2001 Toyota Pickup

Routine

Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › windshield. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield2
000
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls1
000
Traction Control System1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Structure › Frame and Members › Underbody Shields1
000
Air Bags1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags
Filed Feb 17, 2015100,000 milesHI

AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHING. *TR

Structure › Frame and Members › Underbody Shields
Filed Mar 28, 201466,000 milesIN

I'VE EXPERIENCED ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE CRC APPLICATION FOR THE TOYOTA TUNDRA FRAME RUST ISSUE SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPLIED. THE FIRST APPLICATION FAILED AFTER 1 DAY OF USE. THE SECOND APPLICATION FAILED LESS THAN A YEAR LATER. THE THIRD APPLICATION, APPLIED OCT. 14 2013 HAS NOW FAILED. ON OCTOBER 15 TOYOTA INFORMED ME THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE 12 MONTH WARRANTY AS DESCRIBED ON THE PAPERWORK FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR ANY FUTURE ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO THE FRAME RUST OR THEIR WORKMANSHIP. HOWEVER, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM TOYOTA ON OCTOBER 28, 2013 IN WHICH THEY INFORMED ME THE CRC APPLICATION THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPLIED WAS DETERMINED TO BE DEFECTIVE BUT THERE WAS NO SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME. THEY STATED ONCE A SOLUTION WAS DETERMINED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WOULD CONTACT ME TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. AFTER NOT RECEIVING A RESPONSE FROM THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP I CALLED TOYOTA ON MARCH 24, 2014 AND WAS INFORMED THAT AN UPGRADED COMPOUND WAS RELEASED ON FEB 14, 2014 AND THE DEALERSHIPS WERE MADE AWARE OF IT ON FEB. 27, 2014. THE TOYOTA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED ME HE WOULD HAVE THE DEALERSHIP CONTACT ME WITHIN 2 BUSINESS DAYS TO APPLY THE UPGRADED COMPOUND. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP CONTACTED ME THE NEXT DAY AND SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE OF A NEW SOLUTION AND THAT HE WOULD CALL TOYOTA FOR MORE INFO. ON MARCH 25, 2014 TOYOTA CALLED ME TO INFORM ME A CASE MANGER FROM TOYOTA WOULD CALL ME WITHIN THE NEXT DAY AND ASSIGNED A NEW CASE NUMBER FOR THE ISSUE IN QUESTION. THE SER

Traction Control System
Filed Apr 12, 201196,400 milesCA

1. NOTHING SPECIAL TO CAUSE THE ISSUE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NO TRAFFIC IN FREEWAY. 2. ALL OF SUDDEN, MY CAR SEEMS LOSE IT'S POWER FOR LESS A SECOND AND RE-ENGAGE. IN THE MEAN TIME CAR SKIDDED INTO THE DITCH AND I NEED TO TURN THE HANDLE TO MAKE IT STRAIGHT. FORTUNATELY, NO OTHER CARS AROUND US. AFTER THAT MY CAR HAS THE ABS AND VSC TRAC LIGHTS ON 3. MY SEQUOIA IS STILL STAYING IN SHOP FOR CHECKING. THE COMPUTER READS "YAW RATE SENSOR FAILURE" FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Jun 4, 2001OH

WITH REAR WINDOWS OPEN, THE SOUND THE RESONATES FROM CARGO AREA IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO THE OCCUPANTS. NOT ABLE TO DRIVE WITH REAR WINDOWS OPEN. NOT A ONE-TIME OCCURANCE, BUT DAILY. THIS WOULD DETER FUTURE PURCHASES.

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Jun 4, 2001OH

THE DRIVER-SIDE WINDOW HAS AN AUTO UP AND AUTO DOWN FEATURE. THE AUTO UP DOES NOT HAVE A SENSOR TO STOP TRAVEL IF WINDOW IS BLOCKED. THIS CAN CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR THE GLASS TO BREAK. RECENT NEWS STORY DESCRIBED SMALL GIRL WHO SUFFOCATED BY ACTIVATING POWER WINDOW SWITCH WHILE HER HEAD WAS EXTENDED THROUGH THE WINDOW OPENING. THE HIGHLANDER OPERATOR ONLY NEEDS TO "BUMP" SWITCH ONCE AND TRAVEL WILL NOT STOP UNTIL CLOSED UNLESS WINDOW SWITCH IS PRESSED AGAIN.

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Mar 21, 2001IL

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. (*AK

Suspension › Front
Filed Mar 4, 2001LA

CAR HIT A POT HOLE AT ABOUT 35 MPH, FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, AND THE DRIVER THOUGHT THE VEHICLE MIGHT LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING

7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
2001 — this page7000Routine
20004000Routine
19992000Routine
19985000Routine
19975000Routine
19966000Routine
199535421Fatalities reported
199491403Fatalities reported
199359410Routine
199256400Routine
199129301Fatalities reported
199025310Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.