The contact owns a 2000 Toyota Tacoma. While attempting to drive he noticed that the brake pedal had fallen to the floor. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for inspection. The technician stated that the rear brake line needed to be replaced. The current and failure mileages were 91000.
The other day I was slowing down on an off-ramp and all the sudden had no brakes, or at least no power brakes for maybe 30 feet and then all of the sudden power assist came back and slammed hard on the brakes. If there would have been a car at the stop sign I would have rear ended them. Pavement was dry, no abs light, no codes, everything has been normal since then. I have noticed that the electronic brake booster on this truck "cycles" every few brake applications resulting in inconsistent braking power, which is especially noticeable at low speeds. I have been told this is normal for these trucks. Has not been inspected by anyone as I cannot replicate the issue.
The vehicle takes long to stop even after changing the brake pads , rotors, brake shoes, with new components. The rear makes a thud sound when accelerating or coming to a stop. The leaf springs also squeak and I noticed after they changed my frame the leaf springs were not change even though there is a recall on the leaf springs and it was rusting? the steering intermediate shaft started to make this loud thud sound when going over bumps around 5-10 mph. There is also a recall on this, but my local dealer says there isn't one? why doesn't the main branch talk to or update the system for all Toyota branches for recalls?.
At 55,000 miles brake fluid began leaking into passenger cabin. Brake fluid leaks on to brake pedal and driver footwell. Obviously a safety issue and dealer is asking approx 2000 dollars to repair. Failing component is a brake master cylinder that is specific to the off road and trd pro Tacomas that have a traction control feature called “crawl” for off road use. After an online search, this issue seems common in these models.
Braking inconsisency, usually in stop and go or unexpected traffic stops, say at traffic lights and intersections. Occasionally the efficiency of the brakes varies, usually causing concern that one might / will not be able to stop short of a collision. Ie near misses. This condition is experienced even on dry excellent road surfaces in normal weather conditions. Surprise, longer than expected stopping distances, questioning if all the brakes are functioning or if abs is cutting in prematurely. Occaional long rollouts stops and a couple of experiences where I had to alter heading to almost pass up along side the vehichle ahead, during a freeway stop and go, panic stop has made me suspect that there might be a relationship with the axle-wrap (tacoma) phenomenon. Could the excessive brake bias caused rotation of the rear axle housing and abs sensors be imparting a premature false, impending wheel lockup signal, to theabs computer to unnecessarily bypass fluid under pressure back to the resevoir and thus not maintain full brake pressure to all four brakes/wheels during medium to heavy braking on good road conditions? not all stops produce bumping (axlewrap) and only on occasion is reduced braking a major factor, however they do occur and usually when you are not expecting it. Toyota dosent seem to have a solution to the axle-wrap reoccuring discrepancy. Dealerships seem to believe that if there was a serious problem then Toyota would tell them about it? unusual brake shoe wear patterns exist. On subject vehicle the rear shoes at last inspection appeared to be about half worn away and the front disc pads were relatively little worn and one could expect that the backs would need changing two to three times relative to the front discs once. This may support the theory that a severe brake bias exists and could be due to a malfunctioning abs system? technicians from Toyota have driven the vehicle and have not recommended any solutions or corrective maintenance. 5/10 - 5/11.
tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota tacoma. while driving 30 mph, the vehicle did not respond when the brake pedal was depressed. the vehicle continued to roll and slowed down. the vehicle crashed into the preceding vehicle at 2 mph. the air bags did not deploy and there were no injuries. a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to cherokee county toyota (301 liberty blvd, canton, ga 30114, (770) 704-9525). the dealer replaced the master cylinder and brake booster, but new brakes were not installed. the dealer refused to give the vehicle back to the contact. the manufacturer was notified and provided a case number. the contact was advised not to touch the vehicle. the failure mileage was 40,000.
Abs light came on went off then came back on and stayed on. Toyota took three hours to figure it out. Abs control modual ( abs cpu ).
the brakes vibrate upon decreasing speed from 60 mph or more. the longer driven, the necessary speed for vibration decreases to lower speeds. the problem intensifies the higher the grade is on any downhill. i have replaced pads twice and rotors once. as i begin to replace the calipers, i find that there is a recall for those on the tundra and a list of consumer complaints about tacoma's brakes. *nlm
while driving at any speed, in inclement weather the brakes failed. the driver applied the brake pedal and the brakes failed to stop completely. please provide further details. this information was provided by the consumers daughter. *jb *er
everytime i brake going downhill or from a high speed my 2000 toyota tacoma shakes violently.*ak