2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

WHILE COMPLETELY STOPPED IN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC, I WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH BEFORE HE SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES. UPON THE COLLISION, THE DRIVER'S SEAT I WAS SITTING IN SLID BACKWARDS ON THE ADJUSTABLE SEAT TRACK TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND MY SEAT FULLY RECLINED. AFTER THE COLLISION, MY SEAT WAS FULLY RECLINED AND I WAS LAYING DOWN IN MY SEAT. WHILE I RECEIVED NO FURTHER INJURIES BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT, HAD A PASSENGER BEEN SITTING BEHIND ME (PARTICULARLY A CHILD IN A CHILD RESTRAINT), THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SEVERELY INJURED BY MY SEAT SLIDING BACKWARDS AND RECLINING. *TR

DRIVING UP A; HILL ALL THE SUDDEN IT LOSES POWER GOING U A HILL ALL MY DASH LIGHT STARTS TO BLINK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT 4 HI LO ARE BLINKING AND STARTS TO SHAKE THRU A P2442 CODE THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A QUALITY BUILT TRUCK FOR AIR INJECTION PUMPS TO BE GOING OUT AND AFTER READING ALL THE ISSUES TOYOTA HAS HAD ON THE 07 AND 08 YOU THINK THEY WOULD PUT BETTER PARTS IN THE TRUCKS . AFTER READING ABOUT THIS ISSUE IT IS COMMON ANYWHERE FROM 11,000 TO 60,000 MILES THIS ISSUE IS A 1,700 OUT OF POCKET US DOING THIS OUR SELF WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH TOYOTA AFTER IT BREAKING AT 40,000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PAINT ON THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS CHIPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 12/28/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRAME IS RUSTING AND THE ACTUAL GAS MILEAGE IS LESS THAN THE STICKER MILEAGE. UPDATED 1/15/2013*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE OR BRAKE TO A STOP, A LOUD THUMPING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DRIVE SHAFT AND TRANSMISSION WAS NOT LOCKING SECURELY BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 25 TO 30 MPH A GROWLING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE MIGHT BE CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE REAR AXLE OR DIFFERENTIAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,396 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

MY TUNDRA WAS MAKING SCRAPING NOISES WHEN TURNING. BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO TOYOTA FOR SERVICE TO FIND OUT THE REAR BEARINGS ON BOTH SIDES WERE RUSTING OUT AND THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED. SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID HE CALLED TOYOTA ALREADY EVEN THOUGH MY WARRANTY HAD LONG PASSED. HE STATED THAT TOYOTA HAD INCREASED THE WARRANTY ON THE BEARINGS TO A 5 YEAR/65,000 MILES. TOYOTA DID PAY ABOUT 1/4 TH OF THE COST. SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY KNOW THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE BEARING BUT NOT WILLING TO COVER THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER HAD BEARING ISSUES ON ANY VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED. I DRIVE MOST OF MY VEHICLES FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS OR MORE. THUS ONE OF THE REASONS I BUY TOYOTAS. NOT SURE IF THAT WILL BE TRUE ANY LONGER. *TR

REVERSE WARNING SENSORS THAT ALERT YOU THAT YOU ARE CLOSE TO AN OBJECT, SOUND WHEN THEY GET WET EVEN THOUGH NO OBJECT IS NEARBY. THIS CAN BE CAUSED BY RAIN, CAR WASH, OR SIMPLY DRIVING ON WET ROAD AFTER A RAIN. I HAD ONE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW ANOTHER IS FAILING AND MY TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS CAN PRESENT A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN THAT OWNERS WOULD BE USED TO THE SENSORS GOING OFF IN THESE CONDITIONS THAT THEY WILL DISMISS IT WHEN POSSIBLY A REAL OBJECT, HUMAN OR ANIMAL IS PRESENT THUS CAUSING THE "CRYING WOLF" SYNDROME AND POSSIBLE INJURY. *TR

WHEN I STARTED THE CAR A BUNCH OF LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON. THE 4X4, STABILITY CONTROL TRACTION CONTROL, ETC. IT HAS HAPPENED 9 TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. TURNING THE CAR OFF THEN ON WOULD NOT MAKE IT GO AWAY. I HAD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY AND RECONNECT BEFORE IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING RIGHT. *TR

I HAVE AN WHITE 08 TUNDRA CEWMAX LIMITED. THE PAINT IS HORRIBLE. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY LITTLE LIGHT TOUCH OF IT BRINGS IT DOWN TO THE GREY UNDERCOATING. FOR INSTANCE, MY KEY FOB HIT THE GATE WHEN I WAS UNLOCKING THE TAILGATE AND IT CHIPPED IT RIGHT DOWN TO THE GREY UNDERCOATING. THE TRUCK IS PEPPERED WITH THESE PROBABLY FROM ROAD DEBRIS. I COULD UNDERSTAND A LITTLE HERE OR THERE BUT NOT THIS MANY AND HAVING IT HAPPEN SO EASILY MOST RECENTLY MY CLEARCOAT HAS STARTED TO FAIL AND MY TRUCK IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. IT GETS WASHED ALMOST WEEKLY AND WAXED EVERY MONTH WITH MEGUIRES NXT 2.0. I KNOW EVERY LITTLE DING, SCRATCH AND DENT ON THE TRUCK AND EVERYTIME I GO TO WASH IT, THERE ARE MORE. THE PAINT/CLEARCOAT IS NOT VERY PROTECTIVE AND HAS NOT HELD UP. MY OTHER CAR IS 12 YEARS OLD AND GETS THE SAME CAR CARE TREATMENT AS MY TUNDRA AND ITS PAINT IS 100% BETTER THAN THIS TRUCK. IT IS ALSO A TOYOTA AND WHITE. *TR

I LET MY BOYFRIEND DRIVE MY 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA TO WORK. HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FOLLOWING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AT 68MPH AND TWO CARS AHEAD SLAMMED ON THEIR BREAKS TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC STOP AND THE THREE CARS COLLIDED. MY TOYOTA TUNDRA SUSTAINED THE MOST DAMAGE BASHING THE ENTIRE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE. A WOMEN AT THE FRONT OF THE COLLISION WAS TREATED FOR BACK INJURIES. MY BOYFRIEND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES THANKS THE GRACE OF GOD BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS IN THE TOYOTA TUNDRA DID NOT DEPLOY. *JS