[vacolinm]

Just signed onto this board because of what happened to me in my 04 Double Cab. Had a panic stop at 60 mph to avoid hitting a bear and was astonished to find my truck didn't stop! I hit and unfortunately killed the bear. That was three weeks ago. Since then I have tried panic stops from 30 mph all the way up (when brakes are cold) with the same result. The truck just doesn't want to stop. Pedal feels mushy... similar to the freeling of brake fade. I took it to my loacl independant shop, the owner of wich has a TDC as well. He had just come out of an accident where he totalled his truck because... you guessed it he couldn't stop. He then investigated the situation with the service shop manager of a local Toy dealer. The service manager took out an 05 and tried a panic stop. His response... yeah... this truck doesn't stop worth a damn in a panic stop situation. He called out to Toy in CA for any info from corporate on this issue but said nobody had seen any complaints about this problem. Net, there are two factory and Federal complaints going in on this issue and I encourage anybody else who has had a similar problem to do the same. If you have a DC, check out the brakes in a panic stop situation (when its safe to do so) and judge the braking performance for yourself.