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1996 Toyota Tacoma complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1996 record →

Suspension › Front

Filed Aug 15, 1996NV

WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCES ERRATIC OPERATION IN FRONT SUSPENSION, WHEN HIT POT HOLES OR SLIGHT INDENTATION IN ROAD, VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN AND FRONT END SHAKES AND VIBRATES VIOLENTLY, DLR/MFR CAN'T CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT MANUFACTURER ADMITTED PROBLEM AND THEY WERE PUTTING OUT HEAVIER FRONT SPRINGS AND SHOCKS, HOWEVER THIS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST, CONSUMER STATES FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION NEEDS BALANCED. SPEAKER HAD TO BE REPLACED. RADIATOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO LEAKING COOLANT. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › DrumCrash1 injured

Filed Jul 30, 1996AL

REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURY. *DH

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl)

Filed Jun 3, 1996WA

WHEN GOING INTO FIFTH GEAR STICK SHIFT BECOMES SHAKY AND IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE.DEALERSHIP HAS TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM TO NO AVAIL. *AK

Reading these

NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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