2011 TOYOTA TACOMA — Complaint #1511359
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS filed October 30, 2018
NHTSA complaint #1511359 (ODI reference 11144183) concerns a 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA and was filed on October 30, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 22, 2018. The vehicle had 300,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:frame and members, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TOYOTA TACOMA cohort independently describe similar structure:frame and members failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2011 TOYOTA TACOMA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE FRAME OF THE CHASSIS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE TO EXAMINE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CHASSIS BEAM [FRAME] HAD BECOME SEVERELY RUSTED AND CORRODED TO THE POINT OF FRACTURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RUST AND CORROSION WAS PREMATURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SLOAN TOYOTA OF GLENSIDE (503 NORTH EASTON ROAD, GLENSIDE, PENNSYLVANIA 19038, (215) 885-5400) TO BE ASSESSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE LIFTED IN THE AIR FOR REPAIR DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OF THE CHASSIS WHICH WOULD WORSEN THE CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSE POTENTIAL RISK TO THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 300,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1511359 |
| ODI Number | 11144183 |
| Date Filed | October 30, 2018 |
| Failure Date | October 22, 2018 |
| VIN | 5TEVL52N11Z |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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