Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing: Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › Leaf
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 29, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 710,711. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2005-2011 Toyota Tacoma Pre-Runner and 4x4 vehicles manufactured September 14, 2009, to October 11, 2010. In the affected vehicles, one of the leaf springs may fracture due to stress or corrosion. While being driven, the broken leaf could move out of position and contact surrounding components including the fuel tank, possibly puncturing the tank and causing a fuel leak.
The risk
If the fuel tank leaks fuel from being punctured, there is an increased risk of a fire.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners and dealers will install new rear leaf spring assemblies. The recall began on January 29, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Toyota Tacoma | 186 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 Toyota Tacoma | 294 | 13 | 7 | 10 |
| 2009 Toyota Tacoma | 520 | 13 | 18 | 25 |
| 2008 Toyota Tacoma | 450 | 11 | 6 | 48 |
| 2007 Toyota Tacoma | 541 | 10 | 9 | 65 |
| 2006 Toyota Tacoma | 782 | 11 | 7 | 66 |
| 2005 Toyota Tacoma | 707 | 10 | 4 | 47 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V604000.
Full record for the 2011 Toyota Tacoma → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →