NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Toyota Tacoma Recalls
The 2004 Toyota Tacoma has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 23, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 414
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 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 2001–2003 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 2001–2003 Tacoma, 3 other models
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 04V214000
- Reported
- May 5, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- only the 2004 Toyota Tacoma
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Tacoma, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Tacoma, 9 other models
2004 Toyota Tacoma complaints by year
NHTSA has received 414 owner complaints about the 2004 Toyota Tacoma, the newest on March 25, 2026. Of these, 27 describe a crash (7%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 23 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Toyota Tacoma, the component group named most often is the structure (49%), followed by the suspension (20%) and the vehicle speed control (7%).
1 of the 2004 Toyota Tacoma's 5 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2004 Toyota Tacoma owners gave the mileage (315 complaints), the median was 108,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure203
- Suspension84
- Unknown Or Other32
- Vehicle Speed Control30
- Steering29
- Power Train22
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 26 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 40 | |
| 2014 | 43 | |
| 2015 | 50 | |
| 2016 | 35 | |
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 20 | |
| 2019 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2004 Toyota Tacoma peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 50. 14% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Toyota Tacoma drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Toyota Tacoma year in the same window: 13th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 414 complaints about the 2004 Toyota Tacoma are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Tacoma by model year
Other 2004 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: March 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted