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2016 Toyota Tacoma Engine Problems

30
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.

What owners report

  • parts recall · 7 records
  • power train · 6 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi13
60–100k mi3
30–60k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • August 22, 2019 · 67,000 miles

    Engine · Power Train · Suspension

    Transmition sleep also push gas pedal and go down speed and jump aster acelerate and delay went i star 1rs gear not move after few seconds motor make wear noises like noking only have 67000 miles suspention is bad sep on curves and turn at 25 mikes pre hours so bad scarry back part is moving so bad and pull me out the road and i see the on other tacoma same 2016

    ODI 11255469

  • July 4, 2019 · 67,000 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control

    Driving on the interstate 70 mph, engine quits. 2 dash lights come on truck maxes out at 40mph out of nowhere. Pulled over shut truck off and started it up no ran fine note: check eng light is now on. Bad gas diagnosis. Gas replaced happens 1 more time. Diagnosed with bad fuel injectors not covered under extended warranty, cause was bad gas. The loss of power happened 2 other times.

    ODI 11230835

  • January 29, 2019 · 3,693 miles

    Engine · Service Brakes · Suspension

    'takita recall ' several times i have taken my pickup to the dealer for a cling, spring sound when you are apply brakes. And the engine has loud ticking sound .the first time they said it was how the vehicle was made. There is a noise coming from the front end especially when you are on a bad road disclose they cant hear anything. Took it back again they said they can't find nothing even to the brake noise that they…

    ODI 11173133

  • November 30, 2018 · 73,000 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Engine

    My wife and i drove from austin texas to arkadelphi arkansas due to me getting out of the army'active' and my truck had been slowly studderjng, spitting etc.. Well it is stalled at a parking lot for a week now.. There is a recall for the 'crankshaft position sensor' for my exact mode and toyota will not honor my truck for it and that's the code it's reading etc..

    ODI 11157209

  • November 25, 2018

    Engine

    HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION AT TIMES.

    ODI 11154218

  • August 2, 2018 · 16,000 miles

    Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System

    This car has shut off twice while driving. First time while towing a boat... While turning left on a high speed two lane road and second while going 45 towards a green light. Both times the car just shut off. We could have been killed...twice! Toyota says "fixed' the problem "twice". We asked them to buy the car back after the second time, as we no longer felt safe in it.......they refused. As a gesture of "good…

    ODI 11308914

  • July 5, 2018 · 55,000 miles

    Engine

    As of now the ac fan makes a loud noise like something fell apart. There is no air blowing through the vents. It sounds like broken blower moter.

    ODI 11109764

  • June 4, 2018

    Engine

    When my a/c stopped working during the warranty period, i had it checked at glens falls toyota where i was told the condensor needed replacement. They determined that the hole had been caused by a rock kicked up by the vehicle and that it would not be covered under warranty. I am concerned about this policy, as there are many other engine components that - like the a/c condensor - are not shielded on this off-road…

    ODI 11101870

  • February 6, 2018

    Engine · Unknown Or Other

    The problems described below have been reported to my dealer gullo toyota in conroe, tx. The dealer is aware that this model truck has been recalled for rear differential failure and misfiring and stalling. While driving east on fm1097 between lake conroe and willis, tx on 2/06/18, i was required to make a quick stop. A loud bump sound came from beneath the truck. Prior to this stop, the engine had been misfiring…

    ODI 11071960

  • September 29, 2017 · 13,476 miles

    Engine · Service Brakes

    While driving straight on a busy three-lane city street, while the vehicle was in motion, i heard a "beep" sound, "brake override malfunction" appeared of my dashboard display, i lost the ability to accelerate, and the engine came to a slow idle. Since i did not have the ability to accelerate, i could only coast to the right hand side of the street. Since there was no shoulder lane on this street, my vehicle came to…

    ODI 11033857

  • July 26, 2017

    Engine

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tacoma. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 17v356000 (engine); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact called poe toyota [redacted] located at [redacted], el paso, tx 79925) where it was confirmed that the parts were to be available…

    ODI 11014657

  • July 24, 2017 · 8,000 miles

    Engine

    Brought vehicle in to dealership( northway toyota) for recall notice, and vehicle stalling. They supposedly repaired it, but vehicle is doing the exact same thing, stalling and malfunction indicators are on. Contacted the dealership but no one will return my call. I don't think they did anything to my vehicle the first time.

    ODI 11011457

  • July 7, 2017 · 24,000 miles

    Engine · Power Train

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tacoma. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 17v356000 (engine) and 17v285000 (power train). The parts for the recall repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. While driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The contact coasted to the side lane and was…

    ODI 11003587

  • June 12, 2017

    Engine

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tacoma. The contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign number: 17v356000 (engine); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer sun coast toyota of sarasota, florida was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall…

    ODI 11014606

  • June 7, 2017 · 30,000 miles

    Engine · Power Train

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tacoma. While driving 10 mph and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to moss bro toyota of moreno valley ([redacted], moreno valley, ca 92555) for a routine oil change and mentioned the failure to the technician. The contact was informed that the failure was normal. The…

    ODI 11065696

  • June 5, 2017

    Engine · Power Train

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tacoma. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 17v356000 (engine) and 17v285000 (power train). The dealer (all star toyota, 9150 airline hwy, baton rouge, la 70815, [redacted]) had been unable to determine when the remedy and parts may be supplied for the repairs. The dealer indicated that nhtsa campaign number: 17v356000 (engine) was completed but the contact…

    ODI 11010478

  • June 1, 2017

    Engine · Power Train

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tacoma. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 17v356000 (engine) and 17v285000 (power train); however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The dealer was contacted (fred anderson toyota, ashville, nc, [redacted]) and confirmed that the parts were…

    ODI 11033198

  • June 1, 2017

    Engine · Power Train

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tacoma. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 17v356000 (engine) and 17v285000 (power train) however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The vehicle was taken to the dealer lithia toyota of redding located at 250 e cypress ave, redding, ca 96002;…

    ODI 11014628

  • May 29, 2017

    Electrical System · Engine

    Just concerned about the recall that has not been resolve yet???? When will the issue be taken care of????

    ODI 11084876

  • May 1, 2017 · 10,000 miles

    Engine · Power Train

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tacoma. The contact stated that nhtsa campaign number: 17v356000 (engine) and nhtsa campaign number: 17v285000 (power train) exceeded a reasonable amount of time for repair. The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer for over four months waiting for parts to become available. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that parts for the repair were in limited supply; therefore, the…

    ODI 11019370

  • April 26, 2017 · 3,400 miles

    Engine

    Crank position sensor-truck was in motion on a city street when it bucked and stalled. It started again and i was able to make it a block to my mom's house/garage, where i keep my truck. As i was pulling into the garage, it bucked and stalled again. I replaced the cps (crank position sensor) because i didn't want my truck towed to the dealership. It cost me $110 buck. I'm really glad i wasn't out camping or in…

    ODI 10984709

  • March 17, 2017 · 10,005 miles

    Engine · Vehicle Speed Control

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tacoma. The contact stated the vehicle experienced hesitation and the engine de-powering. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that once the accelerator pedal was depressed before the vehicle recognized the speed the software caused the engine to de-power for intervals of one to two seconds before the vehicle would operate…

    ODI 10978779

  • September 29, 2016

    Engine · Power Train

    Noticed my tacoma being slow to down shift to a lower gear when trying to accelerate or it would up shift to a higher gear while accelerating/merging resulting in an unexpected change in acceleration. Also if riding between 20-40 mph the vehicle rides at a very low rpm (~1100) and shimmies the vehicle like it will stall. Vehicle will also "noticeably" down shift while the foot is off the accelerator resulting in an…

    ODI 10910678

  • September 28, 2016 · 100 miles

    Engine · Power Train · Unknown Or Other

    All of the problems listed below have been reported to my local toyota dealership, gullo toyota, conroe, texas. 1) engine misfires (5 attempts at repair. Still misfires.). 2) vehicle stalls due to transmission searching for the correct gear (developed after the last attempt to repair misfire in september 2016). 2) engine has developed a rattle after 20,000 + miles and sometimes sounds like a rod is knocking. Sounds…

    ODI 11066956

  • September 1, 2016 · 1,000 miles

    Engine · Power Train

    Vehicle lunges like a bucking bronc at wot from stop or rolling start. If it was a carbureted vehicle (pre-computer days) i would check timing, carburetor jets,fuel filter,etc. Seems to be a little better in sport mode or ect in drive.

    ODI 11129250