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:
ABS Control System Malfunction (43)
DESCRIPTION
This DTC is output when the VSC system detects a malfunction in the ABS system.
When DTC 43 is stored, there is no malfunction in the skid control ECU (master cylinder
solenoid).
DTC No.
DTC Detecting Condition
Trouble Areas
43
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Disassembly
DISASSEMBLY
PROCEDURE
1. REMOVE BRAKE ACTUATOR BRACKET NO. 1
(a) Using a hexagon wrench (5 mm), remove the screw and brake actuator bracket
No. 1.
(b) Using a screwdriver, remove the fluid level warning switch connector.
2. REMOVE BRAKE M ...
Steering Angle Sensor Initialization Incomplete (C1439,C1445)
DESCRIPTION
The skid control ECU (master cylinder solenoid) acquires steering angle sensor
(spiral cable with sensor sub-assembly) zero point every time the ignition switch
is turned to ON and the vehicle is driven at 35 km/h (22 mph) or more for approximately
5 seconds. The ECU also stores t ...
