2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE IDLING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON, THE RPMS WOULD SUDDENLY INCREASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 500.

TOYOTA TUNDRA 2007 LOSS POWER .DEALER WAS TESTING AIR PUMP ASSY FOR BANK2 AND EMISSION CONTROL VALVE FOR BOTH BANKS NEED TO BE REPLACE .IT WILL COST $ 3000. *TR

2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER STATES CRUISE CONTROL DOES ENGAGE AND THEN WILL NOT DISENGAGE BRAKES. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD AT STOP SIGNS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAD ELECTRICAL SHORTS IN THE WIRING SUCH AS; THE HEADLIGHTS, CLOCK, CIGARETTE LIGHTER, ALARM AND DOOR LOCKS. THE SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT ALWAYS LATCH. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT ACTIVATE, THERE WAS A SEVERE SHAKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE, THE STEERING WOULD ACT ERRATIC AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT WHILE BACKING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY.. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE STATED THAT ON MAY 5, 2010, WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AND HE HAD TO SWERVE TO PREVENT CRASHING INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TESTED BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 108,000.

2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA TRUCKS WINDSHIELD CRACKING MORE THAN SEEMS NORMAL. SIXTY THOUSAND MILES AND SEVEN TIMES THE WINDSHIELD HAS CHIPPED AND NOW OVERNIGHT ONE HAS RUN ABOUT TWELVE INCHES LONG. OTHER CHIPS I HAD FIXED BEFORE RUNNING,IS THINNER GLASS THE PROBLEM?*TR

AIR INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSES A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO APPEAR AND CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO "CRIPPLE" MODE LIMITING THROTTLE AND SPEED TO 40 MPH WHICH COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN IN SOME DRIVING CONDITIONS. DEALER STATED THEY ARE "FIXING" ~2 VEHICLES A DAY AND REPLACING THE AIR INJECTION PUMPS AND VALVES FOR A TOTAL COST OF ~$4000 IF THE VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. IN MY CASE, THE DEALER REPLACED ONE PUMP A WEEK AGO AND NOW THE SECOND PUMP HAS FAILED ($1100 FOR EACH PUMP). THERE HAS NOT A DESIGN CHANGE TO THE PUMPS OR VALVES IN THE SYSTEM WITH THE REPLACEMENT PARTS SO THE FAILURE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN ANOTHER 30-50K MILES. DEALER CLAIMS MOISTURE IN THE SYSTEM IS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH ON THE PROBLEM SHOWS THE PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC WITH 2007+ TUNDRAS AND SEQUOIAS WITH THE 5.7L V8. OTHER MANUFACTURES USE AN AIR INJECTION SYSTEM WITH A MUCH LOWER COST AND THERE DOES NOT SEAM TO BE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM. *TR

MY WIFE CAME VERY CLOSE TO GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT WHILE BRINGING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL A FEW WEEKS AGO. SHE WAS LEAVING A STOP SIGN GETTING ONTO A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN OUR 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA UNEXPECTEDLY HAD DRASTICALLY REDUCED POWER. AFTER A TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THE REDUCTION IN POWER WAS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM IS PART OF THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM AND IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY DURING COLD STARTS. WHEN THERE IS A FAILURE IN THIS SYSTEM THE ECM (ONBOARD COMPUTER) GOES INTO A MODE IN WHICH THE AVAILABLE POWER FROM THE ENGINE IS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED. TOYOTA HAS RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE TWO AIR INJECTION PUMPS AND A SWITCHING VALVE SET AT AN ESTIMATE OF OVER $3500. I AM RESEARCHING OTHER OPTIONS BECAUSE THEY TELL ME THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN CONTINUE TO REOCCUR OVER AND OVER AGAIN. *TR

WATER IN THE AIR INDUCTION PUMPS CAUSING ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN AND HAVE NO POWER AT SPEED. ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON AND TRUCK IS DISABLED OR HOBBLED WITH LOW SPEED ONLY. THIS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TUNDRA 2007-2008 OWNERS. *TR

MY TRUCK SUDDENLY LOST ABOUT 80% OF ITS POWER AND WOULD HARDLY ACCELERATE. VERY DIFFICULT TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. DEALER SAID THIS WAS DUE TO FAILURE OF THE "SECONDARY AIR INTAKE VALVE." THIS APPEARS TO BE VERY COMMON IN 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRAS. *TR

APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO I HAD THE ACCELERATOR RECALL REPAIR WORK COMPLETED ON MY 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA, AFTER, I NOTICED RANDOMLY WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT, INTERSECTION ETC. I WOULD ACCELERATE THE TRUCK WOULD FEEL AS IF SOME ONE PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL, AND THEN HIT THE BRAKE. IT STARTED OUT VERY MILD. AND I THOUGH IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN ME CAUSING IT. ON 11 MAY 2010 WHILE TAKING MY 4YR OLD TO DAYCARE IT DID IT AGAIN. BUT THIS TIME IT WAS VERY HARD. THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION CAUSED MY HEAD, AS WELL AS MY SONS TO GO BACK AND HIT OUR HEAD REST. THE TRUCK ACCELERATED THREE TIMES IN A ROW. IT WAS AS IF WE WERE RIDING A BUMPY ROLLER COASTER RIDE. *TR