2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

THIS STARTED 1/7/2017 COMING HOME FROM WORK BACK GRAVEL ROAD HEATER WOULD NOT WORK NOTICED HEAT GAUGE WENT ALL THE WAY UP THEN CAME DOWN TO NORMAL WORKED OK FOR A WHILE DID IT AGAIN. DRIVE HOME APPROX. 10 MILES DID NOT GET HOT BUT TEMPERATURE GAUGE REGISTERED HOT SLOWLY DROVE HOME PUT WATER IN AFTER COOLED OFF. HAD TO LEAVE AT HOME TILL I MADE APPOINTMENT TO BRING IN. DID NOT BRING TO DEALER WHICH IS 40 MILES AWAY DROVE 8 MILES SLOWLY TO MECHANIC. HE REPLACED RADIATOR, FILLED WITH NEW COOLANT MILEAGE 91003. DID NOT MESS UP UNTIL 2/27/2017 SAME ROAD REGISTERED HOT DROVE HOME SHUT OFF ADDED WATER, HAD TO SIT FOR A FEW DAYS TILL OPENING FOR APPOINTMENT. HE DID NOT FIX HE CHECKED OUT FOUND 2 LEAKS ONE DEALING WITH TRANSMISSION AND THE OTHER DEALING WITH STEERING OR BALL JOINTS. HE IS CONCERNED BECAUSE IT RAN OUT OF FLUID EVEN THOU I FILLED UP ASAP. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM BEFORE. THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET LEAK NEAR STEERING RACK. AND BETWEEN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION POSSIBLE FRONT SEAL. ALSO I WILL BE CALLING THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW IN OLATHE, KANSAS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE BALL JOINT SUSPENSION FRACTURED AND DAMAGED THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 216,374.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V065000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V285000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

GAS TANK REAR STRAP IS BROKE AND GAS TANK IS HANGING DOWN. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER SEEN A MICHIGAN WINTER I'M IN FLORIDA FOR THE WINTERS AND THE TRUCK IS IN NEAR SHOWROOM CONDITION.I DON'T KNOW STEEL WAS PRODUCED FOR THE STRAPS BUT IT IS DANGEROUS,ESPECIALLY FOR USE IN SECURING THE GAS TANK ,THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN STAINLESS STEEL.THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ,I HAVE FOUND OUT THEY WERE REPLACED IF YOUR FRAME WAS REPLACED SO WHY NOT JUST REPLACE THE STRAPS IF NEED BE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V065000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER SCHEDULED TWO APPOINTMENTS, BUT STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE INITIAL INTERIM RECALL NOTICE PROVIDED A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER (LIBERTY TOYOTA) FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS FOR ECU PASSENGER AIRBAG ISSUES. TO DATE, TOYOTA CORPORATE ENGINEERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE. MY SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED IN TWO OTHER STATES IN THE COUNTRY. I ELEVATED THE PROBLEM TODAY TO TOYOTA CORPORATION AND THEY HAVE ASSIGNED A CASE NUMBER TO IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A MANUFACTURER SERVICE CAMPAIGN WAS COMPLETED IN WHICH THE REMEDY WAS TO COAT THE FRAME WITH A SOLUTION. THE FRAME HAD PREMATURELY RUSTED. THE BUMPER WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE RUST AND CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS THE REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000. UPDATED 04/11/17 LJ *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A MANUFACTURER SERVICE CAMPAIGN WAS COMPLETED IN WHICH THE REMEDY WAS TO COAT THE FRAME WITH A SOLUTION. THE FRAME HAD PREMATURELY RUSTED. THE BUMPER WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE RUST AND CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS THE REPAIR THE VINE WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000. UPDATED 04/12/17 LJ *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING OF MY VEHICLE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. STEERING REQUIRES AN INCREASED EFFORT ON MY PART. ALSO, THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN I AM DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.