2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

MY 2002 TUNDRA AND MY SISTERS 2001 TUNDRA HAVE BEEN RECALLED TWICE FOR RUST ISSUES, THE FIRST WAS FOR GAS TANK AND STRAPS, THE SECOND FOR FRAME RUST. WE BROUGHT OUR TRUCKS TO HERB CHAMBERS IN AUBURN MA. FOR THE SECOND TIME WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE FINE. EXCEPTION WAS THEY WANTED ME TO BRING MY 2002 BACK BECAUSE THEY WERE "REPLACING GAS TANK STRAPS IN ALL RECALLS AS A PRECAUTION." THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT THEY TOLD MY SISTER NO SUCH THING. OUR VEHICLES ARE ONLY 8 YEARS OLD, BOTH GAS FILL DOORS RUSTED SHUT AND WE HAD TO BREAK THEM OPEN TO GET GAS AND THEN REPLACE THE LOCKS, MY BATTERY HOUSING RUSTED AND I ALMOST LOST MY BATTERY. OUR RUNNERS ARE RUSTING, THE SIDE OF MY TRUCK IS RUSTING, WE BOTH FIND RUST LINES ON THE ROAD OR IN THE GARAGE ALONG THE SIDES OF OUR TRUCKS. A BRACKET RUSTED AND SEVERED MY BRAKE LINE WHEN I TOOK A TURN, MY SISTERS POWER STEERING LINE WAS SEVERED BY A RUSTED PART. YET OUR CARS ARE "FINE". I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT "WITH THE TACOMA'S WE LOOKED FOR PERFORATIONS WITH A HAMMER AND A PICK LIKE TOOL BUT WITH THE TUNDRA WE WILL VISUALLY INSPECT FOR PERFORATIONS SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG." MY ISSUE IS WHY DO I NOW NEED GAS TANK STRAPS? PERHAPS THIS WILL HELP IF ANY FUTURE ISSUES ARISE. PLAIN AND SIMPLY I THINK THAT TOYOTA IS NOT BEING UP FRONT AND THAT IS DANGEROUS. THANK YOU *TR

BROUGHT MY 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA TO A DEALER FOR THE SAFETY RECALL THAT I RECEIVED. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME WAS OK, AND THE REAR CROSS-MEMBER WAS OK TOO. WELL, I RECEIVED A CALL THAT THE DEALER HAD THE PART FOR ME! I DIDN'T ORDER THE PART OR DID THEY TELL ME THAT THE SPARE TIRE HANGER WAS DEFECTIVE. IT IS PART OF THE REAR CROSS MEMBER ASSEMBLY, AND SHOULD BE PART OF THE RE-CALL. THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR THE PART & LABOR TO PUT IT IN, AND THE TOLD ME THAT IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE RE-CALL. NO OFFER WAS MADE BY THE DEALER... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR 09V444000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS: UNDERBODY SHIELDS). THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT EXHIBIT SIGNS OF RUST AND DID NOT MAKE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HE SHOULD HAVE THE REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,190 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER CHECKED THE FAULT CODES AND TOLD ME BOTH OXYGEN CENSORS HAD FAILED, AND THAT THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED TO PASS NY STATE INSPECTION. COST OVER $600.00. *TR

TOP OF GAS TANK RUSTED OUT AND WHOLE HAD TO BE REPLACED IN 2009 ON MY 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. COST ABOUT $700.00. PROBLEM WAS NOTICED BY STRONG SMELL OF GAS AFTER FILL UP OF TANK. *TR

BRAKE PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE SHAKES TO THE POINT THE VEHICLE NEARLY LOSES CONTROL WHEN SLOWING TOYOTA IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. HAVE CALLED BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 09V444000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS: UNDER BODY SHIELDS) FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTING AND FLAKING IN THE REAR CROSS MEMBER BUT THE DEALER DID NOTHING. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50-60 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A CLUNKING NOISE AND SHOOK FROM THE FRONT END. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 87,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 89,000.

SEVERE CORROSION OF VEHICLE FRAME AND FRAME CROSS MEMBERS, FRONT END PARTS, AND ATTACHMENT HANGERS TO FRAME OF 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA WHICH WILL RESULT IN EVENTUALLY WEAKENING AND FAILURE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED ITEMS CAUSING A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT, INJURIES AND POSSIBLY DEATH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE CHANGING THE OIL, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SWAY BAR IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE HAD RUSTED AND BROKEN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE AS THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 157,000.

TODAY I WAS CRUISING ALONG AT 50MPH AND MY TRUCK (2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA V8) FELT AS IF THE FUEL CUT OUT. I LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND GOT BACK INTO IT AND THE RESPONSE WAS VERY SLOW. THEN THERE WAS NO RESPONSE AT ALL AS I COASTED TO A STOP. THE TRUCK IDLED, BUT NO RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATOR. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK. TOYOTA TROUBLESHOOTING CODE SAYS IT IS A FAULTY ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. THEY WANT $500 TO FIX. *TR