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Toyota Tacoma by model year

10,844 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Toyota Tacoma across 32 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Toyota Tacoma 0 500 1,000 1995: 214 '95 1996: 321 1997: 148 1998: 358 '98 1999: 303 2000: 275 2001: 504 '01 2002: 443 2003: 481 2004: 545 '04 2005: 871 2006: 977 2007: 677 '07 2008: 564 2009: 613 2010: 349 '10 2011: 231 2012: 407 2013: 170 '13 2014: 134 2015: 143 2016: 418 '16 2017: 324 2018: 290 2019: 312 '19 2020: 131 2021: 119 2022: 81 '22 2023: 76 2024: 203 2025: 140 '25 2026: 22
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
1995214
1996321
1997148
1998358
1999303
2000275
2001504
2002443
2003481
2004545
2005871
2006977
2007677
2008564
2009613
2010349
2011231
2012407
2013170
2014134
2015143
2016418
2017324
2018290
2019312
2020131
2021119
202281
202376
2024203
2025140
202622

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2026 22 20 to 23
2025 140 Body & structure (32%) 5 20 to 23 4 stars
2024 203 Drivetrain & axles (27%) 5 20 to 23
2023 76 Electrical system (16%) 4 18 to 21 4 stars
2022 81 Drivetrain & axles (11%) 3 18 to 21 4 stars
2021 119 Drivetrain & axles (12%) 18 to 21 4 stars
2020 131 Fuel system (18%) 1 18 to 21 4 stars
2019 312 Fuel system (24%) 4 18 to 21 4 stars
2018 290 Fuel system (23%) 3 18 to 21 4 stars
2017 324 Drivetrain & axles (21%) 5 18 to 21 4 stars
2016 418 Drivetrain & axles (33%) 4 18 to 21 4 stars
2015 143 Body & structure (11%) 4 17 to 22 4 stars
2014 134 Body & structure (15%) 4 17 to 22 4 stars
2013 170 Drivetrain & axles (13%) 6 17 to 23 4 stars
2012 407 Engine (31%) 7 17 to 22 4 stars
2011 231 Suspension (26%) 9 16 to 22 4 stars
2010 349 Suspension (27%) 13 15 to 22
2009 613 Suspension (20%) 13 16 to 22
2008 564 Suspension (23%) 11 16 to 22
2007 677 Suspension (18%) 10 16 to 22
2006 977 Body & structure (26%) 11 16 to 21
2005 871 Body & structure (30%) 10 16 to 21
2004 545 Body & structure (38%) 3 16 to 22
2003 481 Body & structure (39%) 3 16 to 22
2002 443 Body & structure (41%) 3 16 to 22
2001 504 Body & structure (47%) 4 16 to 21
2000 275 Body & structure (29%) 16 to 21
1999 303 Body & structure (34%) 16 to 21
1998 358 Body & structure (28%) 1 16 to 21
1997 148 Body & structure (31%) 16 to 22
1996 321 Suspension (30%) 1 16 to 22
1995 214 Suspension (46%) 2 16 to 22