NHTSA Complaint #10270074 — 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA X-RUNNER TRIM AND IT HAS HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SINCE I BOUGHT IT. THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD AND CAN EASILY BE REPEATED EVEN THOUGH TOYOTA TECH'S ALWAYS STATE THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED EVEN THOUGH I HAVE DONE IT WITH TWO TECHS TEST RIDES. ALSO, IT CANNOT BE DOWNSHIFTED EASILY. IF I AM MERGING I CANNOT SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR AND HAVE HAD A FEW CLOSE CALLS. ALSO, MORE RECENTLY I CANNOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE WHICH SEEMS LIKE THE SAME FORWARD SHIFTING, EXCEPT I AM NOT MOVING. I HAD RECENTLY PARKED IN A SPOT THAT HAD A SLIGHT INCLINE AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO BACK OUT, I COULD NOT GET IT INTO GEAR AND KEPT ROLLING FORWARD MORE AND MORE EACH TIME TILL I HIT THE BUMP STOP IN THE PARKING STALL AND DAMAGED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FRONT BUMPER AND FROM WHICH I HAD TO GET SOME HELP TO PUSH IT BACKWARDS OUT OF THE SPOT. *TR