2009 Toyota Tacoma Brakes Problems

Brake failure because of rusted brake lines.

Brake failure resulting from rusted brake lines. Vehicle has not been inspected by manufacturer police or any other entity. No warning lamps or other indicators that detected brake failure.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, HE HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL EACH TIME TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA OF FAYETTEVILLE (1352 W SHOWROOM DR, FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72704) WHERE THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 176,000.

BREAKS FAILED AT RED LIGHT ON STATE HIGHWAY...PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR THEN BACK BREAKS SLOWED TRUCK TO A STOP...RUSTED BRAKE LINE ON FRONT LEFT...RIGHT BRAKE LINE ALSO LOOKING TO BREAK FROM RUST IN THE FUTURE...NOT RUBBER COATING ON BREAK LINES LIKE OTHER LINES

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED FROM A DEALER IN JAN SECOND WITH 155185 MILES I LET THE DEALER KNOW ABOUT THE BRAKES WERE TO HARD WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND ON THURSDAY 1/12/17 MY WIFE TOOK THE TRUCK TO WORK THAT EVENING AFTER GETTING HOME SHE TOLD ME THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR SO I TOOK IT TO MY REPAIR SHOP ON 1/13/17 TO CHECK IT OUT THEY PUT THE COMPUTER ON TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE ABS UNIT I ALSO LOST THE BRAKES TAKING IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD THAN WENT REAL SLOW AND PULLED IT INTO THEIR SHOP ALSO THERE WAS NO WARRANTY WITH THE TRUCK THE WARRANTY THEY HAD WAS TO HIGH SO NOW ITS GOING TO COST ME OVER 3000 DOLLARS CAUSE THE WHOLE UNIT MUST REPLACED I JUST NEEDED TO KNOW AND YOU KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OR PROBLEMS WITH THAT YEAR AND MODEL I HAVE HAD 6 TOYOTA VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD THIS TO HAPPEN THANK YOU OH YES THIS WAS ON A CITY ROAD GOING STRAIGHT AND IN MOTION. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH. THE SPECIFICS OF THE CRASH WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS PRIOR TO THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NOT INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. DJR

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED BY A LOCAL GARAGE THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE LEAFS (THE MIDDLE LEAF) IN THE DRIVERS SIDE LEAF SPRING STACK HAD BROKEN, ROTATED INWARDS (AWAY FROM THE TIRE) AND HAD NEARLY ABRADED THROUGH ONE OF THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES. IF THE LINE HAD SEVERED THEN 50% OF THE VEHICLES BRAKING WOULD NOT BE OPERATIONAL. THIS COULD LEAD TO EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCES AND COULD BE FATAL! DETAILED PICTURES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

WHEN CHANGING DIRECTION OF TRAVEL SUCH AS FORWARD TO REVERSE THE BRAKES MAKE A LOUD CLANK. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY STATED THE BRAKE PAD PINS ARE ACTUALLY HITTING THE ROTORS, THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE IS NO FIX YET. MY CONCERN IF THERE IS NO FIX THEN HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THESE SMALL PINS TO BREAK CAUSING ME TO LOOSE CRITICAL BREAKING. THE BREAKING SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL PARTS OF AN AUTOMOBILE AND I HAVE KIDS IN MY VEHICLE. WHY IS THIS NOT A MAJOR CONCERN TO TOYOTA? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME SPONGY, CAUSING AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS WERE TOO CLOSE IN PROXIMITY AND WAS CAUSING THE CONTACT TO ERRONEOUSLY DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,800.

BRAKING INCONSISTENCY, USUALLY IN STOP AND GO OR UNEXPECTED TRAFFIC STOPS, SAY AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND INTERSECTIONS. OCCASIONALLY THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BRAKES VARIES, USUALLY CAUSING CONCERN THAT ONE MIGHT / WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP SHORT OF A COLLISION. IE NEAR MISSES. THIS CONDITION IS EXPERIENCED EVEN ON DRY EXCELLENT ROAD SURFACES IN NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. SURPRISE, LONGER THAN EXPECTED STOPPING DISTANCES, QUESTIONING IF ALL THE BRAKES ARE FUNCTIONING OR IF ABS IS CUTTING IN PREMATURELY. OCCASIONAL LONG ROLLOUTS STOPS AND A COUPLE OF EXPERIENCES WHERE I HAD TO ALTER HEADING TO ALMOST PASS UP ALONG SIDE THE VEHICLE AHEAD, DURING A FREEWAY STOP AND GO, PANIC STOP HAS MADE ME SUSPECT THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AXLE-WRAP (TACOMA) PHENOMENON. COULD THE EXCESSIVE BRAKE BIAS CAUSED ROTATION OF THE REAR AXLE HOUSING AND ABS SENSORS BE IMPARTING A PREMATURE FALSE, IMPENDING WHEEL LOCKUP SIGNAL, TO THE ABS COMPUTER TO UNNECESSARILY BYPASS FLUID UNDER PRESSURE BACK TO THE RESERVOIR AND THUS NOT MAINTAIN FULL BRAKE PRESSURE TO ALL FOUR BRAKES/WHEELS DURING MEDIUM TO HEAVY BRAKING ON GOOD ROAD CONDITIONS? NOT ALL STOPS PRODUCE BUMPING (AXLEWRAP) AND ONLY ON OCCASION IS REDUCED BRAKING A MAJOR FACTOR, HOWEVER THEY DO OCCUR AND USUALLY WHEN YOU ARE NOT EXPECTING IT. TOYOTA DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A SOLUTION TO THE AXLE-WRAP RECURRING DISCREPANCY. DEALERSHIPS SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT IF THERE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THEN TOYOTA WOULD TELL THEM ABOUT IT? UNUSUAL BRAKE SHOE WEAR PATTERNS EXIST. ON SUBJECT VEHICLE THE REAR SHOES AT LAST INSPECTION APPEARED TO BE ABOUT HALF WORN AWAY AND THE FRONT DISC PADS WERE RELATIVELY LITTLE WORN AND ONE COULD EXPECT THAT THE BACKS WOULD NEED CHANGING TWO TO THREE TIMES RELATIVE TO THE FRONT DISCS ONCE. THIS MAY SUPPORT THE THEORY THAT A SEVERE BRAKE BIAS EXISTS AND COULD BE DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING ABS SYSTEM? TECHNICIANS FROM TOYOTA HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AND HAVE NOT RECOMMENDED ANY SOLUTIONS OR CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE. 5/10 - 5/11. *TR

I STARTED MY TRUCK, OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE 22, PULLED IT INTO MY GARAGE AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKE TO EASE FORWARD AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. I PRESSED AS HARD AS I COULD ON THE BRAKE BUT THE TRUCK CONTINUED FORWARD AND HIT THE FRONT WALL OF THE GARAGE. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO CONTINUE DRIVING FORWARD AGAINST THE GARAGE WALL. I PLACED IT INTO PARK AND AFTER CALMING DOWN BACKED IT OFF THE WALL. *TR

BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR SOMETIMES. IF YOU PUMP IT THEN IT IS OK. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A BREAK PROBLEM. THE PRESSURE AND LENGTH OF PEDAL DEPRESSION REQUIRED TO STOP THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE TO DEPRESS THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP UNDER AVERAGE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT ACTUALLY FEELS AS THOUGH THE PEDAL HAS NOT FULLY ENGAGED THE BRAKING SYSTEM WHEN COMPLETELY DEPRESSED. THE LENGTH OF TRAVEL IN THE PEDAL FROM THE POINT WHERE BREAKS INITIALLY ENGAGE AND COMPLETELY STOPS IS EXCESSIVE AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO TOYOTA FOR SERVICE AND THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THE BREAKS ARE WITHIN TOYOTA SPECIFICATIONS AND DO NOT REQUIRE SERVICE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE ENTIRE BRAKE PEDAL FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS REPLACED DUE TO A BAD WELD. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,800.

A SOME TIMES LOW BRAKE PEDAL, NEVER TAKES HOLD AT THE SAME HIGHT. SOME TIMES AS HIGH AS JUST A 1/2 INCH. THE NEXT TIME BELOW THE THROTLE BY AN INCH. I HAVE HIT A PICK UP IN THE REAR AND A BOULDER. THE DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS NORMAL. WHO DO I BELIVE. *CN

HI AND LOW BRAKE PEDAL, HARD TO TELL HOW TO STOP AND HAVE RAN IT A BOLDER AND A PICKUP WITH SMALL DAMAGE. *TR

PURCHASED NEW TOYOTA TACOMA TRD SPORT IN AUG 2009 WITH ZERO MILES. ALL SEEMED OK, OTHER THAN A FEW FRUSTRATING CAB RATTLES HERE AND THERE. HOWEVER, I ALSO NOTICED THAT AS MY TRUCK NEARED MORE MILES (7,000 CURRENT), I NOW HAVE TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL A BIT HARDER, YET WHEN I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE DEALER, THEY STATED ALL WAS NORMAL AND COULD NOT REPLICATE. I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE I'VE HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE PRETTY HARD TO COME TO A STOP OR SLOW DOWN. IT SEEMS I NEED TO RIDE IT A LITTLE HARDER THAN WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT MY TRUCK. I ALSO WANT TO ADD, THAT BESIDES THE IRRITATING RATTLES (DOOR PANELS/TRAY HOLDER IN CENTER CONSOLE BELOW THE STEERING WHEEL - WHICH WAS REPLACED, BUT STILL MAKE POP SOUNDS HERE AND THERE, THE OTHER SMALLER RATTLES - SOME OF WHICH WERE COMING FROM ILL-FIT WINDOW SEALS WERE NOT REALLY FIXED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEALS AND THE POPPING SOUNDS STOPPED FOR A DAY OR SO THEN RETURNED. I FOUND THE PROBLEM IS THE SEALS TEND TO BE SOMEWHAT IMPROPER FIT. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE TOO LARGE AND CAUSE THE RUBBING. I PERSONALLY CORRECTED THIS BY REMOVING ALL DOOR PANELS ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT SOME OF THE RATTLE SOUNDS I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT MERELY HAD A SMALL PIECE OF FELT ON THE BACKSIDE, WHICH DID NOT COMPLETELY CURE THE PROBLEM. I PURCHASED AN ENTIRE ROLL OF THIS MATERIAL MYSELF AND COATED THE INSIDE OF EACH DOOR PANEL THEN ADDED A SMALL PIECE OF WEATHER STRIPPING TO THE INSIDE OF DOOR PANEL EDGE WHERE IT TOUCHES THE GLASS WINDOW. THIS HELPED CONSIDERABLY IN REDUCING AIR NOISE AND NO MORE RATTLING. MY COMPLAINT IS STILL WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL SOMETIMES, NOT ALWAYS, NEEDING TO BE PUSHED HARDER THAN NORMAL TO COME TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN. ON OTHER THING I ADDRESSED WITH THE DEALER WAS THE FACT THAT WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND MAKE TURN, NOT COMPLETE STOP AND GO, MY ENGINE RPM'S DON'T DECELERATE QUICKLY ENOUGH FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO CATCH UP. DEALER STATES THIS IS NORMAL OPERATING RPMS CATCHING DOWN TO SHIFT DOWN OF TRANNY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON SNOW COVERED ROAD CONDITIONS; PROCEEDING TO MAKE A TURN. THE DRIVER APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SKID AND STEERED INTO ONE DIRECTION UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE BOUNCED OFF A CURB. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THERE WAS A ONE TIME FAILURE OCCURRENCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WITH OUT STOPPING, HAD IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES WITH OUT A PERMANENT FIX. *TR