2008 Toyota Tacoma Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual is written for the 2008 Toyota Tacoma and follows the exact year, engine and trim you are working on, whether that is the 2.7L four-cylinder (2TR-FE) or the 4.0L V6 (1GR-FE), so the clearances, torque figures and service sequences it gives are what Toyota specified for this truck and not numbers that happen to sit close on an adjacent year or a different engine family.

Engines

• 2.7L 2700CC l4 GAS Naturally Aspirated
• 4.0L 4000CC V6 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated

Trims

• Base, 2D Pickup
• Base, 2D Pickup, Automatic
• Base, 2D Pickup, Standard
• Base, 4D Pickup Extra Cab
• Base, 4D Pickup Extra Cab, Automatic
• Base, 4D Pickup Extra Cab, Standard
• Base, 4D Pickup, Automatic
• Base, 4D Pickup, Standard
• PreRunner, 2D Pickup
• PreRunner, 4D Pickup
• PreRunner, 4D Pickup Extra Cab
• PreRunner, 4D Pickup Extra Cab, Automatic
• PreRunner, 4D Pickup Extra Cab, Standard
• X-Runner

Known issues on the 2008 Tacoma. Eight recalls are on federal record for this model year. One covers the driver's frontal air bag: over time, steering wheel vibration may damage the spiral cable, and in the event of a crash the driver's side air bag may not deploy. Another covers the accelerator pedal, which can get stuck in the wide open position; a stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop. On Access Cab trucks, a seat belt recall covers a pre-tensioner that can detach from the seat belt assembly. The tire pressure monitoring system is recalled because failure to warn of tire deflations is a non-compliance with FMVSS 138 and could lead to tire failure, and a Southeast Toyota Distributors recall covers a seat heater whose copper strand heating element may short circuit if damaged, increasing the risk of a fire. The remaining three are labeling non-compliances: affected vehicles were not equipped with load carrying capacity modification labels, and incorrect load carrying capacity modification labels could result in the vehicle being overloaded; Southeast Toyota is recalling vehicles that fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 110, Tire Selection and Rims, where a driver may overload a vehicle, which may increase the risk of a crash; and Gulf States Toyota is recalling vehicles for the same FMVSS No. 110 non-compliance, where the labeling does not meet the standard requirements. Owners have filed 556 complaints against the 2008 Tacoma, and Toyota has issued 128 technical service bulletins for it.

Whether you are chasing a spiral cable fault behind the steering wheel, replacing an Access Cab seat belt pre-tensioner or working through scheduled maintenance on the 4.0L V6, it holds you to Toyota's own procedure and to the specification that belongs to this 2008 Tacoma.