Toyota Tundra Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10234144July 14, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS SUBJECT TO REPEATED WARPING CAUSING FRONT WHEEL TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKING AND MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10234258July 14, 2008
SEAT BELTS
JUST PURCHASED A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA CREW MAX, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS BOLTED TO THE FLOOR, 16 YEAR OLD SON PUT BELT ON AND WHEN HE SHIFTED IN THE SEAT, IT COMPLETELY CAME UP THROUGH THE SEAT, BOLT AND ALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10233470July 7, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
PURCHASES 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 4X4 5.7 V8 4/30. ON 5/1 BEGAN HEARING LOUD BANG AS CAR CHANGED GEARS FROM 2ND TO 3RD. THE BANG NOISE WAS OFTEN SO LOUD IT SOUNDED LIKE I HAVE RAN OVER SOMETHING METAL IN THE ROAD. HAPPENED MOST TIMES I ENTERED CAR AND IT CHANGED FROM 2ND TO 3RD. TOOK TO DEALER TO ADDRESS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. ACTUALLY, THE SERVICE ADVISOR WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE, BUT THAT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE DEALER TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AS THE ADVISOR IS NOT QUALIFIED ACCESS AN ISSUE. YET, EACH TIME I DROVE THE CAR IT HAPPENED. FINALLY AFTER SEVERAL DAYS I WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER IN THE CAR. THE BANG WAS LOUD, AND THE MANAGER DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. AFTER SEVERAL MORE DAYS THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE A PROBLEM. MANY DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WERE PERFORMED ON THE TRUCK YET THERE WERE NO "CODES" SHOWING. I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT ANSWER AND WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP OWNER. AFTER A FEW DAYS WE WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH HIM IN THE CAR. THEN WE HAD THE SERVICE DIRECTOR IN CAR AND DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. I HAD NO LESS THAN 4 EMPLOYEES OF THE DEALER DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. FINALLY, AFTER 25 DAYS IN THE SHOP, IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE ABS SYSTEM. APPARENTLY WHEN THE TUNDRAS START UP THEY WILL DO A ABS SELF TEST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10-20 MPH. MINE WAS APPARENTLY OVERTESTING. A PART WAS REPLACED IN MY CAR, AROUND A $3000 PART, AND AWAY I WENT. IT SEEMS TO BE LESS OF A BANG NOISE, BUT IT IS STILL THERE. TO SHOW THAT IT WAS "NORMAL," THE SERVICE DIRECTOR AND I TOOK RIDE IN A NEW TUNDRA OFF OF THE LOT. IT MADE THE SAME NOISE. I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT A TRUCK THAT I KNEW MADE A NOISE LIKE THAT, NEVER. BUT IT APPEARS THEY ALL DO. WHY DI IT TAKE THE DEALER 25 DAYS TO FIGURE THIS OUT? DO THE 2008 TUNDRAS HAVE AN ABS PROBLEM? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10232645June 29, 2008
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE TRUCKED ROLLED OVER FROM FRONT TO BACK AND COMING TO A REST ON ALL 4 WHEELS. THE SIDE IMPACT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE FRONTS DID NOT. THE VEHICLES DASHBOARD WAS BLOW APART UPON IMPACT AND THE FRONT END IS COMPLETELY SMASHED IN. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10232483June 27, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. I WAS CARRYING A LOAD TO THE JUNK YARD AND AFTER A FEW STOPS MY BRAKES STARTING PULSING AND STOPPING CORRECTLY BECAME DANGEROUS. I SUSPECT THE ROTORS GOT TOO HOT FROM THE LOAD. THIS IS A FULL SIZE TRUCK AND THE BRAKES APPEAR TO BE TOO SMALL TO HANDLE THE BRAKING REQUIRED. THE BRAKES AND ROTORS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A POOR DESIGN AND A SAFETY PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED YET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10232452June 26, 2008
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
EXCESSIVE FRAME RUSTING ON A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA, IT IS THE MATERIAL USED FOR THE FRAME. THE RUST COMES OFF IN LARGE WAFERS. I AM A MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE FRAME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10232462June 26, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR LEVER ARM ON MY 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA FELL OFF WHEN I TRIED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. I FOUND THAT THE METAL CONNECTION OF THE LEVER ARM HAD SHEARED OFF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE STEERING COLUMN. IF THIS HAD OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN (I.E. WHEN SHIFTING INTO A LOWER GEAR ON A HILL) IT COULD HAVE HAD SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10232231June 24, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CONTINUALLY WARP ON 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HAVE HAD ROTORS SURFACED TWO TIMES AND REPLACED PADS THREE TIMES. BROUGHT THIS UP TO DEALER DURING WARRANTY PERIOD AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10232039June 23, 2008
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH 108,499 MILES ON IT. I HAD IT IN FOR SERVICED WHEN IT WAS LIFTED UP I WAS TOLD THAT A BIG PIECE OF MY FRAME FELL OFF AND THAT THE FRAME WAS BUCKLED AND IT LOOKED VERY POOR. AT THIS TIME I DIDN'T SEE ANY HOLES IN IT. I CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THAT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE FRAMES ON THE TOYOTA TUNDRA. JUST THE TACOMA'S. THE LADY STATED THAT I COULD TAKE IT TO TOYOTA AND HAVE IN INSPECTED SO I DID. UPON HAVING IT INSPECTED THE TOYOTA TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT THE FRAME HAS HOLES IN IT. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER HE ADVISED ME NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE SORRY BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT TOYOTA COULD DO FOR ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10231427June 18, 2008
STRUCTURE
I NOTICED AROUND AUGUST 2006 ONE RUST SPOT ON THE BODY OF MY 2005 TUNDRA, THESE GREW TO ABOUT 12 SPOTS BY 2007 AND NOW I HAVE ABOUT 15 SMALL RUST SPOTS, THE LARGEST ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER. THEY START OUT BUBBLING UP THE PAINT UNTIL THE PAINT CORRODES AND FALLS OFF AND THE PROBLEM GETS BIGGER. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET TOYOTA TO CORRECT THIS (FROM OCTOBER 2007 UNTIL NOW JUNE 2008) I AM ATTEMPTING TO WARN ALL BUYERS TO BEWARE OF THE POSSIBLE PROBLEM, AND BE AWARE OF THE PROMISES YOU GET FROM THE VAN TROW TOYOTA DEALERS FROM MONROE, LA. I WAS ASKED TO GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO "GET TO IT, THEY WERE TOO BUSY", THEN I WAS TOLD THAT MOTHER NATURE HAS DONE THIS,,, IN GENERAL, GETTING THE RUN-AROUND. THIS TRUCK WAS PARKED IN MY CARPORT, WASHED EVERY TWO WEEKS, AND STILL SMELLS AND LOOKS NEW ON THE INSIDE. I ONLY HAVE 23,000 ON THIS TRUCK, IT WAS BOUGHT JUNE 30, 2005. YES, THEY ARE GETTING THE WARRANTY TO RUN OUT. CAN SOMEONE ADVISE ME WHO TO COMPLAIN TO BESIDES NHTSA? THANKS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
#10231185June 16, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
3 PAIRS OF CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS IN LESS THAN 100K MILES. HAD I BEEN MORE VIGILANT ABOUT REPAIRING THEM AS SOON AS THEY OCCURRED, IT LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER COUPLE OF PAIRS. DEALER REPLACED THEM UP TO 100K, AND ALTHOUGH I PRESSED THEM FOR A SOLUTION, THEY WOULD NOT HONOR PROBLEM AFTER 100K MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10231221June 16, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA LIMITED V8...O2 SENSORS NEED REPLACED (ALL 4 OF THEM)...THIS IS AN APPARENT PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE A FACTORY RECALL ITEM. THIS IS A $850 DOLLAR JOB...RIDICULOUS! CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND CODES OUT AS OXYGEN SENSORS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10230998June 14, 2008
STRUCTURE
08 TUNDRA CREWMAX. HAS MULTIPLE SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT. PAINT IS VERY THIN (ONE COAT). PAINT CAN NOT EVEN BE WASHED WITHOUT SCRATCHING. TRUCK HAS SCRATCHES ON IT FROM LEANING OVER THE BED, ALSO AROUND ALL THE DOOR HANDLES FROM JUST OPENING THE DOORS, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE MARKS AROUND THE DOOR AND TAILGATE FROM JUST OUR HANDS. $45,000 TRUCK...YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY COULD ATLEAST PUT A GOOD COAT OF PAINT ON IT. THIS WILL COST ME THOUSANDS TO FIX. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD AND SHOULD HAVE NO VISIBLE MARKS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10230571June 11, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLDS, HAVE HEARD THE NOISE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE BUT GOES AWAY WHEN THE TRUCK WARMS UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10230464June 10, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
I HAVE AN OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE. DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ONE OR BOTH ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WILL COST WELL OVER $400 TO FIX. HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OTHER HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10230279June 8, 2008
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED MY 2008 TUNDRA IN MARCH OF 2008. AFTER HAVE THE TRUCK FOR 30 DAYS, I NOTICED SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT. I TOOK MY TRUCK DOWN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY WANTED ME TO PAY $700 TO PUT SIMONIZ ON MY PAINT. I WAS NOT GOING TO PAY IF THERE WAS A PAINT PROBLEM WITH MY 2008 TUNDRA. EVERY TIME I WASHED MY TRUCK MORE AND MORE SCRATCHES STARTED SHOWING UP. I STARTED WAXING THE PAINT TO REMOVE THEM, BUT THEY KEEP APPEARING. I CONTACTED TOYOTA, AND THEY SAID TO TAKE IT TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. I TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE TOYOTA REP LOOKED AT IT. I WAITED UNTIL THE REP WAS IN TOWN, AND I TOOK IT TO HIM. THE TOYOTA REP SAID HE COULD SEE THAT MY PAINT WAS SCRATCHING BUT HE DID NOT SEE THAT IT WAS A WARRANTY ITEM. HE SAID SINCE THE PAINT IS NOT BUBBLING, PEELING OR FALLING OFF THAT IT IS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM. PLUS HE SAID SINCE MY PAINT IS SCRATCHING FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE THAT TOYOTA WOULD NOT WARRANTY IT. THEY WOULD NOT GET A PROFESSIONAL TO LOOK AT IT, AND WOULD NOT ALLOW AN INDEPENDENT PAINT PROFESSIONAL TO LOOK AT IT. THEY SAID I COULD TAKE IT TO WHOMEVER I WANTED BUT THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT WHATEVER THEY FOUND. TOYOTA HAS A PAINT PROBLEM, BUT THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I AM NOT ALONE... WE HAVE STARTED A PETITION ON LINE, BUT IT REALLY WILL NOT HAVE ANY AFFECT UNLESS SOMEONE BIGGER GETS INVOLVED. HTTP://FRIENDSITE.COM/USERS/PETITIONS/SIGN/CONTENT_PETITIONED-1_2007%2B+TOYOTA+TUNDRA%27S+PAINT+QUALITY.HTML2B+TOYOTA+TUNDRA%27S+PAINT+QUALITY.HTML. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10230163June 6, 2008
STRUCTURE
PLASTIC COVER ON RADIO SHATTERED AND I AM TOLD I TRY TO PRY IT OFF ANYONE CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE THAT NO MARKS TO INDICATE IT BEING PRIED IT HAS SHATTERED AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS TIGHTEN TO TIGHT AND VIBRATION CAUSED IT AFTER LEARNING HOW IT IS INSTALLED IT IS A DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL USED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10229853June 4, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OF OUR NEW TOYOTA TUNDRA TRUCK TURNED ON. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR/REPLACEMENT. ITS REPRESENTATIVE WROTE IN ITS EVALUATION THAT MY SON HAD ABUSED ITS USE AND DID NOT REPAIR/REPLACE THE PART. ONE EVENING, WHILE MY SON AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A CLASS FIELD TRIP, THE LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT OF THE TRUCK BROKE OFF WHILE TRAVELING WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT ON A PUBLIC ROAD CAUSING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TO COME OFF. TRAFFIC STOPPED BEHIND AND ALLOWED MY SON TO MANEUVER IT SAFELY ON THREE TIRES TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE TRUCK FLIPPED ON ITS LEFT SIDE. MY SON AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO SURVIVE THIS HORRIBLE ACCIDENT WITH MODERATE INJURIES. SOME WITNESSES STOPPED TO HELP THEM OUT OF THE TRUCK. THE PARAMEDICS AND THE SHERIFF CAME TO THE SCENE AND HAD OUR TRUCK TOWED TO THEIR IMPOUND FACILITY. WE TOWED OUR TRUCK FROM THE IMPOUND GARAGE TO A STORAGE FACILITY. MY SON FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE BUREAU OF AUTO REPAIR AND ONE OF THEIR TECHNICIANS CAME TO THOROUGHLY INSPECT THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND INFORMED US OF AN IMPENDING RECALL ON THE LOWER BALL JOINT. THAT SAME WEEK, WE GOT A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL FROM TOYOTA CORPORATION REGARDING THE DEFECTIVE LOWER BALL JOINT. ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF LATER, WE TOWED OUR TRUCK AND MET WITH THEIR REPRESENTATIVE AT ONE OF THEIR ORANGE COUNTY DEALERSHIPS TO INSPECT THE DEFECTIVE PART AND THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO OUR TRUCK. WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THEIR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT REGARDING OUR CASE, I CALLED THE PERSON BACK AND LEFT A MESSAGE WITH HIM. I PLACED ANOTHER CALL TO HIM. UP TO NOW NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY TOYOTA CORPORATION REGARDING OUR CASE. *TR UPDATED 09/30/08. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10229829June 3, 2008
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE TRUCK IS RUSTING AWAY DESPITE REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND CARE. THE BOLTS THAT SECURE THE TRUCK BED ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND THE DEALERS RESPONSE TO MY INQUIRES IS THAT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE- ABSOLUTELY NOT ACCEPTABLE-I AM NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE BED FALLS APART AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT TO TAKE ACTION. MORE OVER ,THIS TRUCK HAD ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE "CHECK UPS" AT THE DEALERSHIP AND NOT ONCE THEY HAVE ALERT ME ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OR RECOMMENDED ANY ACTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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