2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

JUST PURCHASED A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA CREW MAX, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS BOLTED TO THE FLOOR, 16 YEAR OLD SON PUT BELT ON AND WHEN HE SHIFTED IN THE SEAT, IT COMPLETELY CAME UP THROUGH THE SEAT, BOLT AND ALL. *TR

PURCHASES 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 4X4 5.7 V8 4/30. ON 5/1 BEGAN HEARING LOUD BANG AS CAR CHANGED GEARS FROM 2ND TO 3RD. THE BANG NOISE WAS OFTEN SO LOUD IT SOUNDED LIKE I HAVE RAN OVER SOMETHING METAL IN THE ROAD. HAPPENED MOST TIMES I ENTERED CAR AND IT CHANGED FROM 2ND TO 3RD. TOOK TO DEALER TO ADDRESS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. ACTUALLY, THE SERVICE ADVISOR WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE, BUT THAT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE DEALER TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AS THE ADVISOR IS NOT QUALIFIED ACCESS AN ISSUE. YET, EACH TIME I DROVE THE CAR IT HAPPENED. FINALLY AFTER SEVERAL DAYS I WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER IN THE CAR. THE BANG WAS LOUD, AND THE MANAGER DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. AFTER SEVERAL MORE DAYS THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE A PROBLEM. MANY DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WERE PERFORMED ON THE TRUCK YET THERE WERE NO "CODES" SHOWING. I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT ANSWER AND WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP OWNER. AFTER A FEW DAYS WE WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH HIM IN THE CAR. THEN WE HAD THE SERVICE DIRECTOR IN CAR AND DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. I HAD NO LESS THAN 4 EMPLOYEES OF THE DEALER DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. FINALLY, AFTER 25 DAYS IN THE SHOP, IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE ABS SYSTEM. APPARENTLY WHEN THE TUNDRAS START UP THEY WILL DO A ABS SELF TEST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10-20 MPH. MINE WAS APPARENTLY OVERTESTING. A PART WAS REPLACED IN MY CAR, AROUND A $3000 PART, AND AWAY I WENT. IT SEEMS TO BE LESS OF A BANG NOISE, BUT IT IS STILL THERE. TO SHOW THAT IT WAS "NORMAL," THE SERVICE DIRECTOR AND I TOOK RIDE IN A NEW TUNDRA OFF OF THE LOT. IT MADE THE SAME NOISE. I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT A TRUCK THAT I KNEW MADE A NOISE LIKE THAT, NEVER. BUT IT APPEARS THEY ALL DO. WHY DI IT TAKE THE DEALER 25 DAYS TO FIGURE THIS OUT? DO THE 2008 TUNDRAS HAVE AN ABS PROBLEM? *TR

08 TUNDRA CREWMAX. HAS MULTIPLE SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT. PAINT IS VERY THIN (ONE COAT). PAINT CAN NOT EVEN BE WASHED WITHOUT SCRATCHING. TRUCK HAS SCRATCHES ON IT FROM LEANING OVER THE BED, ALSO AROUND ALL THE DOOR HANDLES FROM JUST OPENING THE DOORS, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE MARKS AROUND THE DOOR AND TAILGATE FROM JUST OUR HANDS. $45,000 TRUCK...YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY COULD ATLEAST PUT A GOOD COAT OF PAINT ON IT. THIS WILL COST ME THOUSANDS TO FIX. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD AND SHOULD HAVE NO VISIBLE MARKS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2008 TUNDRA IN MARCH OF 2008. AFTER HAVE THE TRUCK FOR 30 DAYS, I NOTICED SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT. I TOOK MY TRUCK DOWN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY WANTED ME TO PAY $700 TO PUT SIMONIZ ON MY PAINT. I WAS NOT GOING TO PAY IF THERE WAS A PAINT PROBLEM WITH MY 2008 TUNDRA. EVERY TIME I WASHED MY TRUCK MORE AND MORE SCRATCHES STARTED SHOWING UP. I STARTED WAXING THE PAINT TO REMOVE THEM, BUT THEY KEEP APPEARING. I CONTACTED TOYOTA, AND THEY SAID TO TAKE IT TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. I TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE TOYOTA REP LOOKED AT IT. I WAITED UNTIL THE REP WAS IN TOWN, AND I TOOK IT TO HIM. THE TOYOTA REP SAID HE COULD SEE THAT MY PAINT WAS SCRATCHING BUT HE DID NOT SEE THAT IT WAS A WARRANTY ITEM. HE SAID SINCE THE PAINT IS NOT BUBBLING, PEELING OR FALLING OFF THAT IT IS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM. PLUS HE SAID SINCE MY PAINT IS SCRATCHING FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE THAT TOYOTA WOULD NOT WARRANTY IT. THEY WOULD NOT GET A PROFESSIONAL TO LOOK AT IT, AND WOULD NOT ALLOW AN INDEPENDENT PAINT PROFESSIONAL TO LOOK AT IT. THEY SAID I COULD TAKE IT TO WHOMEVER I WANTED BUT THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT WHATEVER THEY FOUND. TOYOTA HAS A PAINT PROBLEM, BUT THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I AM NOT ALONE... WE HAVE STARTED A PETITION ON LINE, BUT IT REALLY WILL NOT HAVE ANY AFFECT UNLESS SOMEONE BIGGER GETS INVOLVED. HTTP://FRIENDSITE.COM/USERS/PETITIONS/SIGN/CONTENT_PETITIONED-1_2007%2B+TOYOTA+TUNDRA%27S+PAINT+QUALITY.HTML2B+TOYOTA+TUNDRA%27S+PAINT+QUALITY.HTML. *TR

THE TRUCK IS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA 4X4 LIMITED SUPERCREW. THE DRIVE TRAIN THUDS AND CLANKS WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. IT IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS. THEY ADVISE THAT THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE THUDS AND DO NOT FEEL THEM. I HAVE HAD NO LESS THAN FIVE PEOPLE DRIVE MY TRUCK AND THEY ALL ADVISED THEY CAN FEEL THE NOW VIOLENT BANGS AND THUDS. EARNHARDT TOYOTA SERVICE TECH'S ADVISED THEY DON'T FEEL THE THUDS. IF THEY WOULD JUST TELL ME THE THUDS ARE NORMAL INSTEAD OF LYING TO ME SAYING THEY DON'T FEEL ANYTHING IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO SWALLOW. ON ONE OCCASION I STOPPED ABRUPTLY AND THE DRIVELINE MADE A VERY LOUD NOISE AND FELT LIKE THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE CAME OUT OF THE TRUCK. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD DUE TO THE INCIDENT SCARING ME. THE DRIVETRAIN IN THIS TRUCK IS ABSOLUTELY JUNK AND I FEEL DANGEROUS. *TR

EXTREME BOUNCING ON THE FREEWAYS. A COUPLE OF TIMES I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE FAMILY DOESN'T WANT TO RIDE IN IT, IT SCARES THEM. ME TOO. TOYOTA OUGHT TO BE EMBARRASSED OVER THIS ONE. *TR

DUPED AGAIN-HAD A 2007 TUNDRA CREW MAX, 4X4 LIMITED WHICH WAS PURCHASED BACK BY TOYOTA UNDER LEMON LAW, DUE TO SERIOUS FRONT SUSPENSION VIBRATION PROBLEMS. TOYOTA ASSURED ME THAT THE PROBLEMS WILL BE FIXED IN THE NEWER MODELS SO I PURCHASED A 2008 MODEL (SILLY ME). NOW THE 2008 IS DOING THE SAME THING AND HAS CRACKLING SOUND FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND BED HOP. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA, IT HAS AN EXCESSIVE BOUNCE THAT AT TIMES DOES NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, TOYOTA IS NO LONGER WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. SERVICE DPT SEES THE BOUNCE AS NORMAL(OR IS BEEN TOLD TO SAY ITS NORMAL) BUT ITS FAR FROM BEEN NORMAL OR SAFE. *TR

TOYOTA TUNDRA 4WD TRUCK WITH STANDARD RIMS (STEEL) AND MICHELIN TIRES. WHILE DRIVING INTERSTATE 80 AT SPEED (FAST LANE) THE ENTIRE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING. IT WAS AS BAD AS HAVING A FLAT TIRE. I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE DRIVING OFF ROAD AND I HANDLED THE PROBLEM WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT I SUSPECT MANY DRIVERS WOULD BE FRIGHTENED/PANICKED ENOUGH TO RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT .MY THEORY IS THE TRUCK WHEN DRIVEN AT CERTAIN SPEEDS ON CERTAIN SURFACES BECOMES UNSTABLE BECAUSE OF UNFAVORABLE HARMONICS WHICH ARE GENERATED BY THE SUSPENSION/TIRE/ROAD SURFACE INTERACTION. I LIKE THE TRUCK OTHERWISE AND INTEND TO KEEP IT BUT I THINK SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE THEIR LIFE OR BE SERIOUSLY INJURED (IF IT HAS NOT HAPPENED ALREADY). TOYOTA MAY BE LIABLE AND IT WOULD BEHOOVE TOYOTA TO BE PROACTIVE IN THIS REGARD. THE SALESPERSON I SPOKE WITH AT MAGNUSSENS DEALERSHIP IN AUBURN CALIFORNIA (GLENN TUCCINARDI) ASSURED ME THIS WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM GIVEN MY STANDARD RIM SIZE AT THE TIME I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. I KNEW THERE WAS A VIBRATION/INSTABILITY PROBLEM ON SOME TUNDRAS BEFORE I BOUGHT IT BASED ON WEBSITES I VISITED WHICH IS WHY I RAIDED THE QUESTION AT THE TIME OF THE SALE. GLENN TUCCINARDI ASSURED ME THAT HAPPENED ONLY ON TUNDRAS WITH LARGER RIMS. HE IS INCORRECT. *TR

ROUGH RIDE, BED BOUNCE THIS IS THE WORST RIDING TRUCK I HAVE EVER HAD. I CANT EVEN TAKE MY FAMILY FOR A RIDE. I HAVE TWO KIDS AND THEY BOTH AND UP GETTING SICK. I HAVE TALKED WITH TOYOTA ABOUT IT AND SAID THEY ARE WORKING ON A FIX. THEY ARE NOT SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO FIX IT OR THEY ARE NOT. THEY JUST TOLD ME THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I HOPE THEY FIX IT SOON OR I WILL NEVER BUY A TOYOTA AGAIN. I HAVE OWNED TOYOTAS SINCE THE 80S. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE TRUCK. *TR