Toyota Tacoma problems by year
| Year | Common issues | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
Top NHTSA complaint areas (2010–2025)
| Component | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Power Train | 511 |
| Unknown Or Other | 346 |
| Engine | 344 |
| Service Brakes | 332 |
| Suspension | 252 |
| Structure | 251 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 248 |
| Electrical System | 226 |
Source: NHTSA complaints API, per model year (linked on each year’s issue pages).
Toyota Tacoma problems by system (all years)
Systems with sourced problem pages in two or more model years. Pages list NHTSA owner complaints and CarComplaints.com reports for that year.
Transmission (11 model years)
- 2024: Power Train complaints (55 NHTSA reports)
- 2023: Unresponsive acceleration
- 2022: Power Train complaints (10 NHTSA reports)
- 2021: Power Train complaints (14 NHTSA reports)
- 2021: Rough lurching shifts whistling grinding noises
- 2020: Power Train complaints (15 NHTSA reports)
- 2019: Jumpy transmission
- 2018: Power Train complaints (29 NHTSA reports)
- 2017: Not shifting properly
- 2017: Power Train complaints (68 NHTSA reports)
- 2016: Delayed engagement of drive when cold
- 2016: Hesitates hard shifts
- 2014: Shifter forks break
- 2013: Power Train complaints (22 NHTSA reports)
Engine (8 model years)
- 2025: Speedometer is 3 mph slower than the dash says
- 2023: Engine failure-lash adjusters
- 2021: Engine complaints (14 NHTSA reports)
- 2020: Engine complaints (14 NHTSA reports)
- 2020: Faulty ignition
- 2018: Engine complaints (27 NHTSA reports)
- 2017: Loud knocking sound
- 2012: Air injection valve pump assembly failure
- 2012: Check engine light on, engine very weak
- 2010: Leaking head gasket
Brakes (7 model years)
- 2024: Service Brakes complaints (33 NHTSA reports)
- 2021: Service Brakes complaints (12 NHTSA reports)
- 2020: Rear brakes lock under hard braking or wet roads
- 2019: Service Brakes complaints (56 NHTSA reports)
- 2018: Service Brakes complaints (47 NHTSA reports)
- 2015: Brakes did not engage
- 2013: Service Brakes complaints (18 NHTSA reports)
A/C / heater (5 model years)
- 2024: Burning smell in cabin
- 2023: Heater fan not operating and smoke filling the cabin
- 2015: Electrical smell smoke emitting from engine compartment
- 2014: A/C stopped working
- 2011: Repetitive clicking sound
Drivetrain (4 model years)
- 2025: Truck vibrates at 18 to 26 mph
- 2019: Low speed vibration on deceleration
- 2019: Low speed vibrations
- 2013: Vibration when accelerating
- 2012: Vibration while driving
Electrical (3 model years)
- 2022: Need to hold key for a few seconds in order to start
- 2021: Electrical System complaints (9 NHTSA reports)
- 2016: Soy based wiring being chewed by rodents
Fuel/Propulsion System (2 model years)
- 2020: Fuel/Propulsion System complaints (21 NHTSA reports)
- 2018: Fuel/Propulsion System complaints (42 NHTSA reports)
Structure (2 model years)
Windows / windshield (2 model years)
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