NHTSA Complaint #10939057 — 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA

I LEFT THE GYM YESTERDAY AND THE TRUCK HAD NO POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, I ALMOST GOT T-BONED PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. I LOOKED DOWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AS WELL AS THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. RAN BY AUTOZONE AND HAD THEM SCAN THE OBD AND IT SHOWED P2442 ERROR CODE. I TOOK IT BY THE DEALER THIS MORNING AND THEY SAY BOTH BY-PASS VALVES ARE GONE AS WELL AS THE AIR INJECTION PUMP. ESTIMATE WAS $1,798. THIS IS A 2012 MODEL AS SEEMS TO BE THE NORM WITH THIS FAILURE. BUT WITH ONLY 35K MILES. I TOLD THEM THIS WAS RIDICULOUS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ON THIS MODEL WITH THIS LOW OF A MILEAGE AND THAT THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SERVICE REP SAID IT WASN'T AND HER HANDS WERE TIED. I TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AS WELL AS THE GM. SO FAR TOYOTA HAS REFUSED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE IN A FAIR MANNER. THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM BY TOYOTA ON THE 2012 MODEL TACOMA'S. THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE ON THE TUNDRA TRUCKS AND ARE COVERING THESE PARTS UNDER A 150,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS SAME FAILURE WITH THE TACOMA'S BUT TOYOTA SO FAR IS REFUSING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. WHEN THIS FAILURE DOES OCCUR THE VEHICLES GO INTO "LIMP" MODE. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF UNEXPECTEDLY YOU LOOSE POWER OR SPEED WHILE MERGING, PULLING INTO TRAFFIC OR ON THE FREEWAY. *TR