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Toyota Tacoma 2016

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.08 per 1,000

3.1 times this nameplate’s own median · from 200 complaints filed in the first three years, of 323 ever. 95% lower bound 0.93.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.77	112
2009	1.22	156
2010	0.72	78
2011	0.22	24
2012	0.29	36
2013	0.35	53
2014	0.20	32
2015	0.27	45
2016	1.08	200
2017	0.61	118
2018	0.55	122
2019	0.58	143
2020	0.20	48
2021	0.17	42
2022	0.15	37
2023	0.17	41

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 136 complaints

distribution disconnect	23	17%
distribution	23	17%
parts distribution	22	16%
experienced parts	14	11%
recall remedy	11	8%
parts recall	10	8%

Unknown Or Other 50 complaints

truck

44%

When it breaks

67% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 15,000 miles, from 189 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Electrical overstress

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10809882 · 10809896 · 10818052 · 10819122 · 10820420 · 10821493

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.