Five problems related to exterior lighting have been reported for the 2008 Toyota Tacoma. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Toyota Tacoma based on all problems reported for the 2008 Tacoma.
Some of the interior door light switches don't light @ night. I can probably take the door panel off & fix it. . . (buy bulbs). . . ? door hinge on the gas cap breaks way to easily. Could fly off & hit someone\thing. . . Clunking sound coming from the rear end & I can't find where it's coming from. . . Gas cap gets loose & throws a p0333 code knock sensor bank 1 or 2 or both. Who put them under the manifold. . . ? scary to get the code. That's a hr+ job that's doing it myself. $ expensive from a shop $ nothing to serious. 2nd owner. Runs strong for the miles on it. Thank you, [xxx] , information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
Air bags did not deploy in frontal crash.
My daytime running lights are too hot and melting the housing plastic. Driver side now has a crack from the extreme heat of the stock bulb. Very poor design by the manufacturer. Possible fire hazard. Please recall my vehicle!!!!!!!.
My lights began going off at night when the vehicle was about 2 years old. Not that frequently, usually related to moisture or maybe the wipers drawing power to clear moisture. Toyota sent this vehicle home twice, putting it back on the road without resolving the problem. They have now found the ecu unit, or essentially the electrical switchboard has malfunctioned.
Head light lens have stress cracks, hold moisture and are not clear and diminishes the visibility for the bulb to work properly and driver to be able to see at night. The lens are not clear and have turned to a yellowish color. This started happening within two years after I purchased the truck new in 2008 lug nuts. Tuscaloosa Toyota tells me over a year ago that I have swollen lug nuts. Tuscaloosa Toyota has done all of my service work and the only ones that have touched these lug nuts. They have cause the problem by not using the correct socket but they want me to pay for replacement. They should replace them because no one else has touched them. I am happy with my truck but very unsatisfied with the Toyota dealership not taking care of these two defective parts that has to do with safety.
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