Ownership Cost for 1997 Toyota Tacoma Base
Estimated: $43867 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2576 | $1236 | $1082 | $979 | $876 | $6749 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $2000 | $2060 | $2132 | $2217 | $2317 | $10726 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $2840 | $1439 | $1579 | $2291 | $10912 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $839 | $839 | $839 | $839 | $839 | $1242 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10605 | $8872 | $7626 | $7879 | $8885 | $43867 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2005 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | 2005 TACOMA PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED, WHEN DOOR WAS CLOSED. HAD TO HOLD DOOR CLOSED UNTIL TRUCK WAS DRIVEN HOME. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN TRUCK, ONE TO DRIVE THE OTHER TO HOLD DOOR SHUT. NEXT BUSINESS DAY TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. NO REPAIR FOR FAULTY PART, PART WAS PUT ON ORDER, A TEMP FIX WAS DONE SO DOOR WOULD REMAIN CLOSED. WAS ADVISED NOT TO USE DOOR UNTIL NEW PART WAS INSTALLED. *NM |
| 1997 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | FRONT DISC BRAKES WILL LOCK UP WHEN APPLIED, WITH THE REAR BRAKES HAVING A DELAY IN SEQUENCE FOR STOPPING FROM THE FRONT, BECAUSE OF THIS ERRATIC PERFORMANCE, THE TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.*AK CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING 30- 35 MPH ON A WET ROAD, HE CAME UPON AN ACCIDENT HE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP AND WAS UNABLE TO STEER AND SLID INTO THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFICHITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE.*JB |
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