2007 Toyota Tacoma Electrical System Problems
- 14
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 14 stored complaint records:
- 3 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 5 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Service Brakes
After driving on the highway for a few minutes at ~70 mph, the abs light run red on. When the light turned on the computer thought the car was in a bad situation and locked the brake pedal. This caused the brakes to not function and made the car almost impossible to stop. Whenever the car was able to be slowed down to about 19 mph, the light would turn off and the brakes would start to function normally. This…
ODI 10884442
Electrical System
The vehicle's entire electrical wire harness had to be replaced. Diagnostic code pointed to a corrosion problem with the harness hook-up point with the automatic transmission. Toyota put out a mechanic's bulletin for it's mechanics when this code came up to replace the entire electrical wire harness probable cause corrosion. The problem showed up after starting the truck, driver pushed the brake, to move…
ODI 10836253
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
While driving fuse panel under dash caught fire after using horn excessively. Fire was put out immediately but damage resulted in a melted fuse panel and wiring harness
Fire reported
ODI 10816894
Air Bags · Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota tacoma. Upon starting the vehicle, the air bag warning indicator was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the seat had a sensor that became inoperable and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 48,000. The vin was not available.
ODI 10782523
Electrical System
All four door lock actuators have failed one at a time, and replaced under warranty (at the time). Since then, two of them ( both on the drivers side) have failed again after the 1 year replacement part warranty ran out. This posses a safety hazzard and a security risk to myself and anybody else operating this vehicle. Upon researching this issue on the internet, it is a very common problem, and therefore should be…
ODI 11299949
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota tacoma. The contact stated that the air conditioning unit malfunctioned due to a faulty fan switch and connector that burned the fan wire. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer for a diagnostic test. The dealer stated that the resistor to the fan unit needed to be replaced. The contact did not replace the resistor. The failure mileage was 140,000.
Fire reported
ODI 10465143
Electrical System · Latches/Locks/Linkages
One by one, all four electronic door lock actuators that lock and unlock the vehicles doors stopped functioning. The local dealership replaced them, one at a time until all four were working again. This was covered under my extended warranty that i had purchased with the vehicle. Now, at 84,000 miles, two of the door lock actuators have failed again ! This time, the dealer told me because the extended warranty…
ODI 10704114
Electrical System · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
While on a camping trip my 2007 toyota tacoma suffered a sudden unintended acceleration event. While applying the brakes and coming to a stop the tacoma suddenly accelerated and flew over two good size boulders a cast iron fire pit and came to a rest after hitting a solid concrete picnic table. A report was filed with coho campground hosts acting as to go on file with the washington state forestry department. This…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10419128
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
2007 toyota tacoma sua (sudden unintended acceleration) my incident started from a near standstill with my right foot firmly on the brake. As a formally trained observer and troubleshooter of aircraft electronic systems, it is my opinion that this vehicle delivered uninitiated stimulus to the electronic throttle control system. I am 100% positive about this finding as i personally experienced this failure with a…
Crash reported
ODI 10435380
Electrical System
2007 tacoma truck. Upon starting truck it went into a hi-speed idle pegging the tach. Turned off ignition and restarted after about 5 seconds. Same result. Waited about 10 seconds normal operation on third start. It sounded like a jet had landed in my drive way. Called dealer. Stated that unless check engine was on there is no trouble code to be displayed. As of this date (8-30-10) i will not let my wife or anyone…
ODI 10353547
Air Bags · Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota tacoma. The contact was driving 15 mph and applied the brakes when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a wall. The air bags did not deploy. The contact stated there was a electrical malfunction that occurred before the crash. The contact was able to drive the vehicle from the scene and took the vehicle to the dealer where the dealer performed a diagnostic test and…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10432185
Electrical System
Navigation and temperature gage failure. Dealer noted that on 2005-2007 models the unit fails frequently around the 3 year mark. *tr
ODI 10307937
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
Toyota denied me help with things that should be a recalls! They are greedy and out right lying sociopathic thieves! The top rear brake light on my tacoma 07 truck lets rain water in. This is goin to cause mold and has already blown out the compass on the ceiling as the wiring for this is in the ceiling! And seats gettin wet over and over from rain water gettin in the top rear light. They also just denied me any…
Fire reported
ODI 11306420
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
The speedometer will start to jump from your current rate of speed to anything below that. It started on sunday late after noon on sep. 15, 2008. Then the cruise control would accelerate on its own when in use. Both have continued to happen since then, accept now the truck is not getting very good gas mileage, the gauges stopped working all together, and the check engine light is now on. The truck is at the…
ODI 10244053