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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
5TEJU62N38Z••••••2008 Toyota TACOMA
That is about average for the 2008 Toyota TACOMA — 3 complaints per build across 145 builds.
4on this build
411on the model
145builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedVehicle Speed Control 3Engine And Engine Cooling 1Power Train 1Service Brakes 1
What owners of this build wrote
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashMay 2010
I own a 2008 toyota tacoma truck. I have had problems with the throttle surging when the air conditioner is turned off. I took it to the dealership and they could not find anything wrong. I still continued to have problems but then, on may 11, 2010, I was going to park the truck…
Service BrakesJan 2011
I've had several instances of ABS problems with my 2008 toyota tacoma. It's as if you enter a situation, stopping or slowing obviously, and the ABS system totally releases the truck to keep rolling. The braking action stops, the pedal depresses, and the truck keeps going. You…
Engine And Engine CoolingApr 2008
The contact owns a 2008 toyota tacoma. While the vehicle was idling at a complete stop, the rpms increased rapidly. The contact was not depressing the accelerator pedal at the time. The vehicle acted as if it was going to lunge forward. He took the vehicle to the dealer at least…
Vehicle Speed ControlJun 2016
My toyota tacoma will suddenly accelerate from a dead stop. I was stopped at a stop sign and the engine sped up; I had both feet on the brakes, back wheels spinning. I put it into neutral and it went back to normal. Another time I was backing into a parking space and it did it…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5TEJU62N38Z507670 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.