Hey Everyone,
New Tacoma owner two Friday's ago and noticed a very strange situation the other day. I was parked on a slight incline (I would guess less than 5%) with the truck (a 5 speed manual) in 1st gear with the e-brake off as usual. I went in to my kickboxing gym and about 15 minutes later someone came in and asked who owned the white truck? It was rolling backward down the hill. So obviously I freaked.
Turns out that the truck was rolling inch by inch down the incline. It would roll about 2 inches, then stop, wait for about 10 seconds, then roll another 2 inches. In the 15 minutes it had only rolled a few feet. When I saw it I jumped in and applied the brakes, put the clutch in and tried to start the truck with the trans still in 1st gear. It wouldn't start. Popped the stick into neutral and it started right up.
Here's the weird part! I talked to the service guy at the Dealer where I bought it and he said that it was NORMAL! He said that the new 4cyls don't have enough engine to hold the weight of the truck back. He said the V6 and V8 trucks can hold it but that I'd better use the e-brake. Anyone care to call shenanigans on this, and/or tell me if this is a known issue and how to fix it? Thanks
Darryl
New Tacoma owner two Friday's ago and noticed a very strange situation the other day. I was parked on a slight incline (I would guess less than 5%) with the truck (a 5 speed manual) in 1st gear with the e-brake off as usual. I went in to my kickboxing gym and about 15 minutes later someone came in and asked who owned the white truck? It was rolling backward down the hill. So obviously I freaked.
Turns out that the truck was rolling inch by inch down the incline. It would roll about 2 inches, then stop, wait for about 10 seconds, then roll another 2 inches. In the 15 minutes it had only rolled a few feet. When I saw it I jumped in and applied the brakes, put the clutch in and tried to start the truck with the trans still in 1st gear. It wouldn't start. Popped the stick into neutral and it started right up.
Here's the weird part! I talked to the service guy at the Dealer where I bought it and he said that it was NORMAL! He said that the new 4cyls don't have enough engine to hold the weight of the truck back. He said the V6 and V8 trucks can hold it but that I'd better use the e-brake. Anyone care to call shenanigans on this, and/or tell me if this is a known issue and how to fix it? Thanks
Darryl