NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Toyota Tacoma Recalls
The 2001 Toyota Tacoma has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 23, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Toyota Tacoma. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 396
- Crashes reported
- 40
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Toyota Tacoma, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2001 Toyota Tacoma
Tires: temporary/emergency spare tire
- Campaign
- 12V542000
- Reported
- November 23, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 150,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Tacoma
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 05V225000
- Reported
- May 17, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 768,379
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Tacoma, 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 03V189000
- Reported
- May 19, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 123,360
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Tacoma
Tires: sidewall
- Campaign
- 01V186000
- Reported
- June 7, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Toyota Tacoma
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Tacoma, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Tacoma, 9 other models
2001 Toyota Tacoma complaints by year
NHTSA has received 396 owner complaints about the 2001 Toyota Tacoma, the newest on September 21, 2025. Of these, 40 describe a crash (10%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 36 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Toyota Tacoma, the component group named most often is the structure (58%), followed by the suspension (20%) and the air bags (5%).
1 of the 2001 Toyota Tacoma's 6 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2001 Toyota Tacoma owners gave the mileage (295 complaints), the median was 144,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure228
- Suspension81
- Unknown Or Other40
- Air Bags20
- Steering20
- Power Train15
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 | |
| 2002 | 14 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 40 | |
| 2009 | 27 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 20 | |
| 2013 | 29 | |
| 2014 | 31 | |
| 2015 | 35 | |
| 2016 | 34 | |
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Toyota Tacoma peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 40. 10% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Toyota Tacoma drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Toyota Tacoma year in the same window: 23rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the three best-measured Toyota Tacoma years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 3/5
The 396 complaints about the 2001 Toyota Tacoma are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Tacoma by model year
Other 2001 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: September 21, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted