2001 Toyota Tacoma problems
The 2001 Toyota Tacoma has 504 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (47%) concerns body & structure. After that come suspension (17%) and brakes (5%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 504 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 47% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 55 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 44 and 5
- Typical mileage
- 148,000 miles 363 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 14 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 27 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 22 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 37 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 40 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 49 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 54 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 24 |
| 200k+ miles | 69 |
What the data shows
Among the 363 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 148,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 144,000 miles (192 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 55 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 44 injuries reported; 5 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 28th most-complained-about out of 31 model years of the Toyota Tacoma with enough data (87 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I was driving my 2001 toyota tacoma extended cab when another vehicle hit me behind the drivers door and my truck exploded in to flames. I could not get out of the vehicle from the drivers side and had to go through the flames in the cab to get out the passenger side. I suffered burns and was hospitalized in the burn unit.
My 2001 toyota tacoma was involved in a accident. At the trial the accident reconstruction person said he could not understand why the crash happened that it looked like some one had yanked the wheel very hard. The trial was for manslaughter and it took place before the recall. The truck was never inspected by a mechanic. I feel this was the cause for the accident.
My wife recently had a wreck, she was going 45 MPH, the truck went off the road, crossing over center line, after making impact with the dirt with the front end of the truck, the truck lost it's steering, from there the truck flipped 5 times on it's side, it finally came to rest on it's side, 5 feet away from a house. She had to be cut from the truck. Her l2 exploded in her back, she's now having to learn how to walk again among other things from extreme nerve damage.
The frame was rusted, and we were aware of recalls. 2 weeks ago we had it inspected at the dealer where we bought it. The mechanic told us the vehicle was un-driveable. The service department sent the information to toyota but the recall claim was denied. The mechanic gave us a number to call to place a claim. The representative told us we had been mailed a letter in 2011 saying the vehicle needed undercoating. She admitted that it was something toyota was doing legally to avoid having to honor the recall claim.