2006 Toyota Tacoma brakes problems
Owners reported brakes problems in 49 complaints for the 2006 Toyota Tacoma, 5% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 49 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 51,000 miles 41 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 41 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 51,000 miles, and 54% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 11 crashes, 6 injuries.
What owners wrote
2006 toyota tacoma double cab has had acceleration when brakes were being applied, and episodes where the brake pedal can be pushed completely to the floor with no brake action what so ever. Have taken vehicle into toyota dealer on 5 occasions with the complaint, but each time have been told that they couldn't find anything wrong (I think their investigation involved driving it around and seeing if the brakes worked--and they did at those times). The problem is episodic, and so is difficult to recreate.
I was creeping--2 or 3 MPH--up to an intersection in my 06 tacoma. When I tried to stop, I could feel the anti lock brakes shifting around, but the truck would not stop. It "drove itself" into the path of a mack dump truck, totaling my truck & sending me to the chiropractor twice so far. If my truck had managed to get another 2 or 3 feet into the intersection, the dump truck would have hit my driver's side door instead of the front tire. Odds are, I would not have survived that crash.
Other problems reported for the 2006 Toyota Tacoma
- Body & structure 249 complaints
- Suspension 154 complaints
- Cruise control 148 complaints
- Air bags 77 complaints
- Engine 45 complaints
- Steering 40 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 33 complaints
- Electrical system 25 complaints