoma sr5, 4 door, 2 wheel drive, automatic transmission. The transmission jerks/delays/staggers at speeds of mid-30's, mid-40's, and around 65 MPH. This started around 8000 miles. Occurs with or without cruise control on. It has been to the dealer for 8 assessments or repairs for this issue. Recently, the transmission did not change gears until 4000 rpms while I was pulling a small utility trailer. We had to travel at less than safe highway speeds until pulling over. This almost resulted in an accident. The problem is constant and reproducible. …”

“When sitting on a hill, when you move from the brake to the gas the transmissin (automatic) appears to go in neutral and the truck will roll backwards a ways before the transmission engages again. I told a service tech at dealership about it and he said they all do it and there is no fix. He asked me if I had it in the mountains yet and I told him no and he smiled at me so now I am scared to go into the mountains. This could be a problem in heavy traffic or very dangerous in an off road situation. The tech said they have had 4 others in this week for the same problem. They give me an appt. …”