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In January 2020 notified customers of certain vehicles that may have low-pressure fuel pump issues. In May 2020 I was noticed my mail that my 2018 Tacoma truck was one of the vehicles affected by the safety recall for a low-pressure fuel pump problem and that a remedy would come soon. Toyota states that they are not able to fix the problem until approximately September 2020. This is totally unacceptable, especially since they continue to manufacture vehicles with fuel pumps. Are those fuel pumps having no issues? if so, then how about replacing fuels pumps of existing customer vehicles.
As of January 13th, 2020 Toyota issued the following recall information about my 2018 Toyota Tacoma (manufacturer recall number20tb02/NHTSA recall number20V012): "the subject vehicles are equipped with a low-pressure fuel pump which may stop operating. If this were to occur, warning lights and messages may be displayed on the instrument panel, and the engine may run rough. This may result in a vehicle stall, and the vehicle may be unable to be restarted. Safety risk: If a vehicle stall occurs while driving at higher speeds, this could increase the risk of a crash." I frequently checked the status of this recall (both by checking the NHTSA site and calling my local Toyota dealerships) and as of today, July 16th, 2020, more than half a year after the recall was announced, this recall remains unaddressed and is listed as "recall incomplete, remedy not yet available" on the NHTSA website. Given the safety risks, 6+ months is an inappropriately long time not to offer consumers a remedy while we are still driving our vehicles. This is my only vehicle and I do not have the option to avoid driving it while I await a safety remedy.
In December of 2019 my truck stalled on the highway under normal operating conditions and nearly caused me to rear end the person in front of me as I lost significant brake pressure. I immediately called the dealership but they claimed to have never heard of the issue. One month later, a recall is announced. Here we are in June (half a year later) and I worry every time I drive my truck that this may happen again. When will Toyota be held responsible for replacing the fuel pumps in these vehicles before someone is killed?!
Vehicle has had a recall for the fuel pump since January. So far Toyota does not have a fix. It is dangerous to drive with this problem and should not take 6 months for them to find a fix.
II bought the 1998 Tacoma at the Toyota dealer in johnson city, tn. In Nov 2019--I suspect the dealership knew about the fuel pump problem when I bought it. I am 64 years old and taking the truck on a vacation from johnson city to emerald isle N.C. in August 2020--very concerned about driving on this trip--I also thought I had a wonderful truck and am very disappointed having to drive it with the safety issue-this happened when I bought the vehicle one day in Nov. 2019
- Johnson City, TN, USA
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I have a 2018 Toyota Tacoma with an open recall on the fuel pump. The safety risk is that the vehicle may stall at higher speeds. This recall came out in January 13, 2020, but there still isn't a remedy to the issue. My daily commute is on the highway approximately 40 miles one way. I feel very unsafe in my Toyota Tacoma as this vehicle is my daily driver. It is now April 1, 2020 and Toyota has yet to release any fix or remedy to correct this safety recall. How long does Toyota have to remedy the issue and what are my options at this point with the vehicle?
After sitting out in sub-zero temperatures for several hours, the vehicle refused to start due to apparent fuel starvation. After multiple attempts, and repeated depression on the accelerator pedal, fuel was eventually delivered and the vehicle started.
The vehicle stalls intermittently. It is as if the traction control system is cutting throttle input for 1-2 seconds. This occurs in heavy stop and go traffic. Specifically, if accelerating to 10-15 miles per hour, then stopping, then attempting to accelerate again, the truck suffers an engine stall. The traction control dashboard indicator does not light up during this occurrence; however, the engine performs very similar to instances when the traction control does operate. The stall also occurs when slowing down to turn into driveways, etc. There is no required intervention to correct this issue; it simply lasts 1-2 seconds, then operates as normal. The vehicle was taken to two different dealerships (both Toyota). Neither was able to replicate the issue. I was told the vehicle did not have any error codes and there was nothing that required service. This event has happened approximately five times in the last 30 days (December 2019-January 2020).
My 2018 Tacoma had a check engine light come on, then the trac light came on. Cruise control quit working and engine runs rough. When driving, vehicle begins to lose acceleration and check engine light begins flashing. When idling, engine runs with with a miss, and when driving, at lower speeds the vehicle shudders as if its losing power.
There have been several times I have gone out to my Tacoma that I can hear the fuel pump running on it's own. I heard it running one evening, while no keys were inserted and the truck was locked up. The truck runs rough most of the time and I have problems with it stalling and not wanting to start back up again. It will take 3 to 4 times turning the truck over before it will reluctantly will start up. Also the traction control button does not work anymore and the differential button when pushed on does not engage the differential. All of these issues have started at different times. The fuel pump running when no one inside it has just the month been noticed as well as the buttons. The stalling started to be noticed about 4 months ago and I at first thought it was due to it being not broke in or me not giving it enough gas, but it is almost every time now when I back up or go forward it can stall.
Fuel gauge on the dashboard its not reading correctly the tank amount of fuel. When its full of gasoline the gauge on the dashboard gave me wrong readings marking as empty or 1/4 of the fuel tank.
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- Wildomar, CA, USA