2002 Toyota Tacoma wheels problems

Owners reported wheels problems in 18 complaints for the 2002 Toyota Tacoma, 4% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 18 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 111,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 4 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wheels problems show up

Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 29% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	1
20k to 40k miles	0
40k to 60k miles	3
60k to 80k miles	1
80k to 100k miles	2
100k to 120k miles	0
120k to 140k miles	1
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 14 wheels complaints that report mileage, the median is about 111,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

2002 toyotoa truck, lost control and hit my ford s/w, truck was on recall for ball/joints , both me and wife was hurt by this un insured driver, driver was cited for wrong turn into my lane, I lost both my car and my health, what can I do to recover damages from a uninsured truck and driver?

March 2012 CrashInjury

The left rear tire (dunlop grandtrek p265) of 2002 toyota tacoma blew out on ca 215 freeway (with speed of 60-70 MPH). I lost control of the vehicle, it spun and collided with another vehicle which resulted to minor physical injury to the other vehicle's driver. Original tires came from the dealership, carson toyota (california). Contacted toyota and the dealership--they gave us the run-around.

Reported at 40,200 miles, August 2004 CrashInjury

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