2007 Toyota Tacoma electrical problems

Filed Feb 19, 2021 · Electrical, Steering · 60,000 miles · WA

A winter storm hit my area and I needed to engage my four wheel drive, the four wheel drive wouldn't engage. The indicator light on the dash would only flash. My truck only went a short distance before getting stuck on the road leaving me stranded.

Filed Sep 10, 2020 · Airbags, Electrical · 240,000 miles · CA

Air bag light is on. Horn not working. Fuses good- wire harness recall completed 2012 nov. Problem seems to be related to the same components. Now over 240k miles on the vehicle.

Filed Sep 7, 2020 · Body, Electrical · 168,000 miles · OH

The shifter broke after pulling into park and the indicator light on the gear box failed. Repaired shift cable 8/6/2020.

Filed Feb 1, 2020 · Electrical, Lights · 44,000 miles · MS · fire

Toyota denied me help with things that should be a recalls! They are greedy and out right lying sociopathic thieves! The top rear brake light on my tacoma 07 truck lets rain water in. This is goin to cause mold and has already blown out the compass on the ceiling as the wiring for this is in the ceiling! And seats gettin wet over and over from rain water gettin in the top rear light. They also just denied me any help refunding me for updated headlight lens that had to come out with which kept burning sockets, blowing bulbs and burning the lens! There tsb which should be a recall is t-sb-0129-11. This tsb thing is a scam so they dont have to account for their poor quality mistakes. I paid 24,000 for this truck and toyota wont help me at all with their defective product! They are pure evil! There is no way I can get water in the top rear break light, no way whatsoever, theres no way I can burn out sockets and lens over and over since iv owned the truck! People dont go to the dealerships because they are rude as hell! They have no idea what theyre doin in first place and they pull scams left and right. They said they wont help cause I dont go to dealership enough can u believe that??? Im not out of reality at all, I dont use facebook , I dont drink or drug, I am in no way out of reality whatsoever! I do nothing that results in irresponsibility in any way shape or form! I dont spend money everyday goin down a river. Im very conservative and meek. This is enough ! I can no longer deal with them scamming people ! Im sick of it! Please do ur job! [xxx] redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)

Filed Jan 16, 2020 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · NY

All four door lock actuators have failed one at a time, and replaced under warranty (at the time). Since then, two of them ( both on the drivers side) have failed again after the 1 year replacement part warranty ran out. This posses a safety hazzard and a security risk to myself and anybody else operating this vehicle. Upon researching this issue on the internet, it is a very common problem, and therefore should be under a safety recall.

Filed Jul 12, 2016 · Brakes, Electrical · 174,420 miles · TN

After driving on the highway for a few minutes at ~70 MPH, the ABS light run red on. When the light turned on the computer thought the car was in a bad situation and locked the brake pedal. This caused the brakes to not function and made the car almost impossible to stop. Whenever the car was able to be slowed down to about 19 MPH, the light would turn off and the brakes would start to function normally. This happened once a week for 3 weeks in 2015 and again in february of 2016. It happened again in april 2016. This problem did not happen at low speed and it would not happen twice in the same day, even during the same conditions. I went to wolfchase toyota to fix the problem. They decided not to do anything about it. I went to principal toyota and they said they had never seen the problem before. They said that they could reset the computer or put in a new one ($3000). They reset it and for the past few months it has worked.

Filed Feb 15, 2016 · Electrical · 173,000 miles · MD

The vehicle's entire electrical wire harness had to be replaced. Diagnostic code pointed to a corrosion problem with the harness hook-up point with the automatic transmission. Toyota put out a mechanic's bulletin for it's mechanics when this code came up to replace the entire electrical wire harness probable cause corrosion. The problem showed up after starting the truck, driver pushed the brake, to move transmission from park to reverse. The right turn signal indicator light lit up while brake was depressed. Check engine light came on. Right signal came on every time the brake was applied, all the way to the dealership service department.

Filed Dec 29, 2015 · Electrical · 117,634 miles · CA · fire

While driving fuse panel under dash caught fire after using horn excessively. Fire was put out immediately but damage resulted in a melted fuse panel and wiring harness

Filed Oct 15, 2015 · Airbags, Electrical · 48,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota tacoma. Upon starting the vehicle, the air bag warning indicator was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the seat had a sensor that became inoperable and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 48,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Apr 7, 2015 · Electrical, Locks · 65,000 miles · NY

One by one, all four electronic door lock actuators that lock and unlock the vehicles doors stopped functioning. The local dealership replaced them, one at a time until all four were working again. This was covered under my extended warranty that I had purchased with the vehicle. Now, at 84,000 miles, two of the door lock actuators have failed again ! This time, the dealer told me because the extended warranty expired I was out of luck and would have to pay roughly $500.00 per door to have it fixed! My response was " this is a pre-existing condition, so they should be replaced by toyota". The service rep told me that the parts were only warranteed for one year. The dealership contacted toyota, and submitted all of the paperwork from my previous problems. Toyota responded with a "too bad, we're not going to do anything to help you". So, here I am with faulty door locks that you think are locked, but are not. Which leads to a safety and security issue for me and anyone that rides in my vehicle. After doing some research on the internet, this seems to be a common problem with these trucks. I'm wondering why there hasn't been a recall regarding this safety issue.