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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

11 crash reports1 fire reports5 injury reports

What owners actually said

218 reports

Mileage unknown · Mar 5, 2020

Fuel/propulsion SystemUnknown Or Other

NO RECALL INFORMATION WAS SENT TO ME REGARDING MY VEHICLE. IT STATES THIS TYPE OF RECALL WAS DISCOVERED IN JANUARY. IT IS NOW MARCH.

NHTSA ODI #11316198

4,300 miles · Mar 4, 2020

Service Brakes

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IN THE 3 OR SO MONTHS I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE, I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF INTERMITTENT BRAKING ISSUES. WHEN COMING TO AN UNEXPECTED OR URGENT STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS LIKE IT CANNOT BE DEPRESSED ANY FURTHER AND INCREASED PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL DOES NOT INCREASE STOPPING POWER. I AM AN ATHLETIC MALE WEIGHING 205 POUNDS (POINT OF REFERENCE FOR YOU ON HOW MUCH PRESSURE I AM ABLE TO APPLY). HAVING OWNED DOZENS OF CARS OVER 35 YEARS, I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THE CLOSEST I CAN DESCRIBE THE ISSUE TO ANY OF MY EXPERIENCES WOULD BE THIS: IT FEELS VERY SIMILAR TO USING A BRAKE ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS POWER BRAKES WHEN THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNING AND THERE IS A LOSS OF VACUUM TO THE SYSTEM. AT FIRST, THERE IS INITIAL VACUUM ASSIST, BUT AFTER A MOMENT, INCREDIBLE PRESSURE IS NEEDED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I VIEW THIS AS AN URGENT AND IMPORTANT ISSUE. SO MUCH SO, THAT I WANT TO GET RID OF THE VEHICLE FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND OTHERS. SINCE THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEALER CAN HELP. I WILL BRING IT TO THEM FOR A CHECK-UP AS A PRECAUTION THOUGH. I HAVE TRIED TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE IN ABANDONED PARKING LOTS, BUT HAVE YET BEEN UNABLE TO DO SO. THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 3 INCIDENTS WHERE THIS HAS OCCURRED TO ME IN THE 4,000 MILES I HAVE DRIVEN THE TRUCK. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW AND FOLLOWED THE BREAK-IN PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THE MANUAL. IT HAD CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS TO AVOID HARD STOPS, WHICH I WAS CAREFUL TO DO.

NHTSA ODI #11316031

18,000 miles · Mar 3, 2020

Power TrainUnknown Or Other

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A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH RPMS SURGING (BETWEEN 800 & 1200) SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD; BOTH WHILE IDLING IN PARK AND SHORTLY AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO D OR R. THIS HAS RESULTED IN UNINTENDED VEHICLE MOVEMENT WHEN IT STARTED SURGING AFTER THE TRUCK WAS PUT INTO DRIVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ON COLD MORNINGS OR LEAVING AN APPOINTMENT OR WORK AFTER THE TRUCK HAD SAT & COOLED. THE RPM SURGE WASN'T AN ISSUE WHILE IT WAS SIMPLY IDLING. HOWEVER, IT HAS OCCASIONALLY STARTED SURGING AFTER I PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. I PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, LET OFF THE GAS BUT HAD NOT YET (OR JUST STARTING TO) PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE SURGING WAS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD SIGNIFICANTLY WHICH IS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS. IN ONE INSTANCE I HAD DRIVEN MAYBE 100 YARDS AND PULLED UP TO A STOP. AS I WAS JUST LETTING OFF THE BRAKE TO ENTER TRAFFIC AND NOT YET PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL IT STARTED SURGING AND JERKED FORWARD. I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO PREVENT HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. THIS LASTED FOR A MINUTE OR SO AND FORCED ME TO STAY ON THE BRAKE AND BLOCK TRAFFIC UNTIL THE SURGING STOPPED. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ONLY A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK TO MYSELF AND OTHERS DUE TO THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION/VEHICLE MOVEMENT WHEN THE RPM'S SURGED WHILE THE POWERTRAIN WAS ENGAGED. TOYOTA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE SURGING AND HAS STATED THERE IS NO REPAIR AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, TOYOTA HAS ALSO TRIED TO TELL ME THAT IT IS OPERATING AS 'NORMAL'. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THE SURGING BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE SURGING WHEN THE POWERTRAIN IS ENGAGED (IT HAPPENS ONLY OCCASIONALLY) THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING NORMALLY. THIS IS NOT NORMAL OR SAFE.

NHTSA ODI #11315875

10,000 miles · Mar 2, 2020

Fuel/propulsion SystemCrash

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1. INTERSTATE DRIVING ENGINE SPUTTERED AND SHUT DOWN . 2. REPORTED INCIDENT TO LOCAL TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT & WAS INFORMED TOYOTA CORPORATE WAS AWARE OF FUEL PUMP DEFECT IN MY VEHICLE VIN-SAFETY ARE ALL AND HAD PROVIDED THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP NO DIRECTION ON HOW REMEDY . 3. THE TOYOTA PHONE APP DOCUMENTS OWNERS OF DEFECTIVE-VIN FUEL PUMP VEHICLES MAY RECEIVE BY LETTER OR APP SAFETY RECALL REMEDY DIRECTION MARCH 20 , 2020 . 4. FEBRUARY 19, 2020 SLOWING DOWNHILL FOR STOP LIGHT TRAVELING ESTIMATED LESS THAN 20 MPH WITH DRY ROAD CONDITIONS TOYOTA TACOMA 2019-IN VIN SAFETY RECALL , ENGINE SPUTTERED AND SHUT OFF MAKING CONTROL OF VEHICLE UNABLE TO SLOW AND STOP . THE TACOMA DUE TO MANUFACTURES' DEFECT INITIATED A NO INJURY PROPERTY CAUSALITY TO A. TOYOTA TACOMA -CAR #1 STRIKING TOYOTA COROLLA - CAR #2 AND CORVETTE - CAR #3. ALL DRIVERS WERE MATURE AGE AND REPORTED NO INJURIES IN POLICE REPORT . 5. TACOMA WAS DEEMED TOTAL LOSS DUE TO FRAME DAMAGE WEEK OF FEB 27 , 2020. 6. MARCH 2 , 2020 INSURANCE COMPANY TOTAL LOSS ADJUSTER , CHANGED TOTAL LOSS DUE TO FRAME DAMAGE , AND I , AS TACOMA OWNER & DRIVER DIRECTED BY VOICE MAIL TO DOCUMENT MANUFACTURERS ' DEFECT AND INCIDENT ABOVE TO NHITSA .

NHTSA ODI #11315601

2,700 miles · Feb 23, 2020

Service Brakes

WHILE IN MOTION LOST MORE & MORE BRAKING CAPABILITIES! NEARLY REAR ENDED ANOTHER AUTO! THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS COMPLETELY COMPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD. I HAD TO USE THE E-BRAKE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. SPENT THE DAY GETTING THE TRUCK TOWED INTO A GARAGE!!

NHTSA ODI #11310915

Mileage unknown · Feb 21, 2020

Unknown Or Other

THE GPS IN PUERTO RICO DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY WHEN YOU ENTER THE COORDINATES TELLS YOU IT'S DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS OR HE MARKS IN THE OCEAN THE COORDINATES. I'LL OPEN A CASE IN TOYOTA ON NOVEMBER AND THEY TOLD ME I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY FOR THE UPDATE THEY CALLED ME A FEW DAYS AGO FOR THE UPDATE I WENT TO THE DEALER I MAKE…

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NHTSA ODI #11310522

Mileage unknown · Feb 17, 2020

Power Train

VERY LOUD WHINE FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. MOST NOTABLY BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 50-60 MPH. THIS ISSUES HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED WITH PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS OF THE SAME VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER WITH SUBSEQUENT MODEL YEARS.

NHTSA ODI #11309620

3,000 miles · Feb 6, 2020

Power Train

I TOOK MY 2019 TACOMA SR5 TO HEADQUATER TOYOTA MIAMI TODAY. I TOLD THEM THAT MY TRUCK VIBRATE WHEN BRAKING BETWEEN 25 TO 15 MPH. THEY INSPECTED MY TRUCK AND TOLD ME THEY FELT THE VIBRATION SO THEY CALLED THE CORPORATE AND THE MECHANIC WAS TOLD TO TEST DRIVE A SIMILAR TRUCK. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IT DOES THE SAME THING AND TO…

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NHTSA ODI #11307523

Mileage unknown · Feb 5, 2020

Electrical System

THE HEAD UNIT IS INOPERABLE WHEN CONNECTED TO BLUETOOTH AND HANDSFREE DRIVING FUNCTION IS INOPERABLE. TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS NO RESOLUTIONS, BUT TO BLAME PANASONIC. PANASONIC HAS A BACKORDER WITH NO END INSIGHT AND CANNOT REPLACE THE UNIT WITH ANOTHER MODEL WITHOUT AFFECTING THE WARRANTY.

NHTSA ODI #11307307

1,500 miles · Feb 1, 2020

Power Train

2019 TACOMA SPORT, TRANSMISSION JUDDER, VIBRATE ON SLOWING DOWN AND LIGHT ACCELERATION ON STEP INCLINE ON TOWN OR HIGHWAY TOYOTA DEALER, TOYOTA OF OLYMPIA IN WASHINGTON SAYS IT'S NORMAL THAT WORKS AS DESIGNED. THIS CAN'T BE NORMAL GETTING WORSE THE MORE I DRIVE ONLY 3300 MILES PLS HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM MORE PEOPLE ARE COMPL…

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NHTSA ODI #11306492

Official recalls

20V682000 · Fuel System, Gasoline:delivery:fuel Pump

Nov 4, 2020

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018-2019 4Runner, 2019-2020 Avalon, 2019 Corolla Hatchback, 2017-2019 Highlander, 2018-2020 Camry, 2020 Corolla, 2018-2019 Land Cruiser, 2017-2020 Tacoma, 2019-2020 RAV4, 2019-2020 Sequoia, 2017-2020 Sienna, 2019-2020 Tundra, 2018-2020 Lexus ES350, 2017 Lexus GS200t, 2017-2019 Lexus GS350, 2019 Lexus GS300, 2018-2020 Lexus LC500h, 2019-2020 Lexus LS500, 2018-2019 Lexus GX460, 2017 Lexus IS200t, 2019 Lexus IS300, 2019 Lexus IS350, 2018-2020 Lexus LC500, 2018 Lexus LS500, 2019 Lexus LS500h, 2018-2019 Lexus LX570, 2017 Lexus RC200t, 2019 Lexus RC300, RC350, 2017 and 2019-2020 Lexus RX350, 2018-2020 RX350L, 2019 Lexus UX200, 2018-2019 Lexus NX300 vehicles. The low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump assembly with an improved one, free of charge. Owners of specific models were notified that remedy parts were available starting January 21, 2021. Owners of other models will be notified as remedy parts become available. Remedy parts should be available for all affected vehicles by late March 2021. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371 or Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. Note: This recall is an expansion of recall 20V-012. Toyota's number for this recall is 20TA02. Lexus' number for this recall is 20LA01.

20V012000 · Fuel System, Gasoline:delivery:fuel Pump

Jan 13, 2020

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) recalled certain 2018-2019 4Runner, Highlander, Camry, Land Cruiser, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma and Tundra, and Lexus RC 300, RC 350, GS 350, GX 460, IS 300, LC 500, LS 500, LX 570, RX 350L, and 2019 Toyota Avalon and Corolla, and certain Lexus NX 300, and ES 350 vehicles on January 13, 2020. On March 4, 2020, Toyota expanded the recall to include certain 2014-2015 Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser, 2018 Avalon, Corolla, 2014 FJ Cruiser, 2017 Sienna and Lexus 2018 ES 350, 2018-2019 GS 300, 2013-2014 GS350, 2014-2015 GX 460, IS 350 and LX 570, 2014 IS F, 2018-2019 IS 350, LC 500H and LS 500H, 2013-2015 LS 460, 2015 NX 200T and RC350, 2017 RC 200T and RX 350. Toyota also removed the 2018-2019 Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser and 2018-2019 Lexus GX 460 and LX 570 and 2019 NX300 from inclusion in this recall. On March 19, 2020, Toyota expanded the recall to include 2015 Lexus GS350 vehicles. The low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the fuel pump fails, the engine can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump, free of charge. The recall began May 4, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371 or Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 20TB02 and 20TA02 for Toyota vehicles and 20LB01 and 20LA01 for Lexus vehicles.

19V244000 · Equipment:other:labels

Mar 27, 2019

Gulf States Toyota (GST) is recalling certain 2019 C-HR, 4Runner, Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Highlander, Land Cruiser, Prius, RAV4, Sequoia, Tacoma, Sienna, Tundra and Yaris vehicles. The text on the load capacity label may become illegible. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the driver cannot read the label, they may unknowingly overload the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: GST will notify owners, and dealers will provide corrected load carrying capacity modification labels, free of charge. The recall began May 24, 2019. Owners may contact GST customer service at 1-800-444-1074. GST's number for this recall is 19R1.

18V888000 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic:foundation Components:master Cylinder

Dec 13, 2018

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Toyota Tacoma vehicles. Improper machining of the brake master cylinder may result in internal damage of one of the seals, affecting brake performance.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Reduced brake performance can lengthen the distance needed to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the brake master cylinder, free of charge. The recall began January 28, 2019. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this recall are J16/J06.

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NHTSA investigations

EA19001 · Electrical Overstress

Opened Apr 19, 2019 · Closed Sep 19, 2024

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags: Air Bag/restraint Control Module

The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect. During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW. The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with manufacturer design specifications. The ECU in the subject vehicles contains a model DS84 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which controls the communication of the crash sensor signal, firing commands (i.e., when to deploy the airbag(s) and/or pretensioners), and fault information (e.g., diagnostic trouble codes). In September 2016, FCA announced recall 16V-668 for certain model year (MY) 2010 to 2014 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep products manufactured with the subject ZF-TRW ACU. In this recall, FCA discussed an EOS condition that resulted in a failure of the subject DS84 ASIC, which caused air bag non-deployment. FCA noted that the defect condition had only been observed in vehicles equipped with sensor harnessing routed across the front of the vehicle. Other FCA vehicles that also used the subject ACU, but were not equipped with cross-car harnessing, had not experienced EOS failures, despite similar time in service. During the course of this investigation, ODI sent two separate Information Request (IR) letters to six vehicle manufactures (including FCA, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Toyota) and one IR letter to ZF-TRW. These IR letters resulted in ODI receiving comprehensive data from these manufacturers and suppliers. Studies of this data found that the DS84 ASIC does not have sufficient protection against negative electrical transients or electrical overstress (“EOS”) that can be generated in certain severe crashes. An electrical transient occurs when the electrical power supplied to a circuit changes momentarily over a short duration of time. In these severe crash cases, the crash sensors and other powered wiring can be damaged and short circuited so as to create a negative electrical transient of sufficient intensity and duration (that are outside the vehicle manufacturer's specification) to damage the ASIC before the restraint device deployment signal is received by the SRS ECU. This damaged signal can lead to incomplete or nondeployment of the air bags and/or pretensioners. Airbag non-deployment and/or lack of pretensioner operation can increase the risk or severity of injury in a crash.A total of 8 fatalities and 14 injuries were associated with known EOS events. The common element in all investigated manufacturers vehicles is the SRS ECU containing a DS84 ASIC manufactured by ZF-TRW. The risk associated with the ASIC is equally shared among all OEMS involved in the investigation. The actual real-world risk can be mitigated by other factors which were assessed by ODI during this investigation. The first mitigating factor involves protections built into the ACU design which protect the DS84 ASIC from damage. There are multiple strategies and levels of protection employed by different OEMs that provide effective EOS mitigation. The two most common strategies at the ACU level are circuit protection diodes on the remote senor signal lines, and current limiting resistors that protect critical components. The second mitigating factor is found at the vehicle level and involves the location and routing of the wires leading from the crash sensors to the SRS ECU. If the wires are well protected in a crash and are not routed with other power wires carrying large currents, the risk for an EOS event is significantly reduced or eliminated. These design specific factors combine to produce a spectrum of risk for the vehicles equipped with ACUs using the DS84 ASIC. Given the many of years of field exposure, it is possible to divide the subject population into two groups; vehicles which have experienced EOS events, and vehicles which have not experienced EOS field events. Four of the six OEMs involved in this investigation have experienced EOS field events on at least one of their models equipped with a DS84 ASIC. All vehicle models (including the Toyota models identified in the Failure Report Summary of the opening resume for this investigation) with field events have been recalled. In an abundance of caution, ODI kept this investigation open five years to monitor field performance and did not identify any field events on vehicles not included in existing safety recalls. Given the spectrum of risk identified in this investigation and that all vehicles with a demonstrated unreasonable risk have been recalled, ODI is closing this investigation. ODI is closing this investigation with the following manufacturer safety recalls: 16V-668, 18E-043, 18V-137, 18V-363, and 20V-024. With the recall actions taken by the subject vehicle and equipment manufacturers, this investigation is closed. The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exists on other model or model year vehicles outside of the recall scopes. The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.