There are 4 owner-reported body & structure complaints for the 2012 Toyota Tacomain NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
Under the bottom of my truck, there is tons of rust. I know a lot of the trucks my year, make, and model has been recalled for rust on the body and other parts of the truck. I was told that a Toyota dealership should replace it with the amount it has, and now a hole has appeared but they only told me a price to fix everything that is rusted. Just puts my vehicle at risk driving it back and forth to work.
Will not fix the frame. my husband has a 2005 and it looks new compared to my 2012. The last mechanic I used told me not to bring it back to him to much rust. Toyota said it passed their inspection. There is no way. They’ve had my truck almost a yr. I thought they was fixing it. No they just been chilling. They never called me to tell me it was they wouldn’t honor the recall. Nothing. I keep reading on here cold climate states are the only complaints. Someone is lying on here because I know at least 20 Toyota Tacoma owners from Texas who have filed incident reports.
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 4/20/2018 THE RIGHT SIDE ROOF MOLDING CAME OFF AND FLEW IN TO CAR BEHIND ME,CAR DID NOT STOP. IT MADE A VERY LOAD NOISE AS IT CAME OFF. I WAS ON THE INTERNET AND SAW THERE WERE OTHERS WITH THIS ISSUE AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2008-2011 MODELS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT TOW END CAUSED EXTREME WEAR ON THE FRONT TIRES. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
Data synced from NHTSA on Apr 25, 2026