2000 Toyota Tacoma Service and Repair Manual

The 2000 Toyota Tacoma was built around one of three engines — the 2.4L 2RZ-FE, the 2.7L 3RZ-FE or the 3.4L 5VZ-FE V6 — and clearances, torque figures and service intervals move between them, so the number you work to is the one Toyota published for the engine in front of you and for this model year rather than an adjacent one.

Engines

• 2.4L 2438CC l4 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated
• 2.7L 2693CC l4 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated
• 3.4L 3378CC V6 GAS Naturally Aspirated

Trims

• Base, 2D Pickup Extra Cab, Automatic
• Base, 2D Pickup Extra Cab, Standard
• Base, 2D Pickup, Automatic
• Base, 2D Pickup, Standard
• PreRunner, 2D Pickup
• PreRunner, 2D Pickup Extra Cab

Known issues on the 2000 Tacoma. Three recalls are on federal record against this model year, and all three are equipment recalls rather than recalls of the truck as built. Two are filed under exterior lighting and cover combination corner and bumper lamp assemblies of various part numbers sold for use as aftermarket equipment for various passenger vehicles — 42,540 assemblies recalled by DOPE, Inc. and 16,270 by Sabersport — with the consequence that decreased lighting visibility may result in a vehicle crash. The third is filed under trailer hitches and covers trailer towing wire harness converters installed by dealers on, or supplied for installation on, 1999-2000 Toyota Tundra and Tacoma vehicles, where an electrical short or open circuit can cause a fault in the converter. Owners have filed 274 complaints against the 2000 Tacoma, and 58 technical service bulletins are on record for it.

Whether you are chasing a lighting or trailer-wiring fault back through the harness or setting a torque figure on the 3.4L V6 at a routine service, it holds you to Toyota's own procedure for this specific 2000 Tacoma.