NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Toyota Tacoma Recalls
The 2000 Toyota Tacoma has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Toyota Tacoma. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 211
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★☆☆☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Toyota Tacoma, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2000 Toyota Tacoma
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 01E041000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Tacoma, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 23 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 46 other models
2000 Toyota Tacoma complaints by year
NHTSA has received 211 owner complaints about the 2000 Toyota Tacoma, the newest on October 5, 2026. Of these, 24 describe a crash (11%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Toyota Tacoma, the component group named most often is the structure (37%), followed by the suspension (25%) and the air bags (12%).
None of the 2000 Toyota Tacoma's 5 recalls concerns the structure.
Where 2000 Toyota Tacoma owners gave the mileage (103 complaints), the median was 130,300 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure78
- Suspension52
- Air Bags25
- Unknown Or Other21
- Tires18
- Power Train11
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 27 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 25 | |
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2000 Toyota Tacoma peaked in 2000, when NHTSA received 27. 33% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Toyota Tacoma drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Toyota Tacoma year in the same window: 17th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 1/5
The 211 complaints about the 2000 Toyota Tacoma are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Tacoma by model year
Other 2000 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted