Toyota Tundra Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10112850March 30, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. *AK THE DRIVER HEARD AND FELT A LOUD BUMP IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE GAS PEDAL. THERE WAS REAR END GREASE LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE REAR SHOWING ON THE WHEEL AND TIRE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE REAR BRAKE, REAR END LEAKING GREASE, THE DRIVE SHAFT AND THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE BRAKES WERE A MAJOR PROBLEM, THE CRUISE CONTROL NEVER KEPT SPEED OR SMOOTH, THE LEFT LOWER FRONT BALL JOINT HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THAT CAUSED THE ENTIRE WHEEL, BRAKE LINE AND ALL ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO COME LOOSE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC THE BRAKES WERE A PROBLEM ON THE VEHICLE, AND THE DRUMS WERE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114796March 26, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I JUST SENT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL TO TOYOTA. I HOPE THAT NHTSA CAN FOLLOW UP AS THIS IS VERY CONCERNING: I WAS HORRIFIED BY THE SPANISH SPEAKING TOYOTA TUNDRA COMMERCIAL I JUST SAW. IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT TOYOTA WOULD HAVE A COMMERCIAL SHOWING LITTLE CHILDREN CRAWLING UNDER A CAR TO TRY TO GET A BALL OUT FROM UNDER IT. CHILDREN SHLOULD NEVER GO UNDER A CAR, WHETHER IT IS MOVING OR NOT. THEY CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL. TOYOTA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY PULL THIS COMMERCIAL. PLEASE DO NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OF A CHILD OR CHILDREN WHO CRAWL UNDER A CAR AFTER SEEING THIS COMMERCIAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114578March 23, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
I HAVE BRAKE PROBLEMS. I HAVE LESS THAN 36000 AND MY BRAKE PAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE ALSO HAD A ABNORMAL VIBRATION IN THE TRUCK WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VECHILCE NEW. THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE TRUCK BUT GUESS NOT. TOYOTA IS PAYING FOR THE PARTS ,AND I'M PAYING FOR LABOR TO REPLACE ROTORS, PADS, CALIPERS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. COSTING ME $400. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114443March 21, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THERE IS VIBRATION IN THE STEERING SYSTEM, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES MOST NOTICABLE WHEN BRAKING FROM SPEEDS OVER 45 MPH OR ON DOWN HILLS. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED, ROTORS TURNED, AND THE PROBLEM RETURNED IN A FEW WEEKS. I ASKED TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR, THEY REFUSED, THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115077March 14, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED AFTER ABOUT 45 MINUTES OF DRIVING, AND IT WAS BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE BED OF THE VEHICLE. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD LOOK IN TO IT. *AK.....*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113952March 11, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
AT 25000 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE, WAS ADVISED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $300 TO FIX. THE PROBLEM IS EMISSIONS RELATED AND ATTRIBUTED TO A DEFECTIVE PART ( FUEL FILLER NECK ). THERE IS A TOYOTA TSB OUT DESCRIBING THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113789March 8, 2005
TRAILER HITCHES
RE; FOLLOW UP NOTIFICATION OF TOYOTA SAFETY RECALL NO. 02V-050. *BF *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112586March 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL), STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
THE SHIFT LEVER BROKE OFF, DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AT ABOUT 21000 MILES. AFTER I PARKED THE TRUCK, I WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT IT TO REVERSE OR ANY OTHER GEAR. I HAD THE VEHICULE TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE SHIFT LEVER, TUBE STEERING, SUPPORT TILT MECHANISM, AND SHAFT CONTROL. (COVERED UNDER WARRANTY) AT 44, 000 MILES. THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED. I TALKED TO THE DEALER AND TO A TOYOTA CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE, THEY STATED SINCE MY VEHICULE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. I FEEL TOYOTA SHOULD COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR SINCE THIS IS A RECCURING PROBLEM THAT IS PART OF THE DRIVE TRAIN. THE SHIFT LEVER IS A PART THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIVE CYCLE OF THE VEHICULE. THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE DEFFECT ; THEY SHOULD BEAR THE COST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113416March 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PREMATURE WARPING OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WAS REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104974March 2, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED FOUR TIMES BECAUSE OF VIBRATION. CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION BECAUSE OF THE BRAKES.*AK *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112383March 1, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
"TICKING" SOUND FROM LEFT REAR OF ENGINE BLOCK. I KNOW IT WAS AN EXHAUST LEAK. WENT TO TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY SAID MY EXHAUST HEADER WAS CRACKED AND RUSTED. THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT NEW IN TEXAS. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER NAMED GABE AT CAMELBACK TOYOTA IN PHOENIX, AZ, "THE HUMIDITY IN DALLAS MUST HAVE CAUSED THE RUSTING." THE TRUCK HAS 79,000 MILES ON IT WITH NO RUST ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN I INQUIRED TO THE PRICE OF REPAIRS, HE SAID $1800. HOWEVER, HE ADDED, I COULD GET THE "IMPROVED" MANIFOLD, "WHICH HAS THICKER WELDS, FOR ONLY TEN DOLLARS MORE." THIS SEEMED EVERY ODD TO ME THAT TOYOTA ALREADY HAS AN IMPROVED DESIGN FOR THE HEADER THAT RUSTS FROM THE "HIGH HUMIDITY" OF TEXAS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112900February 22, 2005
WHEELS
THE VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING UNCONTROLLABLY WITHOUT WARNING AND A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED. AFTERWARDS. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. DRIVER NOTICED THAT RIGHT SIDE WHEEL SHEARED OFF. DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105253February 16, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED. THE CONSUMER COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHILE CROSSING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES AND COMING TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT HAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE (WHEEL ASSEMBLY) HAD FOLDED UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *JB *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110461February 13, 2005
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH A LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL. ON WET PAYMENT, IF BOTH WHEEL SPIN AT THE SAME TIME ( LOOSE TRACTION), THE TRUCK BED WILL KICK LEFT AND PUT THE TRUCK INTO A SPIN. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER SAID THE LSD (LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL) WAS FUNCTIONING. HE ASKED ME WHICH SIDE THE TRUCK KICKED. I TOLD HIM LEFT. THE DEALER HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE WITH THIS TRUCK KICKING LEFT. THE DEALER STATED I HAD TO CONTACT TOYOTA MOTOR SALES AND FILE A COMPLAINT. THIS WAS DONE AND I WAS REFEREED TO TOYOTA REGIONAL OFFICE IN FL. I WAS CONTACTED BY THEM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE LSD WAS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AND THAT TOYOTA HAS NO INTENTION OF FIXING THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM NEED TO BE FIXED! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110320February 11, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I PURCHASED MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA LIMITED 4WD IN SEPT. OF 2000 WITH 5,500 MILES ON IT. AT APPROX. 10,000 MI. I EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION OF THE FRONT END WHEN BRAKING. THE DEALER TURNED THE FRONT ROTORS AND REPLACED THE PADS. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN AT 15,000 MI. THIS TIME THE DEALER REPAIRED THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES ACCORDING TO A TSB THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED. I THOUGHT MY PROBLEMS WERE OVER BUT IN JAN.'05 I NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY THAT HAD IT OCCURRED WOULD SURELY HAVE RESULTED IN LOSS OF LIFE OR LIVES. I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH, ALLOWING PROPER STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT OF ME AND THEN SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES. IN TURN I WAS FORCED TO BRAKE WITH FULL FORCE. UPON DOING SO, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES TOOK OVER AND IT TOOK ALL THE STRENGTH I HAD JUST TO MAINTAIN CONTROL BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE ENTIRE TRUCK. AFTER THIS NEAR ACCIDENT MY TRUCK HAS THE VIBRATION PROBLEM DURING BRAKING AGAIN. I NOW HAVE 43,000 MI. ON MY TRUCK AND BEING OUT OF WARRANTY THE DEALER SAYS IT WILL COST ME $1700+ TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHAT A POOR ENGINEERING DESIGN TOYOTA HAS IN THE TUNDRA WHEN A $30,000 TRUCK HAS REPEATED BRAKE PROBLEM WHILE IN WARRANTY AND NOW, AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, APPLYING THE BRAKES HARD 1 TIME RESULTS IN MY HAVING TO SPEND NEARLY 1/15TH OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR A PROBLEM TOYOTA HAS KNOWN EXIST IN THE TUNDRA. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT TOYOTA SHOULD BE FORCED THROUGH A RECALL TO REMEDY THIS DESIGN FLAW. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111260February 9, 2005
WHEELS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
A LOUD NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE TRUCK COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE TRUCK, AND OBSERVED THAT DRIVER'S FRONT WHEEL SHEARED OFF. DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT AND DRIVER'S WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111263February 9, 2005
SUSPENSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE COLLAPSED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS SNAPPED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111143February 8, 2005
SUSPENSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE BALL JOINTS FAILED. IT CAME COMPLETELY FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENTS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. THERE WERE NO RECALLS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109925February 6, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 EXTENDED CAB 4X4 TUNDRA 1 OR 2 MPH ON AN UNPAVED BUT GRADED ROAD VIEWING REAL ESTATE WHEN THE ENTIRE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED JARRING THE TRUCK TO A STOP. I THOUGHT THE ROAD HAD COLLAPSED. IT APPEARS AS IF THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED. I WAS ONLY 7 MILES OFF INTERSTATE I-95, I SHUDDER TO THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF A FAILURE LIKE THIS GOING 70 MPH WITH TRAFFIC. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109829February 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
I RECENTLY BOUGHT A ?CERTIFIED USED? 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA AND PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, THE TRUCK BRAKES STARTED ACTING FUNKY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, MENTIONED THE PROBLEM, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD ADJUST THE BRAKES. THIS HELPED IT BRAKES FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS. THE BRAKES STARTED TO GET WORSE AND WOULD VIBRATE THE ENTIRE TRUCK WHEN BRAKING. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND LEARNED OF A TSB FOR TOYOTA TUNDRA BRAKING PROBLEM WHERE TOYOTA RECOGNIZED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPERS WERE UNDERSIZED FOR THE TRUCK. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THE WARRANTY COVERED REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE CALIPERS AND OTHER COMPONENTS, BUT WOULD NOT COVER THE ROTORS THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THEIR FACTORY DEFECTIVE BRAKING CALIPERS. I FEEL THAT TOYOTA SHOULD RECALL ALL TOYOTA MODELS WITH THE KNOWN BRAKING PROBLEM, AND REIMBURSE ALL OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD COSTLY REPAIRS. THANKS, JAY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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