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The Tacoma has 557 owner complaints and 18 safety recalls in the NHTSA database (2020–2025). Below are the most recent owner reports.
The drivers side door handle broke under normal use and leaving me trapped and unable to depart the vehicle from my drivers seat.
Both front drivers and front passenger interior door handles became inoperable. First the passenger side. Dealer replaced defective part. Now the driver side leaving the driver and passenger inside the car without being able to exit the vehicle. The occurrences did not happen luckily during a roadside event, otherwise …
BACK UP CAMERA- BACK UP CAMERA WILL GO FUZZY OR THE SCREEN WILL GO BLACK WHEN IN USE FIRST TIME WAS 12/20/2024 IT DOSE NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT IT DOES HAPPEN I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIME FOR THE CAMERA ISSUES AND THAY DONT SEEM TO FIND AN ISSUE I HAVE VIDEOS OF THIS HAPPENING BUT YOUR SYSTEM WON&#…
2025 Toyota Tacoma SR5 passenger inner door handle is broken and will not open the door. This is a big safety concern as you cannot open the door from the inside if there is an emergency. Driver side inner door handle was replaced by the dealer due to the exact same problem. The issue is well known and this needs to b…
Door Handle on inside broke, preventing normal egress. Yes is has been verified by dealership and they wait for parts for repair. No lamps or warnings. Door just quit functioning. As I am disabled this may be more alarming for me than others.
Interior drivers door handle no longer opens door. Making it impossible to open from the inside. Dealer claims replacement parts are on a 4-6 week backorder and hinted toward it being a common issue.
The power tailgate fails to open (and subsequently close) most of the time, i.e., 8/10 times, requiring significant manual force. If someone were to forcibly open the tailgate after the power button failed, load the bed with cargo, get back in the driver’s seat and attempt to close the tailgate using the button inside …
Drivers side interior door handle broken trapping driver inside unless they exit passenger side or roll down window to reach exterior handle. Toyota replaced with is having to pay saying known issue.
The steering rack has failed multiple times. The rack that was installed in the vehicle when I bought it new had cracked by 53,000 miles - not ideal, but these things happen. (This was discovered by my local Toyota dealership when I brought it in for service.) I returned for a six-month service with no problems. When…
Occasionally Center cluster on start up is black it has gotten more frequent. No odometer, No cruise control, no digital speedometer. The truck has 12,000 miles on it now today October 13,2026. Selling dealer out of town has no knowledge of issue. Local dealer at time it exhibited issue said never seen that before just…
