2016 Toyota Tacoma Catalytic Converter Issues

Greetings Tacoma World forums,

A little bit over a year ago I was one of the first people down here in Mexico to get there hands on a 2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport. Around a month after driving the truck I received a check engine light and the truck shut off completely. I was able to start it back up only to have it shut off after a few seconds. My local Toyota Dealer (Which is completely unprofessional and underfunded) took around 2 months to get the truck to work "properly" once again. I was told it had a faulty sensor. A short week later tah-dah the issue returned. This time 4 months went past and I still had hardly driven my truck and was stuck driving a Prius the dealership lent me when I threatened to sue them. Once again when they finally got it running again they swore to me if the issue wasn't fixed they would just give me a new 2017 since those were about to come off the line. Well they're over confidence got me a new truck. The 2016 once again kept shutting down and 3 months later I got my hands on the 2017 in which they even included a roof rack, tonneau cover, and side steps for free. They eventually told me that the 2016 had something wrong with the catalytic converter and I want to find out if anyone else has experienced anything similar? I'm no mechanic and for all I know they're final conclusion might be wrong also but I'm curious. How would you have handled this?

 

Welcome
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De Nayarit Amigo

 

Crankshaft position sensor maybe? Sounds awfully familiar. Don't hold me to it though.

 

Looks like it worked out ok since you got a 17.

 

Obviously not as well as you have. You got a new truck free of charge!

Hope the 2017 serves you much better than the 2016 did.

 

Well yeah but it was not fun being stuck with a Prius for months. Just so you know I also had to keep making my monthly payments even when the truck was at the dealer. I was literally paying for a Tacoma while driving a Prius.

 

Ouch, un-like.... no Bro.... need new truck now A-OK.

 

That sucks that you were making payments for a truck and driving a prius, but you now have a 2017 with power rear sliding window, and some extras goodies, so myself, I would consider that a wash. Oh yea, the tailgate key fiasco is now in your favor with the 2017, so, I would be happy.

 

Yes, the crankshaft position sensor is known to be flaky in the 16s and often caused the catalytic converter to crap out too. Glad you got a new truck, and hopefully won't have any more issues.