For years, the main reason most people buy Toyotas is because they’re reliable. Other cars may be cheaper, more stylish, offer more features or handle better, but if you want something that just works, Toyota is there for you. Just not if you bought a new Tundra that needed its engine replaced. Or, apparently, if you bought a new Tacoma. As it turns out, owners of the 2024 Tacoma are now complaining about the transmissions failing, The Drive reports.
What’s especially weird is that forum users say they’ve had issues with the manual as well as the automatic. You’d think it would be one or the other, but nope. Both transmissions appear to be having problems, and they’re failing fast. One owner over on TacomaWorld who attempted to drive their new truck back home to Arizona claims theirs failed after only 342 miles. You don’t have to be a master mechanic to understand that’s not good.
Toyota has yet to announce a recall, but if you head over to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website, you’ll see quite a few complaints have been filed. The earliest was on May 10 from the owner of a truck that started having transmission problems with just over 1,200 miles on it. Another from May 28 claims “the contact” saw theirs fail after only 989 miles, and the list goes on. One from June 23 claims theirs died after only 209 miles. That’s not a good look, Toyota.
Unfortunately for owners whose brand-new trucks suddenly need new transmissions, it appears Toyota doesn’t exactly have a plethora of replacement transmissions sitting around. Affected owners have been told it could take two to four months to get one. Supply issues aside, it seems like Toyota is covering these replacements under warranty, but it’s still incredibly frustrating to buy a brand-new truck that turns itself into an expensive paperweight after less than 1,000 miles.