2000 Toyota Tacoma Exterior lighting Problems

“An electrical short or open circuit can cause a fault in the genuine Toyota trailer towing wire harness converter which can cause a failure of the converter, and if a trailer is being towed at the time, non operation of the trailer lights, in limited cases, the converter housing could become heat deformed,,,, there is a possibility this fault may cause check engine light to activate,,,,, this situation usually happens when vehicle is in motion on city streets ,highway turning etc, ,e.j.”

“(actual incident date: 01/02/2003 ->message to NHTSA: update your incident date pulldown, 2003 not listed!): on 05/14/2001, turn signal was replaced (courtesy) as precaution from previous driver noted failures. Sometime early spring 2002, driver noticed turn signal malfunction one morning, after that none occured until 01/02/2003 at 10:15am. Driver tried to engage and disengage turn signal multiple times but turn signal failed to operate. Driver had to use hand to signal turning to reach destination. Turn signal malfunction has never occurred with such magnitude as it did with this incident. …”

“It's dangerous to drive truck with low beams on. All light is focused 20-30' in front of truck. No scatter light goes beyond that. I've almost gone through intersections on dark roads. Joggers and schoolkids suddenly appear in front of the truck on dark mornings. High beams are fine. I think there will be a lot more accidents and pedestrian injuries with these headlights.”

“Date of 2nd failure: 03/01/2001. Mileage of 2nd failure: 9965. Turn signal failed to activate on both left and right turns within 5 minutes of initial morning startup. Driver attempted to activate a number of times for both left turn and right turn but the signals failed to illuminate.”