Toyota Tacoma 2011–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin K0D - Dealer Pac · NHTSA communication 10190484 · issued Mar 4, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2011–2017
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official summary
DP: Toyota has received reports regarding frame corrosion perforation on 2011 ? 2017 model year Tacoma vehicles. In these reports, customers have indicated that vehicles operated in specific cold climate areas with high road salt usage may exhibit more-than-normal corrosion to the vehicle?s frame. This condition is unrelated to and separate from normal surface rust which is commonly found on metallic surfaces after some years of usage and/or exposure to the environment.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.