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Id like to know what info your dealership manager says to you after the 11th. I'd like to see what my dealer knows based on what your says.
Thanks in advance for your help!!
Kim
Best regards, Mitch
Regards, Becky
Regards, Mitch
150,000 miles the 3 t0 4 shift is having problems. The syncros and bearings were replaced It was OK for a few hours ater I picked up the vehicle. Now it is worse. Are there similar problems out there and what is the next corse of action.
But my main concern was about a year ago. While taking off from a stop light( not towing), the RPM's went up as usual, but the vehicle would only go 10 MPH. I pulled over, waited a minute and it was fine. It did it again a few days later, that is when I took it to Toyota (Have a 7-70 extended warr.) It did it again while pulling it into the dealers lot. They said there was a wire connection going into the tranny that was corroded, but to get to the wire which he said had something to do with the traction control system you had to pull the tranny. It took another 3 weeks to get this wire. At first they couldn't find this connection available in the US. They were about to buy the whole wiring harness ($2k) just to get this plug. In the mean time they gave me a rental. About a month ago it did it again.....I told myself, if it happens once more back to the dealer it goes. As I have read in other posts I do sometimes get a "clunky" / "bump" from the tranny. Every now and again while pulling out of the driveway and shifting it into drive....
And just last week the oxygen senser went out.....Thank God I bought the 7-70 extended warr.
Any ideas?
I drove car anothe 50-60 miles the following week. No problems. But week later parked car (again downhill on sloppy street in the cold weather) and banging came back when start driving. I had to pull off highway very slowly followed by police car for protection. Any idea what it could be? Problem is gone again when I keep car in a garage and start driving from there and I am afraid to have another useless round trip to the dealer. Tips or/and advices are appreciated.
Mitch
I just got my 4Runner fixed at my local Toyota dealer. Since I still have it covered I got it fixed for 50 Bucks. (Deductible) They said they did feel the slipping (around the 30-35 mph range) and said it was the Torque converter that was failing. The converter sits between the transmission and engine and does the gear changing between the two. It rides SO smooth now. Like brand new again. I hope this helps anyone.
Roland
Scared the heck out of me when it happened to me.
Every once in a while when you are on a hill with your foot on the brakes, the anti-lock starts to bang. Turn off the engine - get on the flat ground and re-start.
Had it happen twice, then sr5 was totalled by 10 ton truck. Bought another one and it appears to have the transmission slip problem.
Service rider at dealer thought I was from Mars when I asked about the problem.
Hey, he's on commission for work done, not answers given.
I think that one is a software problem of sensors getting out of sync and the computer not knowing what to do, so it failsafes to pump the brakes. I suspect the trans slip problem is the same. Don't have much respect for the software people or managers comming out of school for the last 20 years.
The only way we will ever solve this is to force manufacturers to publish honest component failure rates. For 8 million cars, a failure rate of 0.1% is 8000. How much do you want to pay for a 0.001% ( NASA rate) failure rate of a car?
Are the quoted costs reasonable, especially for this pipe they may or may not break? Somehow I am not getting a cozy feeling about this dealer.
Any info or suggestions are welcome.
Thanks,
S.
Basically when you're on an incline and it begins to roll back, it will do whatever it takes to keep it from rolling back.
I didn't see what year 4runner you were posting this transmission issue for. I'm curious to see if its a 2010 because im having similar problems.
I slow down but dont stop completely and then lightly accelerate and the engine revs up but the truck does not accelerate. (for example: coming off of the freeway slow down then turn. after the turn when i accelerate the engine rpm goes up but the truck does not accelerate for 2 seconds)
There is also a secondary issue where when in drive or reverse with the brakes on, I hear a light rattle noise coming from under the car. Further inspection of the noise made it obvious that the noise was coming from around the transmission / rear of the engine area under the truck.
Do I have regrets YES!
"I have the same hesitation (Shifting) problem with my 2010 SR5 and I just spoke to the technician at Toyota about the hesitation (SHIFTING) problem and was told there was no Flash out yet. He told me to bring the car in and a complaint would be filed. He said if enough people complain then they would come up with a flash. so everybody who has a problem with this hesitation please bring your car in! Thanks. "
"Had the same hesitation problem with my 2007 Camry and they did a transmission computer flash and now there is no problem. My New 2010 4Runner now has that hesitation but they say a computer flash is not yet available but I will bring it in as soon as it is."
They are talking about a couple different vehicles here but it looks like the Tacoma and 4Runner have the same transmission (A750 Transmission). Would think that if its a problem on the Tacoma, it would also be a problem on the 4Runner. I found a TSB (Toyota Service Bulletin) #0373-09 which appears to address the issue with the Tacoma. Called Toyota Corp to see if there was a TSB for the 4Runner as well. Had to file a complaint with them and was told it would be turned over the a account manager who would call me within 2 days. I printed out the TSB and am tempted to take it to my dealership and tell them here is how you fix it.
I would encourage other owners who are having this same issue to contact Toyota and file a report with them. The more people that notify Toyota the better. Here is the number 1-800-331-4331.
Thank you
This is not the way the vehicle should run, plain and simple, and if this "Computer Flash" is their solution and needs to be done every few months, I'm going to sell the vehicle and never get another Toyota again. This is all a huge inconvenience.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/68173-good-news-tranny-lag-new-tsb-fi- xes-2.html