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  great truck - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By victor marmolejo - November 15 - 3:17 pm

  I love Toyota great trucks for the last 20 years I drove Ford and Toyota trucks but my new truck is a Toyota Tundra limited and I loved better than Ford

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  Missing Nemo! - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By dirk diggler - November 7 - 11:23 pm

  I regret buying this truck... there are no real improvements in this truck compared to my 2005 Taco. I bought it on a whim. The cabin materials keep getting cheaper in quality. The steering will fatigue you after a while. It still has the drum brakes on back. The engine is now a 3.5 ltr vs a 4.0 from previous years therefore the engine revs higher to make power. Getting my old truck back.

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  Engineer who designed the key system is a moron! - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By Jack Kendrick - November 1 - 7:40 am

  Overall I am very happy with my Tacoma TRD Offroad. My decision came down to the Taco or the Colorado and while in some ways the Colorado beat the Taco, I was looking for a camping, off-road, rough country performer and I felt Toyota had a superior 4WD system and was overall a more rugged vehicle. It drives great and feels unstoppable and indestructible. The Colorado would have been my choice if I was looking for a work truck that would spend most of its life on pavement. The Tacoma is the best vehicle I have ever owned. That said, the remainder of this review is going to address my very low opinion of the key system for the 2016 Tacoma. I admit that I am a little anal about keys. I need a set, my wife needs a set and there must be an emergency set. So the day my Tacoma arrived I went to the service department and ordered an extra set of keys. In my opinion, the Toyota engineer who designed this abomination should be stripped of his engineering credentials and reassigned to Fukushima clean-up duty! The design is moronic and I get the impression it was cobbled together from unwanted bits and pieces of other Toyota vehicles. And God help you if your ever need to order a duplicate set! It takes no less than THREE (3) keys to fully operate the Tacoma. Ive never heard of a vehicle that required 3 different keys to operate. There is one key for the tail gate. All it does is unlock the tailgate. It is just a simple mechanical lock. Toyota does not even bother to give you an extra one; they just give you only one key. If you order a spare key you are in for a surprise. The key blank is a $30 chip key but the CHIP DOES NOT DO ANYTHING because the lock is just a simple mechanical lock. So instead of selling you a $3 blank they sell you a $30 blank with a worthless chip in it. But at least these keys can be cut locally at your dealer. I actually got this key the same day which is far better than I did with the other two keys. The doors and ignition keys need to be special ordered and they dont come quick. I pity the poor fool who loses his keys because you might not get into your vehicle for two weeks while you wait on Toyota to pull their head from the nether regions and actually come up with a replacement. It is really two keys: an electronic proximity fob and a laser-cut mechanical key which stows cleverly inside of the fob. They cost about $150 dollars EACH which is beyond obscene and totally unnecessary. To add insult to injury, the fob costs an additional $55 to program. The fob can lock and unlock the doors with a push of a fob button or if it is in close proximity allow the key-holder to unlock and lock the drivers door by swiping the drivers door handle which is pretty neat but I bet I will be cursing that thing when it fails about 20 years from now. The fob also is needed to start the vehicle and must be in proximity (your pants pocket works) of the push button start which looks to be a leftover from a Prius. The fob is what you would give to a valet attendant and pray to god he does not lose that nearly priceless piece of hardware. I finally got my extra fob about 10 days after I ordered it. Thank goodness I was not locked out of my vehicle! The mechanical laser cut key can unlock the drivers door (nice if the battery is dead), and can also unlock the glove box. You would retain this when you gave the fob to the valet attendant which is clever. But why, Why, WHY could the witless Toyota engineer not design the tailgate to use this same key? How stupid is that? And what advantage is there to this laser cutting technology where a customer in Wyoming has to wait for a key to be cut at enormous cost in Battlefield Missouri? I am failing to see or appreciate the $150 of added utility over a simple $3 mechanically cut key that I could get made in 5 minutes any hardware store locally. Three weeks after ordering, I am still waiting for my replacement key. The first one was completely the wrong blank. It was too wide to fit in the fob or the lock. The 2nd one was cut from the correct blank and fit in the fob and the door lock but was cut with completely the wrong pattern and now I am hoping that about a week from now (a month total), the third try will prove to be the charm. My local parts guy showed me the orders that he had sent in and he was ordering the right thing. It is Toyota in Battlefield that is apparently incompetent. If a set of keys is so expensive and hard to obtain, it sets off some alarm bells. I just hope that this truck does not break very often because apparently Toyota parts are both dear and scarce and their parts process is sub-standard!

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  no one told it it was a truck - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By John Scull - October 27 - 4:41 pm

  First off as I still have my 14 year old Ranger, there has been a learning curve, a big one. First off love the truck, and it is easy to enjoy. Used it for work the first week I owned it and while it was not as easy to do the job as it was in the Ranger it filled in well, and had no problems. Truck rides nicer than the Ranger and is gawd awful quick compared to the Ranger. While the Ranger ride is very truckish, the Tacoma is much smoother and is much more comfortable. I am still learning all the bells and whistles, but I find a lot of them very useful. the climate control system took some getting used to, but does its job very well. I am not impressed with the Sirius System and could very well live without it. In fact I will be cancelling g it shortly, as it is so limited in choices. Have not had to use four wheel drive much so far, but when I did it was flawless, and easy to use. Little bit fuel hungry, but this is off set by performance. No one told my truck that it was a pick up truck, as it loves to whoop up on those pesky lil Beer Can Racers, the ones that are souped up mini cars, which is kinda fun. While not as powerful as the Mustang 5.0 I liked, it will get you in big ticket area rel quick. I am also impressed by it have a class 4 towing package. Over all very pleased with mine.

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  Best Tuck for the Money. - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By Steve Hisel - September 8 - 2:16 am

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  Terrible Ride - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By Disappointed - August 26 - 10:26 am

  We paid upfront hard earned cash for this truck, my husbands dream truck. We put 1600 miles on it and absolutely hate it. The transmission is terrible. The way the truck drives constantly feels like we are pulling a boat. You have to push hard on the gas to get any power and driving on hills is the absolute worst. You cant see the screen due to a constant glare which is terrible because we paid extra for the technology package. We have owned this truck for 3 months, put 1600 miles on it, put 12k down for a 34k truck and our buy out is 29k. Piece of junk lost so much value when I thought these trucks were known to keep their value. So for 3 months and to drive 1600 miles it will cost us 5k. We are so sick about it. Stay clear of this piece of garbage. When you test drive it, go up hills and try to go fast. You will see what we are talking about.

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  Seriously cheap and junky feeling - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By Peter - August 21 - 1:23 am

  Went to test drive a Tacoma.. What a piece of cheap feeling junk! The fenders are chintzy and flex, the knobs on the interior are loose and the door panels flex horribly. The interior is cramped. Toyota still cant figure out how to make a decent seat height and for 40K you would expect height adjustable seats. The instruments look like fisher price designed them and the knobs feel like they are going to fall off. My GFs 2016 Toyota Corolla at half the price, feels like 3x the quality. Doors on the Taco close like they are made of paper.. Doesnt inspire confidence. What a shame. What are these idiots thinking? Dont bother.

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  too many gimicks, and no way to turn em off - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By James r - August 12 - 2:43 pm

  An accident that totaled my 2004 Tacoma extra-cab prerunner, caused me to need another vehicle. I liked my 04 Tacoma so much, I decided to replace it with the newest version of the same thing... a 2016 Tacoma trd sport access cab. The 2016 Tacoma sure is pretty, and it is a Toyota, I will give it that much. Like the history of the automotive industry in general, there comes a point where, (how do I say this?), advancements achieve a point of critical mass, and what are intended as advancements are actually something more like a de-evolution where the latest greatest may mark change, but not necessarily change for the better. Where there used to be a simple radio in my 04, the 2016 has a thing called a "head" which to me is little more than a glorified TV screen in the dash. The head is basically a touch screen operated onboard computer, with all kinds of the latest techno junk: Satelite, navigation, audio, weather, apps, and on and on and on. All I wanted was a reliable truck, not a computer, not a social networking tool, (and, oh joy) stock market info and a portal to buying movie tickets. Welcome to the future. No thanks. Maybe its "just me", for expecting a better version of what I had in the 04, because what I ended up with "in my opinion" is a truck loaded with the latest... unnecessary, annoyingly distractive, sound and light polluting... technology. Where to start with how this truck just isnt working for me, (and it seems more like Im working for it). Advanced blinding light features- I back out of my garage when its dark out, the head screen lights up the interior of the truck so much, it makes it really hard to see anything outside of the truck. I know what your thinking: just turn the screen off... right? Did that, it requires interaction on the touch screen... by the way, not one move, but a few, to make it go black. And yeah, I adjusted the back up screen to its lowest brightness, still too much light in the interior to see outside. Putting it in reverse automatically engages the back up camera, which automatically lights up the head screen. Turning off the head screen off under general settings does not keep the back up screen from coming on automatically when put in R. Turning off the back up camera requires an independent and separate set of moves. I just want to put it in reverse and be able to see outside of my vehicle in the dark conditions, not devote time to having to a bunch of fidgeting with all this electronic button pushing junk, just to kill this TV screen thing from blaring light that is making next to impossible to see beyond the interior of the cab. Annoying! In daylight conditions, the screen light does not present this issue. I like the back up cam, its really handy. But guess what? If moves were made to turn it off, moves are required for turning everything back on again. So again, rather than just putting it in gear, gotta play with the damn technology again. This is what I mean as the difference between the truck working for me, and me working for the truck... too much technology interaction by the driver required. Anybody reading this whos a hunter can relate to how the following features are less than desirable: Annoying sounds that come standard, and no shut off controls, on my brand new 2016 Tacoma- Mine is the push button, keyless ignition, version. If youre really into annoying sounds, I highly recommend you go for this version! Oh yeah, its cool to be able to grab the handle and it automatically unlocks... and to simply touch the handle and it locks... that part is awesome! Heres the catch though, an audible "beeping" and running lights flashing happens every time, no option to off those ... wa wa wa, not cool. Lights and sounds, a great feature intended to impress innocent bystanders how cool you are to be keyless? FYI- the lock mechanism functioning all by itself is audible enough, and you can feel the mechanism move too. So why the added beeping and the lights flashing?... and why no way to turn off the lights and sounds? Okay, maybe thats not entirely fair. There is a little sliver of a key in the electronic fob that can be used to open the door with no sound and lights involved. I wonder if the silence with the key has anything to do with not needing to advertise an old technology? the key is so miniscule, it like a high tech toothpick. The keys primary function is as a back up if the keyless technology fails, you can still get inside the truck. But if you have to use the key, good luck with the push button start. Can o worms! Door ajar is another annoying beeping sound effect. Yeah, I want my door open, okay? Theres nothing wrong with that. The beeping though... there is something wrong with that... its annoying! Seat belt not fastened sound effects- my dog sitting on the passenger seat triggered this one. Yeah, I know, the dog is not wearing a seat belt... slow beeps evolving into rapid beeps.

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  2016 Tacoma - poor quality - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By Bruce Howle - August 7 - 11:21 am

  Beware of buying this first generation Tacoma. I have a serious buzzing sound coming from the dash that the dealer cant fix after 2 attempts and not having my truck for several days. Also, the transmission shifting is horrible. Its like driving a 4 cylinder, no power to pass, etc. Had high expectations for this truck and am very disappointed. Dealership (Nalley in Roswell, Ga) has been concerned at all. No offer of a loaner, nothing other than "yeah, well fix it, no idea what it is...".

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  too little too late - 2016 Toyota Tacoma
  By keith crawley - July 24 - 7:12 am

  I did not buy the vehicle in the end. I still think the TACOMA was/is the right vehicle for me, but maybe not just now. I was offered too little ( in my opinion) too late as a trade for my spotless low mileage 2013 Honda CRV otherwise the deal would have happened. I had fancied a truck for some time as it would be better suited to my lifestyle, but was not REALLY sure I was doing the right thing getting rid of my Honda ( condition,mileage, fuel consumption - and, what you know ie no problems) to buy a new vehicle - truck or not. Due to the offered trade being quite a bit under what I felt it was worth I walked away. Phone calls and discussions later increasing the trade offer was still a little below what I was prepared to take, and I had enough time to think clearly on what my Honda was really worth to me - and that was way more than offered and more even than I had initially been prepared to take. thus I say "too little too late". had a better trade been offered on the day, I probably would have taken it. having said this however, when I am again ready to buy I would go back to the same dealer as my treatment there was good and my experience overall was positive - I just hope they offer me what my trade is really worth from the start and not push for the lowest price they can for it and cause me to "walk away " again. I NEVER buy a vehicle without doing my homework and NEVER when "desperate" to do so I am always able to "walk away" and in todays tough times many are like me.