Toyota Tacoma Complaints

8,484 consumer complaints on file.

#10565182February 20, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SPIRAL CABLE FAILED. THE SPIRAL CABLE CONNECTS THE HORN BUTTON AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG TO THE REST OF THE CAR. WHEN IT FAILS, THE AIRBAG AND HORN WON'T WORK. TOYOTA ALREADY RECALLED THE SPIRAL CABLE ON '05-'09 TACOMA'S. THE SPIRAL CABLES ARE STILL FAILING, SO THEY NEED TO RECALL LATER YEARS AND FIX THEM TOO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564105February 19, 2014
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
2004 TOYOTA TACOMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FRAME RUST RECALL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE RECALL, WHEN HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. AN INSPECTION REVEALED, SEVERE RUST ON THE BOTTOM PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE FRAME RAIL. ALSO, HOLES WERE FOUND IN THE FRAME. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, THE RECALL HAD EXPIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564944February 19, 2014
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME STARTED TO DETERIORATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN APPLIED AN UNDER COATING TO THE FRAME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COATING EVENTUALLY WORE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. UPDATED 04/21/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE CORROSION FRAME RECALL. BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT, HE NOTICED A LOT OF OIL DROPLETS ON THE TAIL GATE OF THE TRUCK, AS HE DROVE OFF, HE NOTICED A PUDDLE OF OIL. AN INSPECTION REVEALED, THE DIFFERENTIAL CASE WAS LEAKING AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY RUSTY. ALSO, THE FRAME WAS RUSTED, AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 04/24/14
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564112February 19, 2014
SEAT BELTS, TIRES, AIR BAGS
2008 TOYOTA TACOMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DISTANCE TO DEALERSHIP FOR SEVERAL RECALL REPAIRS. *SMD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564834February 18, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SUDDENLY BECOME VERY HARD TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,379. UPDATED 04/02/14*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564873February 18, 2014
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA HAS 42,200 MILES ON IT AND THE FRAME ROTTING BY THE DAY, DUE TO RUST. MY TRUCK CANNOT BE DRIVEN. THE BED CREAKS AND SHAKES AND IS VERY UNSTABLE. THE BRACKETS HOLDING THE LEAF SPRINGS ARE NEARLY DISINTEGRATED, DEEMING MY VEHICLE STRANDED. TOYOTA WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE FROM TOYOTA IN 2007, I PAID FOR UNDERCOATING TO PROTECT FROM RUST. UPON RESEARCH, MANY 2006 TACOMA OWNERS THAT ARE DEALING THE SAME RUSTING SCENARIO. RECENTLY TOYOTA ISSUED A RECALL ON TACOMA FRAMES FROM TRUCKS 1995 - 2004, CLEARLY SOMETHING IS WRONG BUT DIDN'T GET RESOLVED WITH NEWER MODELS.I HAVE PHOTOS OF THE BRACKETS & FRAME, WHICH ARE ATROCIOUS. LOCAL MECHANICS AND BODY SHOPS ALIKE HAVE SAID THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS ON SUCH A NEW(ISH) TRUCK. LEM, THE TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THE RUST IS DUE TO A CHEMICAL COMPOUND EFFECTING THE FRAME AND IT'S OUT OF THEIR HANDS. "WARRANTY REVIEWED PHOTOS AND DETERMINED THAT IT''S SURFACE RUST AND NOT PERFORATION CORROSION. RUST ON SURFACE IS EATING IT''S WAY THROUGHOUT ALL METAL PARTS OF THE VEHICLE." DOES CHEMICAL COMPOUND MEAN RAIN WATER? RAIN WATER DRIPS FROM THE BACK OF THE BED, THROUGH THE BODY ONTO THE BRACKETS. THIS IS THE EPICENTER OF THE RUST PROBLEM. EARLIER IN 2012 I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS SAME RUST, WHICH ATE AWAY MY BUMPER. TOYOTA SAID THIS WASN'T UNUSUAL AND THEY WOULDN'T HELP ME. WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER IT. I COMPLAINED LOCALLY, AND WROTE A LETTER TO CORPORATE - NO RESPONSE. ON 10/9/12 I PAID $600.18 FOR A NEW BUMPER - TOYOTA INSTALLED. THEY DIDN'T NOT ADDRESS THE FRAME RUST AT THAT TIME.NOW, 16 MONTHS I HAVE A TRUCK THAT IS STUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY - WITH RUST STAINS ALL OVER THE CONCRETE. IF I DRIVE SOMEWHERE, RATHER THAN TOW THE TRUCK TO GET FIXED, AN ACCIDENT SEEMS IMMINENT. I WOULD LIKE MY FRAME TO BE REPLACED OR BOUGHT BACK BY TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564551February 16, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS HAVE MELTED THE LENS AND THE HIGH HEAT HAS ALSO CRACKED AND DISTORTED THE MAIN HEAD LIGHT LENS ON MY 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564451February 15, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
I NOTICED THE REAR SKID PLATE IS HANGING ON BY ONLY ONE SIDE ABOUT TO FALL OFF DUE TO RUST ON HARDWARE/PLATE WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY PLATE WOBBLES UP AND DOWN. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL FALL WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSE A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT, OR INJURY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564461February 15, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LENS COVERS FOR AMBER DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT (DRL) BULBS HAVE MELTED AND CRACKED DUE TO HEAT OUTPUT OF THE BULB. A BRIEF INVESTIGATION INDICATES THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE IN THIS MODEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564382February 14, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RUSTING AND CORROSION WAS DISCOVERED ON THE FRAME. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE LEAF SPRING SHACKLE HAD SUNK INTO THE UNDER FRAME DUE TO THE RUST AND CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563962February 12, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME HAD STARTED TO DETERIORATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN APPLIED AN UNDERCOATING TO THE FRAME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COATING EVENTUALLY WORE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564003February 12, 2014
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK WITH 100,000 MILES IN A PRIVATE SALE IN 2010. I DROVE IT FOR A FEW YEARS AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN FOR INSPECTION THEY FAILED IT FOR A RUSTED OUT FRAME. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULDN'T DRIVE IT AND THAT IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME OUT. THEY SAID SINCE THE PREVIOUS OWNER DID NOT GET IT SPRAYED THE WARRANTY WAS NULL AND VOID. SO MY TRUCK THAT HAS 100,000 MILES AND WAS KBB AT $8-$9K IS WORTH NOTHING. I AM NOT A PERSON THAT IS WELL OFF AND THAT WAS A BIG HIT FOR ME. I LIVE PAY CHECK TO PAY CHECK AND I WONDER HOW MANY OTHERS WERE EFFECTED BY AN OBVIOUSLY CHEAP FRAME. 100,000 MILES AND THE FRAME RUSTS, THAT JUST SEEMS WRONG. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564041February 12, 2014
SEAT BELTS
SEAT BELTS WON'T RETRACT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564044February 12, 2014
SEAT BELTS
SEAT BELTS WON'T RETRACT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564124February 12, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I WAS PULLING INTO A CURB PARKING SPACE WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE ON MY TRUCK ACCELERATED. MY FOOT WAS ALREADY ON THE BRAKE SO I PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BUT I WAS SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ANYWAY. MY BRAKES WERE SMOKING FROM TRYING TO STOP MY TRUCK. I HIT THE BACK OF A PARKED CAR AND PUSHED IT APPROXIMATELY TWO PARKING SPACES BEFORE I THOUGHT TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563812February 11, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STRUCTURE
WHILE PULLING MY TRUCK INTO THE GARAGE, I APPLIED THE BRAKE. I WAS SLOWING DOWN AND HEARD THE ACCELERATION TRACTION CONTROL TURN ON AND MY TRUCK LUNGED FORWARD ABOUT ONE TO TWO FEET. THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK HIT AGAINST SOME ITEMS IN MY GARAGE AND BROKE MY HEADLIGHT HOUSING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND SCRATCHED MY BUMPER. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563732February 10, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES NEAR THE SHACKLES. THE FRAME WAS WELDED BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563202February 6, 2014
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ALTHOUGH I'VE UNDER COATED MY TACOMA EVERY TWO YEARS THE FRAME IS RUSTING BADLY. I'M AFRAID SOON THE TRUCK MAY NOT PASS INSPECTION. I ENTERED A CASE NUMBER WITH CORPORATE TOYOTA OF 1401210260. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO HAVE IT INSPECTED BY A TOYOTA DEALER. ON TUESDAY, FEB 4, 2014, THE TRUCK WAS INSPECTED BY ALLEGHENY TOYOTA IN FRANKLIN, PA. ON THE 5TH OF FEB. (YESTERDAY) THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED AND INFORMED ME THAT TOYOTA WOULD NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM BUT I COULD, AT MY OWN EXPENSE, COVER THE RUST PROBLEM WITH SOME KIND OF COATING. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FRAME RUST PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 TACOMA. IN THE PAST TOYOTA ADMITTED THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH EARLIER BUILT TACOMAS AND CORRECTED THEM EITHER BY REPLACING THE FRAMES OR MONETARY COMPENSATION. I WOULD LIKE MY TRUCK REPAIRED . SOON THE VEHICLE WILL BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563264February 6, 2014
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I WAS SLOWLY ENTERING A PARKING SPACE. I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ENGINE SPEED INCREASED TO MAXIMUM RPM. I JAMMED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THREW THE TRANSMISSION INTO "PARK." A GREAT CLOUD OF BLUE SMOKE ISSUED FORTH FROM THE SPINNING TIRES. THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND IT'S DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK AND NOT MY FOOT! SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AS A PEDESTRIAN, I SAW THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN TO A JEEP CHEROKEE AT A STOP SIGN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563296February 6, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, SHE SUDDENLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED A FEW YEARS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200. UPDATED 3/31/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED SHE PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE EXITING BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED DURING THIS ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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