What 100 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Toyota Tacoma

The contact owns a 2015 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact noticed an unusual burning odor in the interior of the vehicle. The contact's wife, who was seated in the front passenger's seat, noticed a fire in the power switch area of the rear driver's door. The contact then parked the vehicle. The contact extinguished the fire with a jug of water that was in the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. In addition, the manufacturer requested an inspection of the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 42,000.

NHTSA ODI 11741529

Was in a serious accident while driving and rear ended another vehicle and my airbags did not deploy. Serious front end damage resulting in a total loss of my Tacoma. Shocked airbags did not deploy. Definitely should have.

NHTSA ODI 11735954

The contact owns a 2015 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while driving 30-35 MPH with the seat belt engaged, the vehicle in front of the contact suddenly stopped at a set of train tracks, and the contact crashed into the rear of the vehicle, and that vehicle crashed into the rear of the vehicle ahead. The contact stated that the air bags failed to deploy. A Police report was filed. The contact sustained injuries to the left arm, neck, face, back, and head and was taken by ambulance to the hospital to seek medical assistance. The vehicle was towed to a recovery lot. The local dealer was contacted, but the vehicle was not yet diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

NHTSA ODI 11635900

TOYOTA TACOMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE TRUCK TO GET SOME PAPERS AND WHEN OPENING THE PASSENGER DOOR THE TRUCK EXPLODED IN FLAMES IN WHICH THE CONSUMER SUFFERED 8 DEGREE BURNS AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 3 HOURS.

NHTSA ODI 11503555

I came to a complete stop right after a left turn into strip shopping parking lot. My automatic transmission in drive with my left foot on the brake. My truck suddenly took off on its own hitting another vehicle at high speed a few inches away to my right. From police report later it appeared 5 other vehicles were hit. Mine was towed to a city lot and retrieved by my insurance company and totalled.I had fractured mid left clavicle and was put in ambulance to ER. No other injuries I’m aware of to any persons.It occurred a few days prior but in a parking lot with nothing in front of me to crash into so I had time to think to step on brake and move auto transmission to park or neutral. No other times did it occur to me. My husband also drove truck and coincidentally had 3 backup accidents in a row backing out of a parking space. First time that type of accident had happened to him.I told everyone what happened but I couldn’t see witnesses or exchange information because my pain was too severe. According to what I heard others saying or what was written I wasn’t believed. They tricked me once I got to ER and locked me on psych ward like I was suicidal but I never told anyone I was. I think they wanted to keep me in hospital longer for the money because they did nothing but an X-ray and I went the entire night with no pain medicine right after radiologist told me that clavicle fracture is the most painful kind of fracture.

NHTSA ODI 11447716

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, I COLLIDED INTO A LARGE FREE RANGE ANIMAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. UPON IMPACT NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND AS A RESULT I SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES, WAS FLOWN TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL AND HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY TO REPAIR MY AORTA WHICH RUPTURED UPON IMPACT. DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM THE SURGERY I HAD TO UNDERGO A SECOND MAJOR SURGERY IN MAY OF 2019, AND AM CURRENTLY RECOVERING. MY PASSENGERS ONLY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

NHTSA ODI 11266799

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT WORK. I WAS ALMOST AT A STOP WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN SUDDENLY THE TRUCK ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I HIT THE BUILDING IN FRONT OF ME AND MY TRUCK WAS TOTALED LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED . MOST PEOPLE SAY WELL YOU MUST HAVE HIT THE ACCELERATOR MY MISTAKE THAT IS NOT THE CASE MY FOOT WAS ALREADY APPLYING THE BRAKE TO STOP A

NHTSA ODI 11246173

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE GOING ABOUT 75 MPH AND MY DRIVER SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED SPONTANEOUSLY. I DIDN'T HIT ANYONE OR ANYTHING. IT JUST DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON AND CAUSING ME TO ALMOST CRASH INTO NEARBY CARS ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO ALARM INDICATORS STATING THAT I HAD ANY ISSUES OR THAT I NEEDED TO SERVICE MY TACOMA. WHEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE TACOMA STABLE AND I NOTICED THAT I STARTED LOSING SPEED EVEN WHEN I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS. I EVENTUALLY COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY BEFORE COMING TO A DEAD STOP.

NHTSA ODI 11143932

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION.

NHTSA ODI 10983880

OUR 2015 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER'S STEERING LOCKED UP JUST AS THOUGH THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF, AT 45 MPH, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO VEER LEFT INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC, CAUSING A HEAD ON COLLUSION WITH A SEMI TRUCK. TOYOTA INSPECTED THE TRUCK AFTER ACCIDENT AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS, AND THAT IGNITION KEY TURNED AND STEERING WORKED NORMALLY, BUT THERE WAS NO DRIVERS WHEEL,RIM, LINKAGE, OR FENDER. TOYOTA'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO LOOK INTO THIS ANYMORE. THIS WAS A GOOD 2 LANE ROAD IN GOOD WEATHER AT 1 PM IN THE AFTERNOON. MY 28 YEAR OLD STEP SON WAS DRIVING AND HAS HEAD, NECK AND BACK INJURIES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND TOYOTA DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THIS AT THIS POINT 12/01/2016. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10934070

SUBSTANTIAL FRONTAL IMPACT WITHOUT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT OR SEATBELT PRE-TENSIONERS BEING ACTIVATED. T- BONE ACCIDENT WITH FRONT IMPACT TO MY TACOMA AT 45 MPH HIGHWAY SPEED IMPACTING THE REAR AXLE OF A FULL SIZED PICK-UP.

NHTSA ODI 10908928

TOOK TRUCK IN FOR 25,000 MAINTENANCE ,DEALERSHIP SAID BRAKES ARE 50% REMAINING. AT 30,000 MILES BREAKS ARE METAL TO METAL,DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO TOW OR DO REPAIRS AND NOW ARE STATING I DECLINED TOWING AND REPAIRS.VEHICLES HAS BEEN IN A WRECK, I BELIEVE THE RESULT OF THE BRAKES.CALLED DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES TRYING TO GET REPAIRS DONE CORRECTLY BUT NEVER RECEIVED A CALL BACK.I BELIEVE THEY COMMITTED FRAUD IN MAINTENANCE AND NEGLIGENCE AND TELLING ME THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY.

NHTSA ODI 10864282

MY STEPSON WAS PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, HE STOPPED, THEN THE TOYOTA TACOMA LUNGED FORWARD CRASHING INTO OUR GARAGE. I HAD NOTICED SINCE LEASING THE TRUCK IN JULY OF 2015, THAT ONCE IN A WHILE I WOULD COME TO A STOP AND IT FELT LIKE I JUST GOT REAR ENDED BUT NOBODY WAS BEHIND ME.

NHTSA ODI 10846031

MY TRUCKS HEADRESTS ARE TILTED SO FAR FORWARD THAT IT CAUSES SIGNIFICANT PAIN IN MY NECK. THEY CAME THIS WAY FROM THE FACTORY. I HAVE TO TURN THE HEADREST AROUND TO RELIEVE THE PAIN, WHICH THEN EXPOSES ME TO AN EVEN HIGHER RISK OF WHIPLASH. YOU IDIOTS AT NHTSA WHO CHANGED THE REGULATIONS SO THAT CAR MANUFACTURERS HAD TO BUILD THEM THIS WAY NEED TO REPEAL THE LAW.

NHTSA ODI 10824983

TAKATA RECALL -- I WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END AUTO COLLISION YESTERDAY, I WAS GOING ON SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 45MPH WHEN I STRUCK A CAR THAT HAD CUT ME OFF, MY CAR BECAME COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. THE AIRBAGS HAD NOT DEPLOYED WHICH MAKES ME FEEL THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE INVOLVED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE I HAD STRUCK WAS GOING ROUGHLY 10MPH. THE FRAMING OF MY CAR IS COMPLETELY BEND AND MOST OF THE FORCE WAS EXCRETED TOWARDS THE ENGINE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE MY 2015 TACOMA.

NHTSA ODI 10820461

SITTING AT A DEAD COLD STOP. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES - BRAKES JUST RELEASED WITH ME STANDING ON THE PEDAL - ALLOWING ME TO ROLL INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. MY VEHICLE IMPACTED THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AT APPROXIMATELY 5MPH. I WAS LITERALLY SCREAMING AND STANDING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL - ZERO EFFECT. I FELT NO LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE OR MECHANICAL FEEDBACK THROUGH THE PEDAL AT ANYTIME. IT'S AS IF THE CALIPERS ALL JUST RELEASED WITH ME ON THE PEDAL THE WHOLE TIME.

NHTSA ODI 10809540

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2015 TOYOTA TACOMA AND STRAIGHT OFF THE BACK I NOTICED THAT THE TIRED WERE NOT IN GOOD CONDITION UNDER SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES. IF THERE WERE SOME LOOSE DIRT OR GRAVEL ON THE ROAD THE TIRE WOULD NOT GRIP CAUSING ME TO SLIP FOR A SPLIT SECOND. IGNORING THE WARNING SIGNS OF MY SPLIT SECOND SLIPS HERE AND THERE I DECIDED TO GO OUT IN THE RAIN WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE ON. I FELT CONFIDENT BECAUSE I HAVE HAD MANY TACOMA'S BEFORE AND I TRUST TOYOTA. LOW AND BEHOLD I HYDROPLANED ON AN EMPTY HIGHWAY AND CRASHED INTO THE WALL AT 60 MPH COMPLETELY TOTALING MY TRUCK. BAFFLED BY THE INCIDENT I RECOUNTED MY STEPS TO SEE IF I WAS AT FAULT. TWO HANDS ON THE WHEEL, GPS ON MY PHONE, NO CAR IN SIGHT AND I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE ROAD. A LITTLE PUDDLE ON THE HIGHWAY ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE. I STILL LOVE TOYOTA AND I BOUGHT A 2016 TACOMA BUT I WILL SAY DO NOT TRUST THE 2015 STOCK TACOMA TIRES BECAUSE IT HAS NO GRIP.

NHTSA ODI 10795083

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE SLIGHTLY SCRAPED THE CONCRETE DRIVEWAY WALL. THERE WAS NO PERSONAL INJURY. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED BOTH THE BRAKE ACTUATOR AND MASTER CYLINDER. THE BUMPER WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

NHTSA ODI 10743381

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. ALL THE FRONTAL AND SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE, BUT THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

NHTSA ODI 10725537