Throttle valve cable broke during normal use of the truck. Noticed a change in transmission function and the vehicle would shift too soon and was not able to speed up normally. The transmission would shift from first to third gear at 10mph and then to 4th gear at 30 mph. It would bypass 2nd gear so I had to shift it manually in order to acheive a speedy enough start to get on the freeway. Also occurred in my brothers 96 Tacoma about 4 months ago and it seems to me that it is too much of a coincidence for it to be occurring in the same model and year truck almost at the same time. Took it in for repair and the cable was rusted so it seems like it is exposed somewhere in the engine thus causing it to get weathered and break. Repairs were over $300 dollars at dealership and I think it should have been covered under some warranty since it seems like that part should have had a housing to protect it from being weathered and rusted. I believe that many people are having to go through this same thing with this same model and year truck since it happened twice in the same family here.

- Goleta, CA, USA