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2001 Toyota TACOMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1068627
Internal NHTSA #	10593130
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	TACOMA
Model Year	2001
File date	24/04/14
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	After being driven on the highway approximately 60 miles, the 2001 toyota tacoma truck was being backed into the driveway when steering suddenly locked. Upon inspection, it was determined that the front passenger wheel was no longer attached to the car. The lower ball joint had failed. I determined that toyota issued a recall for my vehicle model and year (nhtsa campaign number: 05v225000) for this issue, with the following consequence: the lower ball joint may separate from the knuckle causing loss of steering control and a crash could occur. It seems that our vehicle experienced this issue for which vehicles were recalled by toyota. However, when i called toyota, i was told that our vin was not included in the recall and that toyota was not willing to do anything. We had to spend the money and time to fix the failed ball joint and are considering replacing the driver side ball joint prophylactically as we no longer trust the wheels to remain on our truck. I have never seen a wheel come off a car. If the wheel had disengaged from our car 2 minutes prior, when the vehicle was moving at highway speeds, the consequences could have been severe. I am very disappointed that toyota is not including our car in the recall - even though the exact same issue for which the recall was issued (for our vehicle model and year) occurred on our car. If the accident had happened at high speeds, someone would have died and a lawyer would be contacting toyota and nhtsa. Perhaps the recall needs to be expanded!
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	215000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	IDAHO SPRINGS, CO
VIN pattern	5TEWN72N31ZXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	08/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2001 Toyota TACOMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2001 Toyota TACOMA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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