42 problems related to exterior lighting have been reported for the 2009 Toyota Tacoma. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Toyota Tacoma based on all problems reported for the 2009 Tacoma.
The contact would like to use the complaint that was sent via email. Jo. Not sure who to contact but I am a safety professional for many years and an incident last night confirmed an obvious danger to drivers based on the relationship between dashboard lighting and headlamp activation. A near miss last night reminded me of the same condition I noted last year in a similar incident. I believe a significant threat to drivers exists, it is an unrecognized threat, a simple remedy would correct and I would like to discuss that concern.
I noticed the daytime running light lens had cracked & melted. This is obviously a defect due to the amount of heat the bulb is putting out. I am disappointed that a company such as Toyota will not take care of this problem. According to what I have read the fix is over $700 to fix. It makes you wonder if greed is the root of all evil.
Running lights melting, possible fire threat.
Daytime amber running lights have melted and cracked the lens. Happen around 30,000 miles but Toyota said they've not heard of problem, but I know better after reading other complaints. To costly for them to fix. Maybe safercar. Gov might help.
At appx. 24,000 miles, I noticed that my 'daytime' running lights were cloudy and that both lenses were cracked. I neglected to take it in for this, since I was more concerned about the engine hesitating on acceleration. When I finally remembered to tell/show them, they weren't concerned, because the warranty was out. They did offer to split it with me. My cost would have been $492. 00. Screw'em. . . This is clearly a factory defect. Especially with as many of the same complaints I have found for this. You'd think the dot would do something.
Drl burning lens. Afraid it will catch on fire.
Running lights are melting the head light clear assembly. . . This is the second time for the running light bulbs to melt the head light assembly. . The heat is 233 degrees using a digital heat reader. . . The yellow bulbs are 24 watts. .