2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

AT 25000 MILES THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2010 TOYOTA TUNRDA DUE TO POOR OUTSIDE WEAR. I ROTATE AND MONITOR MY TIRE PRESSRE REGULALY. THE DEALER CHECKED THE SUSPENSION AND SAID THERE WAS NOT ISSUE WITH IT, YET THEY REPLACED THE RACK STEERING AT 27000 MILES. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE TIRES AND HAD THE VEHICLE ALIGNED AND THEY ARE ALREARY WORN OUT AGAIN WITH 10000 MILES ON THEM. ANY NEWER TUNDRA I SEE ON THE ROAD SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH VARIOUS TIRE BRANDS HIGH END OR NOT. IE MICHELIN, TOYO, BRIDGESTONE. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A JACK THAT WOULD NOT RAISE THE VEHICLE TO A SUFFICIENT HEIGHT WHEN REPLACING TIRES. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO USE A JACK THAT DID NOT COME WITH THE VEHICLE. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE JACK WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE VEHICLE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS WARPED CAUSING FRONT END SHAKE UNDER HARD BRAKING. LOCAL DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO WARRANTY AS IT WAS A GRAY AREA. *KB

TOYOTA 2010 TUNDRA 4.6L DOUBLE CAB VEHICLE. EXTREMELY SENSATIVE GAS PEDAL. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE FROM COMPLETE OR SLOW ROLLING STOP WITHOUT LURCHING AHEAD QUICKLY. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY WITHOUT WHEEL SPIN IN WET OR SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING THIS A SAFETY HAZZARD. IT IS ALSO A SAFETY HAZZARD BECAUSE I CANNOT BACK UP OR GO FORWARD SAFELY IN PARKING SITUATIONS OR PARKING LOTS. IF THERE IS ANYONE AHEAD OR BEHIND THE TRUCK - EVEN FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE, I DO NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK BECAUSE I CANNOT BE SURE IT WON'T MOVE AHEAD OR BEHIND UNCONTROLABLY. TOYOTA DEALER KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND I HAVE NOTIFIED TOYOTA. DEALER RE-SYNKED GAS PEDAL TO ENGINE DRIVE BY WIRE COMPONENTS BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I SUSPECT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DIGITAL ENCODER ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE IN THE ECU, AND THE STEPPER MOTOR OPERATING THE THROTTLE BUTTERFLY ON THE AIR INTAKE. SERVICE MANAGER AT LOCAL DEALER WITNESSED MY DRIVING THE TRUCK AND SYMPTOMS, THEN DROVE THE TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED THE SYMPTOMS. HE OFFERED NO SOLUTION. THE PROBLEM IS NOT CONSTANT. SOMETIMES IT IS EXTREME, OTHER TIMES IT IS LESS. BUT THE GAS PEDAL IS ALWAYS VERY SENSITIVE. TRUCK WAS ACQUIRED USED WITH 6,700 MILES ON IT AND NOW HAS 8,000 MILES OF USE. ENGINE RUNS SMOOTHLY, STARTS QUICKLY, GETS RATED GAS MILEAGE, AND DRIVES SMOOTHLY ONCE IN MOTION. *TR

I DROVE THE VEHICLE APROX. 300 MILES TO LAUGHLIN ,I WAS IN TOWN BACKED OUT OF A SPOT PUT IT IN DRIVE THE TRUCK DIED IT RESTARTED AND A LITTLE WHILE LATER I NOTICED A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ,I TOOK TO DEALER AND TOLD IT WAS THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR AND THAT TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WHEN THEY FIGURE IT OUT THEY WILL CONTACT ME BUT AS A FRIENDLY GESTURE THEY CHANGED MY OIL ,RIGHT ,WELL ITS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR AND NOT A WORD. *TR

I WENT TO LOAD THE BED WITH SOME FURNITURE AND SAW A BOLT PROTRUDING THROUGH THE BED OF THE TRUCK. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK ABSORBER BROKE LOOSE FROM THE TOP CONNECTION AND WENT THROUGH THE TRUCK BED. AFTER TAKING TO THE DEALER THEY FOUND THE TOP CONNECTING NUTS/BOLT ON THE LEFT REAR WAS ALSO MISSING. WE ARE NOW IN A FIGHT OVER WHO PAYS. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK AS A USED CERTIFIED TOYOTA TUNDRA ON 2 APRIL, THIS HAPPENED ON 7 APRIL 2011. THEY CONTEND SOMEONE TRIED TO STEEL MY SHOCKS SO IT'S NOT THEIR'S TO PAY. I CONTEND THEY'D HAVE TO GO PAST $3K WORTH OF AFTERMARKET TIRES AND WHEELS TO TAKE THE SHOCKS...I DON'T THING A SMART THIEF WOULD DO THAT. ADDITIONALLY, IF BOTH SHOCKS WERE MISSING THE TOP CONNECTION ITEMS IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT THEY WERE NEVER INSTALLED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AS THEY DON'T 'BACK THEMSELVES' OUT. THEY WERE NEVER THERE OR SOMEONE TOOK THEM OFF AND IT WASN'T ME! AS A MINIUM SOMEONE MISSED THIS ON THE CERTIFIED INSPECTION CHECK LIST. LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT THE FINAL OUTCOME AND THE DEALERS NAME!

I HAVE A UNATTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEM IT HAS NOW HAPPENED 4 TIMES 3 TIME AFTER THE RECALL THE LATEST TIME WAS TODAY. *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND THE ENGINE STALLED; IT WAS ABLE TO BE IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

ON OCT 7,2010,WE PURCHASED A 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA. OUR VEHICLE IS 2 MONTHS OLD AND HAS ALREADY HAD A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS 2276 MILES. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK MY HUSBAND HEARD A LOUD BANG. HE PULLED OVER AND OIL WAS GUSHING EVERY WHERE. HE HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER. WE WERE TOLD THE VEHICLE THREW A ROD AND WENT INTO THE BOTTOM PART OF THE ENGINE, REQUIRING A COMPLETE ENGINE REBUILD. HAS NOT BEEN REPAIR YET, AWAITING PARTS. WE WERE ALSO TOLD, THERE HAD BEEN OTHER VEHICLES WITH BAD RODS. THE ONLY THING TOYOTA WANTS TO OFFER ME IS A PLATINUM WARRANTY-8YRS,125,000 MILES. I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN SIMILAR CASES SUCH AS OURS. OUR LOCAL TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD CONSIDERING WE DID NOT PURCHASE THE VEHICLE LOCALLY. *TR

I PURCHASED ON 2010 TUNDRA DOUBLE CAB 4X4 WITH A 5.7 V-8 ENGINE ON AUGUST 1, 2010. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY 2010 TUNDRA HAS SHUT DOWN WHILE BEING DRIVEN. THE FIRST SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM OCCURRED ON 08/26/2010 (1,097 MILES) WHILE BEING DRIVEN ABOUT 10-15 MPH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE 4X4 LO AND RSCA LIGHTS WERE FLASHING WHILE POWER WAS LOST/REDUCED TO ENGINE/TRANMISSION. ON 8/27/2010, THE SELLING DEALER CHECKED THE CONNECTIONS AFTER RECEIVING CODES C1201 AND P060A AND CLAIMED THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED. THE SECOND TIME WAS ON 09/26/2010 (2,312 MILES) I WAS DRIVING 55-60 MPH WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON AS BEFORE AND I LOST/REDUCED POWER TO THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THIS TIME THE A LOCAL DEALER VERIFIED THAT CODE P060A RETURNED AND CLAIMED THE CAUSE WAS A BAD ECM PROCESSOR. THEY REPLACED THE ECM PROCESSOR CLAIMING THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED. THE THIRD TIME WAS ON OCTOBER 31, 2010, (2,480 MILES) THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND BEING WARMED UP WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I DROVE THE VEHICLE THEN TO SEE IF IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH POWER LOSS TO THE ENGINE. AGAIN THERE WAS REDUCED POWER TO THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION. NOTIFIED TOYOTA WHO HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED IN AND THEY RECOVERED CODE P1614. THIS TIME THE DEALER CLAIMED THE PROBLEM WAS THE R&R AIR ASSEMBLY STATING THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, REPLACED IT AND CLAIMED THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM. TOYOTA CORPORATION AND MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP BOTH HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THIS SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING. ON 11/9/2010, THE ARBITRATION THE BOARD RELATED THAT "THERE HAVE NOT BEEN AN UNREASONABLE NUMBER OF REPAIRS FOR THE SAME NONCONFORMITY." THEREFORE, THEY DENIED MY CLAIM FOR A NEW VEHICLE. AN ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN/REDUCED POWER TO THE ENGINE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE TO ME IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM.