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Toyota Tacoma 2019

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

0.58 per 1,000

1.6 times this nameplate’s own median · from 143 complaints filed in the first three years, of 219 ever. 95% lower bound 0.48.

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.

Service Brakes 56 complaints

master	18	32%
cylinder	17	31%
master cylinder	16	29%
brake master	12	22%

Fuel/Propulsion System 55 complaints

recall	32	58%
truck	24	44%
fuel pump	22	40%
remedy	12	22%

When it breaks

87% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 5,500 miles, from 103 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:

11171246 · 11182685 · 11183998 · 11184545 · 11186358 · 11191571

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.