I have been searching for the last 10 months or so for that great deal, you know low miles and great shape and I finally found it, a 2002 tacoma v6 with only 14.7k miles, I couldn't believe it so I snagged it. This truck is spotless inside and out and still has a warranty till october of 2008. Ive own the truck less than one month and love it, well........................
Now here is the problem. The first morning I left my driveway I noticed that it took longer than normal to shift from 2nd gear to 3rd gear, it finally shifted into 3rd gear at 35 mph, usually it shifts at 22mph. Once the engine is warm is shifts normal at 22 mph. This shifting from 2nd to 3rd at 35 mph only happens when the truck is cold. I called the service manager at the dealership and he explained that it's normal and it does this during a closed loop warmup period, ok I"ll take his word he knows more than I. Well yesterday when the truck was warm and I had been driving for an hour I took off from a dead stop and it shifted from 1st to 2nd to 3rd and quickly down shifted back to 2nd then upshifted to 3rd then back to 2nd then up to 3rd. since then it has done this abnormal quick shifting 3 times within 24 hours. What the heck can it be, thank God it has a 90 day bumper to bumper warranty and a year and a half drivetrain warranty. It goes into the shop tomorrow morning, I'll keep you up to date with the progress.
