2011 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

HIGH IDLE -COLD START, TRUCK STARTS IN MORNING OR WHEN LEFT FOR A TIME AT 1600-1800 RPM IT SOUNDS LIKE ITS SCREAMING,,STAYS THERE FOR APPOX 3 MINUTES THEN GOES TO 1300 AND 1100 BUT DOES NOT DROP DOWN AFTER 5 MIN ,IF VEHICLES IS DRIVEN OR PUT IN GEAR ,DEPENDING ON HOW LONG UP WAIT THE TRUCK WILL PULL YOU ALONG BY ITSELF,THEN AFTER 1/4 OR HALF MILE IDLE COMES DOWN 750-800 RPM,TOYOTA SAYS ITS NORMAL CAN BE DRIVEN ,I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE ASST SERVICE MANAGER,TO SHOW ME IN TOYOTA MANUAL WHAT THE COLD START IDLE SPEED IS TOYOTA SPEC ARE,HE WOULD RETRIEVE INFO AND DID NOT, TRUCK DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM FROM THE START JUST ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD ,BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES ,THEY SAY IT FINE AND NORMAL,NO CODES,ACCORDING TO INTERNET AND OTHER COMPLAINTS IT CAUSES PISTON SLAP AND ENGINE SOUNDS ABNORMAL. *TR

2011 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE AIR BAGS AND TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HER HUSBAND TURNED DOWN THE WRONG STREET, AND WHEN HE WENT TO TURN AROUND, HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, AND STEPPED ON THE GAS, BUT THE VEHICLE WENT FORWARD OVER A FORTY FOOT EMBANKMENT AND RAN INTO A LARGE BOULDER AND A TREE. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED IT WAS STILL IN REVERSE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MAIN ISSUE, WAS THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, BUT THE TRUCK WENT FORWARD. ACCORDING TO EYE WITNESSES, IT APPEARED HER HUSBAND WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION.

I HAVE A 2011 TUNDRA SR5 WITH A LOUD CLICKING NOISE THAT HAS BEEN COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE SHIFT LEVER. WHILE IN PARK, THE BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE PRESSED IN ORDER TO SHIFT THE TRUCK INTO GEAR. WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, A LOUD CLICK CAN BE HEARD FROM THE COLUMN SHIFTER. THIS IS THE COLUMN SHIFT LOCKOUT SOLENOID AND IS NORMAL. HOWEVER, RECENTLY I CAN HEAR THE SOLENOID CLICKING ANYTIME I DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE I'M IN GEAR. SOMETIMES IT IS A CLICK, TWO CLICKS AND SOMETIMES IT IS SERIES OF RAPID CLICKS. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER TWICE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THE CLICKING WAS NORMAL WHILE IN PARK AND THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT WHILE IN GEAR. THE SECOND TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY "BLEW OUT THE EXCESS GREASE" FROM THE SHIFT LOCK. THEIR BEST EXPLANATION IS THAT THE COLUMN SHIFT LOCK SOLENOID COMES FROM THE FACTORY AS A SEALED UNIT AND IS PACKED WITH GREASE. THE 'EXCESS' GREASE CAN KEEP THE LOCKING ARM FROM FULLY RETRACKING OR ENGAGING AND THE SOLENOID WILL CHATTER BECAUSE IT IS TRYING TO PUT IT INTO POSITION. *TR

I GOT STOPPED AND ISSUED A $187.00 VIOLATION BY THE POLICE IN CA AS MY TRUCK PARKING, (AMBER LIGHTS) WERE ON DURING DRIVING IN THE DAYTIME. THIS TRUCK IS WIRED SO THE AMBER (PARKING LIGHT LENS) ARE ON WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING SO TO THE POLICE IT IS THE SAME AS DRIVING WITH PARKING LIGHTS ON WHICH IS ILLEGAL UNDER CA VC 24800 AND MOST OTHER STATES. THIS MAKES MY VEHICLE ILLEGAL TO OPERATE AS WELL AS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW IF THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR NOT (THE VERY REASON FOR PARKING LIGHTS). NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ALLOWS AMBER PARKING LENS TO BE USED AS DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHTS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT ALSO MAKES ME LIBEL TO GET STOPPED AND TICKETED EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE IN THE DAYTIME. *JB

S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING-LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM RE COPY OF A LETTER ADDRESSED TO MR. GENACHAOWKI REGARDING HIS NEW 2011 TOYOTA TUNDRA PICK UP TRUCK *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, IT CAME WITH A TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION TO SIRIUS XM SATELLITE RADIO. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SUBSCRIPTION DID NOT END AND THE COMPANY TRIES TO FORCE CONSUMERS INTO PURCHASING THE PACKAGE. *JB

I WAS DRIVING MY TUNDRA WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE. I THEN LOST MY STEERING ABILITY. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE ANY TURNS. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO STOP, LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND SAW SOME TYPE OF FLUID LEAKING VERY FAST. I OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW I HAVE NO POWER STEERING FLUID. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE POWER STEERING SEAL BLEW CAUSING ME TO LOSE MY STEERING ABILITY. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AT LEAST 600 OTHER CARS. *KB

I BOUGHT A 2011 TOYOTA TUNDRA CREWMAX, THAT WAS LIFTED AND HAD DIFFERENT WHEELS AND TIRES PUT ON BY THE DEALERSHIP PRIOR TO ME PURCHASING THE TRUCK, AROUND OCTOBER OF 2011. I FOUND IT TO BE SLIGHTLY PULLING LEFT SO I THOUGHT IT NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT DONE SO CALL RUSSEL TOYOTA IN CATONSVILLE AND WAS TOLD TO DRIVE FOR AWHILE TO MAKE SURE AND ITS NOT THE ROADS. AT ABOUT 2000 MILE I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO DROP OFF THE TRUCK. A WEEK LATER I DROPPED OFF THE TRUCK AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN ALIGNMENT AND METAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER WHEEL AREA AND WAS CALLED BACK LATER THAT DAY TO PICK IT UP AND BRING IT BACK WHEN THE WEATHER WAS NICER SO I PICKED UP THE TRUCK. I GOT BACK FROM VACATION AND DROPPED OFF THE TRUCK AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR ALIGNMENT, NOISE FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS WHEEL AREA, OIL CHANGE. I WAS TOLD IT WILL TAKE A DAY OR MORE. I WAS CALL BACK BY THE DEALERSHIP 4 DAYS LATER SAYING THE OIL CHANGE WAS DONE BUT THAT THE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM WAS MY FAULT BECAUSE THE COMPANY THAT LIFTED THE TRUCK SAW SCUFF MARKS ON THE TIRES FROM HITTING A CURB. MY SERVICE AGENT GOT THE COMPANY TO SAY THEY WOULD FIX THE ALIGNMENT. 3 DAYS LATER THE SERVICE AGENT FROM THE DEALERSHIP CALL ME AND SAID HE COULDN'T GET IN CONTACT WITH THE OTHER COMPANY BUT HE DID IT AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE NOISE. I DROVE THE TRUCK AND THE ALIGNMENT WAS WORSE THAN BEFORE SO I CALL AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT BACK AND LEAVE IT FOR A FEW DAYS. I WAS CONCERNED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE NOISE SO I CHECKED THE FRONT WHEEL AREA OF MY TRUCK AND FOUND THAT THE STRUT WAS BROKEN SO I KIND OF FIGURE OUT IT WAS THE BROKEN STRUT THAT WAS MAKING MY TRUCK PULL THAT DIRECTION AND THE METAL NOISE WAS COMING FROM THERE. RUSSEL TOYOTA AND THE OTHER COMPANY IS TRYING NOT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND PUT THE BLAME ON ME AND I AM THE VICTIM. *KB

A TREE BRANCH STRUCK THE REAR WINDOW OF THE TRUCK, SHATTERING THE TEMPERED GLASS. SHARDS OF GLASS AS LONG AS 6" WERE THROWN THROUGHOUT THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE. *KB