2010 Toyota Tacoma
Complaints about this year name parts distribution far more often than the other years of this generation — 7% of them, about 4× the usual rate of 1.8%.
Generation 1 of the Toyota Tacoma, which began in 2005 and ran to 2015. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 873 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 185 |
| Involving a crash | 30 |
| Involving a fire | 21 |
| Recalls | 13 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- distribution disconnect — 7% of complaints, 4× usual
- running — 7% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V604000 (SUSPENSION) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V604000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE [VIN] WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V743000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V604000 SUSPENSION
- 14V168000 AIR BAGS
- 16V396000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V475000 EQUIPMENT
- 11V148000 TIRES
- 13V337000 SEAT BELTS
- 13V014000 AIR BAGS
Showing 8 of 13. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Tacoma was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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