2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH FRAME RUST *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL AT NO COST TO HIM. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, THE CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD COST HIM $1,200.00. THE DEALER STATED THAT PRICE INCLUDED ADDITIONAL PARTS THAT WERE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FRAME AS THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO BE REUSED, AS PARTS WOULD BE DAMAGED AS THE TRUCK WAS DISASSEMBLED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HE WAS TOLD TOYOTA PAID FOR THE FRAME REPLACEMENT, AND THAT ANYTHING ADDITIONAL REQUIRED BY THE DEALER WAS BETWEEN THE CONSUMER AND THE DEALERSHIP. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA AND IT HAS A PROBLEM THAT WHEN THE CAR GETS HOT THE ENGINE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. IT CREATES NO OMD II ERRORS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER APPEARS. THE ECM FUSE BLOWS ON OCCASION BUT REPLACING IT DOES NOT LEAD TO A RUNNING VEHICLE. IT FAILS TO START UNTIL THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COOLS DOWN. THERE IS FIRE FROM THE SPARK PLUGS AND THERE IS FUEL PRESSURE IN THE FUEL RAIL. WE HAVE REPLACED ALL THE RELAYS AND FUSES IN THE ECM AND EFI CIRCUITS AND ALL FINGERS ARE NOW POINTING TO THE ECM CONTROLLER ITSELF. WE JUST CHANGED OUT THE FUEL PUMP AND ARE LOOKING AT REPLACEMENT OF ALL THE IGNITION COILS (8) AND ALL THE FUEL INJECTORS (8). BUT SINCE ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS SEAM TO BE WORKING THAT WOULD MAKE LITTLE SINCE. THE RECENT RECALL FOR THE ECM ON THE MATRIX & COROLLA INDICATE THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF ECM UNITS FOR A MUCH LONGER PERIOD OF TIME SINCE MY TUNDRA IS EXHIBITING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE FOR OVER 5 YEARS NOW AND THE TOYOTA DEALERS AND OTHER TOYOTA SPECIALTY SHOPS CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM SINCE THERE ARE NO ENGINE CODES AND THE FACT THAT IT WILL START AND RUN FINE AFTER IT COOLS DOWN. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT TO DIE AND NOT START AT ALL TO HOPE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR

1. NOTICED SEVERE UNDER BODY RUST AND FRAME RUST ON 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA WHEN WASHING TRUCK. 2. RUST GETTING WORSE, MAKING THE VEHICLE LESS SAFE TO DRIVE AND USE AS INTENDED. 3. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE YET, BUT DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM TOYOTA STATING THE ISSUE WITH UNDER BODY RUST AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

OUR 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA HAS DEVELOPED FRAME RUST. IN 2005 WE NOTICED THE CONDITION OF THE FRAME DETERIORATING, SO WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALER HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THEY EXPLAINED IT WOULD COST A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX, MORE THAN WE COULD AFFORD. TOYOTA ISSUED A "VOLUNTARY RECALL" LAST YEAR THAT COVERS MY MAKE AND MODEL TRUCK, WHICH A COUPLE OF INDEPENDENT BODY SHOPS (INCLUDING ONE PARTNERED WITH TOYOTA) SAYS IS NOW UNSAFE TO OPERATE. UNFORTUNATELY ON PAGE 73 OF THE RECALL DOCUMENTATION SENT TO THE DEALERS, TOYOTA DICTATES THAT THE FRAME NEEDS TO HAVE A 10MM HOLE/PERFORATION. PALM BEACH TOYOTA (THE DEALER I WENT TO) AGREES THAT MY FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED BUT BECAUSE TOYOTA (CORPORATE) DICTATES THAT I SHOULD HAVE A THROUGH AND THROUGH 10 MM SIZE HOLE, THEY WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL. PLEASE NOTE, I HAVE SOME PORTIONS OF THE FRAME THAT HAVE FALLEN/FLAKED OFF (MISSING), BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER ON THE FRAME, THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED HOLES. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA WHICH HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE "REPAIRED" WITHIN THE FIRST 4,000 MILES OF DRIVING BUT THE FRONT DISC ROTORS CONTINUE TO WARP WITHIN 10-15,000 MILES OF ADDITIONAL "REPAIRS". THE REAR BRAKES ARE FREQUENTLY BATHED IN OIL FROM LEAKING REAR-ED SEALS CAUSED, I'M TOLD, BY PLUGGED REAR-END VENTS. THE VENT HAS BEEN CLEANED OR REPLACED AND THE REAR SEALS REPLACED FIVE TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF THE CAR (NOW 109,000 MILES). THE BIAS BETWEEN THE BRAKES IS EXTREMELY FAVORING THE FRONT BRAKES AND THE ABS HAS NOT WORKED FOR SOME TIME. PANIC BRAKING, ESPECIALLY IN RAIN-SOAKED OR SNOW-COVERED SURFACES ENTIRELY IS ENTIRELY INSUFFICIENT AND DANGEROUS. I HAVE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED BY TOYOTA'S RESPONSIVENESS TO THESE PROBLEMS AND SEEMING INABILITY TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS. I'VE READ NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER TUNDRA OWNERS. THIS IS A PERVASIVE, PERSISTENT AND LIFE-THREATENING DESIGN FLAW THAT IS, APPARENTLY, UNFIXABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V444000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS: UNDERBODY SHIELDS) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE DID NOT EXHIBIT ENOUGH RUST FOR THEM TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE HAD RUSTED MORE EXTENSIVELY, THEY WOULD THEN MAKE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 104,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AND FOUND THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS EXTREMELY LOW AND REFILLED THE FLUID. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL AND BELIEVED THE RECALL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILURE HE HAD EXPERIENCED IN THE VEHICLE, STATING THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE POSSIBLY WAS AFFECTED BY A DEFECTIVE FRAME (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V444000: STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS: UNDERBODY SHIELDS). THE CONTACT DID NOT CONFIRM IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED WITH THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY AT THE DEALER WHERE UNKNOWN REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED FRAME FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BRAKING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BANG FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED AND THE AXLE WAS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN UNKNOWN LEAK COMING FROM THE REAR WHEELS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE SEALS TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS. THE DEALER THEN REPLACED THE BRAKE SEALS AND SHOES. WITHIN ONE YEAR, WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BRAKE LINE HIMSELF TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. WHEN THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, IT BEGAN TO INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATE BEFORE STALLING A SECOND TIME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND SHUT OFF IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 200,000.

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER WRITES TO EXPRESS DISCONTENT ABOUT TREATMENT AT A TOYOTA DEALER IN REGARDS TO REPAIRS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE LEFT REAR SHACKLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING LIFTED, THE FRAME BROKE BECAUSE IT WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE CONSUMER THEN LEARNED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR FRAME CORROSION. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS, THE FRONT LOWER ARMS, REAR SHOCKS AND STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS RELATED TO THE BROKEN FRAME. BUT, TOYOTA REFUSED RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY OTHER REPAIRS. *JB