Toyota Tacoma Frontal Problems
- 82
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 11
- Years with records
- 1999–2010
- Stored years
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 82 stored complaint records:
- 56 indicate a crash
- 34 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- upon impact · 17 records
- spiral cable · 13 records
- airbags deploy · 10 records
- warning light · 8 records
- airbag deploy · 7 records
- passenger side · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 13 |
| 30–60k mi | 11 |
| 1–30k mi | 9 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint evidence
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Air Bags · Frontal
Driver's air bag warning appeared, later disappeared. This has happened often over the last year. Activation of the turn signal sometimes causes this. Other times the warning light just appears by itself. A blow to the steering column sometimes causes the light to go out. This seems to be the problem address in recall nhtsa # 12v092000 but toyota says my truck does not have a recall for this. Is my truck covered or…
ODI 10547727
Accelerator Pedal · Frontal
2005 toyota tacoma. Consumer writes in regards to safety recall notice. *tgw the consumer stated he took the vehicle to the dealer, where they found three other things wrong with the vehicle, which did not pertain to the recall. The consumer stated is seemed the dealer wanted to get paid first, for other things, they claimed were wrong with his vehicle. Updated 02/06/13
ODI 10491263
Accelerator Pedal · Driveline · Frontal · Labels
2007 toyota tacoma. Consumer writes in regards to 5 recalls on vehicle *tgw the consumer stated over the last five years there were approximately five recalls on the vehicle and the dealer refused to remedy them, which made the vehicle almost worthless.
ODI 10474862
Frontal
No significant events occurred. Air bag light on 2007 toyota tacoma came on briefly after start up, turned off as usual, then came back on and would not go off. Took to dealership; they say this is a spiral cable issue - cost to fix is $400.00. Truck has approximately 77000 miles on it; have never had airbag issues with any vehicle in my life! *tr
ODI 10400556
Frontal
2010 toyota tacoma [redacted] -loss control of vehicle by overcorrecting and hit a tree head on- frontal airbags did not depoly. However, side airbags did deploy. Great concern of why both frontal airbags did not deploy!!!!! *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10386142
Frontal
My airbag warning light stays on after i start my 2005 toyota tacoma access cab. My truck has approximately 73 000 miles on it. I took it to the local toyota dealer and for close to $100 they told me it was indicating spiral cable failure. This means the airbag will not deploy in the event of an accident (i am not sure if it means the airbag will deploy when not in an accident). The quote before taxes was over $600.…
ODI 10382869
Frontal
Airbag light came on. Dealer said there was a problem with the airbag spiral cable that makes the airbag work. They said they have a lot of these that they have replaced. They said it should be a recall, and not the customer's responsibility. Part # 84306-04080 cable sub- assy, spir i kept the old part. *tr
ODI 10376726
Frontal
Vehicle left roadway and struck object head-on. Airbags did not deploy, even though the impact was direct and with enough force to cause vehicle to flip end over end several times. Vehicle was totaled. *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10376954