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2006 Toyota Tacoma engine problems

45 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2006 Toyota Tacoma, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
45 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
51,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2006 Toyota Tacoma Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 51,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 12 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 51,000 miles
Based on 35 complaints that include mileage. 54% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles12
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 35 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 51,000 miles, and 54% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota tacoma. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning causing the vehicle to crash into a hill. A police report was filed and there were injuries reported that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

March 2012 CrashInjury

I have a 2006 toyota tacoma 2.7 l manual trans where the gas pedal sticks, toyota claims its the floor mat. No way the floor mat has anything to do with this problem. This problem occurs about 5% of the time, when removing your foot from the petal, it will stay in the open position for aprox 10 sec before the rpm's slow down. I have own the truck new and did take it back to the dealership back in 2006. They told me it was impossible for the gas pedal to stick and did nothing to fix the problem back then.

Reported at 100 miles, May 2006

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