My differential gasket started leaking at approx. 30,000.
Also too much fading has occurred in the headlight lens plastic, however hardly any to the rubber trim i.e. around windows.
Bumpers too week for "parking by touch" in a tight situation. The front bumper bends down to easy, the chrome rear bumper dents, with no damage to any other vehicle encountered. (I live in San Francisco).
The seats are a joke, new ones on order at 55,000 miles; not from Toyota this time!
After some after market seats this truck is awesome! Really, I've owned plenty of vehicles and the quality of the working parts is much better than expected; even for a Toyota!
I am very happy with my purchase, which was a dealer demo (highly recommended).
The engine, (2.7) is better than I even need. Acceleration is always there when I need it, and with an exahst its sublime.
Just curious, from where did you order ythe replacement seats for your Tacoma? Thanks!
Parking by feel? Are you serious... and that's a bad point? Wow.
Imagine if you added some non stock performance upgrades on a new domestic instead of a Toyota... and you could keep the stock seats and have a better ride with the domestics as well.
Yeah, SURE. "best truck on the market" and the differential goes out at 30,000 miles, the cheap plastic headlight lenses have fogged already, and seats falling apart at 50,000 miles!!
I'll NEVER understand the warped reasoning of import fans. If ANY ONE of these things happened to a domestic in the first 100,000 miles, you'd all be screaming "IT"S CRAP!!", but these things and more can happen to a Toyota and it's just written off as "minor". Gimme a BREAK!!
If any of this stuff had happened to any of my domestic trucks before 200,000 miles, I'd consider it not worth buying another one, but the engines, transmissions and differentials can fall out of your Toyota at 30,000 miles and you just go throw away your money on another one!!
I've owned dozens of domestics. NOT ONE Ford, Chevy or Dodge truck ever had a SINGLE REPAIR in the first 100,000 miles, other than batteries and brake pads/lining.
Wow!...Take a pill man! If your GM is soooo good then why is the company soooo far behind in sales and falling?! The government has to bail them out of debt! I'll deal with a little tear in the seat or some minor cosmetic problems on my Toyota cause I know it'll get me where I'm going without a hitch!
Where is this guy coming from. He is amusing himself to think he can sway someone to buy a domestic in light of the what's on the road and what is listed in the for sale columns.
Let's remind ourselves this forum is for owners of imports with their opinions of what they have experienced, so researchers like me who are looking for an honest review can find one.
I am displeased with how this site is tolerating this.
For the record, I have personally owned both domestics (a Ford F150,a Chevy Silverado, and Dodge Dakota) and Imports (Toyota, Honda). Domestic quality has gone to the dogs for the sake of cutting cost. I resolve the import makers have it, Quality. Now albeit if you buy an import that is assembled domestically, all bets are off. All said I believe the issue is transparent. And I am still going with an import... "dude". So give the forum a rest.
2.7 engine? Keep testing...how about a new Silverado 6.2 gas with 407 hp and 417 lbs of torque.
Tacoma sales are down 31% from last year... do not see the record rush of those switching to the the Toyota small truck segment. Let's see, you now own a 10 year old 250,000 mile Tacoma, what is the newest model domestic you once owned long ago specific model year?
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