2013 Toyota Tacoma — Problems & Complaints
NHTSA has 125 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.
Toyota Tacoma — Complaints by Model Year
Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.
0 complaints
186 complaints
295 complaints
125 complaints
93 complaints
101 complaints
323 complaints
242 complaints
209 complaints
219 complaints
90 complaints
What Owners Complain About Most
Recent Owner Reports
WE HIT BLACK ICE AND SPUN FLIPPED INTO A DITCH ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK AIRBAG DEPLOYED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE THE AIRBAG CAUGHT ON FIRE CATCHING THE WHOLE TRUCK ON FIRE.
ON DATE OF SERVICE I WAS INFORMED BY ADVISOR [XXX] THAT ALL 24 WHEEL FASTENERS (LUGS) HOLDING ON THE WHEEL STUDS DID NOT HAVE AMPLE THREADS. I WAS ESCORTED TO SERVICE AREA OF MY VEHICLE AND SAW WHAT HE WAS DESCRIBING TO ME. IT WAS THE WRONG LUGS NUTS INSTALLED. THERE WAS NO ENOUGH AMPLE THREADS TO TIGHTEN THE LUGS TO THE WHEEL STUDS 1-3 THREADS DEFINITELY NOT TO VEHICLE SPECI…
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED HE RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN RECALL LETTER FOR THE CHASSIS, WHERE IT WAS COMPLETED AT LOCAL DEALER ANTWERPEN TOYOTA (12420 AUTO DR, CLARKSVILLE, MD 21029: (410) 531-5700). THE CONTACT STATED SHORTLY AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, WHILE DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND. THE CONTACT STATED NO WAR…
TRUCK WILL MAKING A RATTLE OR KNOCKING NOISE UNDER LOAD USUALLY I CAN HEAR AT 25 MPH SOMETIME 45 MPH EVEN AT 65 MPH AT HIGH WAY SPEED . THAT SOUND COME FROM FRONT OF THE ENGINE, SOUND LIKE TIMING CHAIN LOSING TENSION . TOOK TO DEALER THE TECH ALSO HEARD THAT NOISE BUT THEY SAID NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW ,AND THEY RECOMMEND TO USE PREMIUM GAS AND I DID THAT BUT ST…
ALL OF THE HEAT SHIELDS PROTECTING MY FLOOR BOARDS FROM THE HEAT OF THE EXHAUST ARE FALLING OFF. THE HAVE BEEN FALLING OFF ON THE HIGHWAY AND GENERALLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. IT SEEMS AS IF THE NUTS THAT HOLD THE SHIELDS ON ARE CORRODING THE ALUMINUM SHIELDS.
Recalls & Crash Tests
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Problems Checker
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