10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,877 miles

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problem #4

Apr 302003

Tacoma 4WD 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 7,500 miles
Front and rear shocks.

- Lakewood, WA, USA

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problem #3

Dec 172002

Tacoma 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 5,009 miles
Brought truck to Toyota service for 5000 mile service reported auto trans jump in gear shift from 1st to second (mechanic said needed new transmission, after leaving service station noticed truck wasn't driving properly brought truck back mechanic said needs new front shock and rear shock. Now it did not need new transmission even though it still jumps from gear to gear.

- San Francisco, CA, USA

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problem #2

Dec 132002

Tacoma 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 3,000 miles
Transmission jumps from first to second and second to third transmission slips backward on hill in drive

- San Francisco, CA, USA

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problem #1

Jan 192002

Tacoma 4WD

  • miles
The truck has always walked all over the road when you hit a bump.. this time it was raining our son hit a bump and lost control on the wet road because of the trucks... goin all over road when hit a bump he couldnt hold it on the road when it was wet goin 65 miles hr.. we think the shocks are the front end there a defect in.

- Hull, TX, USA

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