2018 Toyota Tacoma engine problems
27 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2018 Toyota Tacoma, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 9% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 15,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When engine problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 13 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 17 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 15,000 miles, and 94% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the engine complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
Around 12:30pm on 6/28 my toyota tacoma 2018 VIN# [xxx] started to blink the check engine light and it was follow by the engine shaking and not taking gears up therefore very slowly accelerating up to the 40MPH. Seeing all this I decided to head to the dealership big horn in glenwood springs, co at about 1:00pm from my house in basalt, co. But as the problem persisted I had to stop in el jebel, co and call both the dealer and toyota roadside assistance.
My 2018 toyota tacoma pick up truck while driving especially on the highway has a skip or hesitation that randomly happens it's like a misfire in the engine it's much more noticeable when I haul my camping trailer up hills took it to the dealer a number of times in the last time the senior tech took it for a drive and acknowledged that there was an issue as l had explained the report says he called toyota and that is a defect on the 2018 v6 toyota tacoma's is a very dangerous it feels like it's going to stall at…
Other problems reported for the 2018 Toyota Tacoma
- Fuel system 66 complaints
- Brakes 48 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 29 complaints
- Cruise control 19 complaints
- Forward collision avoidance 16 complaints
- Body & structure 16 complaints