Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2017 Toyota Tacoma has 63 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 1 powertrain-related recall.
63
Complaints
1
Recalls
1
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 8, 2026
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POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Tacoma vehicles. Oil may leak from the area where the rear different...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | There is a leak the rear differential. There is a recall on this issue |
| Nov 20, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | I was driving on the highway when my vehicle suddenly lost power. The engine light and traction cont... |
| Mar 13, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | The Tacoma still has only 10,000 original miles. We yearly replace the oil when we have our annual v... |
| Jul 6, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | Transmission line was described by two auto mechanics (one from a Toyota dealership) as “rusted out”... |
| Sep 1, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | as vehicle was being shifted from reverse to drive the shift lever locked up in neutral ! ! ! |
| Aug 31, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2017 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that after shutting off the vehicle with t... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | I have been having several intermittent issue with the automatic transmission on my 2017 Tacoma TRD ... |
| Mar 3, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | EVERY SO OFTEN I HEARD A BANG COMING FROM THE DRIVETRAIN WHILE I'M DRIVING AND ALSO WHEN I PUT THE T... |
| Jan 22, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | IDLE SURGES . RPM SURGE WHILE AT PARK AND IT SURGES WHEN ABOUT TO DRIVE FROM THE PARKING |
| Oct 30, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | TRANSMISSION WHEN IN COLD WEATHER. HAS A VERY SLIGHT THUMP WHEN COMING TO A STOP AS IF THE TRANSMI... |
| Sep 25, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABN... |
| Apr 18, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | MY TRUCK STALLED WHILE DRIVING. I LOOKED UP WHAT COULD OF CAUSED THIS AND FIND OUT I MAY HAVE A CRAN... |
| Dec 23, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | ON ONE OF MY SERVICES I MENTIONED THAT I FEEL THAT THE STANDARD TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING INTO 2... |
| Dec 16, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | THE VEHICLE SURGES WHEN BACKING UP IN REVERSE AND WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE PEDAL IN DRIVE. |
| Aug 20, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN RECALL NOTIFICATION REGAR... |
| Jul 15, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEEPING AND LEAKING AFTER SECOND REPAIR AND STILL NOT FIXED. ALSO SEEPING FROM FIL... |
| May 13, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | WHILE ENTERING THE FREEWAY, PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR TO MERGE, THE TRUCK STUMBLED AS IF LOST ALL POW... |
| Apr 17, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SHIFTING FROM 4TH OR 5TH GEAR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REACH HI... |
| Jul 4, 2018 | POWER TRAIN | TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE (SLIPS) IN FIRST GEAR FROM A COLD START UP. I AM CONCERNED THIS DEFECT... |
| Jun 24, 2018 | POWER TRAIN | TRANSMISSION FAILS TO START OFF IN 1ST GEAR ESPECIALLY WHEN UNDER A LOAD SUCH AS A/C ON DURING A HOT... |