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Re: Trans Hesitation [mikefm58] by landdriver
Nov 08, 2004 (11:29 am)
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Replying to: mikefm58 (Nov 08, 2004 10:01 am)

Overall very satisfied with mine as well; only experienced hesitation issue perhaps 3 times in the three years I've owned it; plan to keep it 10-20 years.
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Weight in..... by wwest
Nov 08, 2004 (3:20 pm)
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Take it how you will but at the Seattle auto show when I brought up the hesitation issue not one of the 3 or 4 Toyota represenatives/salespersons in earshot seemed to "question" the issue. Several even chimed in with their own customer experiences.
 
Their expressions seemed to indicate "resigned to frustration" IMMHO.
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Re: Weight in..... [wwest] by edh
Nov 08, 2004 (3:37 pm)
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Replying to: wwest (Nov 08, 2004 3:20 pm)

Maybe Toyota has caught the german car maker virus - the one that causes people who designed it to deny anything could be wrong with it. Even deny "reports from the field"
 
My experience with the german car industry is that that is a cultural problem with them
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More likely.... by wwest
Nov 08, 2004 (4:34 pm)
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the germans caught it from the Japanese.
 
Part of the Japanese culture is to die rather than confess to mistakes, "live without honor".
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Re: Weight in..... [wwest] by coinneach
Nov 08, 2004 (8:00 pm)
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Replying to: wwest (Nov 08, 2004 3:20 pm)

I went to the same Seattle Auto Show on the 5th and asked one of the salesman about the hesitation problem described here. He claimed no knowledge about the problem. I am considering purchasing either the HL or the new Tacoma.
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Intermittent noise from rear w/engine on or off by brgsmith
Nov 09, 2004 (7:54 am)
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Our 01 V6 AWD Limited has been largely trouble-free except since last summer. Intermittently there is a strange noise coming from the cargo area or liftgate of the vehicle. The noise can manifest itself when the car is moving, or stopped with engine on, or stopped with engine off and key off. The noise can be described like "a liquid flowing through a tube," a "variable wooshing sound," or "video game sound effects." It is best heard by rear seat passengers. The noise can be heard for minutes at a time, even after the engine is shut off. As time passes, the noise becomes fainter and intermittent: noise . . . silence . . . noise . . . silence, and finally silence. If I open the liftgate it usually stops, either instantly or within several seconds. In general the noise will come and go, sometimes it's there for several days in a row, sometimes it is not heard for weeks.
 
I searched the HL forums here and did not find where the issue has been previously reported.
 
Thanks for any assistance,
 
brgsmith
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Re: Weight in..... [coinneach] by loucapri
Nov 09, 2004 (8:00 am)
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Replying to: coinneach (Nov 08, 2004 8:00 pm)

I was in that Auto Show as well and I just didn't even bother to ask them the question because I didn't expect they would give me any NEW info on it anyway. I guess we probably know more than they do by now.
Anyway, I think the new Tacoma looks cool, you should get that. (But please, get one with power doors, windows... I don't understand why so many people buy a Tacoma with no power options at all!!) We are in 2005, not 1985
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Intermittent noise from rear w/engine on or off by brgsmith
Nov 09, 2004 (8:48 am)
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Our 01 V6 AWD Limited has been largely trouble-free except since last summer. Intermittently there is a strange noise coming from the cargo area or liftgate of the vehicle. The noise can manifest itself when the car is moving, or stopped with engine on, or stopped with engine off and key off. The noise can be described like "a liquid flowing through a tube," a "variable wooshing sound," or "video game sound effects." It is best heard by rear seat passengers. The noise can be heard for minutes at a time, even after the engine is shut off. As time passes, the noise becomes fainter and intermittent: noise . . . silence . . . noise . . . silence, and finally silence. If I open the liftgate it usually stops, either instantly or within several seconds. In general the noise will come and go, sometimes it's there for several days in a row, sometimes it is not heard for weeks.
 
I searched the HL forums here and did not find where the issue has been previously reported.
 
Thanks for any assistance,
 
brgsmith
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Re: Weight in..... [loucapri] by desertguy
Nov 09, 2004 (10:04 am)
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Replying to: loucapri (Nov 09, 2004 8:00 am)

Many Tacoma buyers want the cheapest truck they can find. Power options = $$$$, so they pass.
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Re: Intermittent noise from rear w/engine on or off [brgsmith] by landdriver
Nov 09, 2004 (10:46 am)
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Replying to: brgsmith (Nov 09, 2004 8:48 am)

Possibly bubbles in the rear-window windshield washer system. Activate the washer for several seconds to clear-out the bubbles.

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