2017 TOYOTA TACOMA — Complaint #1617053
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS filed October 31, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1617053 (ODI reference 11277271) concerns a 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA and was filed on October 31, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 30, 2019. The vehicle had 62,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Colorado based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:drum:shoes/linings, 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 service brakes, air:drum:shoes/linings 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 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE, WHICH FAILED TO RELEASE THE BRAKES. STEVINSON TOYOTA WEST (780 DENVER WEST COLORADO MILLS BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CO (720) 259-2544) WAS CONTACTED AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000. CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO NOT USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AT TEMPERATURES OF 35 DEGREES OR COLDER DUE TO THE REAR BRAKE SHOES GETTING STUCK TO THE REAR DRUMS. *DL
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1617053 |
| ODI Number | 11277271 |
| Date Filed | October 31, 2019 |
| Failure Date | October 30, 2019 |
| VIN | 5TFSZ5AN6HX |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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