2018 Toyota Tacoma · symptom sheet
Fuel pump failure
- 26owner reports
- 35,600median miles
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Oct 1, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026
105 of the 206 complaints on this car are about the fuel and propulsion. 26 of those describe fuel pump.
Tick what matches of 26 reports
Fuel pump 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
A lot of fuel pump complaints are tied to a recall. Owners describe a car that stalled or wouldn't start, sometimes at highway speed, and many mention that a recall covers it and the part isn't available yet. Others paid for the pump themselves before a recall existed, or on a car the recall didn't include.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the fuel pump (26 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 24,000 and 42,000 miles, from the 9 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“The.truck wonât turn on. We checked it with a diagnostic tool and it was confirmed that it was the fuel pump.”
Filed Jun 11, 2025
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 26 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
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 28 reports