Toyota Tacoma problems, by model year and system
1,523 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Toyota Tacoma 2016–2026, and the 3 systems the record is deep on — transmission and drivetrain (396), brake (229), fuel system (205). Each system has a page across the years; 6 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsTransmission and drivetrain problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Brake problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Fuel system problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Toyota Tacoma complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | transmission and drivetrain | brake | fuel system |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 6 in all | 2 | — | 1 |
| 2025 100 in all | 20 | 5 | — |
| 2024 151 in all | 55 | 34 | — |
| 2023 54 in all | 7 | 6 | — |
| 2022 59 in all | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 80 in all | 14 | 12 | 9 |
| 2020 87 in all | 15 | 13 | 23 |
| 2019 218 in all | 40 | 56 | 75 |
| 2018 206 in all | 29 | 47 | 65 |
| 2017 239 in all | 68 | 32 | 26 |
| 2016 323 in all | 136 | 18 | — |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Toyota Tacoma system draws the most complaints?
Transmission and drivetrain: 396 complaints across 11 model years, 26% of everything owners filed about the Toyota Tacoma. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Toyota Tacoma year has the most complaints?
2016 (323), 2017 (239), 2019 (218). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.