2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

TRUCK NEEDS ITS 3RD SET OF TIRES AT 50K MILES - ALWAYS WEAR ON OUTSIDE MOST SEVERELY BUT ACROSS AS WELL - BRIDGESTONE DUELERS (ON NEW TRUCK FROM DEALER) - REPLACED BY FIRESTONE SET THAT WORE THE SAME - ROTATED, BALANCED AND ALIGNMENT CHECKED ON-SCHEDULE AND NO ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS NOTED - BY 10K TIRES LOOK LIKE THEY NEED CHANGED

THE TRUCK TAILGATE WAS NOTICED TO HAVE PAINT BUBBLING TOWARD THE BOTTOM ON THE TAILGATE. FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWS MODERATE RUST ON THE INNER LIP OF THE BOTTOM OF THE TAILGATE WHERE TWO PANELS COME TOGETHER, AND IS NOTICABLE WHEN IT IS IN A LOWERED POSITION. AFTER CALLING TOYOTA CORPORATE NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND NOTIFYING THEM OF THE ISSUE, I WAS ASKED IF RUST WAS ON THE FRAME. FURTHER MORE, I WAS TOLD THERE IS NO PROGRAM THEY HAVE TO HELP WITH SUCH AN ISSUE. I HAD NOT HAD THE ABILITY TO INSPECT THE FRAME AND UNDERCARRIAGE AT THE TIME OF THE CALL, BUT UPON ENDING OF THE CALL, WAS ABLE TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE RUST ON SEEMS OF THE FRAME WELDS THROUGHOUT THE BOTTOM AND OTHER AREAS.

IN SEPT. 2014 TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC. VOLUNTARY RECALLED 2005-2011 TACOMA 4X4 AND TACOMA PRE-RUNNER PICKUP TRUCKS FOR LEAF SPRINGS THAT COULD FRACTURE DUE TO STRESS AND CORROSION. IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY 2015 THE DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING IN OUR 2010 TUNDRA FRACTURED RESULTING IN $1,611.41 IN REPAIRS. DUE TO THE DEFECT OUR MECHANIC RECOMMENDED BOTH LEAF SPRINGS TO BE REPLACED AS THERE WOULD BE UNEVEN STABILITY AND THE REMAINING LEAF SPRING COULD FRACTURE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

WHILE DRIVING AFTER BRAKING THE TRUCK THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A SEVERE VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE TRUCK. IT FELT LIKE A LOOSE WHEEL. AFTER HAVING IT TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS I DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR BRAKES HAD BECOME SOMEWHAT FROZEN IN THE BRAKE SHOE BRACKET. THE PAD BRACKET IS MADE FROM A METAL THAT ROAD SALT BLISTERS AND IT BECOMES VERY ROUGH NOT LETTING THE BRAKE PARTICULARLY THE INNER PAD TO RETRACT. THE SHOE IS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM THE BRACKET AND THE BRACKET HAS TO BE WIRED BRUSHED AND SANDED SO THAT THE BRAKE PAD CAN GLIDE EASILY. TWO OF MY SONS ALSO HAVE TOYOTA TUNDRA TRUCKS ONE IS A 2010 AND THE OTHER IS A 2014 AND HAVE BOTH EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THEY ALSO HAD TO REMOVE THE BRAKES AND SAND THE BRACKET. THIS LOCKING OF THE PAD ALSO RUINS THE PADS CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR AND ALSO RUINS THE INNER SURFACE OF THE ROTOR. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE BRAKING ABILITY AND THE PREMATURE WEAR OF THE ROTOR AND BRAKE PADS.

DROVE TRUCK TO GO FISHING ON 05/30/2015 GOT HOME AT 9.30 PM ON 5/31/2015 GOT IN TRUCK NO POWER STEERING RACK PINION WAS LEAKING FLUID ALL NIGHT SO PUMP WAS DRY LOOKED UP ON INTERNET FOUND THAT TOYOTA IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH RACK PINION GOING OUT ON LIFTED TRUCKS I BOUGHT MY TRUCK WITH A DEALER LIFT INSTALLED NOW IS COSTING ALMOST A $1000.00 TO FIX I AM DOING MYSELF BECAUSE THERE IS NO WARRANTY TOYOTA SAYS NOT THERE PROBLEM I AM JUST GLAD IT DID NOT HAPPEN AS I WAS PULLING MY BOAT HOME WOULD HAVE CAUSED A BIG ACCIDENT

SERVICE BULLETIN TSB-0148-11 - DRIVE SHAFT THUMPS WHEN LEAVING A FULL STOP- FEELS AS THOUGH YOU WERE HIT FROM BEHIND. WAS TOLD IT IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE BUT IT'S A DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE FIXED!. PAID GOOD $$$$$ FOR TRUCK AND ISSUES LIKE THIS WILL MAKE ME THINK ABOUT THE NEXT VEHICLE I BUY. *TR

WE NOTICED THAT SHINE ON THE PAINT FADED RIGHT AWAY AND WE CONTACTED TOYOTA BODY SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE MANY COMPLAINTS AND THAT THERE WAS DEFECTIVE PAINT WORK ON THIS MODEL . THEY CONTACTED TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS AND WE WERE TOLD BY THEM THAT TOYOTA WAS FIXING THEM . HOWEVER TOYOTA REFUSED TO FIX OURS .. PAINT LOOKS TERRIBLE AND THE SHINE IS ALL GONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SMELL EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES, ROTORS, AND THE CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

JUST RECENTLY I HAVE NOTICED A VERY WEIRD SOUND FROM THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL AREA. I HAD THE LOCAL DEALER IN TWIN FALLS IDAHO LOOK INTO AND FOUND NOTHING, THEY SAID BRAKES WERE GOOD, AND THEY HAD GREASED EVERYTHING. SO AFTER MY SERVICE I FIGURED IT WOULD GO AWAY AND IT DIDN'T. I'VE ALSO PUT NEW TIRES ON FOR THE WINTER SINCE THIS WEIRD RUBBING SOUND HAS STARTED AND IT'S STILL MAKING THE SOUND. I'M NOT SURE IF JUST THE SERVICE GUY KNOWS WHAT HE IS LOOKING FOR, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING NOT RIGHT WITH THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL AREA. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE I CAN DO OR SHOULD DO. THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 51000 MILES ON IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND COULD HEAR A METAL ON METAL GRINDING NOISE, HEAVY METAL RATTLE & OCCASIONAL SQUEALING NOISE WHEN I WOULD DRIVE OVER SEWER COVERS OR SMALL BUMPS ON THE ROAD. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE & WAS TOLD THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE LEAF SPRING WAS BROKEN & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE IS USED AS A PASSENGER VEHICLE. THE HEAVIEST CAMPER IT TOWED WAS APPROXIMATELY 3000 POUNDS. THE TRUCK WAS RATED FOR AN 8300 POUND TOW CAPACITY. UPON INSPECTION IT APPEARED THAT THE LEAF SPRING HAD EXTREME RUST THROUGH & THROUGH. NONE OF THE TECHS AT THE DEALERSHIP HAD EVER SEEN A 3.3 YEAR OLD TRUCK PRESENT WITH THIS PROBLEM. TOYOTA USA DECLINED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIR ($970). *TR