MODELYEARINDEX

Toyota Tacoma

2,120 complaints across 12 scored model years and 40 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Toyota Tacoma Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2016 vs model median 2.3×
Model median3× median
Drivetrain 122
Engine 32
Electrical 22
Avoid

2016 · 2019

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.22× 130 D
2011
0.66× 67 C
2012
0.97× 107 C
2013
0.81× 94 C
2014
0.68× 67 B
2015
0.82× 71 C
2016
2.31× 304 F
2017
2.02× 226 F
2018
1.82× 202 D
2019
2.15× 234 F
2020
0.88× 87 B
2021
1.03× 91 B
2022 P
0.87× 79 B
2023 P
0.66× 70 B
2024 P
1.51× 188 D
2025 P
0.93× 103 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG23
City / Highway21 / 24
Engine2.4L, 4 cyl
DrivePart-time 4-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,650

Recalls

40 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
09V388000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL 2010 4,445,056
20V012000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2018, 2019 1,830,752
20V682000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2017–2020 1,525,742
14V168000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 1,486,413
14V604000 SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:LEAF 2010, 2011 710,711
25V595000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2024, 2025 591,377
24V152000 POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY 2022, 2023 381,199
13V337000 SEAT BELTS 2010, 2011 342,451

+ 32 further campaigns

Others in Midsize Trucks

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chevrolet Colorado
20152016
B
Ford Ranger
2019
C
GMC Canyon
20152016
B
Honda Ridgeline
20172019
D
Jeep Gladiator
2021
C
Nissan Frontier
20122013
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2016 Tacoma
Complaints in window
304
Severity-weighted
365.5
Model median (weighted)
158
vs model median
2.31×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
4
Open investigations
0
Score 32.2 F