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2010 Toyota Tacoma cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 35 complaints for the 2010 Toyota Tacoma, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
35 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
6,000 miles 31 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2010 Toyota Tacoma Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 6,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 22 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 6,000 miles
Based on 31 complaints that include mileage. 94% 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 miles22
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 31 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 6,000 miles, and 94% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Were pulling out and smell of gas filled up the cab, jerking occurred. Experiences of intermittent acceleration had been occurring for a very long time as been made aware of recently. Smell of gas has been overwhelming. Vehicle now parked outside and will not drive until it can be fixed or replaced, have been warned of potential air bag failure in japanese plants found last week in this model. This vehicle is the only car we have, paid on it for a very long time.

Reported at 22,813 miles, August 2014 Injury

While driving on interstate highway at the posted limit, the vehicle set speed would sag by 2 MPH at the bottom of a hill as the road leveled out, then it would start up the next hill with a 2 MPH deficit. As t proceeded up the hill,it would downshift to maintain speed, then downshift again to 3rd gear and accelerate over the top of the hill in 3rd gear until it would overspeed, exceeding the set speed by 3 MPH as it went over the top of the hill.

Reported at 42,000 miles, May 2014

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