So trying to get into something bigger than the Tacoma, for more/different leg room, and this is due to peripheral neuropathy causing leg/foot pain, so I made the switch.
The Tundra is a nice big truck, very big. But after a month, I traded it in and went back to a Tacoma. The biggest reason why? The transmission.
The transmission was so clunky, I'd describe it as dangerous. It was very unpredictable upon starting. At times it was slow to start out, then at times it was quick to start out like a lighting bolt hit you in the rear. In particular, when coming to a stop, and maybe still going 1-2 mph and then giving it light acceleration, it would take off like it was getting a nitro boost or something. I had too many of these in the month I owned this, that I decided it wasn't safe or worth it.
In addition, the transmission was very clunky. Coming up to a stop, it would CLUNK into lower gears. I mean it was noticeable. And I knew in my heart that this was going to be an issue due to the amount of force it was putting on the rest of the drive train. U Joints, transaxle, etc. are all getting clunked. Most have seemed to accept this as normal and okay, but I also know service is going to say it was not a mechanical fault but a driver who was driving irresponsibly or off roading, neither of which were true.
Thinking it was just me, I figured I'd check it out on the internet and there I found I was not alone. These trucks are prone to these problems. It is a very problematic transmission - if they think this is normal, it is not. It is a big truck and I appreciated it being nice and big, but did not appreciate the transmission so much that I figured it was better to trade it in and take a loss, vs. keeping it and rear ending someone or dealing with the darn clunkiness of the transmission. Just not worth it.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
So trying to get into something bigger than the Tacoma, for more/different leg room, and this is due to peripheral neuropathy causing leg/foot pain, so I made the switch.
The Tundra is a nice big truck, very big. But after a month, I traded it in and went back to a Tacoma. The biggest reason why? The transmission.
The transmission was so clunky, I'd describe it as dangerous. It was very unpredictable upon starting. At times it was slow to start out, then at times it was quick to start out like a lighting bolt hit you in the rear. In particular, when coming to a stop, and maybe still going 1-2 mph and then giving it light acceleration, it would take off like it was getting a nitro boost or something. I had too many of these in the month I owned this, that I decided it wasn't safe or worth it.
In addition, the transmission was very clunky. Coming up to a stop, it would CLUNK into lower gears. I mean it was noticeable. And I knew in my heart that this was going to be an issue due to the amount of force it was putting on the rest of the drive train. U Joints, transaxle, etc. are all getting clunked. Most have seemed to accept this as normal and okay, but I also know service is going to say it was not a mechanical fault but a driver who was driving irresponsibly or off roading, neither of which were true.
Thinking it was just me, I figured I'd check it out on the internet and there I found I was not alone. These trucks are prone to these problems. It is a very problematic transmission - if they think this is normal, it is not. It is a big truck and I appreciated it being nice and big, but did not appreciate the transmission so much that I figured it was better to trade it in and take a loss, vs. keeping it and rear ending someone or dealing with the darn clunkiness of the transmission. Just not worth it.
- carcomplaintsfan, Chadds Ford, PA, US