Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 03/18/2012 | |||
| 2002 toyotoa truck, lost control and hit my ford s/w, truck was on recll for ball/joints , both me and wife was hurt by this un insured driver, driver was cited for wrong turn into my lane, i lost both my car and my health, what can i do to recover damages from a uninsured truck and driver? | |||
| STEERING - COLUMN LOCKING - ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | |||
| 03/20/2005 | 1 | 05/01/2002 | |
| Dt: the contact owns a 2002 toyota tacoma. he states that on march 20, 2005 he hit a telephone pole head on when his steering locked up and the air bags did not deploy.*ak | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||
| 10/01/2004 | 1 | ||
| While driving steering power assit pump failed. consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that steering pump needed to be replaced. *ak | |||
| STEERING - RACK AND PINION | |||
| 05/18/2006 | 19714 | 1 | 11/02/2001 |
| Noticed abnormal tire wear on front tire. took vehicle in for wheel alignment and was informed the bushing, integral to rack and pinion has failed. as a consequence the whole rack and pinion steering system needs replacing. mechanic informed me this is a common problem for toyota tacoma. he also informed me he has had tacomas with as little as 9000 miles having this problem. my tacoma has 19000 miles on it, i guess we are lucky. he also stated he did not understand why there has not been a recall. apparently it is a common defect. this tacoma has never been off road or otherwise abused since we bought it new. this problem could lead to steering failure. *jb | |||