Overview & Reviews
For 2009, all Toyota Tacoma pickups get standard stability and traction control, front-seat side airbags, side curtain airbags, active front head restraints and a limited-slip differential. The standard audio system has also been upgraded, while Access Cab models get a new rear-seat design and standard power windows and door locks.
- Wide variety of body styles and trims, engines offer good balance of power and fuel efficiency, excellent off-road ability, impressive build quality, well-appointed interior.
- Low seating position, spongy brake pedal, V6 can get noisy.
User Reviews:
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Im trading it for a Chevy - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By tonyjag - February 15 - 8:00 pmWanted a 4x4 for winter driving and home improvement type errands. The good: the 4 cyl engine is strong, quiet and fuel efficient. The bad: at 60 miles an ignition cable connector on the steering column became loose, payed to get it towed to the dealer, 6 hour wait and didnt get reimbursed for the tow, seats are extremely uncomfortable, clutch pedal creaks, the carpeting is all frayed, first gear impossible to engage unless completely stopped, radio labels are wearing off, bed makes loud noises over every pothole, shift stick boot fell through. In short this is the worst car Ive owned and its not that Im really picky either, Ive been driving a Chrysler for 5 years!
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Automatic Transmission Problems - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By ben - February 25 - 10:33 pm09 SR5 4x4 CC. The 09 with automatic transmission has design flaws which cause the vehicle to drop into low gear and race the engine. Not only dangerous, but maddening.
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Inferior - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By GARY - September 6 - 10:00 amBad gas mileage and lacks power. Runs a little better when the air is off. This is my first and last Toyota truck. I traded a 95 Suzuki sidekick with 150,000 miles and was a better made vehicle than this thing. My truck has 10,400 miles and already has signs of rust on wheels and frame. Dealer and Toyota agree it is from road abrasion and wont cover problem. I have a 2002 Ford Taurus with 50,000 miles and has no signs of rust. A blind man could see that the wheels has very little of the paint on them. The price of the truck should have more accessories. The truck is hard to shift and sometimes impossible to get into reverse. The radio when first purchased had a mind of its own. Warranty stinks
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HIghly disappointed. - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By steve3003 - January 22 - 11:46 pmI WAS excited about my new truck. Then the following things happened, in no particular order: I realized JUST HOW SHORT the bed was. My Transmission slipped-- repeatedly. My radio turned off... and on... and off... I learned that the 4.0 V-6 power is a lightweight, and tediously boring to drive. (Even when the transmission does what its supposed to. I learned that a slow, boring engine can STILL only get 18 MPG. I learned that there actually are $30,000.00 vehicles today without intermittent wipers. I learned that there actually are $30,000.00 vehicles today without remote entry. I learned that I should have kept my Dakota. Toyota-- you can do better.
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Built Like a Car, Rides Like a Truck - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By Buyers Remorse - August 16 - 2:26 pmThis vehicle is one incredible pile of junk. At less than 45 days following its build and less than 400 miles on the odometer heres the tally: underbody rust, rust and more rust; looks like the truck was built and then placed on the sea floor to cure; sloppy manufacturing permanently welded oxygen sensors into their threaded mounts; radio quit working; 4WD system engages only when it wants to -- not when you want it to; brakes soft as sponges; mystery rattle from right door pillar. This thing has a totally plastic (plastic!) box, Im not talking a steel bed lined with plastic, but plastic!
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Way over priced, wished kept old tacoma - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By greg - June 23 - 2:13 pmI like my old Tacoma better. Wonder if dealer still has mine i want it back lol. My suspension wasnt good on first yota but this new truck is worse!!! Dont buy it - worst truck Ive owned. $23 grand lol never again maybe 15k.
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AIR LEAKS/BAD BRAKES - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By Bob nebeker - August 31 - 3:53 pmThe rear doors leak air and water, The brakes go to the floor, The radio comes on and off whenever. Other then that it could be a nice Vic.
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1st & Last Toyota - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By disappinted - August 2 - 2:33 pmThis is my first Toyota. Had a lifted 98 Chevy before this. I have had to take the car in to have an exhaust seal replaced. Overall I loved my Chevy better! I felt safe in it. I feel like I and in an aluminum can when it is storming outside. Why are so many dealers going overkill on the fenders? Im a women and we like trucks too!I have wanted to sell this truck for a while but hate to lose so much money. Now with Toyota NOT really knowing what is wrong with their vehicles, i want to sell it even more.
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Transmission problems - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By ben_talla - January 7 - 7:16 pmI have the SR5 4x4 off road. The good - rides nice, has power, handles well. The Bad - auto transmission has no sense at all. Drops into 1st gear on slow turns and downshifts when it should not. Toyota refuses to address the problems. Seating is low and the lack of available power seats which I thought I could live with, adds to the mix... has me trading back to Nissan with only 3K miles. Tranny drives me nuts.
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Safey Problems - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
By befuddled - September 12 - 1:36 amI would simply suggest anyone buying one pay particular attention to the automatic transmission. It is computer driven and you notice the transmission not engaging when it should after turns and when you start again say at a light and have not come to a complete stop. This could easily leave you in a vulnerable spot when you least expect it. Check Edmunds.com and read the complaints. Buyer beware as Toyota and the dealer will leave you high and dry with the phrase normal characteristic.
