2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH INTO TRAFFIC WHEN THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. HE WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL GEAR WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RECREATE THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO STATED HE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE TO VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 16,000. UPDATED 3/8/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD JUST STOPPED AT A LIGHT WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL TO AVOID A COLLISION. UPDATED 06/04/10.*JB

TOYTOTA TUNDRA 2007 SPEED WENT FROM 60 MPH TO UNDER 20 MPH. CAR HAS SINCE BE DIAGOSED WITH DEFECTIVE AIR FLOW HANDLER, DEALERSHIP WANTS ME TO PAY $5,000 TO REPAIR THIS PART. THIS SITUATION CAUSED A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS REPAIR SHOULD BE DONE AT THE COST OF THE MANUFACTURER SINCE THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

ON JULY 12, 2009 I ATTEMPTED TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT IN MY 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUT ON BRAKES, MY VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE TRAFFICE REPORT AND INSURANCE COMPANY DOCUMENTED MY EXPERIENCE (OF BEING UNABLE TO STOP MY TRUCK). MY TRUCK WAS TOTALED. *TR

THE TAILGATE ON MY 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA IS COMING APART AT THE SEAMS. I HAVE HAD THE TAILGATE REPLACED ONCE FOR THE FAILURE, AND THE NEW ONE IS SHOWING THE SAME FAILURE. JUDGING BY THE PICTURES ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TOYOTA TAILGATES. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS DESIGN FLAW CAUSES INJURY TO A PERSON AND OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH FOR TOYOTA TAILGATE FAILURES SHOWS THE RESULTS OF SUCH A FAILURE. I DO LOAD MY QUAD USING THE TAILGATE AS A LOAD BEARING SYSTEM ,REASON FOR THIS IS THE RAMP SYSTEMS MADE FOR THIS TASK ARE DESIGNED TO USE A TAILGATE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TAILGATE BROUGHT UP TO THE STANDARDS OF TOYOTAS COMPETITION. *TR

I WAS BEHIND A CAR MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH THE LEFT BLINKER CLEARLY ON, I HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 10 OR 15 MPH AND WAS ABOUT 1 OR 2 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND THE CAR. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE TRUCK WENT TO A FULL THROTTLE CONDITION... I GLANCED DOWN TO SEE IF MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS??? IT WAS FULLY ON THE BRAKE I THEN STOOD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT WITH THE FULL THROTTLE IT CONTINUED FORWARD UNTIL I HIT THE CAR AND PUSHED IT LIKE A BULLDOZER. MY TRUCK CONTINUED ABOUT 20 BEFORE FINALLY STOPPING. ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT I HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT WHILE ON A DOWN RAMP WITH A CAR AT LEAST 20 CAR LENGTHS IN FRONT OF ME. I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND IT TOOK OFF??? I QUESTIONED MYSELF AS TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED? IT ACTS LIKE THE RESUME BUTTON IS PRESSED FOR CRUISE CONTROL BUT I DID NOT HAVE CRUISE ON EITHER TIME. IN READING TOYOTAS DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM THEY SAY... STICKING AND OR HARD TO PRESS ON THE PEDAL I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THOSE PROBLEMS.IN TALKING WITH TOYOTA I WAS ASKED WHAT I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE AND I SAID I THINK THE CRUISE CONTROL MODULE MIGHT BE INVOLVED. IT HAS AN INPUT FROM THE GAS PEDAL, AN INPUT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND AN OUTPUT TO THE THROTTLE POSITIONER. IT IS MY FEELING THAT THERE ARE MORE PROBLEMS THAN JUST A GAS PEDAL ISSUE. *TR

THE PHYSICAL PEDAL SEEMS TO STICK WHEN PRESSURE IS REDUCED (SLOWING OR DECELERATING) BUT POPS FREE ONCE MOST OF THE PRESSURE HAS BEEN RELEASED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. I DID NOT RETURN IT TO THE DEALER, INSTEAD I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY AND APPLY SEVERAL DROPS OF WD40 TO THE PIVOT SHAFT AND BUSHING. AFTER WORKING THE PEDAL A FEW TIMES AND RE-INSTALLING BACK INTO THE VEHICLE, THE PEDAL SEEMED TO OPERATE NORMALLY FOR UP TO 4 TO 5 MONTHS BEFORE STARTING TO STICK ONCE MORE. NOTE: THE VEHICLE NEVER ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN NOR DID THE PEDAL NOT RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION. *TR

CHRISTMAS EVE 2008 MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING OUR 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA FROM BEL AIR MARYLAND TO LADSON, SC. JUST OUTSIDE OF COLONIAL HTS, VA., I TOOK THE TUNDRA OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL BECAUSE I WAS APPROACHING A TRACTOR TRAILER IN FRONT OF ME BUT THE TUNDRA KEPT ACCELERATING TOWARD THE SEMI. I HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET TO SLOW THE TUNDRA DOWN SO I COULD MOVE INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND EVENTUALLY STOP IT ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF I95. I TRIED TO CALL AAA BUT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECTLY DIAL MY CELL PHONE AS I WAS STILL TOO EXCITED DUE TO THE RUSH OF ADRENALINE I HAD EXPERIENCED. MY WIFE AND I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SO ONCE I CALMED DOWN WE CONTINUED OUR DRIVE TO SC. THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE LADSON OR SUMMERVILLE TOYATA DEALER WHO KEPT IT THAT DAY AND FINALLY CALLED TO SAY NOTHING WAS WRONG. AT THE TIME I STILL THOUGHT IT WAS A CRUISE CONTROL ISSUE BUT NOW I BELIEVE IT WAS PART OF THE TOYOTA ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. I STILL HAVE THE TRUCK AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANOTHER INCIDENT SINCE THE ONE IN DECEMBER 2008*CW

VEHICLE HARD TO STOP WITH A/C OR HEADLIGHTS ON. ENGINE IDLES NORMALLY 5-600 RPM, UNTIL PARKING LIGHTS OR A/C IS TURNED ON. THEN IT IDLES AT 800 RPM IN GEAR. SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN REAR ENDED, AFTER COMING TO A STOP. IF DRIVING SURFACE IS SLIPPERY AND PUT INTO GEAR WITH HEAD LIGHTS ON, THE REAR TIRES WILL BEGIN TO SPIN, WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. THIS IS A DAILY OCCURENCE THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DIFFERENT TOYOTA DEALERS WITH NO RELIEF. ALL THEY CAN SAY IS THAT THE COMPUTER SAYS EVERYTHING IS OKAY. TURNING THE PARKING LIGHTS ON DOES NOT CAUSE ENOUGH LOAD ON THE ENGINE TO WARRANT THE EXTRA 200 OR MORE RPM. THE OTHER DAY ( 01/26/2010 ) I WAS TURNING AROUND IN A MUDDY DRIVEWAY AND WHILE IDLING I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT. I LET MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK WENT STRAIGHT, EVEN AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES, LEAVING TWO BIG RUTS THROUGH MY FRIENDS YARD. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE GROUND BEING SLIPPERY AND THE HIGH IDLE SPEED. I AM SURE THAT THIS WILL CUT DOWN ON THE LIFE OF THE BRAKES. 4.7 V8 ENGINE *CN

07 TOYOTA TUNDRA RECALL - RECEIVED NOTICE IN OCTOBER - STILL NO SOLUTION FROM TOYOTA.*CW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN MAY OF 2007. IN JUNE OF 2007 WHILE HE WAS DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY PUTTING THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL AND DRIVING ON THE SIDE WALK TO AVOID A CRASH IN ORDER TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. HE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE THREE TIMES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO TOYOTA DEALERS WHO STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE; YET, THE FLOOR MAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. HE ADVISED THE DEALERS THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE FLOOR MAT IN HIS VEHICLE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GMC DEALER WHO STATED THAT IT COULD BE A COMPUTER FAILURE. HE ALSO ASKED THE DEALER IF HE COULD TRADE THE VEHICLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED THE FIRST FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 02/19/10. *LJ UPDATED 07/26/10*JB