10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
81,107 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

The NHTSA is the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints can be spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem. See the Back button — blue bar at the very top of the page — to explore more.

Get notified about new defects, investigations, recalls & lawsuits for the 2003 Toyota Tacoma:

Unsubscribe any time. We don't sell/share your email.

« Read the previous 20 complaints

problem #2

Mar 102004

(reported on)

Tacoma 4WD

  • Manual transmission
  • 500 miles
Vehicle has a history of problems that the dealer cannot determine the causes. Vehicle does not properly shift into gear, has a rough idle, and a knocking noise in the engine. Dealer could not duplicate the problems because they were intermittent.

- Snohomish, WA, USA

problem #1

Jan 312004

Tacoma

  • 285 miles
As soon as the consumer started the vehicle the RPM's revved extremely high and the vehicle lunged forward. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who replaced the throttle actuator control motor three times in as many days. The manufacturer will be informed of the problem.

- Gilroy, CA, USA