Pedal Commander Honest Review for Toyota Tacoma

Just a few days after I said I'd never buy a Pedal Commander a subscriber reached out and asked if I wanted to borrow his to see what I thought. :)

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[alexgreenhill]

I’ve decided to buy one but only cause it was half off from a buddy lol

[toxic]

I had mine on for 3 days before the truck threw up errors, and an engine light somehow the truck stalled out something about a brake pedal override. I had to rip it out literally at a stop light in the middle of town just to get the truck to start again.

[fortunatedad]

I bought one for my 2010 acura mdx and for a car that's already fun to drive, the PC just took it up a couple notches.
I don't keep it in sport mode all the time, but it's nice to have the option to switch back and forth to have some fun.
This is a recommended add to any vehicle.
I'm going to get on for my 2012 Lincoln navigator as well 😀

[steves.]

2023 Taco TRD Sport: The Pedal commander does 3 good things in all modes. 1. It makes the throttle responsive in the first inch of travel and throughout throttle travel whereas the stock pedal module does little until the second half of throttle travel. 2. The pedal commander changes the shift points to higher RPMs in moderate acceleration which helps time to/acceleration to hwy. speed. 3. In City mode only the pedal commander reduces the super-annoying gear searching at highway speeds. It allows the maintenance of hwy. speeds by adding a little gas without auto transmission downshifting, and has one additional major improvement: If fast acceleration is needed while already rolling with the stock throttle module you can't get the trans to downshift while trying to find the throttle position point at which it will downshift one gear. While traffic behind you is gaining quickly on you, with the stock throttle module you must then floor the accelerator to get the truck to finally GO causing it to downshift two gears which winds the piss out of the engine. With the Pedal Commander that bullsh!t stops: The transmission downshifts one gear with moderately heavy throttle movement, and will still downshift two gears if you push it further. Two drawbacks of the sport and sport plus modes: The gear searching at hwy speeds comes back; and if stopped and you want to pull forward a foot to line your window up better to your mailbox, teller window, etc. the truck does not just roll forward when you take your foot off of the brake. A little push on the throttle makes the truck leap forward. It's very twitchy in Sport modes. IMO City mode 1-4+ is perfect on the road.

[daniel]

I got my knock off pedal commander in Amazon for $80. Works great, never had any issues

[DunnMotors]

Thanks for the quick review! That's all I needed to see to make a decision! Chirping the 35s was interesting. I just bought a 2023 tacoma and wanting to add a few extras. I have a couple videos on you tube as well. Cool truck by the way!

[djmasterty]

The pedal commander is totally worth it since it made my Tacoma a lot smoother to drive on the road.

[kylem]

I agree. I can buy alot of beer for $300

[wreed]

I searched each of the settings on all 4 modes and found that sport 3 gave the best overall feel for me. Much better than stock but not tire chirping in any way. Very little if any change in mileage.. Nice having the adjustability to fit driving conditions. However, I rarely switch it out of sport 3. I find it to be a good mod at $250, where can sometimes be purchased.

[Fanotesemara]

Just don’t mess with the engine and computer system with these add ons. It might be fun for a while but the ‘withdrawal’ effect on your Tacoma might be consequential. Use the machine as intended.

[tedstover]

'21 Off-Road, Sport+/+1...I'm good!

[stargazer]

Love my PC. Had it on City +2 until I got 33" tires, then went to Sport +0 to compensate. Now I have the Ov tune, but still use it in City +0. The response from the combination of the two is night and day over stock. Without the tune, if my PC broke down, I would get another.

[racehemi]

It's pretty sad that the fastest mode on that controller is quite a bit slower than a simple throttle cable

[MaximusRaverF]

Found one for $150 on marketplace. Definitely worth the buy at that price.

[charliealvarez]

I’m giving my opinion about the pedal commander I watch a ton of your videos I am a big fan we’ve actually talked before. Just be careful I had pedal commander for a year it works great for about seven months and then I start getting engine warning lights and traction control light. Even after resetting it multiple times it continued. It’s unfortunate because I really enjoyed the product. Once this started happening my truck wouldn’t pass inspection. I had to take it to the dealership and have them reset the computer after that I got rid of the pedal commander. When I contacted pedal commander it took them a while to respond but when they did they wanted me to send the pedal commander to them and they would repair it. After hearing that I just gave up maybe I should’ve sent it but it seems like this is a problem that happens to some vehicles like my Tacoma. When I spoke to the technician from pedal commander he acknowledge that this is happened before to other people. I’m sure this doesn’t happen to everyone the pedal commander is a great product when it works unfortunately I didn’t have a good experience. Just giving my experience so that way people could have and understanding of what could happen. I’m sure most people don’t have this bad experience but there is a chance it can trigger lights light check engine and traction control on your vehicle and you won’t be able to pass inspection.

[cubanon]

Make a video on How to program key fob. Using your taco to program fob. By buying key fob for $13.00 to $16.00 on Ebay. You can save some money doing it yourself. I made a couple for my Taco.

[rickking]

I have a 2016 Tacoma SR5 with the 3.5 liter V6 I like it it's a fun module to mess around with had my friends tried on their 3rd gen Tacomas and they liked it so much they bought for their trucks I got mine at a good price get the $30 off plus I had a $25 gift card so I got it at a good price the best thing is if you don't like it you can shut it off and it acts like you never had it plugged in or you can unplug it sell it to somebody. So what's the next big mod or mini mod?

[clayton]

I had a fully loaded work truck with tool boxs and a mounted compressor leave me at a red light b4 I bought this😖now that i have it I feel like a man again. 300 dollars is NOT alot of money people..dude has 10k in cool looking accessories that add weight but no speed!?🧐

[Dudemanroman]

Can dealership tell you had this installed for warranty issues? Asking for a friend…

[troy]

I'm with you on this one. I'm trying to figure out how to adjust the cruise control speed bump to make it not accelerate so much. I push up on it and it drops 2 or 3 gears and acts like it's going to have a hernia to go faster (I'm pretty sure it thinks I'm trying to racing someone). 2017 V6 SR5, with tow package