2011 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

RACK AND PINION FAILED,MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER WHILE I WAS DRIVING. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS DRIVING SLOW.

THE STEERING IS VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES AND FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS BINDING. THERE IS NO STEERING WHEEL RETURN. NO FLUIDS ARE LEAKING AND THE FLUID LEVEL IN THE POWER STEERING RESEVIOUR IS NORMAL. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AND TURNING. GOING DOWN A STRAIGHT ROAD BINDING CAN BE FELT WHEN YOU MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN YOUR LANE BY MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT.

VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED A CAM TOWER LEAK DUE TO IMPROPER SEALING OF MATING SURFACES DURING ENGINE ASSEMBLY CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLDS CAUSING A POTENTIAL FOR ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE ACCORDING TO SERVICING DEALER. VEHICLE HAS LESS THE 45,000 MILES AND HAS HAD REGULAR SERVICE BY AUTHORIZED DEALER. DEALER REPRESENTATIVE STATES THAT IF PROBLEM PERSISTS VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS STATE MANDATED SAFETY INSPECTION. OIL BURNING CAN BE SMELLED WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE.COSTS TO REPAIR ARE QUOTED AT $3296 PLUS TAXES.

2011 TOYOTA TUNDRA REAR LEAF SPRING.PASSENGER SIDE LEAF SPRING BROKE AND THE PIECE FELL OFF THE TRUCK WHILE I WAS DRIVING. CAR BEHIND ME FLAGGED ME DOWN TO LET ME KNOW THAT IT FELL OFF THE TRUCK AND THEY ALMOST RAN IT OVER. I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. I STILL HAVE THE PIECE OF THE LEAF SPRING.

CAM TOWER SEAL PROBLEMS CURRENTLY MY TUNDRA IS HAVING A CAMSHAFT TOWER SEALS PROBLEM/GASKET. I THOUGHT MY TRUCK WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE SEVERAL TIMES WITH MY GRAND KIDS INSIDE WHILE DRIVING.'.WITH IT SMOKING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR A TOYOTA. I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE STOPPED BY NOW, BUT IT HAS NOT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. IN DOING MY RESEARCH, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS A BIG REPAIR JOB AS IT REQUIRES DISMANTLING PART OF THE ENGINE; THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL YEAR THAT I CURRENTLY OWN (2011). THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL OTHER MODEL YEARS THAT IT IS ALSO HAPPENING AS WELL (2011-13), IN WHICH AGAIN CAN CAUSE THE TRUCK TO CATCH FIRE, HARMING OR EVEN KILLING SOMEONE. IF NOT COMPLETED NOW OR TAKE ANY ACTION, TOYOTA COULD LOSE MONEY. YOU COULD EVEN STOP LAWSUITS THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING WITH THIS ISSUE IF SOMEONE IS HARMED OR EVEN KILLED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!! THIS IS MY SIXTH TOYOTA PURCHASE. THE MAIN REASONS FOR ME CHOOSING TOYOTA OVER FORD, GM, ETC. ARE QUALITY AND RELIABILITY. I WOULD LIKE TOYOTA TO FIX MY ISSUE AT NO COST TO ME AND MAYBE RECALL THIS ERROR THAT TOYOTA SHOULD BE AWARE OF ON THESE MODEL TUNDRA TRUCKS. THIS HONEST GESTURE WOULD BOLSTER MY CONFIDENCE IN THE REASONS I MADE IN PURCHASING A TOYOTA.

REAR PASSENGER LEAF SPRINGS FAILING AT 60K MILES. I NOTICE THE WHEN LOOKING AT THE TRUCK, IT SITS UNEVENLY. I'VE NOTICED THE RIDE HASN'T SEEMED AS STABLE/STURDY AND THEN NOTICED THE ISSUE WITH THE SUSPENSION, I'M ASSUMING ITS LEAF SPRING RELATED AS THERE ARE NUMEROUS ISSUES MENTIONED ON VARIOUS FORUMS BUT I'VE NOT NOTICED A RECALL ISSUED YET.

VALVE SPRING FAILURE AT 136,124 MILES WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. TRUCK RAN FINE, NO PROBLEMS BEFORE THIS, EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED END OF LAST YEAR. STILL FINANCED AND OWE OVER 13,000 FOR TRUCK. MOTOR RUINED .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND STALLED. ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED DUE TO THE DIAGNOSTIC FEES. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE THEN REOCCURRED AND WAS TOWED BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT RODENTS WERE GETTING INTO THE ENGINE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND WERE CHEWING THROUGH THE WIRING. AS A RESULT, THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TT

MY TRUCK IS SMOKING WHILE DRIVING AS IF TO CATCH ON FIRE FROM THE CAM TOWER SEALS LEAKING . THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS JANUARY 14 2018.THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND FIRE HAZARD. I HAD MY GRAND KIDS IN THE TRUCK AT THE TIME, ONE HAS LUEKEMIA. I DON'T WANT IT TO BURN US ALL UP IN THE TRUCK. CAM TOWER SEAL WAS LEAKING FROM BOTH SIDES. THEY ALSO FOUND VALVE COVER WAS LEAKING AS WELL. THIS WAS A GREAT SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO FIRE HAZARD. FACTORY DEFECT DUE TO INSUFFICIENT SEAL APPLIED TO THE MATTING SURFACES. DEFECT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF PLEASE.

TRUCK IS A 2011 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH 66,000 MILES. TRUCK HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH FAULTY LEFT REAR AXLE BEARING THAT IS CREATING A HOWL TYPE NOISE WHILE DRIVING. NOISE IS PREDOMINANT AT 30-40 MPH. TOYOTA NEEDS TO EXTEND T-SB-0013-13 FOR CERTAIN 2011 MODEL TUNDRAS.