2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

REAR DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING BROKE. THE LEAF SPRING WAS EXTREMELY RUSTY. IT WAS A SINGLE SPRING OUT OF THE FOUR. I HAVE A RECALL NOTICE FOR RUST ON THE FRAME AND HAVE HAD THE GAS TANK STRAPS REPLACED. IS THIS A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE STEEL TOYOTA USES FOR THE FRAMES OF THEIR VEHICLES? I THINK IT'S TIME THAT THE NHTSA START FORCING RECALLS BEYOND SPRAYING ON RUST PROOFING. SO FAR THE PEOPLE REPORTING TO YOU HAVEN'T BEEN INJURED, BUT THEN I GUESS THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT SUBMITTED AN EMAIL AND REQUESTED THAT THE OFFICIAL IVOQ BE WRITTEN VERBATIM TO THE EMAIL: I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH SEVERE FRAME ROT. I CAN NOT GET TOYOTA TO REPLACE MY FRAME BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS A REBUILT VEHICLE. THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO WAS REPLACE THE REAR CROSS MEMBER. THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS IS THAT MY TRUCK IS EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FRAME. I BOUGHT IT WITH 50,000 MILES ON IT AND IT NOW HAS 189,000 MILES ON IT. A LOCAL MAN HAD HIS REPLACED AND THE TRUCK WILL PASS AN INSPECTION. IT IS FRUSTRATING I SENT A LETTER TO TOYOTA A YEAR AGO AND TO NO RESPONSE. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ARE THEY PULLING THE WOOL OVER MY EYES AND TO DOING THE REPLACEMENT OR AM I JUST SCREWED. ASSIGNEES AND NOTIFICATIONS* *TR UPDATED 05/02/12 *BF UPDATED 05/04/12

IT HAS LONG BEEN A KNOWN FACT THAT THE OLDER TUNDRAS HAVE HAD SEVERE BRAKING PROBLEMS WITH WARPING ROTORS CAUSING EXTREME VIBRATIONS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY EITHER TOYOTA, OR THE NHTSA. WHY? EVERY FEW THOUSAND MILES, I HAVE TO EITHER REPLACE OR HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED. THE TRUCK GETS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT END. EVERYONE KNOWS WHY THIS HAPPENS- HEAT BUILDUP BECAUSE OF TO SMALL FRONT END BRAKES. POOR DESIGN. IT CAN BE FIXED, BUT WILL COST THE CONSUMER OVER $2500. TOYOTA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE, AND FIX THIS ISSUE! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR END SHOOK AND BOUNCED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OVER 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME WAS FINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE REAR FRAME AND SUSPENSION WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE SHOCK ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WAS ALSO DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT THE SAME FAILURE BEING ADDRESSED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V444000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

THE THREADED CABLE WHICH CONNECTS THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE TO THE LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE USING THE INTERIOR HANDLE. A REVIEW OF ONLINE FORUMS FOR THIS MODEL YEAR TOYOTA TUNDRA REVEALS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. DOOR HANDLE FAILURE AS A RESULT OF REGULAR USE OR TRAUMA RESULTING FROM COLLISION COULD RENDER THE VEHICLE INESCAPABLE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. THE CABLE CONNECTING THE INTERIOR LOCK TO THE LATCH ASSEMBLY IS SOLID, UNLIKE THE DOOR HANDLE CABLE WHICH IS THREADED. I BELIEVE THE DESIGN FLAW IS USES OF THREADED CABLE FOR THE DOOR HANDLE. *KB

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA LIMITED ACCESS CAB 4WD TRD. FUEL LINE LINK DETECTED AFTER SHORT TRIP. EXCESSIVE FUEL POURING FROM DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR OF EXTENDED CAB. LEAKED WAS SLOWED WHEN GAS CAP WAS REMOVED. LEAKED CONTINUED AT A MUCH SLOWER PACE AS DUE TO LOWER PRESSURE IN PRESSURIZED FUEL LINE. LEAK WAS LIMITED TO THE CAB AREA ONLY. FRAME WAS RECENTLY REPLACED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN. MUCH OF THE UNDERBODY COMPONENTS - LEAF SPRING, AXLE, SPRINGS, BRAKE COVERS, ETC. - ARE DETERIORATING DUE TO RUST. THESE COMPONENTS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE FRAME RECALL. FUEL LINE APPEARED TO HAVE RUST BUT COULD NOT DETECT PERFORATION AND COULD NOT DETERMINE ACTUAL LOCATION OF LEAK. CAR BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR REPAIR WITH AN ESTIMATE OF $850 TO REPLACE FUEL LINES. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH OVER A ROAD HUMP WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT FUEL TANK STRAP WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE FUEL TANK STRAP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REIMBURSED THE CONTACT FOR THE PART. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. UPDATED 02/22/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERE FRAME RUST, INCLUDING THE CROSS MEMBER, GAS STRAPS, BRAKE LINES, PROPORTIONAL VALVE ETC. UPDATED 03/01/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,487.

SUNROOF ORIGINALLY INSTALLED ON MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA MANUFACTURED BY HOLLANDIA TYPE: TVS NR.: 426089 SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80. GLASS GOT RIPPED-OFF AND ALMOST HIT CARS DRIVING BEHIND ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED RUST ON THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V444000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS: UNDERBODY SHIELDS). THE CONTACT BELIEVED THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE BRAKE FAILURE AND THE FRAME RUST AND STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WAS INADEQUATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000.