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2012 Toyota Tacoma service brakes problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2012 Toyota Tacoma7% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Service Brakes complaints
7%
share of all complaints
51,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
6 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Will not fix the frame. my husband has a 2005 and it looks new compared to my 2012. The last mechanic I used told me not to bring it back to him to much rust. Toyota said it passed their inspection. There is no way. They’ve had my truck almost a yr. I thought they was fixing it. No they just been…

    filed Sep 24, 2023

  • My truck lost drivability while I was going 60 I ran into a ditch to stop. It hads two codes . I took it in they replaced my rack n pinion. Check engine light came on . Mechanic said he could not work on it anymore because of the rust. To much corrosion he would be risking liability for other parts…

    filed Dec 20, 2022

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes problems in other Tacoma years

YearReportsShare
2025 Tacoma34%
2024 Tacoma1813%
2023 Tacoma510%
2022 Tacoma611%
2021 Tacoma1216%
2020 Tacoma1214%
2019 Tacoma5024%
2018 Tacoma4422%
2017 Tacoma3013%
2016 Tacoma186%
2015 Tacoma1111%
2014 Tacoma1718%
Tacoma service brakes problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.