2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

THERE ARE TWO CABLES THAT HOLD THE TAILGATE IN PLACE WHEN FULLY OPENED(EXTENDED). YESTERDAY(7/17/08) WHILE UNLOADING MY MOTORCYCLE, BOTH CABLES BROKE SIMULTANEOUSLY MID WAY THROUGH THE UNLOADING PROCESS. THE CABLES BROKE AT THE EXACT SAME PLACE WHICH WAS EXACTLY HALF WAY FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. THE CABLE IS ENCLOSED IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE. THAT SLEEVE IS NOT SEALED AT EACH END. WHEN THE TAILGATE IS IN THE CLOSED POSITION, WHICH IS MOST OF THE TIME, RAIN OR OTHER MOISTURE COLLECTS IN THE PLASTIC ENCLOSURE AND SETTLES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE "U" SHAPED TUBE. OVER TIME THAT MOISTURE HAS CAUSED THE CABLES TO RUST AND WEAKEN THUS THE BREAK IN MY OPINION. THE RESULT OF THE BRAKE WAS THAT THE TAILGATE FEEL UNANNOUNCED TO THE TOP OF THE BUMPER THUS DENTING THE BUMPER AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING HARM TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS DOING THE UNLOADING. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A FLAWED PRODUCT. *TR

FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS SUBJECT TO REPEATED WARPING CAUSING FRONT WHEEL TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKING AND MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL. *TR

EVENT WAS THE GEAR LEVER BECAME LOOSER AND LOOSER. IT RESULTED IN THE GEAR NOT BEING ABLE TO GO INTO PARK. TRUCK WOULD NOT START. IT APPEARED TO BE IN PARK AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A DEAD BATTERY. AAA REPLACED BATTERY. IT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. CREATIVE GEAR MANIPULATION ALLOWED TRUCK TO START. REPAIR DISCOVERED A CRACKED STEERING COLUMN! *TR

2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH 44000 MILES HAS DEVELOPED A BRAKE PROBLEM. AIR REPEATEDLY GETS INTO THE BRAKE LINES WITH NO LOSS OF FLUID CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKING. THE TUNDRA HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR FOUR MONTHS TRYING TO BE REPAIRED, THE TOYOTA REP HAS VISITED ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, CALLED THE FACTORY ENGINEERS AND IT IS STILL NOT FIXED! REPAIRS COST TO DATE ARE OVER $3500, TOYOTA PICKED UP $2,000 LEAVING ME OUT OF POCKET $1500+ AND A TRUCK THAT HAS A DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM THAT MUST BE BLED EVERY 75 MILES TO REMAIN DRIVABLE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED IN MID JANUARY 2008. *TR

FAULTY WINDOW REGULATOR DESIGN CAUSES WINDOWS TO RATTLE VIOLENTLY POTENTIALLY LEADING TO SHATTERING. *TR

2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA RECALL FOR FRONT BALL JOINTS--2006 RECEIVED NOTICE AND TOOK TO DEALER IN BOZEMAN, MT TO CHECK...WE WERE TOLD OUR TRUCK WASN'T PART OF RECALL....MONTHS LATER, RECEIVED ANOTHER NOTICE...CALLED AND EMAILED DEALER, BUT THEY DID NOT RETURN CALLS OR EMAILS. OCTOBER 2007 FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL "BROKE" WHILE DRIVING AND WE WRECKED. DEALER IN LARAMIE, WY STATED THAT "YES, YOUR TRUCK WAS PART OF THE RECALL AND THIS WAS DUE TO FRONT BALL JOINT FAILURE." LUCKILY WE WERE ONLY DRIVING 10MPH, BUT IF WE HAD BEEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, WE WOULD HAVE ROLLED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHEN THE REAR WINDOWS ARE ROLLED DOWN, THE CONTACT HEARS A DEAFENING NOISE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES, BUT THE NOISE CONTINUES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. UPDATED 02-14-08 *BF UPDATED 02/14/08 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STOPPING DISTANCE EXTENDED WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THEY ADJUSTED THE BRAKES. APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DIFFERENT DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THEY ADJUSTED THE BRAKES AGAIN. AS OF DECEMBER 26, 2007, THE FAILURE HAD NOT RECURRED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE SLACK ADJUSTER CAUSED THE FAILURE, BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SLACK ADJUSTER WAS FINE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000. UPDATED 01/17/08. *LJ

THE BRAKES ON MY 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA DOUBLE-CAB DO NOT WORK PROPERLY (AND NEVER HAVE). WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES MAKE A LOUD NOISE (NOT THE TYPICAL ANTI-LOCK BRAKE NOISE) AND DO NOT STOP EFFECTIVELY. I'VE ALMOST RAN INTO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. I TOOK IT TO STEVINSON TOYOTA, BUT THEY SAID THE BRAKES WERE FINE. THEY WEREN'T. I TOOK IT PEP BOYS AND THEY REPLACED THE PADS & TURNED THE ROTORS. IT IS BETTER, BUT STILL BAD. I THINK I'LL GET RID OF THE TRUCK. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT WITH THIS BRAKE SITUATION ON THE TRUCK MODEL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V013000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT). HE IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE THREE MONTHS TO GET REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. IT HAS NOW BEEN NINE MONTHS AND THE DEALER WILL NOT RETURN HIS PHONE CALLS. HE ATTEMPTED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY GAVE HIM AN INCORRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATES TERRIBLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,600.