Toyota Tundra Complaints (2004)

466 consumer complaints on file.

#10231512June 18, 2008
STEERING
EVENT WAS THE GEAR LEVER BECAME LOOSER AND LOOSER. IT RESULTED IN THE GEAR NOT BEING ABLE TO GO INTO PARK. TRUCK WOULD NOT START. IT APPEARED TO BE IN PARK AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A DEAD BATTERY. AAA REPLACED BATTERY. IT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. CREATIVE GEAR MANIPULATION ALLOWED TRUCK TO START. REPAIR DISCOVERED A CRACKED STEERING COLUMN! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10228961May 27, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH 44000 MILES HAS DEVELOPED A BRAKE PROBLEM. AIR REPEATEDLY GETS INTO THE BRAKE LINES WITH NO LOSS OF FLUID CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKING. THE TUNDRA HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR FOUR MONTHS TRYING TO BE REPAIRED, THE TOYOTA REP HAS VISITED ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, CALLED THE FACTORY ENGINEERS AND IT IS STILL NOT FIXED! REPAIRS COST TO DATE ARE OVER $3500, TOYOTA PICKED UP $2,000 LEAVING ME OUT OF POCKET $1500+ AND A TRUCK THAT HAS A DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM THAT MUST BE BLED EVERY 75 MILES TO REMAIN DRIVABLE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED IN MID JANUARY 2008. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10224092April 10, 2008
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
FAULTY WINDOW REGULATOR DESIGN CAUSES WINDOWS TO RATTLE VIOLENTLY POTENTIALLY LEADING TO SHATTERING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10221793March 19, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA RECALL FOR FRONT BALL JOINTS--2006 RECEIVED NOTICE AND TOOK TO DEALER IN BOZEMAN, MT TO CHECK...WE WERE TOLD OUR TRUCK WASN'T PART OF RECALL....MONTHS LATER, RECEIVED ANOTHER NOTICE...CALLED AND EMAILED DEALER, BUT THEY DID NOT RETURN CALLS OR EMAILS. OCTOBER 2007 FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL "BROKE" WHILE DRIVING AND WE WRECKED. DEALER IN LARAMIE, WY STATED THAT "YES, YOUR TRUCK WAS PART OF THE RECALL AND THIS WAS DUE TO FRONT BALL JOINT FAILURE." LUCKILY WE WERE ONLY DRIVING 10MPH, BUT IF WE HAD BEEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, WE WOULD HAVE ROLLED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10221265March 15, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, EQUIPMENT
LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL DANGER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10215250January 17, 2008
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHEN THE REAR WINDOWS ARE ROLLED DOWN, THE CONTACT HEARS A DEAFENING NOISE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES, BUT THE NOISE CONTINUES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. UPDATED 02-14-08 *BF UPDATED 02/14/08 *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10212742December 26, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STOPPING DISTANCE EXTENDED WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THEY ADJUSTED THE BRAKES. APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DIFFERENT DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THEY ADJUSTED THE BRAKES AGAIN. AS OF DECEMBER 26, 2007, THE FAILURE HAD NOT RECURRED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE SLACK ADJUSTER CAUSED THE FAILURE, BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SLACK ADJUSTER WAS FINE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000. UPDATED 01/17/08. *LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10212338December 19, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
THE BRAKES ON MY 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA DOUBLE-CAB DO NOT WORK PROPERLY (AND NEVER HAVE). WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES MAKE A LOUD NOISE (NOT THE TYPICAL ANTI-LOCK BRAKE NOISE) AND DO NOT STOP EFFECTIVELY. I'VE ALMOST RAN INTO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. I TOOK IT TO STEVINSON TOYOTA, BUT THEY SAID THE BRAKES WERE FINE. THEY WEREN'T. I TOOK IT PEP BOYS AND THEY REPLACED THE PADS & TURNED THE ROTORS. IT IS BETTER, BUT STILL BAD. I THINK I'LL GET RID OF THE TRUCK. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT WITH THIS BRAKE SITUATION ON THE TRUCK MODEL. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10210174November 28, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V013000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT). HE IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE THREE MONTHS TO GET REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. IT HAS NOW BEEN NINE MONTHS AND THE DEALER WILL NOT RETURN HIS PHONE CALLS. HE ATTEMPTED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY GAVE HIM AN INCORRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATES TERRIBLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10209882November 26, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL NOTICE IN JUNE OF 2007. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR AND WOULD HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH FOR THEM TO ARRIVE. A MONTH LATER HE CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE STILL UNAVAILABLE AND THEY WOULD CALL HIM WHEN THE PARTS ARRIVED. MONTHS PASSED AND THE CONTACT NEVER RECEIVED A PHONE CALL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE BALL JOINTS BECAME LOOSE AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A STOP, IT WAS TOWED TO THE SHOP. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 87,000. UPDATED 12-12-07. *KB UPDATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202079September 6, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
OVER THREE MONTHS AGO, I CALLED DAVID MAUS TOYOTA IN SANFORD TO GET THE LOWER BALL JOINTS ON MY 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA PER RECALL SSC 70B. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN AND THEY WOULD CALL ME WHEN IT DID. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM YET AND THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED MY PHONE CALLS. THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK IS ACTING UN-STABLE AT THIS TIME AND I FEAR THAT I MIGHT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT IF I CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT IN THIS CONDITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10200347August 21, 2007
TIRES, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE, SUSPENSION
GAS TANK DEFECT, SOMETIMES IT INDICATES EMPTY TANK BUT IT IS NOT EMPTY, SOMETIMES IT INDICATE FULL TANK BUT IT IS NOT FULL. THIS TANK IS UNPREDICTABLE POSSIBLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. ALSO THE TIRES WEARS FASTER ON THE OUTER SURFACE UNEVEN. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE VEERS OFF TO LEFT AND SOMETIMES TO THE RIGHT MAY BE RELATED TO BALL JOINTS DEFECT OR SLOPPY TOYOTA TECHNICIAN WORK OR BOTH. *TR UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10199014August 9, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE NUMBER 05V225000 (SUSPENSION FRONT:LOWER BALL JOINTS). WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SHAKES SEVERELY. THE CONTACT HAS CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIRED, HOWEVER, THEY CONTINUE TO INFORM HIM THAT THE PARTS ARE UNAVAILABLE AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE INDICATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD BE PERFORMED FOR FREE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL HIM WHEN THEY HAD AN AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT TIME, BUT THEY HAVE NOT CALLED OR PROVIDED A LOANER OR RENTAL VEHICLE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10198660August 6, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE STATED THE HE HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF HIS VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 07V013000). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10197753July 29, 2007
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
I WAS DRIVING TO MY LOCAL MCDONALD'S DRIVE THROUGH AND I FELT SOMETHING UNUSUAL ON MY STEERING WHEEL. I GOT OUT AND CHECKED NEAR FRONT SUSPENSION AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE TIE ROD ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS BROKEN/DISCONNECTED. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH NOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS BROKEN TIE ROD ON HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10197413July 24, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR MY 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA FOR THE FRONT BALL JOINTS. I HAVE CALLED 3 TIMES AND EACH TIME MY NAME IS SUPPOSEDLY PLACED ON A LIST TO CALL AS SOON AS THE PART ARRIVES. WELL, 90 DAYS LATER I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYONE. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER TODAY AND WAS TOLD MY INFORMATION WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND THEY WOULD CALL WHEN THE PART ARRIVED, I ESCALATED AND SPOKE TO THE MANAGER TO SAID THE PART WAS IN BUT IT COULD ONLY BE INSTALLED ON 7/25/07, NO OTHER DAY OF THE WEEK WOULD WORK SINCE HIS STAFF IS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL? I GUESS THEY JUST EXPECT ME TO QUIT MY JOB IN AN EFFORT TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. I ALSO ESCALATED THIS ISSUE TO THE MANAGER OF SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT LAKE NORMAN DEALERSHIP WHERE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED. THEY KEPT TRANSFERRING ME TO SERVICE DEPT THEN TO PARTS, AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES, I ASKED IF THEY WOULD EVEN HONOR THE RECALL NOTICE AND THEY SAID YES, BUT I HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED AGAIN, NO ONE EVER ANSWERED. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS WAY TO LONG AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY TOYOTA WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO THE VEHICLE AND THIS WASN'T MY FAULT, I WISH SOMEONE COULD HELP! I DO NOT TRUST ANY OF THE DEALERS I HAVE SPOKE TO AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ALL LYING TO ME AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF REPAIRING MY TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10197257July 23, 2007
SUSPENSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE FRONT SUSPENSION FAILED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE AND RIM DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THE CAUSE OF THE SUSPENSION FAILURE HAS NOT YET BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 69,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10196286July 13, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE ON MY 2004 TOYOTA NOTICE #SSC 70B FRONT BALL JOINTS, I CONTACTED THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THEY HAVE STATED I MUST GO ON A WAITING LIST AS THERE ARE LIMITED SUPPLIES OF THE REPLACMENT PARTS FROM TOYOTA, 2-WEEKS LATER THEY ARE NOW TELLING ME IT MAY BE "WEEKS AND WEEKS" BEFORE PARTS ARE AVAILIBLE. MY COMPLAINT IS WITH TOYOTA FOR NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON PROVIDING THIER DEALERSHIPS WITH THESE PARTS IN A TIMELY FASHION, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE WHERE THIS IS A CRITICAL REPAIR. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF FURTHER INFO IS NEEDED, AND FEEL FREE TO PRESSURE-CHEW OUT TOYOTA. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10196126July 11, 2007
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRINVING AT SPEED OF 55 MPH ON AVENUE THE WHOLE TIRE FELL OFF , CUTIIN BRAKE HOSE AND TIRE GOT TRAP UNDER NEATH . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10194906June 28, 2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
FRONT BALL JOINT ON DRIVER'S SIDE JUST COLLAPSED AND THE AXLE CAME OUT AND THE WHEEL TURNED SIDEWAYS AT 45 MPH, CAUSING A 300' SKID.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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