Toyota Tacoma (2005–2015) Owners Manual: Reporting safety defects for U.S. owners
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (Toll-free: 1-800-331-4331).
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in individual problems between you, your dealer, or Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to http://www.safercar.
gov; or write to: Administrator, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave, S.E., Washington, DC 20590. You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov.
For owners
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Seat belt instructions for Canadian owners (in French)
The following is a French explanation of seat belt instructions extracted
from the seat belt section in this manual.
See the seat belt section for more detailed seat belt instructions in English.
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Other materials:
Ignition Hold Monitor Malfunction (B2271)
DESCRIPTION
This DTC is stored when a malfunction in the IG circuit or IG hold circuit in
the certification ECU (smart key ECU assembly) is detected.
HINT:
When the cable is disconnected and reconnected to the negative (-) battery terminal,
the power source mode returns to the state it was in ...
Steering Angle Sensor Unusual Bank Angle Detected (C1440)
DESCRIPTION
If the skid control ECU (master cylinder solenoid) determines that the vehicle
is being driven at a steep bank angle, the skid control ECU (master cylinder solenoid)
stores DTC C1440 while VSC operation is temporarily disabled. It is not a malfunction
if the system and sensor circ ...
Precaution
PRECAUTION
1. IGNITION SWITCH EXPRESSIONS
(a) The type of ignition switch used on this model differs according to the specifications
of the vehicle. The expressions listed in the table below are used in this section.
Expression
Ignition Switch (Position)
Engine ...
