Lights complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2009 Toyota Tacoma has 84 NHTSA lights complaints and 0 lights-related recalls.
84
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2023 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Headlight shows visible signs of over heating of the amber lenses on both driver and passenger side.... |
| Apr 13, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The daytime driving lights are too hot causing the plastic housing to melt, crack and, in some cases... |
| Mar 4, 2019 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | FRONT HEADLIGHTS HAVE YELLOW SIGNAL AND DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS THAT ARE ALWAYS ON AND THE LIGHT BULB... |
| Aug 28, 2018 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | 2009 TOYOTA TACOMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BUBBLE AND CRACK IN PASSENGER FRONT TURN SIGNAL. *... |
| Sep 20, 2017 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | HEADLAMPS DRL BULBS BURNED THROUGH LENS. TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS RECALLED PREVIOU... |
| Apr 7, 2017 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS MELTED HEADLIGHTS |
| Feb 15, 2016 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | PARKING LIGHT ASSEMBLY BUILT INTO HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVE BROKEN AND LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE READY TO CA... |
| Feb 4, 2016 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS HAVE BURNED AND CRACKED LENSES. TOYOTA CORPORATE SAYS THE RECALL IS OVER. T... |
| Jan 22, 2016 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | BOTH HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES INNER LENS DISTORTED/BUBBLING, AND ONE SIDE IS CRACKED WITH THE INNER LENS ... |
| Aug 19, 2015 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | BURNT HEADLIGHT LEN. THE RUNNING LIGHT LENS IS BURNT AND CRACKED DUE TO OVERHEATING. WHEN I TRIED TO... |
| Jan 1, 2015 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | THERE IS AN ISSUE ON DRIVING AMBER SIGNAL LIGHTS LOCATED ON FRONT OF VEHICLE. BULBS ARE TOO HOT, AND... |
| Aug 7, 2014 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | THE RUNNING LIGHTS MELTED THE LENSES AT 35000 MILES AND I TOOK MY TRUCK BACK TO TOYOTA AND THEY REPL... |
| Aug 2, 2014 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | MY AMBER DRIVING LIGHT LENS WITHIN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE BURNED, ONE HAS BROKEN IN HALF. *TR |
| Aug 1, 2014 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | AMBER INSIDE TURN SIGNAL LAMPS ATTACHED TO FRONT HEADLIGHTS ARE SCORCHING INSIDE LENS OF HEADLIGHT A... |
| Jul 2, 2014 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING,AIR BAGS | AIR BAG LIGHT ON, TOYOTA FOUND DTC S B1785 OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SENSOR FRONT LEFT COLLISION DETEC... |
| Apr 12, 2014 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | FRONT TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS BURNING AND MELTING LENS. INSPECTION OF PLASTIC BULB SOCKET SHOWS SIGNS OF... |
| Mar 3, 2014 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | LENS COVERS FOR AMBER DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT (DRL) BULBS HAVE MELTED AND CRACKED DUE TO HEAT OUTPUT O... |
| Feb 27, 2014 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | NOTED SCORCHED SPOT OF ABOUT 2" DIAMETER IN CENTER OF BOTH FRONT AMBER DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS/TURN S... |
| Feb 25, 2014 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS THAT'S ALSO THE TURN SIGNALS HAVE MELTED AND CRACKED THE LENS ON MY 2009 ... |
| Feb 22, 2014 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | DRIVING LIGHT/AMBER SIGNAL LIGHT ON FRONT OF VEHICLE. BULBS ARE TOO HOT AND HAVE MELTED THE LENS INS... |