2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

REAR AXLE SEALS HAVE FAILED FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WHEN THEY FAIL, THE REAR BRAKES BECOME COATED WITH OIL, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE.

VEHICLE MADE WHINING NOISE AFTER GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. MOVED A FEW FEET AND STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. LEAKING TRAIL OF FLUID UNDERNEATH. PRIVATE MECHANIC CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND WAS THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 137K MILES. HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. I HAD JUST BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT NOTICED SEVERE RUST ON THE FRONT CROSS MEMBERS AND THE FRAME. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE RECALL EXPIRED AND THE REPAIR COST WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHLE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRE BRACKET AND THE SPARE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INSPECTED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V444000 (STRUCTURE); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 231,000.

FREQUENTLY FROM A PARK POSITION AND THEN SHIFTING AND TURNING SEEMS TO LACK RESPONSIVENESS.

NOTIFIED OF SAFETY RECALL ON VEHICLE FOR RUST ON FRAME THAT WILL CAUSE STRUCTURAL FAILURE THAT CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO TOYOTA DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. WAS TOLD THE REPAIR WAS MADE. INFORMED BY INSPECTION SERVICE CENTER THE REPAIR WAS NOT EFFECTIVE 8/10/2012, NOTIFIED TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE 8/11/2016 OF THE PROBLEM THEY OPENED CASE #1608102651. I CONTACTED THEM AGAIN 8/12/2016 AND WAS INFORMED BY THE CASE MANAGER TOYOTA WOULD NOT INSPECT OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. SHE INDICATED THE RECALL WAS LISTED AS LIMITED SERVICE AND NOT A SAFETY RECALL. SHE INDICATED THIS WAS AN ON-GOING ISSUE AND SEVERAL RECALLS HAD LAPSED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE RECALL HAD EXPIRED TOYOTA WAS NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECT. THEY ONLY RUST ON THE VEHICLE IS ON THE DEFECTIVE FRAME. A RECALL REPAIR THAT DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IS USELESS.

TAKATA RECALL ALTHOUGH A TEST OF MY VIN NUMBER IN THE NHTSA DATABASE CAME UP NEGATIVE ON THE TAKATA RECALL, THERE HAVE BEEN CREDIBLE REPORTS, BY THE NEW YORK TIMES ,USA TODAY, AND AUTOMOBILE ENTHUSIAST WEBSITES, THAT 2002 TUNDRAS DO HAVE DEFECTIVE TAKATA AIRBAGS. SOME REPORTS ARE SPECIFIC IN SAYING THE BAGS ARE IN TUNDRAS SOLD IN THE GULF STATES, WHICH IS THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR MY DEALER IN JACKSON, MISS. CAN YOU INVESTIGATE THIS DISCREPANCY? IT IS TROUBLING THAT CREDIBLE SOURCES SEEMS TO BE IN CONFLICT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE VERY SPECIFIC FACTS RELATING TO TUNDRAS SOLD IN THE GULF STATES REGION. THANK YOU. HERE ARE SOME OF THE WEBSITES REPORTING THE 2002 TUNDRA IS SUBJECT TO RECALL: HTTP://WWW.USATODAY.COM/STORY/MONEY/CARS/2014/10/20/TOYOTA-AIRBAG-RECALL-TAKATA/17610199/ HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/INTERACTIVE/2014/10/22/BUSINESS/22TAKATA-TABLE-2-COLS.HTML HTTP://WWW.TUNDRAHEADQUARTERS.COM/BLOG/TOYOTA-TAKATA-AIR-BAG-RECALL/. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A DEALER FOR SERVICE, THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO THE DEALER PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V444000 (STRUCTURE); HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR STATING THAT THE REPAIR COMPOUND WAS NOT BEING SENT BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFUSED TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR, STATING THAT THEY WERE NO PERFORMING THE RECALL REPAIR. THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THE FRAMES OF CERTAIN TOYOTA TUNDRAS FROM A COWORKER. I FOUND THAT MY TRUCK FELL INTO THE CATEGORY, HOWEVER I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALLS OR SAFETY ACTIONS. I BROUGHT MY TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER WILL BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE FUEL TANK STRAPS AND A COATING CAN BE APPLIED TO THE REAR PART OF THE FRAME. I ASKED HOW THE REST OF THE FRAME WAS AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS MAJOR ROT IN THE FRONT SECTION. I CALLED TOYOTA AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO ABOUT IT AS THE RECALL OR SAFETY ACTION EXPIRED ON 31 MARCH 2016. I EXPRESSED TO THEM THAT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANYTHING ABOUT THE FRAMES AND WAS BASICALLY TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A TRUCK WITH A ROTTED OUT FRAME THAT TOYOTA IS NOT WILLING TO STAND BY, EVEN THOUGH I ONLY MISSED THE DEADLINE BY A MONTH AND A HALF, DUE TO THEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE HAVING BODY WORK DONE ON THE VEHICLE BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE CONTACT'S ATTENTION THAT THE REAR FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS CORRODED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V444000 (STRUCTURE), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SIGNS OF CORROSION AFTER THE RECALL REMEDY WAS APPLIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 330,000.