FaultScore

Worst years for a Toyota Tacoma

Owners have filed 10,741 complaints about the Toyota Tacoma with NHTSA across model years 1995 to 2026. More of them are about the body & structure than anything else.

Avoid

2007 Toyota Tacoma

676 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly suspension.

Cleanest on record

2026 Toyota Tacoma

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota Tacoma year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 A 11 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2025 C 110 9 4 6,000 Body & Structure
2024 C 191 9 2 18,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2023 C 73 7 1 19,436 Electrical System
2022 C 79 15 0 24,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2021 C 116 14 0 8,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 C 126 10 0 5,200 Fuel & Propulsion
2019 C 304 17 2 5,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2018 C 281 10 0 12,478 Fuel & Propulsion
2017 D 319 20 10 15,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2016 C 417 4 7 16,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2015 D 143 23 2 9,400 Other & Unspecified
2014 C 134 17 1 23,750 Body & Structure
2013 C 169 16 10 40,320 Transmission & Drivetrain
2012 C 406 25 0 57,000 Engine & Cooling
2011 C 231 14 6 65,000 Suspension
2010 C 347 12 8 34,543 Suspension
2009 D 613 26 19 35,127 Suspension
2008 F 558 65 8 57,000 Suspension
2007 F 676 82 13 62,520 Suspension
2006 D 977 84 10 72,000 Body & Structure
2005 D 871 64 4 86,000 Body & Structure
2004 D 545 38 4 108,000 Body & Structure
2003 D 479 44 1 113,300 Body & Structure
2002 D 443 41 8 120,000 Body & Structure
2001 D 504 55 4 148,000 Body & Structure
2000 C 274 33 3 136,000 Body & Structure
1999 C 303 47 1 122,345 Body & Structure
1998 C 358 56 0 139,000 Body & Structure
1997 B 148 16 0 143,000 Body & Structure
1996 C 321 24 1 137,672 Suspension
1995 C 214 30 4 174,000 Suspension

What breaks on a Toyota Tacoma

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Body & Structure 2,215 20.6%

Worst in 2005

Suspension 1,579 14.7%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2016

Brakes 673 6.3%

Worst in 2019

Engine & Cooling 603 5.6%

Worst in 2012

Airbags 562 5.2%

Worst in 2006

Steering 476 4.4%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2009

Tires 269 2.5%

Worst in 1998

Lights 258 2.4%

Worst in 2009

Seat Belts 154 1.4%

Worst in 1998

Exactly what failed on a Toyota Tacoma

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 1,233 47.8%
Frame AND Members 375 14.5%
Underbody Shields 372 14.4%
Automatic Transmission 133 5.2%
Frontal 132 5.1%
Leaf Spring Assembly 82 3.2%
Front 73 2.8%
Accelerator Pedal 67 2.6%
Tread/Belt 56 2.2%
Rear 55 2.1%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Toyota Tacoma, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jun 1995 peak 206 Aug 2026

Toyota Tacoma problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Toyota Tacoma

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.