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Tranny and surge problem

Discussion in 'Technical Chat' started by Playz, Apr 1, 2008.

  1. Apr 1, 2008 at 7:44 PM
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    Playz

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    Well first off I see a few people have had the surge problem. The weird thing is my mom's Toyota Camry does the same thing. At a stop with the brake applied the car surges foward. I think I can deal with that cause it doesn't happen often. The problem was after hitting some trail not hard at all mind you when I got onto the road my truck wouldn't shift. At 45mph my truck was stuck in a lower gear though I had it in drive. I slowed to almost a stop and it finally started shifting again. Is it a once in awhile thing or am I looking for trouble down the road? 2008 Tacoma 4x4 TRD Sport Auto 5000miles.
     
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  2. Apr 1, 2008 at 8:00 PM
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    The lack of shifting isn't the common surge problem. It seems that everyone's truck surges...I don't worry about it.

    A couple questions...
    were you towing anything
    was your truck loaded heavily
    had you been in four wheel drive
    were you going through the mountains
    can you get the truck to replicate the problem
     
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  3. Apr 1, 2008 at 8:15 PM
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    Not towing anything
    Not loaded
    I was in 4WD prior to getting on the road
    I was going down hill I believe
    I can't get it to do it again.
     
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  4. Apr 1, 2008 at 8:25 PM
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    so your truck was in fourth gear when it should have been in fifth? I'm not sure what could cause that.
     
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  5. Apr 1, 2008 at 8:32 PM
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    I had it in drive. The motor was high in RPM like 5000. It just seemed like it wouldn't shift into overdrive
     
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  6. Mar 5, 2009 at 8:58 PM
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    The first two or three times I thought it was driver error.
    I removed the aftermarket floor mats. The problem continues and seems to be getting worse.
    I park on the 7th floor, when I pulled in to a space verry slow,the truck acclerates I press on the brake HARD, the rear wheels are spinning like a burnout, I put it in neutral tack went to 5 K+ tapped the accelerator then it droped to 700 rmp.

    Another time on a Sunday morning ( no traffic ) same thing but I got pushed into the intersection.
     
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  7. Mar 5, 2009 at 9:58 PM
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    I think you need to bring that in ASAP. Nobody else has that problem as part of their normal routine.
     
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