2025 Toyota Tacoma structure problems

38 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the structure on the 2025 Toyota Tacoma — 40% of all complaints for this model year.

Structure complaints

40%

share of all complaints

—

median reported incident mileage

0 / 0

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“The interior door handle snapped and failed completely under normal operation, causing an immediate loss of driver egress. The handle went limp, leaving the door impossible to open from inside the cabin and creating an entrapment hazard in the event of an emergency. Exiting the vehicle requires the…”
filed Sep 14, 2026
“While attempting to exit my vehicle the inner door handle on the driver side felt loose. I attempted to open the door and the door would not open. I carefully attempted to manually move the lock on the door from unlocked to locked back to unlocked and again tried to carefully exit the vehicle but…”
filed Sep 14, 2026
“Driver side interior door handle broke under normal use not allowing me to exit my truck without rolling down window and using the exterior door handle.”
filed Sep 13, 2026

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

The condition is for vehicles equipped with an accessory Power Port or Tire Inflator. During the installation process of the Power Port or Tire Inflator, the pre-wire connector is removed from the dummy cap (which is…
T-TT-0755-24 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Apr 10, 2026
Some 2024 – 2025 model year 4WD Tacoma and Tacoma Hybrid vehicles may exhibit a condition where the 4WD lights are flashing and a MIL ON condition with one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs)…
T-SB-0093-25 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Dec 17, 2025