When cold. Going downhill there is a lag for the transmission to engage....rpms increased kinda like a manual trans slipping...not the first time this has happened.
when you go down hill from a start the transmission does not engage until you give it gas and when you come to a stop the trans seems to clunk to neutral and then roughly will go into 1st gear to go. I leased my new Toyota Tacoma with the hopes of buying it at the end of the lease I have had it looked at and they said they made some sort of adjustment but still have the problem. Based on this rough shifting I do not think I will purchase this vehicle. It is a shame because other than this I love the truck.
Bought Tacoma with 42 miles on it. Hard Shifting from P to R and P to Drive. Shifting is jerky when accelerating hard - from zero to 30 plus to merge into traffic. Dealer insisted ATF level was normal and not the problem and this is normal feeling for their adaptive transmission. Took it in to service at 658 miles and told them the adaptive trans learning time was over but ambiguous hard shifting when accelerating is still constant. Service tech took on short drive and would not let me watch anything they did to check the ATF and hours later said nothing wrong.
Aboslute regret buying a 2017 Tacoma. The new motor (3.5 V6) paired with a 6 speed transmission will leave you with no power when you need it and constant hunting/switching gears.
the transmission is an issue finding the correct gear
I hope Toyota finds a solution for the ongoing automatic transmission issues, related to searching for the correct gear and vibration in the acceleration pedal.
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When cold. Going downhill there is a lag for the transmission to engage....rpms increased kinda like a manual trans slipping...not the first time this has happened.
- blankerl, Harrisonburg, VA, US