Three problems related to rear suspension have been reported for the 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Toyota Tacoma based on all problems reported for the 2005 Tacoma.
Leaf spring split in 3 places, Toyota dealership wants to do nothing about it, says it's not a manufacturing defect.
10000 miles prior to purchasing the truck new my rear axle started 'clunking'. After bringing it in for the rear suspension TSB they told me that it won't completely rectify the axle sway('clunking')! I need this fixed by Toyota, this will lead to other mechanical problems. It is a 05 Toyota Tacoma quad cab short be 4x4.
My 2005 Toyota Tacoma pickup has severe paint chipping problems on the rocker panels, lower doors, and front of the bedsides. Toyota is denying responsibility. They want to do a paint repair which will depreciate the value of my truck instead of giving me a new truck which is the only way to properly correct the problem. Unless they were to strip my truck down to bare metal and repaint from scratch, there is no other way to do it properly.