Transmission needs to replaced at 230 miles.

[TimS27]

Hey everyone. Disappointing post here but bought a brand new 2025 Tacoma TRD OF with 45 miles. Drove it all day Saturday. Sunday went to run some errands and noticed something was off on the trans. Brought it back to the dealership and after their diagnostics they said nothing was wrong and may just need to be driven more so that the engine can learn driving habits. After leaving the lot, not 2 miles down the road check engine light came with a "Drive Start Control Malfunction" message. Right back to the dealership we go. Next day they call me and say the check engine light is indicating problems with the transmission. Advised repair is to replace Torque converter and trans. 232 miles. Service advisor says there's one new transmission in the country and will know more information about a completion date Sat. They will be providing a loaner until its done. Should I go back to the dealership and ask for a different truck? Same make, model? Or do I trust that everything will be good moving forward? It failed so quick it makes me think it may have been a manufacturing issue. Kinda feeling hopeless and not sure route to go.

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[ixo]

That's pretty rough, not sure what kind of options you have but I doubt they'd just take the L and give you a whole new truck. I mean, they SHOULD, but will they?

Sorry to hear, fingers crossed for you.

 

[TimS27]

That's pretty rough, not sure what kind of options you have but I doubt they'd just take the L and give you a whole new truck. I mean, they SHOULD, but will they?

Sorry to hear, fingers crossed for you.

That's exactly what I'm thinking. I think waiting to see how long the replacement may take and then looking into lemon law stuff. See if there maybe any compensation there.

 

[izzy]

their diagnostics they said nothing was wrong

There's no way they checked shit. The trans was 2 miles from grenade metal confetti mode and it didn't already throw a code?

Dealers are way too dismissive, it's crazy lol

I'm not going to complain about any noise or squeak or behavior until the truck stops driving and it won't move under it's own power. Seems like that's criteria for dealers giving a shit about you, gotta be on the side of the road.

 

[f7eleven]

look up your state's lemon laws. if you meet the repair-attempt or days-with-out threshold, you would initiate the buy back with Toyota directly.

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