2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED IT TO ROLL OVER, CRASHING INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,000.

2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SPONTANEOUS DEPLOYMENT OF THE CURTAIN AIR BAGS WHILE DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE ONBOARD SENSOR DETECTED A SEVERE ROLL OVER EVENT, WHICH WAS INCORRECT. UPDATED 10/31/13 TOYOTA REFUSED TO HONOR THE CONSUMERS CLAIM. UPDATED 12/04/13

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN THE SEVEN YEARS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, HE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT TIRES AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES. THE CONTACT ASSUMED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALLOY WHEELS BEGAN TO BUBBLE, CAUSING LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRES AND THE TIRES TO DEFLATE. THE RIMS WERE CLEANED BUT ALL FOUR WHEELS CONTINUED TO LEAK AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

SEAT BELT MALFUNCTION ON PASSENGER SIDE. BELT WILL NOT SEIZE WHEN BRAKES ARE SUDDENLY APPLIED. MECHANISM IN REAR (EXTENDED CAB) AREA HAS APPARENTLY SEPARATED WHICH, IN TURN, HAS CAUSED THE FRONT SEAT BELT TO BE INOPERATIVE.. *TR

NOISE FROM UNDER VEHICLE, DECIDED TO REMOVE BED FOR REPAIRS, I WAS TERRIFIED OF WHAT I FOUND: A VERY RUSTY FRAME , BOLTS WITH HEADS THAT TURN INTO CRUMBLE WHEN TOUCHED, AND SUCH...

ON DATE STATED, 7/12/11, I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR OIL CHANGE AT THE GRAND BLANC MOTORCAR TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. TECH CAME OUT TO INFORM ME THERE WAS DISCOLORATION IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FLUID AND I SHOULD HAVE THE FLUID CHANGED. I SAID OKAY. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD 2 YEARS OF REAR END VIBRATION AND CHATTER IN MY FIRST DRIVE OF THE MORNING. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY UPON HEARING AND FEELING THE VIBRATION. THEY HAD ME BRING IT BACK AND THEY REPLACED THE FLUID AND PLACED AN ADDITIVE AND SAID IT SHOULD BE FINE. IT HAS NOT BEEN FINE AS THEY REPLACED THE FLUID A THIRD TIME AND LAST YEAR I HAD MIDAS LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND THEY REPLACED THE FLUID. IT WAS OKAY FOR AWHILE BUT THE VIBRATION AND CHATTER IN MY TURNS HAS RETURNED WITH A VENGEANCE. I HAVE DONE INTERNET RESEARCH FROM TOYOTA FOR RECALLS OR PROBLEM SOLVING AND THEY REFER ME TO THE CUSTOMER CARE AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

ALL FOUR RIMS ARE THE ALLOY WHEEL . THEY ARE ALL BLISTERING AND PIECES OF RIMS ARE FALLING OUT. CALLED TOYOTA THEY TOLD IN SHORT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THEM AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY ALSO WOULD NOT COMMENT IF THERE WERE OTHERS COMPLAINTS ON THE RIMS. THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO UNTIL THEY ARE IN RECALL. *TR

AFTER DRIVING 10 MILES TO TOWN AT SPEEDS OF 60MPH DROPPED TRUCK OFF AT MECHANICS SHOP BECAUSE WAS STEERING HARD. MECHANIC GOT INTO TRUCK TO DRIVE IT INTO SHOP, LOWER BALL JOINT SNAPPED OFF WHEN HE PUT IT INTO REVERSE THE FRONT END DROPPED, COULD NOT STEER AT ALL, HAD TO PUT TRUCK IN SHOP WITH WRECKER. THE NIGHT BEFORE THIS I WAS DOING 70 MPH IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. WAS THERE A CRASH? NO, BUT THERE SURE COULD HAVE BEEN. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2006 TUNDRA LOWER BALL JOINTS, TOYOTA SAYS MY TRUCK IS NOT IN RECALL, SHOULD HAVE BEEN. *TR

DEALERSHIP SAYS VEHICLE CAN GO INTO "LIMP HOME MODE" REDUCING POWER AND LIMITING SPEED TO 40MPH. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IN TRAFFIC, OR IN REMOTE PLACES, THIS CREATES A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. ISSUE APPEARS TO BE "AIR INJECTION PUMP" AND/OR RELATED VALVES. THIS IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THE TOYOTA TUNDRA ENCOUNTERED BY OWNERS OF THE 2005 AND 2006 TUNDRA, AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN AN EARLIER EXPANDED WARRANTY PROGRAM. REPAIRS ARE HOWEVER OUT OF WARRANTY, ARE POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, AND SHOULD BE COVERED IN PREVIOUS TOYOTA PROGRAM. *TR