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Toyota Tundra • Toyota Recalls 110,000 Tundras • Engine problems • Brake problems • Misc. problems --- News • Toyota Recalls Some 2007 Tundra Pickups • Camshaft Flaw in New Tundra Pickup • New Tundra Pickup Stumbles in NHTSA Safety Test • Toyota Recalls 533,000 Trucks for Failed Ball Joints • NHTSA Probes 600,000 Toyota Trucks and Vans • Toyota Tundra Recalled to Disable Front Passenger Airbag Switch --- • Toyota Trucks

It's one ugly truck all right. Problem is, it can be a little uglier than the buyer expects. Tundra is one of the models that is putting a pretty big blemish on Toyota's reputation for quality, reliability and customer service.

Biggest problem? The brakes. A design oversight can cause the front rotors to warp and wear prematurly. Toyota's response has been to keep quiet and hope the problem goes away. Not likely.

Here are some of the more recent complaints:

Joe of Alta Loma, CA November 9, 2007

Joe of Alta Loma CA (11/09/07)
2006 Tundra 4X4 SR5 Dbl-Cab TRD with ONLY 20,000 miles. BF Goddrich tire wearing on the outsides. Toyota will do nothing about it. This ends my business with this Toyota I see a few of you with the same problem. Hope my brakes don't go next. I'll have BF Goodrich take a look and see what they say.

Sam of Chandler, AZ November 9, 2007

Sam of Chandler AZ (11/09/07)
I own a 2002 Toyota Tundra (original Owner). The truck has 77,000 miles, while performing oil change last week ( I am very restrict about changing the oil per Toyota recommended miles/time)it looks like the engine is having a sludge / Gel problem. I took the truck to Toyota dealership and told me the problem is because I don't change my oil frequently enough ..And after I told him about the settled law suit with Toyota.. He tells me that my truck is not included in the settlement therefore; he can do anything unless I have to pay for changing the engine. First I can't offered to pay for a new engine or offered to buy a new car. I am not sure what venue owners like me can take to make Toyota hold accountable for their lack of support for their product which clearly has a problem.

Chip of La Verne, CA October 29, 2007

Chip of La Verne CA (10/30/07)
I have a 2002 Toyota Tundra and am just learning what a nightmare the brakes are. I bought the truck in 7/2002 and rarely drove it. My daughter turned 16 and started driving the truck to school and back. She wanted a mild lift on the truck,of which I hesitated. With only spacers on the front coils and a set of 1 lift blocks on the rear,the truck had a mild lift.

After awhile the brakes started shuddering and vibrating when slowing down,especially when going downhill at freeway speeds! I decided that because the truck had the lift,its just the way it braked.I also didn't want to go to the dealer thinking they would say I modified the truck and void any warranty. Eventually I put the truck back to original specs after five years and went to the dealer for the ball joint recall after receiving four letters on the recall. By the way the truck has 44000 miles on it in five years. So thats an average of 9000 miles a year and never even hauling a load.I get to the dealer and tell them I just replaced the rotors and brake pads 500 hundred earlier. I told them to check the brakes because they were still pulsing and vibrating when stopping. They called and said the rotors were already warped and that the brake pads were cheap,65.00 cheap!

They convinced me that stock rotors and pads if they replaced them it would really help. 475 dollars later I am not convinced and the dealer said quote,replaced to original equipment rotors and pads,vibration may return, but not as frequent. I called and asked if they checked the rear brakes and they said yes,but that I should check them every 5000 miles. That is flat ridiculous! Toyota knows that any Tundra owner from 2000 on has crummy brakes!!! My 1994 Chevy Silverado 1500 which hauls weight all the time has 50,000 miles on the brakes and they finally need pads and the rotors turned! I have had 3 small toyota trucks 1984,1985,2001 and they never had these kind of brake problems.

Toyota knows the only fix is to replace everything to bigger brakes, but never gave anyone notice except the dealer with TSB bulletins. Thanks Toyota for a recall on your brakes.Well I guess I either live with crummy brakes or spend a fortune on the brakes. Toyota your doing a good job on your 2007 Tundra commercials with the big brakes and all, but losing customers that have your older Tundras. I'll look at GM next time.

Larry of Bakersfield, CA October 29, 2007

Larry of Bakersfield CA (10/29/07)
I bought an 01 toyota tundra 4x4 sr5 access cab,42,000miles on it. The truck had a small exhaust leak,I changed the gasket but still leaked,I changed the whole exhaust manifold,fixed the problem, rear brakes wore out changed out at 52,000,changed out,front end warped real bad on brakes,I changed the pads problem persisted,I then changed the rotors,and another set of new pads,but the thing is I'm hard on my truck and expect all these problems,most trucks would lay down and die but the tundra keeps giving back to me,the four wheel drive works excellent,everybody needs to buy a different truck,and then see how happy they are.

Ting of Stockton, CA October 28, 2007

Ting of Stockton CA (10/28/07)
I brought a 2006 Tundra in Dec. 2005 and took it to Los Angeles. On the way back home, the CD player froze. Will not eject or play. I had less than 2k miles. The dealer replaced but took 6 weeks. A month later in Feb. 2006, the new CD player had other problems like after loading the CD, it shows load CD (stuck) for 30 to 40 seconds. Sometimes it plays and other times it stalls. I took it in. It took the dealer 4 months to get a replacement. I had the Cd player for about a month and other problems came up. They replace it in Nov. 2006. Didnt know there were so much problems with Toyota till it was printed in the local paper.

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