Toyota Pickup
Owners filed 325 complaints across 13 model years of the Toyota Pickup. The 1994 drew the most (91).
Model years13
Complaints325
Recalls22
Fires4
Deaths5
Which Toyota Pickup years should you avoid?
Going by 325 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Toyota Pickup years to avoid are 1994.
- 199491 complaints, 2.0× a typical Pickup year, most often about the body and frame.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Toyota Pickup model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Equipment › Mechanical › Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift | Routine | |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | — | — | Visibility › Windshield | Routine | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | — | — | Structure › Body › Door | Routine | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Tires | Routine | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 | — | — | Suspension | Routine | |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1995 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994Avoid | 91 | 4 | — | 8 | Structure › Frame and Members | Fatalities reported | |
| 1993 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 1992 | 56 | 4 | — | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1991 | 29 | 3 | — | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1990 | 25 | 3 | 1 | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.