2006 Toyota Tacoma Brakes Problems

WHEN PRESSING THE BREAK PEDAL TO STOP THE TRUCK, THE BREAK PEDAL WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THE BREAKS WILL NOT ENGAGE THE TRUCK WILL NOT STOP. PUMPING THE BREAKS DOES NOT BRING THE BREAKS BACK. NO DASHBOARD LIGHT COME ON. THE BREAKS WILL BE GONE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME AND THEN WILL START WORKING AGAIN. STOPPING THE TRUCK AND TURNING IT ON AND OFF WILL NOT BRING THE BREAKS BACK. ONLY WAY TO STOP THE TRUCK WHEN THE BREAKS GO OUT IS WITH THE PARKING BREAK. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SOMETIMES THEY WORK SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. WHEN THE BREAKS WOULD GO OUT IT WAS ALWAYS AT SPEEDS OVER 40MPH AND ON HIGHWAYS COUNTRY ROADS AND ALWAYS ON A RETURN TRIP AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN TURNED OFF ONCE. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT TOOK IT TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS BAD FRONT BREAKS AND FRONT LEFT BEARING, REPLACED BOTH TOOK IT HOME TWO WEEKS LATER BREAKS WENT OUT AGAIN ON HIGHWAY WHILE TRYING TO STOP AT A LIGHT, BROUGHT IT BACK TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, BREAKS WERE STILL OUT. THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG EXCEPT I HEATED UP MY FRONT BREAKS WHILE TRYING TO STOP, AND THAT THEY WERE NOW COOL AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM AGAIN. I ASKED THEM TO CHECK ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE BREAKING SYSTEM THEY SAID THEY WERE FINE. AT NO TIME DID ANY LIGHT COME ON ON THE DASHBOARD. I PICKED IT UP FROM DEALERSHIP THERE WAS NO BREAKS ON THE TRUCK. SO I TOWED HOME. HAD BREAK BOOSTER AND CHECK VALVE REPLACED RE-FLUSHED BREAKS. PROBLEM ACCURED AGAIN, TOOK IT TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO BELIEVES IT'S THE ABS MODULAR. HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REPLACE ABS MODULAR SINCE MAY OF 2020, TOYOTA SAYS THERE IS A BACKORDER OF ABS SYSTEMS CAN NOT GIVE AN ETA OF WHEN THEY WILL BE BACK IN STOCK.THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE UNKNOWN BUT THE MECHANIC IS PRETTY SURE IT IS THE ABS MODULAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

GOT BOTH BRAKES AND ROTORS CHANGE STILL BRAKES DO NOT WORK RIGHT DOES NOT STOP VERY GOOD. *TR

PARKING BRAKE SLEEVE BROKE AT REAR WHEELS CAUSING THE CABLE TO SEIZE IN THE SLEEVE AND MAKING THE REAR WHEELS LOCKUP OR PARKING BRAKE TO FAIL. *TR

COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING WHEN PRESSING DOWN ON BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY STATED THE CONDITION WAS CAUSED BY LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID DUE TO EXTENSIVE CORROSION/RUST OF THE BRAKE LINE AND THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE WHEN BRAKES FAIL DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE MATERIAL THAT IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE BRAKE LINE. A RECALL IS NECESSARY AND MUST BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS THIS IS SUCH A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE. A CASE HAS BEEN OPENED BY TOYOTA AND AT THIS TIME THEY HAVE OFFERED ME 50% OF THE REPAIR COST, SO IT IS EVIDENT THAT THEY REALIZE THERE IS A MATERIAL DEFECT PROBLEM, BUT ANYTHING LESS THAN A VEHICLE RECALL AND 100% REIMBURSEMENT OF THE REPAIR COST IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TRUCK'S BRAKES FAILED, TOWED TO SHOP. SHOP REPLACED STEEL BRAKE LINES WITH COPPER NICKEL BUT WARNED OF RUST TO FRAME. WHEN TRUCK WAS AT HOME, PUT IT UP ON STANDS, WENT UNDERNEATH, CHECKED FRAME AND FOUND HOLES MADE BY RUST THROUGH THE FRAME. TOYOTA RECALLED EARLIER TACOMA'S (UP TO 2004) FOR DEFECTIVE FRAMES. THIS 2006 TACOMA HAS EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM - RUST HOLES IN FRAME. THESE TACOMAS ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OF 2005 AND 2006 TACOMAS AND MAYBE MORE. THIS TRUCK AT 39000 MILES HAS RUSTED THROUGH FRAME AND RUSTED THROUGH BRAKE LINE. *TR

DRIVING FROM BACK YARD TO DRIVEWAY TO POSITION TRUCK FOR LONG TRIP. DRIVEWAY IS SLOPE. UNABLE TO STOP TRUCK WITH FOOT BRAKE; PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. HAD TO STOP WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE. REFILLED BRAKE MASTER RESERVOIR, STILL NO BRAKES. TOWED TO SHOP. THEY FOUND STEEL BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. REPLACED STEEL LINES WITH COPPER NICKEL LINES. DON'T THINK BRAKE LINES SHOULD RUST THROUGH AT 39,000 MILES. HAD FAILURE HAPPENED AT SPEED ON HIGHWAY THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA IS DOING THE SAME THING THE PRIUS WAS RECALLED FOR WITH THE BRAKES. ANY TIME I SLOW SPEEDS AND STEP ON THE BRAKES ESPECIALLY WHEN I GO OVER A BUMP IT DOES NOT STOP AND YOU HEAR A GRINDING NOISE. I HAVE CONTACTED MY TOYOTA DEALER AND I KEEP GETTING THE RUN AROUND, TOLD A TECHNICIAN CANNOT FIND ANYTHING AND THAT THEY WILL CALL ME NO CALL YET! I NEED HELP, I AM AFRAID FOR MY LIFE TO GET INTO THIS TRUCK IT IS UNSAFE, AND I AM NOT GETTING ANY HELP. WE HAVE A SON, AND HAVE NEVER LET HIM ON DUE TO THE UNSAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. ALL I WAN IS FOR TOYOTA TO FIX THIS AS I KNOW IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE HAVING WITH THE PRIUS AND NOBODY WILL HEAR ME OUT OR HELP. I NOW TURN TO YOU FOR ASSISTANCE PLEASE I BEG OF YOU. *TR

BRAKING TOOK MUCH LONGER TO STOP. CERAMIC PADS WERE INSTALLED. BRAKE PEDAL NOW GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN STOPPED. MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BY TOYOTA ON 2/25/2010. THE BRAKE PEDAL STILL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN STOPPED. TOYOTA CHECKED IT ON 4/05/2010 AND SAID ALL THEIR NEWER TRUCKS LOOSE VACUUM AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. CALLED TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS AND THEY SAID THIS ISN'T NORMAL (4/07/2010). TOYOTA INSPECTED BRAKES AGAIN ON 4/12/2010 AND SAID IT'S NORMAL FOR THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR AT A STOP. I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA W/ 40K MILES. TOYOTA SHOWED ME A 2007 TACOMA THAT DID THE SAME THING. MY PEDAL NEVER WENT TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE MASTER CYLINDER WENT. MANY MECHANICS TELL ME IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR. IF YOU FEEL THIS IS SAFE OK. IF THIS IS NOT SAFE PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *TR

2006 TOYOTA TACOMA QUAD CAB 4WD. ON 02/10/2010 BRAKES FAILED TO WORK AND VEHICLE REAR ENDED A CAR. NO INJURIES. ON DRY PAVEMENT VEHICLE STARTED TO STOP AND ABS FELT LIKE THEY WERE DEPLOYING. VEHICLE STOPPED SLOWING DOWN AND BRAKES FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 3MPH AND RAN INTO REAR OF VEHICLE IN FRONT. TOYOTA SAYS THEY CAN NOT REPLICATE SITUATION. WILL IT TAKE A DEATH TO HAVE NHTSA INVESTIGATE AND HOLD TOYOTA ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN HE STARTED TO BRAKE THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE.THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND HIT A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM . THERE WERE NO DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE, THE POLICE WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHERE THEY TESTED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ABOUT TO 4 TO 5 TIMES IN ONE YEAR. THERE HAD BEEN NO REPAIRS DONE TO THE VEHICLE TO DATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50902.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 18 MPH AND MAKING A TURN HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESISTANCE. ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE FAILURE THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE WET AND COVERED WITH SNOW. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING IN HIS VEHICLE FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE FOR $200. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

HELLO I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR LOUD CLACKING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE BRAKES EVERY TIME I USE THE BRAKES. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT THIS SOUND IS NORMAL BUT I KNOW BETTER AS I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE THAT SOUNDED LIKE THIS BEFORE AND I ALSO AM SOME WHAT OF A MECHANIC. THE CLACKING SOUND IS COMING FROM THE BRAKE CALIPER HITTING THE MOUNTING BOLTS AND AS ANY ONE WITH A BRAIN KNOWS THAT METAL HITTING METAL OVER AND OVER WILL EITHER BREAK THE BOLTS OR EVENTUALLY WEAR THROUGH THE BOLTS. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED AS A TOYOTA CERTIFIED VEHICLE WITH 48,000 MILES ON IT. THE BRAKE PADS ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING WORN OUT AND THIS ISSUE IS NOT WITH WEAR OF BRAKE PADS BUT IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE MOUNTING OF THE BREAK CALIPERS THEM SELF. TOYOTA MAY NOT HAVE A PROBLEM AT THIS MOMENT WITH THIS BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND SOME ONE NEEDS TO GET THEM ON IT NOW BEFORE THIS STARTS CAUSING WRECKS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED A CLANKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING NORMALLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

ON NOVEMBER 09, 2009, ABOUT 19:21 P.M. I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE TOYOTA TACOMA 2006. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT THE RED SIGNAL DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE AND MY CAR WAS GOING DOWN THE GRADE TOTALY OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT BRAKES AND UNABLE TO STIRING THE WHEEL AND AFTER THIS I STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN PATERSON, PASSAIC COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. THE POLICE REPORT # 09-141205. THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT TOYOTA SENT ME A RECALL LETTER ABOUT FLOOR MAT INTERFERENCE WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *TR

I WAS CREEPING--2 OR 3 MPH--UP TO AN INTERSECTION IN MY 06 TACOMA. WHEN I TRIED TO STOP, I COULD FEEL THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES SHIFTING AROUND, BUT THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. IT "DROVE ITSELF" INTO THE PATH OF A MACK DUMP TRUCK, TOTALING MY TRUCK & SENDING ME TO THE CHIROPRACTOR TWICE SO FAR. IF MY TRUCK HAD MANAGED TO GET ANOTHER 2 OR 3 FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION, THE DUMP TRUCK WOULD HAVE HIT MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR INSTEAD OF THE FRONT TIRE. ODDS ARE, I WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THAT CRASH. MY INSURANCE IS FINDING ME AT FAULT, TOYOTA OFFERED TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS ON THE TRUCK AFTER IT WAS FIXED. MY TRUCK WAS HIT SO HARD, IT BUSTED THE ENGINE BLOCK, SO IT WON'T BE FIXED, IT'S CONSIDERED TOTALED. SO I'M ?!@#$% UNLESS YOU FOLKS CAN GET SOMETHING DONE!*TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. HE WAS ABLE TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE GRADUALLY SLOWED DOWN AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,900 UPDATED 8/10/09 *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED TO 100 MPH WITHOUT VOLUNTARY APPLICATION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE RPMS ABNORMALLY INCREASED AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE PARKING BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER BECAUSE THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE OR LOCATE ANY DIAGNOSTIC ERROR CODES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 65,000. 4/01/09 *NJ UPDATED 04/06/09.*JB

2006 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB HAS HAD ACCELERATION WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED, AND EPISODES WHERE THE BRAKE PEDAL CAN BE PUSHED COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKE ACTION WHAT SO EVER. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE INTO TOYOTA DEALER ON 5 OCCASIONS WITH THE COMPLAINT, BUT EACH TIME HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG (I THINK THEIR INVESTIGATION INVOLVED DRIVING IT AROUND AND SEEING IF THE BRAKES WORKED--AND THEY DID AT THOSE TIMES). THE PROBLEM IS EPISODIC, AND SO IS DIFFICULT TO RECREATE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DEFECT IN THE BRAKING/CRUISE CONTROL/ACCELERATION SYSTEM SINCE SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED IT. TODAY I WAS DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED AND TRIED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP, CAUSING ME TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I SEE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE. WHEN IS SOMEBODY GOING TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY? I THINK AN INDEPENDENT PANEL SHOULD CONDUCT AN INQUIRY BECAUSE I THINK TOYOTA KNOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. *TR

IN JANUARY 2007 I PURCHASED A NEW 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. SINCE THIS TIME I HAVE NOTICED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THAT WHEN I AM SITTING AT A STOP, THE TRUCK LUNGES FORWARD. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS SENSATION WITH OTHER VEHICLES I HAVE OWNED OR DRIVEN, BUT THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I WAS TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE TRUCK TO MOVE FORWARD. MY WIFE, WHO RARELY DRIVES THE TRUCK; HOWEVER, HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. BECAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED ENOUGH, I KNOW ENOUGH NOT TO GET TOO CLOSE TO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I AM SITTING AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THAT BEING SAID, I JUST READ AN ARTICLE IN A NEWSPAPER THAT STATED THAT THERE ARE OTHER 2006 TACOMA DRIVERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR SITUATIONS, SOME OF WHICH MAY HAVE LED TO CRASHES. FOR THAT REASON, I HAVE DECIDED TO REPORT MY SITUATION AS WELL. *TR