This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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It-€™s has come to my attention that this is an on going issue with tundra frames rusting out after being sprayed I inherited this truck from a family friend and the truck is getting to where it-€™s not drivable for frame issues this needs to be addressed by Toyota ASAP!!
I own a 2005 Toyota Tundra 4dr. and in January of this year 2022 a recall was sent out on -€˜Inadequate Hardness of Ball Joint Housing-€™. My Tundra is having ball joint problems meaning skeeking on the front wheels, vibrating until over 55 mph., and suspension problems. I called a Toyota dealership to get the truck fixed but they told me that back in 2007 the ball joints were already fixed. I shouldn-€™t be having this problem if the recall just came out. I-€™m trying to get this problem corrected on my truck without having to pay the $900 bill they want to charge me to fix it. Whst can I do ??
Gas tank Strap rusted thru and broke. Brake lines rusted thru and leaked Differential rusted thru and leaked. Frame excessively and extensively rusted.
I seen that Toyota were recalled for the frame issues on 2004 and up, mine is 2005 tundra with frame issues, like it-€™s sad, such a nice truck, but frame is horrible. Why is mine not being shown as recalled, but yet I have frame problems" I got my truck from a 1 owner who had it since new, it just hit 100,000 miles on it, it was serviced by Toyota dealership, I-€™m not sure why they didn-€™t do nothing with it over the years to help or fix the rust issue on the frame. It-€™s not just a little rusty, it-€™s really rusty, and it was garage kept too. Did they forget to include my vin number when they started the recalls" Doesn-€™t make sense why they would fix some and not all, all around the same years. Thanks Jim
- Erie, PA, USA
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Perforations in frame along seams due to rust isolated to the driver side front frame rail. Toyota is aware of this problem and refuse service and repair.
2005 Tundra frame is rusted in many places. Very bad where frame sections meet and now the frame is rusting through the main horizonal frame itself as the attached picture indicates. This has been an ongoing issue for years but is bad enough now that it is not safe and will not pass inspection. I know there was a recall on this frame and I was told it was ok when I brought it in for the recall. I T has been rusting ever sense. We have only purchased Toyota and Lexus vehicles for the last 20 or more years and this is the third truck rust has totaled. Please help
I recently learned that the frame on my 2005 Toyota Tundra has rusted completely through and the vehicle cannot be driven safely. We never received notice of a repair campaign. Both Toyota dealership and corporate rejected my request to have the frame replaced. The vehicle has only 56,000.
The frame and cross members are deteriorated to the point of breaking. The front driveshaft and steering linkage is excessively deteriorated. The brake and fuel tank brackets are also deteriorated and are failing to support attached components
Upon close inspection (vehicle parked) the truck has severe (more than average) corrosion/ perforation (rust) of the main frame/ chassis. Toyota had undercoated the vehicle to resolve the issue although this only masked the underlying corrosion, allowing for the corrosion to go unnoticed. The frame has currently perforated (visible holes/ rust in the integral structure). The vehicles main structure is compromised do to the poor material/ excessive corrosion. The vehicles safety may be severely compromised.
My 2005 Toyota Tundra has 217K miles and is, mechanically, in terrific shape, except the frame has rusted out on the drivers side. Structurally, it's still drivable safely, but it will no longer pass state inspection (Maine, usa). Thousands of other Toyota Tundra of the same style and manufacturing process and similar model year have had frame recalls done for the exact same reason. I do not feel it is fair to skip this year. This is my family's only source of transportation right now, and it is vital to keep it on the road. Please allow a frame recall for this model year!
In 2015, my vehicle was part of a Toyota recall for cold weather vehicles, to undercoat the frame to mitigate any possible problems from snow, ice and salt rusting out the frame prematurely. I complied, bringing my vehicle to the local Toyota dealer, heritage Ford & Toyota, 1620 shelburne rd., so. Burlington, vt. They had my vehicle for 3 days, and removed the pick up body from the vehicle and undercoated the frame from the transmission cross member to the rear of the frame. This past tues.,Aug. 8th, 2017, I had my vehicle at my local service station to have the oil changed, and to have the front brakes looked at. Soon after they drove the vehicle into the service bay, my mechanic came to me and said he had something to show me. That's when he showed me the holes on the top rail of the frame just back from the engine motor mount on the passenger side of the vehicle. I was horrified when my mechanic told me this condition essentially rendered my vehicle uninspectable. I went back to heritage Toyota where I had the undercoating done, and they said basically, since they had met the original conditions of the 2015 recall, there was nothing more they were required to do for me. They referred me to the Toyota customer care telephone number. When I called the case worker, cheryl from Toyota, she told me the same thing that heritage Toyota had told me, they had covered themselves by completing the recall requirements for my vehicle, and there was nothing more they could do. My case # for Toyota was 1708081681. I feel that either heritage Toyota or Toyota motor Corp. Are still responsible for what happened to my truck. Heritage, because they had my vehicle for 3 days, & they could have checked the frame in the engine well at some point. And Toyota motor Corp, because they have had very well documented frame issues with it's trucks for many years.
The frame of the truck was recalled for excessive rust. The dealer sprayed on a coating per the recall in 2013. The coating has all flaked off and the frame is losing chunks of rust. Toyota know about this problem but won't do anything about it once they spray the defective coating on it. The truck frame needs replaced and they won't do it. Somebody is going to be seriously injured or killed in one of these trucks when the frame breaks at speed.
Cold start of vehicle, very large noise, lasted about 1 minute. Only does this when cold start. If vehicle has been driven no sound. Research indicate, that other problems noted on the internet were the air injection pump, and switching values, has foam that has deteriorated and fell down on the DC motor and burned the motor out. Seems the manufacture knows of the problem but has only certain model years they are covering. Same part in all years but not covering 2005 which is the model year of my truck. If same part is on different model years they should cover all model years that have this part as it seems this is a very expensive repair. This is a requirement to utilized to improve cold-start emissions, which is mandated requirement. Toyota's customers have a customer support program to extend the warranty should be with all model years that have this part. I have as of yesterday taken my truck to the dealership as I am pretty sure this is the problem. Diagnosis should be forth coming. Many complaints on internet for this same model year and problem.
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.
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- Church Road, VA, USA