2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

RECEIVED RECALL SSC 70B-FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT SAFETY RECALL NOTICERE ON OR AROUND 6/07/07. CALLED DEALERSHIP FOR APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE, HEATHER IN SERVICE SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE PART AND IT WOULD TAKE 3 TO 6 WEEKS FOR THEM TO RECEIVE, AT THAT TIME THEY WOULD CALL ME FOR AN APPOINTMENT. I SAID THAT WAS A LONG TIME TO WAIT AND SHE SAID THEY ONLY GET 5 AT A TIME ONCE A WEEK OR EVERY OTHER WEEK, THAT IT WAS A NATIONAL RECALL. MY POINT WAS THEN SHOULDN'T THERE BE MORE OF THESE PARTS AVAILABLE WITH A SHORTER WAIT TIME. VERY UPSETTING ABOUT THE DELAY IN GETTING THE PART REPLACED, AS IT SEEMS ACCORDING TO THE RECALL NOTICE A POSSIBLITY OF A CRASH MAY OCCUR DO TO THE DEFECTIVE PART. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON APRIL 2, 2007 DUE TO A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. ON MAY 13, 2007, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AT 2 MPH. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE DETACHED AND THE BALL JOINT SPLIT IN HALF. THE VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED. THE ENGINE SIZE, # OF CYLINDERS, AND CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALERSHIP IS AT FAULT. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED A REPAIR INVOICE FOR VEHICLE. UPDATED 08/07/07 *TR

TL- THE OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE STATES THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND HE HAS CALLED VARIOUS TOYOTA DEALERS IN THE AREA TO HAVE HIS RECALL SERVICED FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. HE STATES THAT ALL OF THE DEALERS HAVE TOLD HIM THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THEY TOLD HIM TO KEEP CHECKING BACK ONCE A WEEK BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR TWO MONTHS. RECALL NUMBER:07V013000:SUSPENSION: LOWER BALL JOINTS. FAILURE MILEAGE: 70K. --DS

I HAVE A SAFETY RECALL ON THE 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND THEY TOLD ME 6 TO 8 WEEKS FOR JUST THE PARTS TO COME IN. I DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE A LOT, AND THERE WAS SHIMMYING IN THE FRONT END. I TOLD THE DEALER THAT, AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME IF THEY BREAK THEY WILL PUT ME IN A RENTAL. WHAT IF THEY BREAK AND I AM KILLED OR SOMEBODY ELSE DIES. I THINK THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. ON MAY 14, 2007, THE CONTACT RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTICE # 07V013000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT) AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT EVER SINCE. NO FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED, BUT SHE IS FEARFUL OF DRIVING. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED PARTIALLY. ALSO THE ENGINE IDLED TOO FAST. THIS COMBINATION LEAD TO THE VEHICLE TO START MOVING UNEXPECTEDLY. AS A RESULT MY WIFE INJURERED HER FOOT AND DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS SUSTAINED. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY RESULTED IN A FATALITY.*AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. A MONTH AGO SHE RECEIVED A NOTICE TO HAVE THE FRONT: SUSPENSION: LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED PER RECALL NUMBER 07V013000. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE TOYOTA DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER, THERE WERE 45 OWNERS AHEAD OF HER, AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SERVICE HER IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS. SHE CONTACTED EVERY TOYOTA DEALER IN HER AREA, AND THEY WERE ALSO UNABLE TO ASSIST HER. A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER ALSO ADVISED HER THAT PARTS WHERE NOT ORDERED UNDER HER NAME WHICH WAS CAUSING THE DELAY. SHE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 17,600. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO STOP FROM 45 MPH, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED ON A CLEAN DRY ROAD AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ACTIVATE AT ALL. THE PEDAL DID NOT GO TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. AFTER COASTING TO A STOP, THE BRAKES STARTED WORKING NORMALLY. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER, THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND THE ABS SYSTEM DID NOT REPORT AN ERROR. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE # 07V013000 CONCERNING SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS, AND WAS INFORMED THAT NONE OF THE DEALERS IN PUERTO RICO HAVE THE PART TO FIX THE RECALL. THE DEALERS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PART WOULD ARRIVE. THE CONTACT WAS CURRENTLY ON THE WAITING LIST FOR TWO DEALERS. WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE MAGNIFIED WHEN TRAVELING BELOW 45 MPH UNDER ANY DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 27,000, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH 28,000 FAILURE MILEAGE THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD WITH HIS FOOT DEPRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE IGNITION HAD TO BE TURNED OFF TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL 05V123000 PERTAINING TO VEHICLES WITH DUAL EXHAUST. *AK