The Lemon Index$1,000 middle bill · most between $1,000 and $1,200
Higher than the $600 middle bill owners of all 76 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 67,000 miles (9 reports).
Toyota Tacoma owners reported paying a median of $1,000 for a throttle body replacement, with the middle half of bills between $1,000 and $1,200. That's from 10 owner reports (10 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,00020%
- $1,000–$2,50080%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 10 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2003 Toyota Tacoma6$1,000 middle bill
- 2004 Toyota Tacoma4$1,000 middle bill
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2012 Toyota Tacoma75 complaints name it25% of that year's complaints
- 2003 Toyota Tacoma17 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Toyota Tacoma16 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a throttle body / loss of power. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engine codes that can lead here: P2135 P2111 P2112 P2101 P2119 P0121 P0122. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Toyota Tacoma reliability by year
- Throttle body replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Toyota Tacoma owners reported
Brake repair (5) · Steering rack replacement (5) · Wiring harness repair (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11061554, 10670243, 10520372, 10417701, 10306170, 10297830, 10233848, 10167520, 10143701, 10134442.
Quick answers
How much does throttle body replacement cost on a Toyota Tacoma?
Toyota Tacoma owners reported a median of $1,000, and the middle half paid $1,000 to $1,200, from 10 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Toyota Tacoma throttle body replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Toyota Tacoma middle bill of $1,000 is higher than the $600 owners of all 76 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Toyota Tacoma repair costs come from?
From 10 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Toyota Tacoma years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2012 (75), 2003 (17), 2004 (16) Toyota Tacoma named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.