2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

PAINT ON FRONT BUMPER CAME OFF WHEN WASHING AT CARWASH. A FRIEND HAS A TOYOTA CAR THAT HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. THE DEALER WILL NOT FIX UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT. THEY OFFERED TO HAVE THE LOCAL GUY FIX WHILE HE IS ON THE LOT. *TR

I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE TRUCKED ROLLED OVER FROM FRONT TO BACK AND COMING TO A REST ON ALL 4 WHEELS. THE SIDE IMPACT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE FRONTS DID NOT. THE VEHICLES DASHBOARD WAS BLOW APART UPON IMPACT AND THE FRONT END IS COMPLETELY SMASHED IN. *TR

PLASTIC COVER ON RADIO SHATTERED AND I AM TOLD I TRY TO PRY IT OFF ANYONE CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE THAT NO MARKS TO INDICATE IT BEING PRIED IT HAS SHATTERED AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS TIGHTEN TO TIGHT AND VIBRATION CAUSED IT AFTER LEARNING HOW IT IS INSTALLED IT IS A DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL USED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE VEHICLE HAS DUNLOP BRAND TRACK AT20, SIZE 25565R17 TIRES (NA). THE CONTACT PURCHASED SPECIAL VALVES FOR HIS TIRES FROM TOYOTA, ALONG WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. HE RECENTLY FOUND EXTREME CORROSION ON THE VALVES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER CORROSION AND THE CONTACT PAID $220 FOR EACH VALVE. HE WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT HE WAS NOT REPORTING A FAILURE WITH HIS TIRES. HIS ISSUE WAS WITH THE DEFECTED VALVES ON THE TIRES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

I FEEL THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE AND CAN LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE ALLOY WHEELS ON TOYOTA TRUCKS CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND POSSIBLE DEATH TO DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGERS. ALLOY WHEELS ARE CORRODING WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES AND TOYOTA WON'T EVEN CALL ME BACK. SERVICE MANAGER AT NORTHSHORE TOYOTA IN LOUISIANA SAID IT WAS DUE TO EXTREME USE. THIS WAS AFTER A 30 SECOND INSPECTION. WHEN I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH A FACTORY REP. I WAS TOLD THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RUN AROUND BY TOYOTA. I HAVE OWNED AND RECOMMENDED TOYOTA'S SINCE 1974 AND WILL NOW SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER MY POSITION. *TR

2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA 24,00 MILES A MONTH A GO THE TRUCK WOULD NOT COME TO A STOP AT A STOP SING. THE ENGINE REVVED, I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE TRUCK STARTED HOPPING I HAD THE BRAKE PUSHED SO HARD. IT WAS VERY BRIEF. 3/18/08 I WAS GETTING ON THE INTERSTATE. WHEN I LET OFF OF THE THROTTLE THE TRUCK KEPT ACCELERATING ROAD THE BRAKE TO SLOW IT DOWN FOR 20 MILES BEFORE IT STOPPED 3/19/08 IT DID THE SAME THING WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR ABOUT 6 MILES. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

JUST AFTER I DID MY 30K MILE SERVICE ON MY 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA MY STEERING RACK FAILED AND TOOK TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE LOOK AT MY PROBLEMS AND HE SAID THAT THEIR WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY STEERING AND HE COULD HEAR NO LOUD GROWLING NOISE. WELL 3 DAYS LATER I CARRY IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY DECIDE THE STEERING RACK HAS NOW FAILED AND THEY REPLACED IT. NOW ONLY 14 HOURS AFTER THEY REPLACED IT IS LEAKING VERY BADLY AGAIN AND IS MAKING A GROWLING NOISE ONCE AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID BRING IT IN MONDAY MORNING 24 MARCH FOR THE TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH IT. *TR

2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA UPPER SEALED FOR LIFE BALL JOINTS BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT STARTED LEAKING FROM SHAFT WHERE SEAL HAS ALLOWED LUBE TO ESCAPE THEREFORE A FAILED BALL JOINT. TOYOTA SAYS BALL JOINTS ARE A NORMAL WEAR ITEMS AND REFUSED WARRANTY REPAIR ON BOTH ITEMS AND SAID IT WAS OK FOR A SEALED FOR LIFE BALL JOINT TO LEAK AT THE SMALL TAPERED END OF THE SEAL WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE SHAFT. THE BOOTS WERE NOT CRACKED OR TORN. *TR

WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE GAS PUMP NOZZLE WILL ON OCCASION EJECT ITSELF FROM THE FILLER NECK ON THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE PUMP SYSTEM SHUTS OFF AT FULL TANK, AND FALL TO THE GROUND, SPILLING GASOLINE. THE SAME PUMPS DO NOT EJECT THEIR NOZZLES ON MY TWO OTHER CARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. SHE DROVE OVER THE EMBANKMENT AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED TWENTY FEET DOWNHILL. THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. THE FAILURE WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO IMPROPER FINISHING OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT, ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V013000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 2,500.