2013 Toyota Tacoma
This year drew an ordinary 124 complaints for a Toyota Tacoma — the model's median is 202. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.1% of them mention code, against 1.3% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Toyota Tacoma, which began in 2005 and ran to 2015. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 124 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 202 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Involving a fire | 6 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- code — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the other years of this generation (6.3×). Owners wrote it as: code, trac, sunlight, include.
- feels — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the other years of this generation (6×). Owners wrote it as: feels, feels like, days after.
- abs — 7.3% of this year's complaints, against 2.8% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: abs, stability, stability control, activated.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
the ABS activated at approximately 35 MPH while making a turn. There were no warning lights illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified about the failure. The contact stated that…
THE CONTACT OWNS 2013 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO MANEUVER AND THE TIRES MADE A DRAGGING SOUND. THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED.…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V425000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 14V054000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 14V475000 EQUIPMENT
- 13V557000 ENGINE Fixed free of charge.
- 13V494000 TIRES
- 13V123000 EQUIPMENT
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Tacoma was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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