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Toyota Tacoma · 2001

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·12V542000·2012-11-23

    Toyota Recalls 2001-2004 Tacoma Trucks for Spare Tire Carrier Defect

    Toyota is recalling 2001-2004 Tacoma trucks in cold climate states because the spare tire carrier lift plate may corrode and break, causing the tire to detach.

    Product
    TOYOTA — TOYOTA TACOMA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 2001Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2001; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • DP23005 Defect Petition · open · service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components
  • EA12006 Engineering Analysis · electrical system
  • PE12002 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system
  • PE10008 Preliminary Evaluation · steering
  • PE09054 Preliminary Evaluation · engine and engine cooling
  • DP08001 Defect Petition · vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2005 · body — 201 complaints, median 109,450 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2006 · body — 191 complaints, median 93,000 mi
  • 2016 · powertrain — 131 complaints, median 13,938 mi
  • 2012 · engine — 91 complaints, median 61,236 mi
  • 2009 · lighting — 84 complaints, median 45,900 mi
    Includes 15 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

1,433 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.6/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2025: 3.4/5 · 92 complaints · most complained-of: body
  • 2024: 3.3/5 · 145 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2023: 3.6/5 · 53 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2022: 3.7/5 · 57 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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