Toyota printed the wrong payload numbers on 135 Tacomas, Tundras and 4Runners

Toyota is recalling 135 vehicles because a label told their owners they could carry more weight than they really can. The label is the load carrying capacity modification label, a second sticker that goes next to the tire and loading placard when accessories are fitted before the truck is sold. On these vehicles it understated how much weight the accessories added. Toyota's recall number is 26TA18; NHTSA's is 26V571.

NHTSA Part 573 Safety Recall Report 26V571.

What went wrong

During an internal audit between March and June, Toyota found that the weights of eight accessories had been typed into its system wrong. They did not match the weights on the parts' own drawings. Toyota then checked every vehicle that could have had one of those parts fitted, VIN by VIN, and found 135 whose labels understated the added weight by more than 1%. That breaks Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 110, the rule that covers tire selection and loading labels. The risk is plain: load the truck to the number on the label and you can end up over its real capacity.

Every accessory bolted on before you buy the truck comes out of the payload printed on the door.

The label you probably never read

Most owners know the tire and loading placard on the driver's door pillar, with the line "the combined weight of occupants and cargo should never exceed". Fewer know that when a truck leaves the factory or port with accessories already fitted, such as a bed cover, running boards, a bed liner or a hitch, that number is no longer the whole story. The accessories weigh something, and a second label says how much capacity they used up. Your real payload is the placard figure minus the label figure. On a truck you plan to load up, that is the number to work from, before tongue weight and before passengers. We go through that math in payload vs towing capacity.

What happens next

Dealers will replace the label free of charge. Owner letters are due to go out on October 18, 2026. Toyota has not said which eight accessories were involved, so if you own one of these models from the listed years, the VIN check on NHTSA.gov is the way to know.

Sources

• NHTSA, Part 573 Safety Recall Report 26V571, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, received 2 Sep 2026
• NHTSA recall summary 26V571 (remedy and owner notification dates)