NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Toyota Tacoma Recalls
The 2016 Toyota Tacoma has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 3, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Toyota Tacoma. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 324
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
On a 2016 Toyota Tacoma, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2016 Toyota Tacoma
Structure: body: hood: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 17V425000
- Reported
- July 3, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,547
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015 Tacoma, 1 other model
Engine
- Campaign
- 17V356000
- Reported
- June 1, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,824
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Tacoma
Power train: driveline: differential unit
- Campaign
- 17V285000
- Reported
- April 27, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 227,732
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Tacoma
Air bags: knee bolster
- Campaign
- 15V656000
- Reported
- October 14, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 306
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Toyota Tacoma
2016 Toyota Tacoma complaints by year
NHTSA has received 324 owner complaints about the 2016 Toyota Tacoma, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (1%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Toyota Tacoma, the component group named most often is the power train (42%), followed by the engine (15%) and the electrical system (11%).
1 of the 2016 Toyota Tacoma's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2016 Toyota Tacoma owners gave the mileage (190 complaints), the median was 15,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train136
- Unknown Or Other50
- Engine47
- Electrical System37
- Seats22
- Structure22
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 57 | |
| 2017 | 105 | |
| 2018 | 36 | |
| 2019 | 18 | |
| 2020 | 26 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 19 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2016 Toyota Tacoma peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 105. 67% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Toyota Tacoma drew 3.4× the complaints of the median Toyota Tacoma year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the Toyota Tacoma years to avoid by our method.
The 324 complaints about the 2016 Toyota Tacoma are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Tacoma by model year
Other 2016 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted