Toyota Tundra Complaints (2000)

1,011 consumer complaints on file.

#10289956October 27, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
MY TRUCK WAS BROUGHT IN FOR A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND THE MECHANIC BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT A FRAME CROSS MEMBER THAT CARRIES A BRAKE DISTRIBUTION BLOCK WAS RUSTED AWAY AND MY BRAKE LINES WERE HANGING. ALSO WHERE MY SPARE WAS ATTACHED WAS BADLY RUSTED. I THEN WENT TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP TO INSPECT THE FRAME. THEY SAID THAT THE FRAME WAS BADLY RUSTED IN MANY OTHER AREAS THAT COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS. THERE WAS ALREADY AN INCIDENT WHERE MY FRONT TIRE FELL TO THE GROUND WHEN SOMETHING ATTACHED TO THE FRAME BROKE. *TR UPDATED 03/25/10 *BF RECEIVED PICTURES. UPDATED IVOQ 09/15/10
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#10289776October 26, 2009
STRUCTURE
I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA AND IT FAILED ITS ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION DUE TO A FRAME RUST ISSUE. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THAT DID THE INSPECTION AND FAILED THE TRUCK, I ASSUME, KNEW OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM AND THANK GOD, THOROUGHLY INSPECTED THE TRUCK'S FRAME. THEY FOUND A HOLE IN THE FRAME THAT CONCERNED THEM TO THE POINT THAT FAILED THE TRUCK'S STATE INSPECTION AND I ENDED UP PAYING $294.25 TO HAVE A FRAME PATCH WELDED IN TO PREVENT A FAILURE OF THE FRAME IN THE AREA OF THE RUSTED HOLE. I HAD THE TRUCK UNDERCOATED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE IN 2000 AND THAT UNDERCOATING IS BLISTERING OFF, AND HAS BEEN BLISTERING OFF FOR A FEW YEARS. THE UNDERCOATING WAS MAINTAINED UNDER A ZIEBART WARRANTY UNTIL 2005 WHEN ZIEBART CLOSED THE LOCAL FRANCHISES. THIS MEANS THE UNDERSIDE OF MY TRUCK HAS BEEN WITHOUT THE WARRANTED PROTECTION FOR ONLY FOUR YEARS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT A TRUCK, THAT HAS BEEN AS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AS MINE HAS BEEN, IS EXPERIENCING A FRAME RUST ISSUE TO THE LEVEL THAT IT FAILS A STATE INSPECTION !!!! THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK IS HEAVILY RUSTED DESPITE THE ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS I'VE TAKEN OF UNDERCOATING, MAINTAINING THE UNDERCOATING, AND RELIGIOUSLY SPRAYING THE EXCESSIVE SALT OFF OF THE VEHICLE IN THE WINTER MONTHS DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH EXPOSURE. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF MY TRUCK EVERY TIME I GET BEHIND ITS STEERING WHEEL NOW. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS, THAT IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT I WOULD BE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION OF SIGNIFICANCE, THE ENGINEERING SAFETY STANDARDS REQUIRED TO BE MET REGARDING FRAME STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY WILL BE GROSSLY COMPROMISED BY THE ROTTING FRAME AND WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OFFER THE DESIGNED PROTECTION THAT THE ENGINEERS CALCULATED. THE PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SAFETY BUFFER FOR ME AND MY PASSENGERS FROM THE EXTREME ENERGY FORCES EXPERIENCED DURING A LIFE THREATENING COLLISION WHEN WE'LL BE COUNTING ON IT WITH OUR LIVES. *TR
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#10289812October 26, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL LINE ON DRIVER SIDE ON 2000 TUNDRA PERFORATED DUE TO RUST. NOTICED WHILE BRAKING ON DOWNGRADE PORTION OF LARGE HILL. VEHICLE STOPPED VERY POORLY, ALMOST RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. HAD TO PAY TO TOW AND REPLACE FUEL LINE ON VEHICLE. *TR
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#10289806October 26, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
DURING ROUTINE TUNE-UP (TIRE ROTATION, OIL CHANGE, CHECK FLUIDS, ETC) MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME OF A SERIOUS RUST CONDITION AFFECTING THE FRAME OF MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE NOTED IT WAS SIMILAR TO TACOMAS HE HAD WORKED ON. I WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY. TOYOTA DISMISSED MY CONCERN BY SIMPLY STATING IT WAS 'OUT OF WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT. EXCELLENT CONDITION OTHERWISE. SIGNIFICANT RUST AFFECTING BRAKE LINES, LEAF SPRINGS, BALL JOINTS, TO NAME A FEW. *TR
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#10289834October 26, 2009
STRUCTURE
SEVERE RUST ON 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA FRAME. *TR
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#10289859October 26, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE, I WAS TAKEN INTO THE GARAGE AND SHOWN THE FRAME OF MY TRUCK WAS EXTENSIVELY RUSTED. THE CROSS MEMBER IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK WAS RUSTING THROUGH. DEALER WAS CONTACTING TOYOTA AND I DID THE SAME. OPENED A CASE UP WITH TOYOTA. I WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY ARE DOING ABOUT THIS ALTHOUGH IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM THEY JUST RECALLED THE TACOMA'S FOR. WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DEALER. WAS TOLD TRUCK MAY BE UNSAFE. *TR
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#10289709October 25, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
1I HAVE OWNED MANY TOYOTA TRUCKS SINCE MY FIRST IN 1987. USUALLY THE BODY WOULD ROT RIGHT OFF THE CHASSIS. NOW THE CHASSIS ROTS RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER THE BODY! HIGHLIGHTS:I PURCHASED A 1984 TRUCK IN 1989 IT HAD A RUSTY BED AND I FIXED IT UP. I PURCHASED A NEW 1997 TACOMA IN SEPTEMBER OF 1996, THE TRUCK HAD FRAME ROT IN MARCH OF 2004, I DOCUMENTED MY COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA IN MARCH OF 2005 WITH TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.THE TOLD ME "THERE IS NO KNOWN FLAW WITH TACOMA FRAMES. I DISAGREED WITH THEM.I SOLD THE TRUCK IN MAY OF 2005 WITH 218000 MILES ON IT WITH A ROTTEN FRAME FOR ONLY $2000, HAD THE CHASSIS HELD UP I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME WHERE AROUND $7000 FOR THE TRUCK CONSIDERING IT SHOULD GO OVER 300,000 MILES AND IT STARTED OUT AS A $22,000 TRUCK. NOW I HAVE A 2000 TUNDRA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND JUST AS BEFORE TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. TELLS ME THE HAVE " NO KNOWN PROBLEM ". *TR
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0
Deaths:
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#10289716October 25, 2009
STRUCTURE:BODY
1. MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA SRT HAS SERIOUS UNDERCARRIAGE RUST, AND LARGE PIECES OF METAL ARE BEGINNING TO FALL FROM THE FRAME. THE MAIN BEAMS OF THE FRAME ARE BEGINNING TOO DETERIORATE, ALSO THE BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND BRAKE FLUID IS BEGINNING TO SEEP THROUGH THE LINES. 2. RUSTED PIECES OF METAL RANDOMLY FALL FROM VEHICLE, AND COULD CAUSE DAMAGE OR SERIOUSLY INJURE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THE BRAKE LINES COULD RUPTURE FROM THE SEVERE DETERIORATION AND LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. 3. CURRENTLY I AM NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL I GET NEW BRAKE LINES, BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE EXCEPT RECALLING THE TRUCK. TOYOTA NEEDS TO RECALL THE TOYOTA TUNDRA BEFORE ANY MAJOR ACCIDENTS OCCUR AND SOME ONE IS FATALLY INJURED. *TR
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Deaths:
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#10289743October 25, 2009
STRUCTURE
2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP, FRAME RUSTING OUT ON THE FRONT END OF TRUCK. *TR
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0
#10289757October 25, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
I FOUND HOLES IN THE FRAME OF MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN 2007 AND IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA. THEY SAID IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT TO WATCH IT AND IT WASN'T A BIG ISSUE TO HAVE A LITTLE RUST (THIS WAS DURING THE TACOMA RECALL). SEPT OF 2008 I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN AGAIN SINCE THE RUST WAS EVEN WORSE THEY SAID AGAIN NOT A BIG ISSUE BUT TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009 I WAS CHANGING THE OIL AND I SAW THAT THE FRONT SWAY BAR MOUNT HAD TOTALLY RUSTED THROUGH AND HAD FALLEN OFF - IMMEDIATELY CALLED TOYOTA CORP - THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. MY ISSUE IS THAT THEY HAVE TOLD ME ALL ALONG THAT THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL! BUT NOW ITS A SAFETY ISSUE ! IT HAS SINCE TAKEN OUT A POWER STEERING LINE AND THERE IS A BRAKE LINE THAT HAS BEEN RUPTURED AS WELL. NOW THAT THE TRUCK IS WORTH NOTHING I WANT TOYOTA TO HELP ME OUT. THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T AN ISSUE, I BELIEVED THEM, NOW MY TRUCK IS WORTHLESS! AND THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 130000 MILES ON IT! THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO ALL MY OTHER TOYOTA TRUCKS... *TR
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#10289523October 23, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
2000 TUNDRA RUSTY FRAME. *TR
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#10289328October 22, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA FRAME HAS HOLES DUE TO RUST - DEALERSHIP TOOK PICTURES, CASE FILED WITH TOYOTA 9/03/09. *TR
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#10289359October 22, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
EXCESSIVE UNDERBODY RUST TO THE POINT THE REAR END HOUSING STARTED LEAKING FROM A HOLE THAT RUSTED THROUGH THE HOUSING. *TR
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#10289402October 22, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, SUSPENSION:REAR
2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA 2WD 4DR PICKUP. SEVERE FRAME RUST. THE BACK JOINT THAT HOLDS THE LEAF SPRING TO THE FRAME RUSTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE SPRING SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE SWERVED SOME GOING OVER A HIGHWAY ROAD DIP AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE SPRING APPARENTLY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR LEAF SPRING IS CLOSE TO SEPARATING ALSO ON ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERE RUST OF THE VEHICLES FRAME. IT IS SITTING AT A DEALERSHIP IN EAST STOUDSBURG SINCE OCT. 12 AWAITING TOYOTA FIELD REP AND COMPANY TO MAKE SOME KIND OF DECISION. *TR
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#10289394October 22, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, STEERING
WELL AT 48,000 MY MASTER CYLINDER STOPPED WORKING. SEPT OF 08 THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ROTTED AWAY AND I ALSO NOTICED MY FRAME ROTTING BACK IN 05.. AND NOW I CAN PEEL METAL OF MY FRAME. I JUST PUT 1800 DOLLARS INTO A DYEING HORSE... I BOUGHT TOYOTA FOR A REASON. THEY BUILT SOME TRUCKS ON FRAMES KNOWING THEY WERE NO GOOD IN NEW ENGLAND WEATHER.... PLEASE HELP ... *TR
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#10289408October 22, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, STEERING
I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT HAS A RUSTED OUT AND CRACKED REAR CROSS MEMBER IN THE FRAME. THE FRAME MEMBER HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE AND WHILE CHANGING REAR SHOCKS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER I NOTICED HOW RUSTED THE CROSS MEMBER AND THE REST OF THE FRAME IS, WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CROSS MEMBER IS CRACKING SO I NO LONGER HAVE THE TIRE UNDER THE TRUCK. A MECHANIC VERIFIED THIS WHILE HE WAS UNDER THE TRUCK REPLACING THE POWER STEERING RACK THAT ALSO RUSTED OUT .MY WIFE LOST THE POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAD NEVER SEEN THE POWER STEERING RACK RUST OUT OR THAT MUCH RUST ON THE FRAME OF A TRUCK WITH 88,000 ON IT AND THAT THE FRAME WOULD HAVE TO BE WELDED TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I HAVE FILED A CLAIM WITH TOYOTA ( CLAIM # 0910135009 ) AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE LOOKING IN TO IT. FROM WHAT I'VE HERD AND READ IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.I WOULD HATE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEONE LOST THEIR SPARE TIRE WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HEARD THAT 2000 AND 2001 TUNDRA FRAMES WERE MADE IN THE SAME PLACE THE TACOMAS WERE AND I DID RECEIVE A RECALL ON MY PREVIOUS TRUCK A 2000 TACOMA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR
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#10289407October 22, 2009
STRUCTURE
WE HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA ,AND THE COMPLAINT IS RUST, FIRST MY BUMPERS WENT .,THE REAR BUMPER GOT SO RUSTED THAT MY DAUGHTER SAT ON THE BUMPER AND SHE FELL TO THE GROUND., I CALLED TOYOTA ,THE SAID CALL MY LOCAL DEALER.,I DID., MY LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT ,THEY SAID IT WASN'T THERE PROBLEM . SO AT THIS POINT I NEVER REPLACED THE BUMPER BECAUSE TOYOTA WANTED 400.00 WITHOUT PUTTING THE BUMPER ON AND I CAN NOT AFFORD THAT. ANYWAY WHO SAYS A NEW TOYOTA BUMPER WOULD BE NO GOOD ANY WAYS! SECOND AND MOST IMPORTANT IS THE FRAME YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR..... I TRIED TO APPLY AN UNDERCOAT TO THE FRAME AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR NO MATTER HOW MUCH UNDER COATING I PUT ON THE FRAME IT GETS LIKE A 100 TIMES WORSE I THINK THE RUST BEHIND THE UNDER COATING JUST BREAKS APART AND JUST FALLS OFF AS I DRIVE BECAUSE THE YEAR AFTER THE RUST IS 100 TIMES WORSE!!!! IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ., LOOK INTO THIS ASAP BECAUSE IM REALLY SCARED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK, AND I DON'T WANT TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE I WOULD BE AFRAID FOR THEM AND FEEL TERRIBLE IF SOMETHING DANGEROUS HAPPENED TO US OR THEM, PLEASE HELP! THANK YOU *TR
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Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10289420October 22, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
I WENT TO HYANNIS TOYOTA FOR WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND SERVICE MGR TOLD ME DON'T BOTHER BECAUSE FRAME IS ROTTED HE SAID NOT RECOMMENDED TO DRIVE. *TR
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#10289079October 20, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA, WHICH I FEEL IS UNSAFE FOR THE ROAD DUE TO EXCESSIVE FRAME ROT. THIS TRUCK'S FRAME HAS TO BE THE WORST CASE OF FRAME ROT I'VE EVER SEEN. FAR WORSE THAN I'VE SEEN ON ANY TOYOTA TACOMA THAT WAS RECALLED. BUT, FOR SOME REASON TOYOTA DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE ON THESE TRUCKS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, I WON'T BE ABLE TO PASS A STATE INSPECTION AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. SO THAT LEAVES ME MAKING PAYMENTS ON A TRUCK THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE. OVER THIS PAST SUMMER, I NEEDED TO TRAVEL 500 MILE ROUND TRIPS FOR SEVERAL WEEKENDS FOR MEDICAL REASONS. KNOWING THAT I HAD SOME UNDERBODY CLUNKS GOING ON, I FIGURED I'D INVESTIGATE PRIOR TO MAKING THESE MANY TRIPS. I FOUND THAT THE UPPER SHOCK TOWERS WERE NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK, AND THEY WERE THE CAUSE OF MY CLUNK. I DECIDED TO PULL OFF THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO GET A BETTER ACCESS TO THESE ROTTED SPOTS. ONCE THE BED WAS REMOVED, I WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT MY PROBLEM WAS FAR WORSE THAN I IMAGINED. I FOUND 21 ROT HOLES JUST IN THE SIX FOOT SECTION OF FRAME UNDER THE BED. I FOUND THAT MY SHOCK TOWERS HAD PULLED AWAY FROM THEIR FRAME MOUNTS DUE TO RUST. THE SCARIEST FIND WAS THAT THE CROSS MEMBER THAT SUPPORTS THE SPARE TIRE HAD THREE OUT OF THE FOUR MOUNTING CORNERS COMPLETELY ROTTED OFF. HERE'S WHERE I GET CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE TRAVELING BEHIND ME. COULD YOU IMAGINE IF THIS CROSS MEMBER AND SPARE RIM/TIRE FELL OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS? THIS IS THE POINT WHERE I CONTACT MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TELLS ME THAT TOYOTA ISN'T DOING ANYTHING FOR ME AT THIS TIME, AND TO REMAIN PATIENT. FRAME ROT IN 8 YEARS!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? KNOWING THAT I HAVE ALL THIS WEEKLY TRAVEL AHEAD OF ME, I ASKED HIM IF IT WOULD HURT MY FUTURE CHANCES OF A RECALL IF I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY SOME TEMPORARY WELDS TO THE FRAME TO FEEL A LITTLE SAFER IN MY TRAVELS. HE SAID THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE FINE. SOME OF THOSE REPAIRS DID NOT HOLD DUE TO POOR METAL. WHAT MORE CAN I DO? HELP!! *TR
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Deaths:
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#10289073October 20, 2009
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE SPARE TIRE FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK WHILE I WAS DRIVING! FORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T HIT ANY OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. APPARENTLY THE CROSS MEMBER RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULDN'T SUPPORT THE SPARE ANYMORE. THE BRAKE LINE FAILED. THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. AGAIN, FORTUNATELY I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE NO BRAKES WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED. *TR
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