EQUIPMENT
If the hood scoop detaches, it may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
6 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 169 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
If the hood scoop detaches, it may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
If the spare tire is inflated to the incorrect pressure provided on the placard, tire failure may occur while it is being driven on, increasing the risk of a crash.
If this occurs, these systems could become inoperative, reducing the directional control assistance, increasing the risk of a crash.
If the valve springs break, the engine could fail and stall while the vehicle is being driven, increasing the risk of a crash.
If the spare tire/wheel is installed on the vehicle using the lug nuts from another wheel, damage to the wheel could result and may eventually lead to a loose wheel, increasing the risk of a crash.
An inaccurate label could lead to owners overloading their vehicles and tires. An overloaded vehicle can result in a tire failure which may result in a vehicle crash, personal injury, or property damage.
Two 2013 TOYOTA TACOMAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.