NHTSA Complaint #11030390 — 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA

I WAS PULLING OUT ON TO THE HIGHWAY AND MY TRUCK FAILED TO EXCEED 30 MPH WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHICH NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION BY MY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, THEY EXPLAINED THAT MY SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVES WERE STUCK OPEN (P2440, P2442) WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO LOSE ALL POWER. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT SINCE I AM NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY (MY TRUCK IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD WITH 48,000 MILES ON IT) THAT TOYOTA WOULD NOT COVER THE 2,000 DOLLAR COST TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, COUNTLESS OTHERS WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE TOYOTA TUNDRA ALSO HAD THIS ISSUE AND AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS OFFERED FOR THOSE VEHICLES. SINCE TOYOTA KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THEY SHOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT AND FIX THE DEFECTIVE PART WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS I FOUND OUT. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS NO REASON THIS EMISSIONS PART SHOULD EVER SHUT DOWN THE POWER TO THE TRUCK WHILE DRIVING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.