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2001 Toyota Tundra complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2001 record →

Seat Belts › Front › RetractorCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 2, 2001NC

SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN PASSENGER DURING A VEHICLE CRASH, PASSENGER WAS FORCED UNDERNEATH THE DASH. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Oct 12, 2001CA

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Oct 2, 2001CA

FRONT DISC BRAKES HAVE TO BE CHANGED EVERY FIVE THOUSAND MILES SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Sep 11, 2001FL

THIS IS OUR 3RD TOTOYA TUNDRA IN THE FAMILY. WE HAD A GREEN 2000 V8 SR5 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM . WE RECENTLY JUST BOUGHT ALSO A CLOSE OUT MODEL 2000 SR5 LIMITED 4WD AND IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THEN AGAIN I JUST BOUGHT A BRAND NEW SR5 V8 AND IT IS DOING THE SAME THING. WHEN YOU STEP ON THE BRAKE IT LIKE THE WHOLE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE BRAKING FROM A HIGH SPEED TO A SLOWER SPEED(EX. 70MPH. TO 50MPH.) ITS LIKE THE WHOLE CAR SHAKES. HOPEFULLY THE NHTSA WILL LOOK IN TO THIS MATTER SO THAT THIS BRAKE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED.*AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Aug 30, 2001CA

VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING AFTER EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ON AND IN PARK. CONSUMER WAS STEPPING OUT OF VEHICLE AND DOOR KNOCKED CONSUMER DOWN. TOYOTA SENT INSPECTORS TO LOOK AT VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF INADVERTENT ROLLING. CONSUMER PLEASE ADD THE VIN# AND MILEAGE TO THE COMPLAINT FORM.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Aug 30, 2001CA

WHEN ABS KICKS IN IT INTERMITTENTLY MAKES A LOUD BANGING NOISE, ALMOST LIKE VEHICLE IS BACK FIRING. WHEN VEHICLE MAKES SUDDEN STOPS PEDAL SHAKES AND ABS KICKS IN. TOYOTA INSPECTOR SAYS NOISE IS NORMAL.*AK

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Jul 27, 2001GA

DEALOR REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Jul 16, 2001CA

BOTH FRONT ROTORS WARPED. SERVICE TECH. STATED "THE REAR BRAKES WERE NOT ADJUSTING PROPERLY, CAUSING THE FRONT ROTORS TO OVERHEAT.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Jul 4, 2001UT

VEHICLE STILL SHUTTERS& VIBRATES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AFTER 2 TIMES INTO DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR WORK. THE DEALER SAYS THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED ALL BRAKE PADS AND DRUMS THE FIRST TIME AND TURNED THE REAR DRUMS THE SECOND TIME.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jun 27, 2001GA

FROM CONTACT WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE THERE SEEMS TO BE A FAILURE PATTERN WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE. THE BRAKE DRUMS AND ROTORS APPEAR TO BE WARPING AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 4000 MILES OF USE. TOYOTA HAS ISSUED TSB'S TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO WORK FROM WHAT OTHER OWNERS SAY. MY SON HAS THE SAME VEHICLE AND IS ON HIS THIRD SET OF ROTORS WITH LESS THAN 15,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. WHEN I GOT MY TRUCK BACK WITH THE NEW PARTS AND APPLIED THE BRAKES ON A LONG HILL AT 50 MPH THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A VIOLENT SHAKING MOTION AND I THOUGHT CONTROL WOULD BE LOST. IT HAS NOT REPEATED THIS BEHAVIOR BUT I QUESTION THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Apr 3, 2001CO

WHEN STARTING ENGINE COLD VEHICLE KNOCKS IN THE ENGINE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Mar 28, 2001WI

SEAT BELT ON DRIVERS SIDE DOES NOT RETRACT COMPLETELTY AND IS GETTING WORSE. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Mar 22, 2001AL

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED ON BOTH SIDES OF FRONT BUMBER AND CENTER. VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB, SMAALL WALL, SIGN AND SWIPED A TREE. NO TIRE MARKSEO. *AK

Service Brakes, Air › Antilock
Filed Feb 23, 2001MO

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED BETWEEN 10 AND 35MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM, HOWEVER, TOYOTA HAS ISSUED A TSB ABOUT PROBLEM. *AK

Fuel System, Other › Storage
Filed Jan 5, 2001CA

WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL, AND VEHICLE RIDE ON AN UPWARD INCLINE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT FILLS UP WITH FUMES FROM GAS. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED BY THE DEALER. *AK

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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