2001 Toyota Tacoma — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 496 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Body & structure234 (47.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2011–2016.
• Suspension84 (16.9%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 1995–2025.
• Brakes24 (4.8%)Official recall records for this system: 16, covering model years 2005–2025.
• Air bags (restraint system)20 (4.0%)Official recall records for this system: 22, covering model years 1998–2023.
• Steering20 (4.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2023.
• Tires & wheels20 (4.0%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2001–2015.

Other / uncategorized: 40 classifications (8.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (16,814 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: body & structure, suspension and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Safety recalls (247 records, model years 1995–2025) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, air bags (restraint system) and tires & wheels.
• Transport Canada recalls (142 records, model years 1995–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and brakes.
• Manufacturer communications (8,516 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, body & structure and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 298reports included a mileage
• 138,618average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 241 records for 1995 241
2. 1996 324 records for 1996 324
3. 1997 214 records for 1997 214
4. 1998 389 records for 1998 389
5. 1999 338 records for 1999 338
6. 2000 306 records for 2000 306
7. 2001 534 records for 2001 534
8. 2002 476 records for 2002 476
9. 2003 506 records for 2003 506
10. 2004 564 records for 2004 564
11. 2005 1,060 records for 2005 1,060
12. 2006 1,129 records for 2006 1,129
13. 2007 883 records for 2007 883
14. 2008 792 records for 2008 792
15. 2009 853 records for 2009 853
16. 2010 678 records for 2010 678
17. 2011 576 records for 2011 576
18. 2012 770 records for 2012 770
19. 2013 564 records for 2013 564
20. 2014 524 records for 2014 524
21. 2015 416 records for 2015 416
22. 2016 742 records for 2016 742
23. 2017 629 records for 2017 629
24. 2018 505 records for 2018 505
25. 2019 463 records for 2019 463
26. 2020 287 records for 2020 287
27. 2021 244 records for 2021 244
28. 2022 184 records for 2022 184
29. 2023 136 records for 2023 136
30. 2024 242 records for 2024 242
31. 2025 139 records for 2025 139
32. 2026 32 records for 2026 32

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 40mention a crash
• 4mention a fire
• 36mention an injury
• 4mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 6
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 129
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
• Owner complaints NHTSA 396

Explore the underlying evidence records