Any 2016 owner 5 year reviews to share?

2016 Off Road Double cab, 82k miles. Super white paint has chipped near the rear windows. ( always hand washed/waxed) Still on the original brakes, blower motor went out and Toyota replaced under warranty. TSB on the transmission erratic shifting. Its getting traded in on another Tacoma- 22 Lunar Rock OR with the premium package ( always wished I got the sunroof) It has been a great truck, I love the styling, I would like a new Tundra, but cant justify the price.

 

2016 4dr TRD Offroad 6 speed manual just turned 67,000 miles. Been a great truck and has never left my stranded. Driver seat heater failed, timing chain cover leak (whole engine out for that repair), gasket on sunroof that wasn't installed properly, leaking rear diff and I will be taking it in for the 3rd brake light fix shortly. All of these have been covered under my extended warranty and I was always given a loaner so I can't complain.

Extended warranties are a topic of discussion around here but you can definitely negotiate the price down when purchasing. I got the 8 year 100k extended for $1500 and has more than paid for itself. Any new car problems these days are so expensive to fix that I figured it was a no brainer.

Best part of the truck though... PAID OFF!

 

I bought my 2017 in November 2016, so it is 5 years old.

The original battery died. A fog light bulb burned out. That’s it. 71k miles.

 

Torque converter at just 85k miles wow. Did you tow a lot?

 

2016 Tacomas are the OG. Every time I see that pure chrome 2016 grille coming down the road, nothing but respect. Second best Taco ever compared to the 2017.

 

Shocking to me that designers at Toyota thought that grille looks great. I do really like that grille painted in black though, looks awesome.

 

Had a new grille waiting before I even bought my truck, as soon as I got home from the Dealership it was swapped out.

 

Ha!

The 17 grille was a bit better looking than 16 but still pretty bad. I kept my 18, just painted the ugly chrome bezel and tinted the logo.

 

Your grille looks good, after starting out awful in 16 they actually seemed to improve over the span of the 3rd Gens.

 

Yeah, there was a very subtle difference between the 2016 and 2017 TRD grilles. The 2016 was pure bright chrome Cheese Grater, and the 2017 was smoke chrome. You gotta look hard to spot the 2016’s. If you need sunglasses to look at the grille, that a ‘16.

Like @shakerhood I grille-swapped pretty quick, but still have the cheese grater in my attic. Might put it back on some day, and show some loyalty to the cheesegrater crew.

 

2016 just rolled over 80k. Had the warped rotors on brakes, pcv valve go bad, a couple batteries, and recently a front axle leak but was covered under the extended warranty. Truck has been great to me and has been to some cool spots!

 

I picked up my 2016 TRD OR on April 26 2016. One day after my birthday. Ordered it in March.
It has 35k on it now. No recalls. Transmission tsb at my request.
No real issues.

 

My 2017 was bought in December 2016, so 5 years old. Battery leaked and hvac blower wheel stripped out. Both were replaced under warranty. I'll be due for another battery soon. 11k miles, still looks new and still runs strong with the factory plastic chrome cheese grater grille, chrome rear bumper and chrome tacoma tailgate letters.

After 5 years of ownership and with warranty up this year I've become more comfortable dumping some money into it. Just ordered TRD pro LED headlights, yellow SS3 Max fogs, and meso dual color map and dome lights. Probably going to order meso v5 switchbacks next.

Wish list for the next couple of years includes some scs wheels, meso led tail lights, trd catback, and small stereo upgrade. (of course, you can poo in one hand and wish in the other. then see which gets filled first ).

Planning on at least another 2-3 more years with this truck. Then I'll reconsider trading or upgrading to something else while gas vehicles are still in production. Not excited about the electric vehicle transition, but we'll see where that goes when we see.

 

Nope Never towed a thing!!

 

2016, closing in on 90k

The only problems requiring dealer service...

-Low Trans Fluid
-Leaky 3rd Brake light
-Reseting odometer gauge cluster
-Whistling door seals
-Replaced rotors and pads due to brake shudder (only to be replaced again... and going to be replaced for a third time with upgrades!)

I've replaced the following, not including suspension mods and OVTune
-Windshield
-Diff and TCase fluids x2
-Three sets of tires
-Coolant
-Battery (doesn't need it, but going to be replaced with AGM today)

The trucks are certainly quirky, but I think they're superior to the alternatives!

 

I have a 2017 OR manual I bought new in 2016 with almost 50k miles. Not a single issue. Pretty much stock other than new tires. Knocking on wood.

 

What brake controller do you have and what problem did it cause?

 

PRODIGY-P2 I never used it and was in the truck for about 4 years. Blew the fuse that locked up shifter and could not start truck I had to flatbed the truck to dealers.

 

Just pulled into work still loving my Tacoma

 

That’s nasty. Never heard of that one before. Good information to know.