Used 2002 Toyota Tacoma Regular Cab Consumer Reviews
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2002 Tacoma
Ron Huffman, 07/31/2007
2002 Toyota Tacoma 2dr Regular Cab 2WD SB (2.4L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
My Tacoma is a regular cab short wheelbase 2WD with 2.4 L and automatic. It is fun to drive and very manuverable. It can haul the load when asked and gets fairly respectable gas mileage (20-24 mpg). I made several cross country trips with a loaded bed and it has performed just great.
Still Going Strong!
JimBo, 03/16/2008
2002 Toyota Tacoma 2dr Regular Cab 4WD SB (2.7L 4cyl 5M)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
I bought this used to see if I could live with a compact truck. Mine has 2.7 4 cyl with 5 speed. The catch is it has 220k miles on it!! I have to say it runs like new I swear!! I talked to the guy that owned it from new and he had no problems ever. Leaks nothing and burns no oil. Shifts great. I have oversize rims and tires and still has decent pickup. When this wears out I'll buy another with less miles for sure. Oh no rust on the body or frame either, I'm in the rust belt in the Northeast. Goes great in snow.
2002 Tacoma regular cab 2.4L automatic
Carmelo, 08/22/2019
2002 Toyota Tacoma 2dr Regular Cab 2WD SB (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I purchased this truck used about a month ago. I didn't inspect the frame so I ended up with a rust bucket. Now every time I see a Tacoma, tundra,4runner or Sequoia I try to see how rusted their frames are. The one I still own is pretty much unsafe at any speed. It's been parked on my driveway since the day I bought it. The engine ( 148,191 original miles ) and automatic transmission are just in excellent condition. No mechanical problems at all. I contacted Toyota motors and they told me that since toyota never issue a recall, what they did was a voluntary fixing on a case by case situation it's up to the owner to fix it. I just can't believe a 17 year old truck can have a desintegrated frame and the out side body doesn't even have rust yet. Like mine there are thousands of toyota trucks on the the roads with frames so rusted through that at any given moment they could just split in half while the innocent driver have no idea of the danger their putting themselves and their love ones and the people around them. The federal government should really look into this type of danger that is on this country public roads. Now that moving forward campaign From Toyota start to make sense, it means sell a defective product, and when made aware of the defect, just issue a voluntary fix this way you avoid a full blown recall like what happened to VW with the dieselgate fiasco and they ended up having to buyback every diesel car that was involved in the emissions scam. That's what Toyota should have done,buy back every defective truck they sold.
tacoma
gordon, 07/28/2019
2002 Toyota Tacoma 2dr Regular Cab 2WD SB (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
bought in 2001, batteries& brake liners all that has been replaced in 18 years,terrific truck .Just starting to get some rattles in dash. No need for new truck just play radio a little louder
At 95K it's still truckin'
Distance Driver, 08/02/2005
2002 Toyota Tacoma 2dr Regular Cab PreRunner 2WD SB (2.7L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Approaching 95,000 miles and my 2.7L 4 cyl is still zooming along. No let up in the power though I pause for thought when the truck seems to "lurch" at stop lights. It gets warmed up and everything seems to gell for the rest of my drive. Light weight so it can be too bouncey even in the highway and a challenge to control in wind driven rain. Pleased with the quality and had no really expensive or repeated problems. Pretty much the next 50K miles is make or break for me buying another Toyota since I've had less expensive Fords make it to this point just fine. I expect to be driving my '02 at 150K so here's hoping I see many more miles and that the next one is a Texas-made Tundra.
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