Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-08-06 | 98V188000 |
AIR BAGS:ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY | 84,323 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-11 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 1998 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that while the vehicle was at the dealer for routine maintena… |
| 2022-04-21 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | I had an accident over a year ago and the airbags did not deploy then I ask the guy that fixed it told me that it didn'… |
| 2022-03-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Left and right Frame members forward of the rear leaf spring mounts are severely rusted. According to the Toyota deale… |
| 2021-03-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BOUGHT A VEHICLE FROM A WOMAN OFF OF CRAIGSLIST. MET HER IN AN UNFAMILIAR AREA. WOMAN STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IN GOOD CO… |
| 2020-12-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X4 AUTOMATIC WITH 106995 ON THE ODOMETER AND I AM HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING IT INSPECTE… |
| 2019-04-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME IS VERY BAD SHAPE DUE TO RUST PROBLEM AND BROKEN |
| 2019-03-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE FRAME SEPARATED IN HALF. LUCKILY HE WAS ABLE TO SLO… |
| 2019-02-13 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT STARTED FRAYING AND AFTER WHILE LOCKED UP ,WOULD NOT RETRACTED OR PULL OUT. NOW THE PASSENGE… |
| 2018-06-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | FRAME ON RIGHT AND LEFT REAR RUSTED THREW |
| 2017-11-29 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK IS THAT THERE IS SEVER CORROSION ON THE FRAME MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. TOYOTA HAS… |
| 2017-10-17 | WHEELS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY AT A SPEED BETWEEN 60-65 ML/HR, WHEN I HEARD SOMETHING POP. WHEN COMING TO A STO… |
| 2017-08-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I RECENTLY BOUGHT MY 98 TOYOTA TACOMA EXTENDED CAB 44. I KNEW NOTHING OF ANY FRAME RUST PROBLEMS OR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS … |
| 2017-06-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE TACOMA HAS DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANT RUST AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR LEAD SPRING BRACKET. THE BRACKET IS BEGINNING… |
| 2017-05-25 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SEAT BELTS LOCK UP AND WILL NOT RELEASE AND WILL NOT RETRACT AND THE STRAP IS COMING APART. |
| 2017-05-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME PERFORATION AKA RUST THROUGH PROBLEM FAILED PA INSPECTION THIS WEEK. GARAGE NOTIFIED ME OF KNOWN TACOMA FRAME RUS… |
| 2017-04-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME OF THE 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA XTRACAB TRUCK WE OWN HAS SEVERE RUST ISSUES TO THE POINT THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRI… |
| 2017-03-17 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SEAT BELTS ARE FRAYED AND LOCK UP. SR5 EXTRA CAB- DRIVERS SIDE AND REAR SEAT BELTS ARE NOT WORKING |
| 2017-02-13 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | RUST RECALL TOYOTA CAR DEALERSHIP UNWILLING TO "GOODWILL" FIX FRAME DUE TO NOT APPLYING RUST CHEMICALS ON TO THE FRAME |
| 2017-01-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL LETTER IN 2011 REGARDING A TACOMA FRAME RUST CORROSION ISSUE. I OPENED A CASE AND HAD MY TO… |
| 2016-12-31 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | PURCHASED 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA 4WD TRUCK OCTOBER 2012. VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR FRAME RUST AND WAS SERVICED BY A TOY… |
| 2016-12-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED EACH YEAR AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED. INSPECTIONS AND OTHER MAINTENANCE HAVE FREQUENTLY OCCU… |
| 2016-12-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE WIRING HARNESS CABLE FROM THE SENSORS TO THE COMPUTER BURNOUT AND THE SEATBELTS DOESN'T RESPOND RIGHT ESPECIALLY WI… |
| 2016-10-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. UPON INSPECTING UNDER THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDES OF THE VEHICLE, THE… |
| 2016-10-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | "1995 THROUGH 2000 MODEL YEAR TACOMA FRAME RUST CORROSION WARRANTY EXTENSION" RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TOYOTA ATTACHED… |
| 2016-08-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MASSIVE ACCELERATED CORROSION OF THE FRAME INCLUDING LEAF SPRINGS WHICH HAS NOW PUNCTURED THE GAS TANK LEADING TO GASOL… |
| 2016-07-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE FRAME ON THIS VEHICLE IS BAD. MY WIFE HAS HAD THIS TRUCK SINCE 1998 AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL ISSUED FOR TH… |
| 2016-06-01 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEALERSHIP REFUSAL TO REPAIR VEHICLE FRAME CORROSION RECALL NOTICE. … |
| 2016-04-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, THE… |
| 2016-04-18 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE BRAKE SERVICE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED… |
| 2016-04-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS FRACTURED BY THE REAR W… |
| 2016-04-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY '98 TOYOTA TACOMA IN 2000. SINCE THAT PURCHASE I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING ANY RECALLS OR SAF… |
| 2016-03-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE SUBFRAME BET… |
| 2016-01-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRAME ON MY TRUCK IS RUSTING TO A POINT OF BEING A SAFETY ISSUE . TOYOTA NEEDS TO REPLACE THIS SO VEHICLE WILL BE SAFE . |
| 2015-12-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I TOOK MY 1998 TACOMA IN FOR AN INSPECTION AT MY LOCAL DEALER IN NOVEMBER OF 2011. I WAS TOLD IT PASSED AND HAD ONLY NO… |
| 2015-11-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME OF TRUCK FROM FRONT CAB MOUNT TO BACK SIDE OF REAR SPRING PERCHES IS RUSTED AND PERFORATED MAKING TRUCK UNSAFE TO… |
| 2015-10-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE CORROSION WHICH RESUL… |
| 2015-08-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE HAVING A STATE INSPECTION PERFORMED, THE TECHNICIAN NOTIFIED THE CONTA… |
| 2015-07-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY FRAME IS RUSTED AND CRACKED IN HALF. I WELDED A PLATE TO THE FRAME AND USED A BOLT FOR THE SHOCK MOUNT TO REPLACE TH… |
| 2015-05-13 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTED THROUGH . TOYOTA SAYS RECALL EXPIRED . GOW CAN SAFETY ISSUE OF THIS MAGNATUDE EXPIRE? |
| 2015-05-02 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | BOTH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT HAVE VARIOUS PROBLEMS - FRAYING, JAMMING, TOO SHORT, NOT RETRACTING… |
| 2015-01-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTED OUT CAUSING LEAFSPRING TO SINK INTO FRAME. *TR |
| 2015-01-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER, FRONT PASSENGER, AND REAR PASSENGE… |
| 2014-12-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM… |
| 2014-09-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THIS TRUCK BELONGS TO MY SON WHO IS IN THE NAVY. HE WAS ON DEPLOYMENT AND I TOOK THE TRUCK TO GET IT INSPECTED AND IT … |
| 2014-09-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHEN TRUCK WAS ON LIFT AT MEINEKE, THEY DISCOVERED THE FRAME NEAR THE BACK WHEELS WAS RUSTED THROUGH SO THAT IT WAS UNS… |
| 2014-07-14 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | RUSTED FRAME DUE TO CORROSION PERFORATION. *TR |
| 2014-07-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH SIGNIFICANT FRAME RUST. VEHICLE FALLS WITHIN THE "FRAME RUST CORROSION PERFORATION WARRANTY EXT… |
| 2014-07-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FRAME RUST RECALL. *SMD |
| 2014-05-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE DEALER ADVISED TH… |
| 2014-04-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BECAME VER… |