THE VEHICLE EMITS A TAPPING SOUND WHILE IDLING, THE NOISE INCREASES WITH ACCELERATION. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE VACUUM PUMP AND WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR VACUUM PUMP, 2017 TACOMA AND THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED UP WAS A RECALL FOR THE VACUUM PUMP ON SOME 2017 TACOMAS …
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THE VEHICLE EMITS A TAPPING SOUND WHILE IDLING, THE NOISE INCREASES WITH ACCELERATION. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE VACUUM PUMP AND WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR VACUUM PUMP, 2017 TACOMA AND THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED UP WAS A RECALL FOR THE VACUUM PUMP ON SOME 2017 TACOMAS BUT NOT MINE SPECIFICALLY. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT BUT I SEE THAT THE VACUUM PUMP HAS IS CONNECTED TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM. STRANGE COINCIDENCE. *TR
NHTSA ODI #11323372
Mileage unknown · Jun 5, 2019
EngineService Brakes
HEARD VALVES TAPPING ALOT OF TIME. REPORTED AND TOOK TO TOYOTA. THEY SAID NO CODE NO WORK. THEY GAVE THE LINE OF WHEN THIS GAS HITS THIS PART THEN THIS ONE TRIES TO CATCH UP OR BURN EXCESS FUEL. OUT OF 40 PLUS YEARS AND PUCHASING MANY VEHICLE I NEVER BEEN TOLD THAT BEFORE. I TALKED TO OTHER 2017 OWNERS AND THEY DONT HAVE THIS IS…
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HEARD VALVES TAPPING ALOT OF TIME. REPORTED AND TOOK TO TOYOTA. THEY SAID NO CODE NO WORK. THEY GAVE THE LINE OF WHEN THIS GAS HITS THIS PART THEN THIS ONE TRIES TO CATCH UP OR BURN EXCESS FUEL. OUT OF 40 PLUS YEARS AND PUCHASING MANY VEHICLE I NEVER BEEN TOLD THAT BEFORE. I TALKED TO OTHER 2017 OWNERS AND THEY DONT HAVE THIS ISSUE. ALSO THE BRAKES MAKE METALIC CLUNKING NOISES MOVING BACKWARS AND FOWRDS WHEN BRAKING. THIER ANSWER WAS FLOATING VALVES. AND AGAIN THIS ISSUE ISNT ON OTHER TACOMMA OWNERS. I TRYED THREE TIMES WITH VALVE ISSUES. SAME OLD LINE NO CODE NO WORK. MAYBE PADS ARE WORN BUT STILL HAVE 70 % LEFT ON PADS
NHTSA ODI #11218160
40,110 miles · Feb 27, 2019
Electrical SystemSeatsService Brakes
PURCHASED TRUCK JULY 24, 2017 FROM MARK MILLER TOYOTA IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS I LOST BRAKES 3 TIMES. WENT TO DEALER EACH TIME. THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE SO NO REPAIRS MADE. AFTER THE 3 TIMES A RECALL CAME OUT, 18V888. EXACT SYMPTOMS. THEN A FORTH TIME HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THE RECALL DOESN'T EFFECT MY VIN S…
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PURCHASED TRUCK JULY 24, 2017 FROM MARK MILLER TOYOTA IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS I LOST BRAKES 3 TIMES. WENT TO DEALER EACH TIME. THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE SO NO REPAIRS MADE. AFTER THE 3 TIMES A RECALL CAME OUT, 18V888. EXACT SYMPTOMS. THEN A FORTH TIME HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THE RECALL DOESN'T EFFECT MY VIN SO THEY STILL HAVE TO DUPLICATE. TODAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019 TRUCK WOULDN'T STOP AND I RAN THRU A STOP SIGN, AND IT WAS CONT ON MY DASH CAM. WITH THIS PROBLEM MY SEATS ARE LOOSE AND SOMETIMES DON'T LOCK. WHEN EVER IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE THE SEAT BELTS LOCK UP AND WONT UNLOCK LOCK. I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THIS TRUCK AND NOTHING WILL EVER GET FIXED AND I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE ESPECIALLY WHEN MY DEALER WON'T REPAIR ANYTHING. ALSO BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VEHICLES OFF-ROAD OPTION, CRAWL CONTROL, WHICH USES ABS.
NHTSA ODI #11182739
18,300 miles · Jan 21, 2019
Service Brakes
2017 TOYOTA TACOMA 44 OFF ROAD WITH CRAWL CONTROL. WHEN HOLDING THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN AT A STOP TRUCK WILL NOT HOLD BRAKING AFTER 30 SECOUNDS. THE VEHICLE WILL START MOVING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR .
NHTSA ODI #11171247
37,202 miles · Oct 1, 2018
EngineService Brakes
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL RATTLING AND TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (MIKE FOX TOYOTA INC, 725 S ROCHESTER RD, ROCHESTER, MI 48307, (248) 656-819…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL RATTLING AND TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (MIKE FOX TOYOTA INC, 725 S ROCHESTER RD, ROCHESTER, MI 48307, (248) 656-8195) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 1810010762. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,202.
NHTSA ODI #11132672
1,760 miles · Jul 12, 2018
Service Brakes
WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNING LEFT FROM A TWO LANE STATE ROAD ONTO A DOWNHILL COUNTRY LANE THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE RESPONDED TO APPLICATION OF THE HAND BRAKE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE VEHICLE BRAKES DID SEEM TO WORK SOMEWHAT WHEN RAPIDLY "PUMPING" THE BRAKES TO PROVIDE STOPPING A…
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WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNING LEFT FROM A TWO LANE STATE ROAD ONTO A DOWNHILL COUNTRY LANE THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE RESPONDED TO APPLICATION OF THE HAND BRAKE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE VEHICLE BRAKES DID SEEM TO WORK SOMEWHAT WHEN RAPIDLY "PUMPING" THE BRAKES TO PROVIDE STOPPING ABILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN SLOWLY DRIVEN TO THE CLOSEST TOYOTA DEALERSHIP (BILL KIDD'S TOYOTA, COCKEYSVILLE MD). PART THAT MAY HAVE BECOME INOPERABLE: BRAKING ASSIST/MASTER CYLINDER
NHTSA ODI #11111036
13,400 miles · May 28, 2018
Service Brakes
REAR BRAKES LOCKING UP. I DROVE THE TRUCK A COUPLE MILE AND WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN AND WHEN I PARKED THE CAR I SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AS ALWAYS SINCE IT IS A STICK SHIFT/ MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I WENT TO GO TO THE STORE THE NEXT DAY AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE SINCE THE REAR LEFT WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP. I CALLED TOYOTA ROAD SIDE ASSI…
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REAR BRAKES LOCKING UP. I DROVE THE TRUCK A COUPLE MILE AND WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN AND WHEN I PARKED THE CAR I SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AS ALWAYS SINCE IT IS A STICK SHIFT/ MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I WENT TO GO TO THE STORE THE NEXT DAY AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE SINCE THE REAR LEFT WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP. I CALLED TOYOTA ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE AND THIS WAS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND THEY WOULDN'T COME TO GET THE CAR BECAUSE THE DEALER WAS CLOSED AND SOMEONE HAD TO SIGN FOR THE CAR. I WAS FORTUNATELY HOME AT THE TIME BUT DID HAVE TO GO TO WORK ON TUESDAY AND THAT WOULD BE WHEN THEY CAME. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS IS NOT CALLED AN EMERGENCY BRAKE FOR NO REASON!!! WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I HAD TO USE IT IN A DRIVING EMERGENCY AND NEEDED TO RELEASE THE BRAKE AND IT DID NOT RELEASE???? THIS CAR HAS 13400 MILES ON IT AND THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE IF YOU ASK ME! I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REPAIR IT MYSELF WITH ENOUGH SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND READING EVERYONE ELSE'S COMPLAINTS AND FREED THE DRUM UP TO MOVE THE CAR SO I CAN GET TO WORK BUT TOYOTA NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AGAIN AND CORRECT THE ISSUE FOR EVERYONE'S VEHICLE INCLUDING MINE BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE DOING THIS AGAIN WHILE THIS CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF THIS. I WISH I HAD KNOWN OF THIS BEFORE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE!!!
NHTSA ODI #11098315
Mileage unknown · Apr 3, 2018
Service BrakesWheels
LEFT REAR TIRE LOCKED UP. POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE WHEEL CYLINDER
NHTSA ODI #11083180
10,000 miles · Dec 28, 2017
Service BrakesUnknown Or OtherCrash
12/9/17 THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SNOW ON MY DRIVEWAY. MY DRIVEWAY IS SLIGHTLY ON AN INCLINE AND THEN LEVELS OFF AT THE TOP I PUT MY VEHICLE INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND PROCEEDED UP THE DRIVEWAY WITH NO PROBLEM. I DEACTIVATED THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND PLACED MY VEHICLE IN PARK W/O USING THE E BRAKE. I NEVER USE THE BRAKE WITH THIS…
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12/9/17 THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SNOW ON MY DRIVEWAY. MY DRIVEWAY IS SLIGHTLY ON AN INCLINE AND THEN LEVELS OFF AT THE TOP I PUT MY VEHICLE INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND PROCEEDED UP THE DRIVEWAY WITH NO PROBLEM. I DEACTIVATED THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND PLACED MY VEHICLE IN PARK W/O USING THE E BRAKE. I NEVER USE THE BRAKE WITH THIS VEHICLE OR MY PRIOR VEHICLE A TUNDRA. TWO AND A HALF HOURS LATER MY DAUGHTER INFORMS ME THAT SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND OBSERVED MY VEHICLE HAD ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVE WAY STRIKING A TREE. WHEN I WENT TO INVESTIGATE I OBSERVED THAT MY VEHICLE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN PARK. ALSO THERE WERE TIRE TREAD MARKS ON THE GRASS AND NOT SKID MARKS. QUESTION IS WHY BEING PARKED FOR OVER TWO HOURS THIS OCCURRED.
NHTSA ODI #11057051
600 miles · Oct 10, 2017
EngineService Brakes
WHEN DECELERATING AT ANY GIVEN TIME VEHICLE LOSES COMPRESSION AT HE BRAKE PEDALS AND FEELS AS IF THOUGH VEHICLE IS THRUSTING AND LOSING POWER TO ENGINE. AND ALSO WHEN SLOWING DOWN WHEN SPEED REACHES 20 MPH, VEHICLE CAN BE FELT ALMOST WANTING STALL.
Consequence: If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump assembly with an improved one, free of charge. Owners of specific models were notified that remedy parts were available starting January 21, 2021. Owners of other models will be notified as remedy parts become available. Remedy parts should be available for all affected vehicles by late March 2021. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371 or Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. Note: This recall is an expansion of recall 20V-012. Toyota's number for this recall is 20TA02. Lexus' number for this recall is 20LA01.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018 Toyota Camry and Highlander vehicles, 2017 Toyota Sienna and Tacoma vehicles and 2017 Lexus RX350 vehicles. During the manufacturing process, the oil galley in the rotor for the brake booster vacuum pump assembly may have been improperly machined possibly resulting in a sudden loss of brake assist.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: A sudden loss of braking assist can increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the brake booster vacuum pump, free of charge. The recall began on May 9, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371, or Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. Toyota's numbers for this recall are J0K/JLD.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Toyota 4Runner and Tundra, 2018 Toyota Highlander, RAV4 and Lexus GX460 and 2017 Toyota Sienna and Tacoma vehicles. These vehicles may have incorrect load carrying capacity modification labels. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: An incorrect load information label can result in the operator overloading the vehicle and increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners and provide them with corrected labels, free of charge. The recall began on January 23, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are H0Z for Toyota vehicles, and HLF for Lexus vehicles.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Tacoma vehicles equipped with a six-cylinder engine. The affected vehicles have a crank position sensor that may malfunction, potentially resulting in an engine stall.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: An engine stall may increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the crank position sensor with an improved design, free of charge. The recall began July 26, 2017. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is H0H.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Tacoma vehicles. Oil may leak from the area where the rear differential carrier is assembled to rear axle housing.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the vehicle is operated with an insufficient amount of oil in the rear differential, the differential may seize and cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear differential for oil leakage. Based on the inspection, dealers will either tightening the fastening nuts or replace the fastening nuts and gasket. If the rear differential components are damaged, the rear differential carrier assembly will be replaced. The repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall June 19, 2017. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is H0G.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
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EA19001 · Electrical Overstress
Opened Apr 19, 2019 · Closed Sep 19, 2024
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags: Air Bag/restraint Control Module
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect. During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW. The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with manufacturer design specifications. The ECU in the subject vehicles contains a model DS84 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which controls the communication of the crash sensor signal, firing commands (i.e., when to deploy the airbag(s) and/or pretensioners), and fault information (e.g., diagnostic trouble codes). In September 2016, FCA announced recall 16V-668 for certain model year (MY) 2010 to 2014 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep products manufactured with the subject ZF-TRW ACU. In this recall, FCA discussed an EOS condition that resulted in a failure of the subject DS84 ASIC, which caused air bag non-deployment. FCA noted that the defect condition had only been observed in vehicles equipped with sensor harnessing routed across the front of the vehicle. Other FCA vehicles that also used the subject ACU, but were not equipped with cross-car harnessing, had not experienced EOS failures, despite similar time in service. During the course of this investigation, ODI sent two separate Information Request (IR) letters to six vehicle manufactures (including FCA, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Toyota) and one IR letter to ZF-TRW. These IR letters resulted in ODI receiving comprehensive data from these manufacturers and suppliers. Studies of this data found that the DS84 ASIC does not have sufficient protection against negative electrical transients or electrical overstress (“EOS”) that can be generated in certain severe crashes. An electrical transient occurs when the electrical power supplied to a circuit changes momentarily over a short duration of time. In these severe crash cases, the crash sensors and other powered wiring can be damaged and short circuited so as to create a negative electrical transient of sufficient intensity and duration (that are outside the vehicle manufacturer's specification) to damage the ASIC before the restraint device deployment signal is received by the SRS ECU. This damaged signal can lead to incomplete or nondeployment of the air bags and/or pretensioners. Airbag non-deployment and/or lack of pretensioner operation can increase the risk or severity of injury in a crash.A total of 8 fatalities and 14 injuries were associated with known EOS events. The common element in all investigated manufacturers vehicles is the SRS ECU containing a DS84 ASIC manufactured by ZF-TRW. The risk associated with the ASIC is equally shared among all OEMS involved in the investigation. The actual real-world risk can be mitigated by other factors which were assessed by ODI during this investigation. The first mitigating factor involves protections built into the ACU design which protect the DS84 ASIC from damage. There are multiple strategies and levels of protection employed by different OEMs that provide effective EOS mitigation. The two most common strategies at the ACU level are circuit protection diodes on the remote senor signal lines, and current limiting resistors that protect critical components. The second mitigating factor is found at the vehicle level and involves the location and routing of the wires leading from the crash sensors to the SRS ECU. If the wires are well protected in a crash and are not routed with other power wires carrying large currents, the risk for an EOS event is significantly reduced or eliminated. These design specific factors combine to produce a spectrum of risk for the vehicles equipped with ACUs using the DS84 ASIC. Given the many of years of field exposure, it is possible to divide the subject population into two groups; vehicles which have experienced EOS events, and vehicles which have not experienced EOS field events. Four of the six OEMs involved in this investigation have experienced EOS field events on at least one of their models equipped with a DS84 ASIC. All vehicle models (including the Toyota models identified in the Failure Report Summary of the opening resume for this investigation) with field events have been recalled. In an abundance of caution, ODI kept this investigation open five years to monitor field performance and did not identify any field events on vehicles not included in existing safety recalls. Given the spectrum of risk identified in this investigation and that all vehicles with a demonstrated unreasonable risk have been recalled, ODI is closing this investigation. ODI is closing this investigation with the following manufacturer safety recalls: 16V-668, 18E-043, 18V-137, 18V-363, and 20V-024. With the recall actions taken by the subject vehicle and equipment manufacturers, this investigation is closed. The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exists on other model or model year vehicles outside of the recall scopes. The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.
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