2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

MY 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA HAD THE PEDAL ACCELERATE AS I WAS BACKING UP AT MY LOCAL GROCERY STORE. I HAD BEEN COMPLAINING TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT INFORMING ME NOTHING WAS WRONG. IT WASN'T UNTIL THIS HAPPENED THAT THEY SENT A TECH OUT TO INSPECT MY VEHICLE. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE TECH. I FEEL LIKE I KEEP GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM TOYOTA. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR I COULD HAVE HURT SOMEONE. I CONTINUE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCELERATOR AND NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? DO I STOP DRIVING MY ONLY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR TO STOP THE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ACCELERATOR PEDAL) AND REPAIRED ACCORDINGLY PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER REPAIR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,600. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,500.

DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON 605(SO CALL) BETWEEN SOUTH & SPRING TRUCK DEVELOPS VIOLENT BOUNCE. ON SOME PART OF HIGHWAY 710 SIMILAR PROBLEM EXIST. TOYOTA DEALER SAID ITS NORMAL. PLEASE HELP US FIND A SOLUTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE DUELER A/T 693 TIRES, TIRE SIZE, P255-70-R18. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES EXHIBITED A CRACKING IN THE SIDEWALLS AND TREAD. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND OFFERED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES AT A PRORATED PRICE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,730. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES HAS BEEN RESOLVED. UPDATED 05/25/10.

TOOK VEHICLE TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ON 3-1-10 FOR ACCELERATOR RECALL REPAIR. ON 3-13-10, DURING NORMAL OPERATION, SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD CAME ON AND SOME WERE FLASHING AS FOLLOWS: VSC OFF-FLASHING, SLIP INDICATOR-STEADY ON, 4HI-FLASHING, 4 LO-FLASHING, ABS-STEADY ON. I STOPPED VEHICLE AND TURNED IGNITION OFF. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, ALL WARNING LIGHTS WERE OFF AND STARTED DRIVING AGAIN. FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER THE SAME CONDITION OCCURRED, SAME WARNING LIGHTS. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. I CALLED THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS CONDITION AND TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS THE SAME CONDITION SEEMED TO RECUR EVERY TIME I DROVE THE VEHICLE. ON 3-15-10 THE DEALERSHIP PICKED UP MY VEHICLE FOR REPAIR. THEY RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO ME THE SAME DAY AND TOLD ME TO CONTINUE DRIVING IT AS THEY HAD TO ORDER PARTS (RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR) AND WOULD CALL ME WHEN THE PARTS CAME IN TO SCHEDULE REPAIR. OVER THE NEXT 9 DAYS (WAITING FOR PARTS), CONDITION SEEMED YET EVEN WORSE, UNEVEN "JERKY" ACCELERATION, UNEXPECTED ABS ACTIVATION AND/OR BRAKING. INERMITTANTLY THERE WOULD SOMETIMES BE WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GRINDING AND/OR CLUNKING NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT COULD BE COMING FROM THE BRAKES AND/OR TRANSMISSION. ON 3-24-10 THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP RECEIVED THE PARTS (RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR) AND INSTALLED THE SAME. THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. TO DATE (3-31-10) THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP STILL HAS MY VEHICLE, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR, WIRING HARNESS TO THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND STATED TODAY THEY WILL BE REPLACING THE WIRING HARNESS FROM THE ABS MODULATOR TO THE WIRING HARNESS TO THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. I ALSO SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP TODAY (3-31-10) AND HE STATED THEY WOULD NOT RETURN MY VEHICLE TO ME UNTIL THE PROBLEMS ARE REPAIRED AS IT IS A "SAFETY HAZARD".

2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER RECEIVED THE FLOOR MAT RECALL AND STICKING GAS PEDAL RECALL. *KB THE CONSUMER FELT HE WAS NOT BEING KEPT ABREAST ABOUT THE RECALLS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER STATES A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. CONSUMER REQUEST REFUND FOR VEHICLE. *TGW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN SNOWY WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ACCELERATION. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AND RPMS INCREASED FROM 1,000 TO 4,000. THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE TURNED A COMPLETE 360 DEGREE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF VEHICLE DAMAGE OR INJURY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT STATES THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY THAT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND TWO PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) SUBJECT: UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION EVENT WITH 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA, [XXX] , FOLLOWING RECALL TO INSERT ACCELERATOR PEDAL SHIM THE PURPOSE OF THIS LETTER IS TO DOCUMENT AND INFORM YOU OF AN 'UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION' EVENT THAT I EXPERIENCED WITH MY 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA ON THE AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 27, 2010. THE EVENT WAS EXPERIENCED WITHIN 10 MINUTES/3.5 MILES AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP FOLLOWING DEALER-SERVICE WORK THAT INCLUDED, AMONG OTHER ITEMS, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOYOTA RECALL TO INSERT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SHIM (SSC). THIS IS THE ONLY SUCH EVENT EXPERIENCED TO DATE WITH THIS TRUCK. THE EVENT WITH THE VEHICLE PARKED AND THE ENGINE IDLING NORMALLY (APPROXIMATELY 800 RPM), I PLACED MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE IN PREPARATION OF SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION FROM PARK TO DRIVE. MY FOOT WAS WELL CENTERED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOT IN CONTACT AT ALL WITH THE THROTTLE PEDAL. THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN ENGINE SPEED AT THIS POINT. I THEN SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION FROM PARK TO DRIVE. AS SOON AS THE DRIVE POSITION WAS ENGAGED, WITH MY FOOT UNCHANGED FROM ITS FIRM POSITION ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ENGINE SPEED IMMEDIATELY WENT TO FULL THROTTLE. AS I HEARD THE ENGINE SPEED UP, I APPLIED FULL PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE TO HOLD THE VEHICLE IN ITS STATIONARY POSITION. THE REAR WHEELS BROKE LOOSE FROM THE PAVEMENT AND BEGAN SPINNING; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE REMAINED STATIONARY, HELD BY THE BRAKING OF THE FRONT WHEELS. FORTUNATELY, THE PAVEMENT WAS WET, WHICH FACILITATED THE REAR WHEELS LOSING TRACTION WITH THE PAVEMENT. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE IGNITION OFF WHILE THE DRIVE POSITION WAS STILL ENGAGED. ONCE THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN THE PARK POSITION. AS I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO PLACE MY FOOT ON THE THROTTLE PEDAL BEFORE THE EVENT OCCURRED, IT WAS NOT MECHANICAL IN NATURE AND CAN ONLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO AN ELECTRICAL/CONTROL ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 10 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SIMULTANEOUSLY FELL ONTO THE FLOORBOARD BUT WAS NOT DEPRESSED. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACTS FOOT REMAINED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE ENTIRE TIME. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED THROUGH THE RED LIGHT. HE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL GEAR TO STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 34,560.