Toyota Tundra Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10464140July 3, 2012
TIRES:VALVE
I HAVE ENCOUNTERED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE SENSORED TIRE VALVES FAILING AND LEAKING. I REPORTED THE FIRST TO TOYOTA AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FAULTY VALVE. APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS LATER I HAD A SECOND VALVE FAIL AND AGAIN HAD IT REPLACED AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. ON JUNE 25, 2012 I AGAIN HAD A VALVE FAILURE AND CONTACTED THE TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE CENTER THINKING I HAD A DESIGN PROBLEM AS THREE OF THE FOUR VALVES FAILED WITHIN 6 MONTHS. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE ANY VALVE DEEMED DEFECTIVE BUT NOT REPLACE ALL FOUR AS I REQUESTED. MY CONCERN IS THAT WITH THESE VALVES A FAILURE COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS COULD BE TRAGIC. I AM ASKING THAT THIS AGENCY LOOK INTO THE VALVE DESIGN AND FAILURE RATE TO DETERMINE IF THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT RISK. I HAVE REPLACED ALL THE VALVES WITH STANDARD RUBBER VALVES MAKING MY PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM INOPERABLE. TOYOTA WILL MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION TO MY SATISFACTION AND I AM TRULY CONCERNED THAT A POTENTIAL PROBLEM TRULY EXISTS. I AM SURE THAT MY PICKUP TRUCK IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS TYPE OF FAILURE RATE. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10463970July 2, 2012
AIR BAGS
I LET MY BOYFRIEND DRIVE MY 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA TO WORK. HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FOLLOWING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AT 68MPH AND TWO CARS AHEAD SLAMMED ON THEIR BREAKS TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC STOP AND THE THREE CARS COLLIDED. MY TOYOTA TUNDRA SUSTAINED THE MOST DAMAGE BASHING THE ENTIRE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE. A WOMEN AT THE FRONT OF THE COLLISION WAS TREATED FOR BACK INJURIES. MY BOYFRIEND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES THANKS THE GRACE OF GOD BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS IN THE TOYOTA TUNDRA DID NOT DEPLOY. *JS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10463882July 1, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
TOOK TRUCK TO TOYOTA DEALER AND WAS TOLD UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO RUST. WAS TOLD THEY WOULD REPLACE THE FRAME BUT IT WOULD COST ME $8000.00 TO REPLACE ALL BROKEN PARTS AND LABOR. CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10463251June 27, 2012
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RECEIVE P2440 AND P2441 CODES FOR SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10463308June 27, 2012
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
HAD FRAME REPLACED PER RECALL, 5/2012. HAD BEEN SMELLING GAS AFTER FILL UPS SO HAD AIRPORT TOYOTA, VANDALIA, OHIO - REPAIR WHILE THEY HAD TRUCK TORN APART- TOLD ME THE GAS TANK PORT WAS CORRODED SO THEY PUT NEW GASKET ON. NOW I AM SMELLING GAS ON PASSENGER SIDE. I AM TAKING TRUCK BACK TO TOYOTA. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CORRODED GAS TANK BECAUSE I HAD IT REPAIRED ONCE BEFORE. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE CORRODED TANK STRAPS THAT WERE REPLACED IN 2010. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS SEEN EASILY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462940June 25, 2012
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED A STAIN IN HIS DRIVEWAY AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 57,166. . UPDATED 07/27/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON 06/25/2012. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR PREMATURE FRAME RUSTING ON THE 2000-2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. UPDATED 08/02/2012. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462735June 22, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
6/20/12 I NOTICED MASTER POWER WINDOW BUTTON ON DRIVER?S SIDE DOOR FOR THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT OPERATE. 6/21/12 I STARTED THE TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY AND TURNED ON THE AC, LEFT THE VEHICLE TO GRAB MY BRIEFCASE AND GET IN NO MORE THAN 15 SECONDS. WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR I NOTICED SMOKE AT THE ENTRYWAY BUT COULDN?T IDENTIFY WHAT OR WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. I APPEARED TO GO AWAY SO I THOUGHT I WAS IMAGINING SOMETHING. I GOT IN THE TRUCK AND NOTICED THE SMELL OF BURNING ELECTRICAL WIRES ABOUT THE TIME MY HEAD TURNED I SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW MASTER CONTROL AND GETTING BIG FAST, I OPENED THE DOOR AND IT REALLY CAME OUT FAST. TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO SEE IF IT WAS FLAMES OR NOT. IT WAS NOT IN FLAMES BUT THE SMOKE WAS STILL COMING OUT. I GRABBED THE FUSE BOX PANEL AND TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE FUSE FOR THE POWER WINDOWS. IT TOOK A CALL TO THE DEALERSHIP TO IDENTIFY THE FUSE UNDER THE DASHBOARD I DIDN?T KNOW WAS THERE I THOUGHT THEE WAS ONLY 1 FUSE PANEL BOX. THE DEALERSHIP WAS EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE AND A LOT OF HELP. SERVICE ADVISOR WE IDENTIFIED THE CORRECT FUSE, REMOVED IT AND THE SMOKE STOPPED. I HAVE NO OTHER PROBLEMS THAT I KNOW OF. THIS IS A 2007 VEHICLE WITH A FIRE DEFECT. I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND SEE THAT THERE ARE IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT THE TUNDRA WAS NOT IDENTIFIED AS A MODEL AFFECTED BUT IT SURE SHOULD BE. THERE IS NOT A RECALL AS OF THIS TIME AND I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED YET. *INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462766June 22, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION AND RUST ON THE FRAME, REAR AXLE AND BRAKE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V444000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS: UNDERBODY SHIELDS). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFOMRED DUE TO THE STATE IN WHICH THE VHEICLE WAS HOUSED. THE DEALER THEN ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO HOLES IN THE FRAME THAT WOULD REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. THE BUMPER, GRILL, HOOD AND FENDER WERE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462600June 21, 2012
STEERING
I WAS GETTING INTO MY CAR TO LEAVE MY DRIVE WAY, I SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND THE WHOLE "SHIFTER ARM' BROKE OFF. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462412June 20, 2012
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR THROUGH THE POWER SWITCH. THE SMOKE CEASED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE WINDOW SWITCH ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S DOOR WAS STUCK AND IT DID NOT FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE OF THE FAILURE, HOWEVER NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462441June 20, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
WAS ON MY WAY TO A JOB-SITE ON THE FREEWAY BETWEEN 9AM-10AM APPOX. GOING 65 MILES AN HOUR IN THE FAST LANE. THERE WAS A CONCRETE WALL ON MY LEFT AND A SUV ON THE RIGHT. THE SUV STARTED COMING INTO MY LANE I PUT MY BRAKES ON SUDDENLY TO HAVE THE IMPACT BE AT A SLOWER SPEED BUT AS I PUSHED DOWN ON THEM THEY FELL TO THE FLOOR SO I WAS TAKEN OUT AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. THE MAN WAS A RN NURSE WHO PULLED A GRAVEYARD SHIFT AND WAS DOSING OFF. HE ADMITTED IT WAS HIS FAULT AND THE COP SAID NO REPORT WOULD BE MADE BECAUSE THE LAW IS NO AMBULANCES NO REPORT. I DEMANDED A REPORT AND HE SAID THAT IS CALIFORNIA'S NEW LAW. TOLD TOYOTA ABOUT THE BRAKES FALLING TO THE FLOOR. THERE ANSWER IS " THAT IT WAS NORMAL". THEY INSPECTED THE ENGINE FOR DAMAGE. THEY NEVER INSPECTED THE BRAKES.. I AM NOW GOING THROUGH TOYOTA CORPORATION DEMANDING BRAKE INSPECTION! TRUCK WENT TO THE BODY SHOP TO BE REPAIRED.... *JS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10462436June 20, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
WAS TURNING LEFT AT AT AN INTERSECTION HAD A GREEN ARROW WHEN SOMEONE WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT . WHEN I STARTED TO BRAKE MY BRAKE FELL TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKES AT ALL WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. AFTER THE POLICE CAME AND TALKED WITH BOTH OF US, THE OTHER PARTY ADMITTED GUILT SO SINCE THERE WERE NO AMBULANCES AND THE OTHER PARTY STATED GUILT (NO POLICE REPORT WAS MADE). I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO TOYOTA AND ASKED ABOUT THE BRAKE FALLING TO THE FLOOR THE NEXT DAY . THEIR ANSWER WAS" IT WAS NORMAL!" THEY CHECKED THE ENGINE FOR DAMAGE . THEN IT WENT TO MIKES AUTOBODY FOR BODY DAMAGE. THEY NEVER INSPECTED THE BRAKES, AS THEY FELT IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462468June 20, 2012
POWER TRAIN
BOUGHT A 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. NOTICED AROUND 23,450 MILES THAT SOMETHING WAS TURNING (SPINNING) AND FELT LIKE IT WAS COMING THROUGH THE DRIVERSIDE FLOOR . RIGHT UNDERNEATH MY FEET. BROUGHT IT IN TOYOTA SAID THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING. LATER HEARD NOISES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE NEAR LEFT TIRE. THEN SHAKING AND VIBRATIONS FOLLOWED. AROUND 60,000 MILES TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND CLUNKING NOISES CAME FROM THE ENGINE. 65,000 MILES STARTED LOSING POWER. FUEL PUMP FAILURE. PAID FOR A NEW FUEL PUMP SYSTEM $777.79. TURNS OUT 2007 MODEL HAS TO REPLACE WHOLE SYSTEM. NO OTHER TUNDRA NEEDS TO. AT 68,000 MILES IT GOT WORSE . TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSTIC SAYS TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. $4500. AT 96,000 MILES MY TRUCK IN NON OPERATING. TOYOTA WILL NOT REPLACE TRANSMISSION. EVEN THOUGH A TOYOTA OPERATIONS MANAGER STATES IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT THIS SOON AT SO LITTLE MILEAGE. THE AVERAGE TIME IS BETWEEN 15-20 YEARS WITH THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY THAT CARS ARE BUILT WITH NOW A DAYS. IS WHAT HE SAID TO ME. OLDER CARS BUILT YEARS AGO TRANSMISSIONS NORMALLY LAST AROUND 5 YEARS SOMETIMES 10 IF THEY WERE LUCKY. SO SUPPOSEDLY OUR VEHICLES ARE BUILT SMARTER NOW ADAYS. I HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462484June 20, 2012
STEERING
PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE STEERING COLUMN BECAME VERY LOOSE. I HAD TO KEEP REPOSITIONING IT. I THOUGHT I HAD TIGHTEN THE SAFETY LOCK PIECE THAT HOLDS THE STEERING COLUMN IN PLACE. THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, AS I WAS GETTING IN MY VEHICLE, THE STEERING COLUMN COMPLETELY CAME DOWN. IT WOULD NOT LOCK IN PLACE. AS I WAS ON MY WAY THE STEERING COLUMN MOVED UP AND DOWN, AND IN AND OUT. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING VEHICLE. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TOYOTA DEALER. I WAS TOLD TWO PIECES OF THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE OFF. I WAS GIVEN A QUOTE FROM TOYOTA IN THE AMOUNT OF $600 FOR THE PART AND $645 FOR LABOR. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462151June 18, 2012
SUSPENSION
THE FRONT STRUTS RUSTED AND SNAPPED, ON BOTH MY 2002 TUNDRA AND MY 2006 TUNDRA, IN THE SAME PLACE ON ALL 4 STRUTS, WHERE THE TUBE MOUNTS TO THE BOTTOM BOLT FLANGE. IN BOTH CASES, THERE WAS NOT ANY EXCESSIVE OR OFF ROAD DRIVING, JUST NORMAL HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING. THE LAST TIME, I WAS DRIVING OVER A RAILROAD CROSSING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461881June 15, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER RECEIVING NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER 09V444000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS), THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRAME DID NOT NEED THE CORROSION PROTECTION COMPOUND AS STATED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME HAD EXCESSIVE CORROSION AND WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461772June 14, 2012
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I GOT STOPPED AND ISSUED A $187.00 VIOLATION BY THE POLICE IN CA AS MY TRUCK PARKING, (AMBER LIGHTS) WERE ON DURING DRIVING IN THE DAYTIME. THIS TRUCK IS WIRED SO THE AMBER (PARKING LIGHT LENS) ARE ON WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING SO TO THE POLICE IT IS THE SAME AS DRIVING WITH PARKING LIGHTS ON WHICH IS ILLEGAL UNDER CA VC 24800 AND MOST OTHER STATES. THIS MAKES MY VEHICLE ILLEGAL TO OPERATE AS WELL AS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW IF THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR NOT (THE VERY REASON FOR PARKING LIGHTS). NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ALLOWS AMBER PARKING LENS TO BE USED AS DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHTS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT ALSO MAKES ME LIBEL TO GET STOPPED AND TICKETED EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE IN THE DAYTIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461402June 13, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE, BROUGHT VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER WHICH STATED THERE WAS NO CORROSION, DEALER DID NOT SPRAY UNDER CARRIAGE. FAMILY MEMBER ALSO OWNS THIS TRUCK AND STATED THAT HIS WAS SPRAYED AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY ERODED AND REPLACED. I WILL BE CALLING THE DEALER TOMORROW FOR REEVALUATION AS THE FUEL FILLER MAY BE ERODED OR CRACKED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461400June 12, 2012
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. CODE RELATED TO EVAPORATION/FUEL SYSTEM. CHECKED THE FUEL CAP, APPEARS OK, RESET LIGHT AND RETURNED ON. WILL REPLACE FUEL CAP. POTENTIALLY FUEL FILLER PIPE AS MENTIONED FREQUENTLY ON HERE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461229June 11, 2012
STEERING, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH PARKING BRAKE ON. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE. THE SHIFT LEVER WENT LIMP AND NO LONGER CHANGED THE DRIVE SELECTOR. I MANAGED TO GET IT INTO DRIVE AND GOT IT HOME AND PARKED IT. I HAVE NOT CALLED THE DEALER YET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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