Toyota continues to have a significant problem with the ra61F transmission and clutch assembly in their 2001 to 2017 Tacoma & Fj cruisers that most probably affect over 20,000 vehicles. The clutch release bearings continually fail accounting for significant damage, expense, and risk for their owners over their years of ownership. Only after 9 years was the problem officially acknowledged with a Toyota tsb that did nothing to correct the problem (T-sb-0365-10). Instead, the tsb recommendations were nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to throw parts at the problem in an effort 'run-out' the warranties on the affected vehicles. This problem is also an issue of safety, as the failure of the clutch release bearing can cause loss of control over the vehicle's power train, and by extension, loss of control of the vehicle. The vehicle manufacture's implied warranty of merchantability in their written advertising is/was false and deceptive. Toyota continues to sell these vehicles with both defective engineering and parts in their transmission/clutch assemblies. Toyota having ignored the problem from 2001-2010 is unethical, and the nhtsb's collusion with Toyota to not issue a recall for all vehicles affected by this issue should be investigated and owners compensated. The Toyota Tacoma & Fj cruiser between the years of 2001 and 2017 should be recalled, Toyota should be investigated for covering-up this issue, and an actual fix for the problems or Toyota 'buy-back' should be offered. As the owner of a 2014 Fj cruiser with only 32K road miles, who recently had a clutch release bearing fail while on the highway in Alaska - I do not appreciate having my life, my property, and the lives of others put at risk during the operation of a defective unsafe product.

- Seward, AK, USA