2018 Toyota Tacoma · symptom sheet
Engine stalls or loses power while driving
- 28owner reports
- 19,000median miles
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Jul 10, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026
117 of the 206 complaints on this car are about the fuel and propulsion. 28 of those describe stalling. Only brake wear is reported more often on this car.
Tick what matches of 28 reports
Stalling on other Tacoma years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
What this problem usually is
Stalling reports are some of the most alarming on the site. The engine quits while the car is moving, sometimes on a highway and sometimes at a stop. Many owners say it restarted right away and the dealer found no stored code, which is part of why these complaints pile up before anything gets fixed.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the fuel pump (14 reports).
Recalls and investigations
2 recalls on the fuel and propulsion cover the 2018 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) recalled certain 2018-2019 4Runner, Highlander, Camry, Land Cruiser, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma and Tundra, and Lexus RC 300, RC 350, GS 350, GX 460, IS 300, LC 500, LS 500, LX 570, RX 350L, and 2019 Toyota Avalon and Corolla, and certain Lexus NX 300, and ES 350 vehicles on January 13, 2020.
All 3 recalls on the 2018 Toyota Tacoma, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 10,100 and 32,767 miles, from the 17 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“Display a message in screen "Pre-Collision System Malfunction", lost power and start blinking light in cluster”
Filed Dec 14, 2023
“Vehicle stalling on freeway and almost crashed multiple times and dealership is saying they already fixed the recall on my truck but still doing same thing as reports say”
Filed Oct 23, 2023
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 28 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 47 reports
- Fuel pump failure 26 reports