Car has difficulty starting and at times won't start in hot weather. Was taken to the dealer and was diagnosed as a bad low pressure fuel pump. Had codes stored for low pressure fuel pump.
Toyota Tacoma won't start problems
27 of the 8,489 owner complaints about the Toyota Tacoma describe won't start, most of them for the 2016 model year.
- owner complaints
- 27
- worst model year
- 2016
- typical mileage
- 32,767
Is there a fix? There are 2 recalls for this area of the car. See below
By model year
- 20242
- 20231
- 20221
- 20203
- 20182
- 20173
- 20163
- 20131
- 20122
- 20112
- 20101
- 20091
- 20081
- 20051
- 20041
- 20031
- 19961
Often reported together
Check engine light 7Fuel pump 6Loss of power 5Stalling 3Wipers 1Slipping 1Jerking 1Grinding brakes 1
Trouble codes mentioned
P2442 1P2440 1
What owners say
It happened on February 17, 2026 around noon. My truck is park on the drive way, I went outside to checked the condition of the weather and I notice the driver side window glass looks like a crumpled Reynolds Aluminum wrap. I called Toyota Service Dept since the truck won't start. The battery was replaced and so is the window glass but, they told me it's not covered by the warranty. I paid the new window glass for $619.99. I called Geico my insurance and the deductible was $1,000.00. I told Geico I will not claim for the damages for now. I was wondering of all the cars and trucks park in our neighborhood, only my truck sustained this kind of damage. Would this fall under defective materials used by Toyota?
On February 16 I started my vehicle to drive home from work and the vehicle threw multiple error codes and shutdown while driving and would not start again. It was towed to the dealership. The dealership advised the problem was remedied. 11 days later the same problem occurred, vehicle threw multiple error codes and shutdown while driving. Vehicle needed to be towed again to the dealership.
The fuel pump as stopped working the vehicle will not start and the 4x4 is showing that it is not working. The vehicle is available for inspection. Thankfully this happened while the vehicle was sitting over night but we had driven it the evening before it just stopped running. the Fuel system could have failed while we were driving anywhere. It has not been inspected by anyone else. it is sitting in our driveway and my husband has done a lot of trouble shooting as to what could be wrong and all arrows point to the fuel pump. there have been no check engine light or nothing this came out of nowhere.
Was driving to the store, and it started cutting out jumping and jerking with tremendous loss of power barely made it home had to push it in my DRV way and still no start it says my truck is not in the recall for faulty fuel pump warning check engine lights came on and says malfunction in the throttle body censer and automatic transmission sender
Pulled into a parking spot put the car in park. Engine stalled check engine light came on with “engine control system malfunctioning warning” . car will not start or completely turn off.
Crankshaft position sensor-truck stalled while driving almost causeing an accident.other trucks have been recalled since 2017 but not mine.no inspection has been made I went to dealer and called toyota headquarters and they said they could do nothing.my check engine light has been coming on and off for about 6 months and won't start sometimes ran computer diagnostics and this sensor came up.
I was leaving my driveway, the truck started jumping and loss power. Then cut off and wouldn't crank back up for a few minutes. Eventually it continued for about 3 or 4 times. Until it finally died and would not run even though it would crank. Took it in and found out my particular truck wasn't recalled even though it has a fuel pump problem. They put a fuel pump on it. But they don't know if it was the newer updated pump or the older version known to have problems. So I'm riding around in a vehicle that could fail anytime.
I was driving and suddenly my 2017 tacoma suddenly shut off in the middle of the street while in motion. It has never had any electrical problems but now the fuel pump is not working. I have read 2018/2019 tacomas have the same problem. Now the truck will not start.
Driving down interstate i85 in atlanta georgia and my vehicle just shut down and would not start back up
Related recalls
Engine
- What is wrong
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Tacoma vehicles equipped with a six-cylinder engine. The affected vehicles have a crank position sensor that may malfunction, potentially resulting in an engine stall.
- Risk
- An engine stall may increase the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the crank position sensor with an improved design, free of charge. The recall began July 26, 2017. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1‑800‑331‑4331. Toyota's number for this recall is H0H.
Recall number 17V356000 · Recall details
Engine
- What is wrong
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Tacoma vehicles manufactured July 1, 2013, through October 11, 2013. The engines of the affected vehicles contain valve springs that may break over time.
- Risk
- If the valve springs break, the engine could fail and stall while the vehicle is being driven, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the valve springs, free of charge. The recall began on November 27, 2013. Owners may contact Toyota at 1‑800‑331‑4331.
Recall number 13V557000 · Recall details
Questions about the Toyota Tacoma won't start
Which Toyota Tacoma years have won't start problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2016 (3 complaints), 2017 (3 complaints) and 2020 (3 complaints).
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