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Gulf Toyota Tacoma Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 3 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Gulf Toyota Tacoma (1998–2002). The most-complained-about year is 1998.

2
safety recalls, all years
3
owner complaints, all years
1998
year with most recalls
1998
year with most complaints

Pick your Gulf Toyota Tacoma model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2002 Gulf Toyota Tacoma01
2000 Gulf Toyota Tacoma10
1999 Gulf Toyota Tacoma10
1998 Gulf Toyota Tacoma12

What Gulf Toyota Tacoma owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The 1998 model year has the most, with 2.

All Gulf Toyota Tacoma recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Gulf Toyota Tacoma, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Vehicle speed control

    NHTSA 00V252000 Reported 33,821 vehicles potentially affected GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC.

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles fitted with speed control devices at gulf states toyota's vehicle processing center or installed by certain toyota dealers in gulf states' region (arkansas, louisiana, mississippi, oklahoma, and texas). The e-clip which holds the speed control assembly to the accelerator linkage could break. If…

    Remedy: Gulf states dealers will replace the e-clip with a cotter pin.

    Model years: 2000

  2. Lugs/nuts/bolts/studs (wheels)

    NHTSA 98V277000 Reported 7,794 vehicles potentially affected GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC.

    Vehicle description: 1998-1999 toyota sport utility vehicles and light duty trucks equipped with wheel lug nuts, part no. 1207, supplied by prime wheel corporation, and distributed by gulf states toyota, inc. In the states of texas, oklahoma, arkansas, louisiana, and mississippi only. The lug nuts contain a defect which could cause loss…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace all the wheel lug nuts and also perform a complimentary wheel rotation when the repair is done.

    Model years: 1998, 1999

Other Gulf Toyota models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.