2002 Toyota Tundra complaints

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TWO DEALERSHIPS, SIX DIFFERENT TIMES AND PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. ROTORS, CALIPERS, BEARINGS, REAR DRUMS AND BRAKE PADS. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE THEY WARPED IN TWO WEEKS TIME. LAST DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEIR TECH. COULD NOT FIND WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THAT SOMEONE FROM TOYOTA WOULD HAVE TO COME TEST DRIVE WITH ME. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE VIBRATION WILL BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. *JB

MY STAKE-BED TRUCK'S AXLE BROKE. THE TRUCK HAD UNDER 12,000. IT WAS REPAIRED IN ODESSA, TX AND THE SERVICE MANAGER TELLS ME THE CONVERSIONS ON THE TRUCK ARE TOO MUCH FOR THE TRUCK. THAT IS WHY THE AXLE BROKE. HE STATED THAT MY HUSBAND AND I ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER OF BODILY INJURY AND OR DEATH. NOW THE BRAKES HAD TO BE REPAIRED AND I WAS AGAIN TOLD BY AN EMPLOYEE OF I-10 TOYOTA THAT THE TRUCK IS TOO HEAVY FOR THE WEIGHT IT'S CARRYING. OF COURSE HE SAID THAT WAS ONLY HIS OPINION.

2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA 43,000 MILES HAS A SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING AT ANY SPEED, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES SIDE TO SIDE AND I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER (ROCKLAND TOYOTA) ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEMS AND WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIR SINCE I'M PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD OF 36,000 MILES. *JB

THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE FRON DRIVE TRAIN BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. IT ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE VIHICLE IS COLD AND GOES AWAY AFTER SEVERAL MILES OF DRIVING. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY SAY IT IS A NORMAL CONDITION AND WILL NOT WORK TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM IT IS COMMING FROM THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 20 MPH BOTH FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BALL JOINTS SNAPPED, CAUSING FRONT RIGHT WHEEL TO COME OFF. THERE WAS NO SHIMMY OR SQUEAKING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, ONLY THE STEERING FELT A LITTLE STIFF. THE TRUCK WAS NOT ABUSED. PE04040_CAT

TOYOTA TUNDRA 2001 AND 2002 MODEL YEARS. BRAKES: FRONT DISC ROTORS AND REAR DRUMS WARP AND ARE OUT OF ROUND. CAUSES MODERATE TO SEVERE VIBRATIONS WHEN BRAKING. BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO SEVERE VIBRATIONS AND NEAR LOSS OF CONTROL.

IMPROPER FRONT BRAKE CALIPER SIZE, WHICH CAUSES WARPING OF THE FRONT BRAKE DISC ,AND SUBSEQUENT SERIOUS STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION OF MY 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA. TOYOTA IS DECLINING TO ISSUE AN OFFICIAL RECALL OF THE DEFECTIVE BRAKE COMPONENTS, AND DEALERS HAVE BEEN UNCOOPERATIVE IN FIXING THIS PROBLEM. I HOPE NO ONE HAS TO BE INJURED FOR TOYOTA TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.*AK

THE BRAKES ON MY 2002 TUNDRA STARTED VIBRATING WHEN PRESSURE APPLIED AFTER ABOUT 400 MILES. DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. NOW THE BRAKES ARE VIBRATING AGAIN. WILL HAVE TO RETURN TO THE DEALER. *JB *SCC ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*****764848

MY BRAKES HAVE HAD RECURRING SEVERE VIBRATION PROBLEMS ALMOST SINCE NEW. IT GOT BAD ENOUGH FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE MY ROTORS, DRUMS, PADS, SHOES AND BEARINGS TWO TIMES IN THE FIRST 13700 MILES, AS WELL AS TURNING THE ROTORS AND DRUMS AT OTHER TIMES. THE LAST TIME WE TEST DROVE THE TRUCK, IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN WITH THE TOYOTA CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER ALONG FOR THE RIDE. AT THAT TIME HE ADVISED FILING A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA FOR ARBITRATION. WITH THE TRACK RECORD OF THIS VEHICLE BEING WHAT IT IS, I DON'T THINK THE PROBLEM CAN BE CORRECTED TO MY SATISFACTION.*AK

AT 20,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHIFT VERY HARD AND THE CEL CAME ON. DEALER SAID THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ERROR CODE FROM THE OBD II STATED "MIS SHIFT". IT TOOK 7 WEEKS TO GET THE PART.*AK

SEVERE VIBRATION IN BRAKING AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS. *AK

EXPERIENCING A NOTICABLE SHAKE IN THE FRONT END WHEN BRAKING FROM 50-40 MPH. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN OCT 2002. I HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS AND DRUMS WITHOUT ANY LUCK.

40 MPH. DRIVING DOWN LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. RIDING THE BRAKES. SHAKING SO BAD, I THOUGHT I MIGHT WRECK. SCARED ME AND MY FAMILY VERY MUCH. DEALER WILL NOT FIX UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER "FIXED BRAKES" 12,000 MILES AGO. TRUCK HAS 24,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. HEARD FROM OTHER TUNDRA OWNERS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT TO HANDLE UP TO A 6200 LB FIFTH WHEEL UNIT. CONSUMER HAD A 5400 LB UNIT ON VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED IT TO HAVE A ROCKING MOTION FROM FRONT TO REAR WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *NLM

A ROCK HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND BROKE THE GLASS, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.*JB

BRAKE PEDAL FADES TO FLOOR WHEN SITTING IN STOP POSITION

CAB SEPARATED FROM CHASSIS. CAB IS ATTACHED TO CHASSIS AT 4 FLANGES WELDED TO FRAME. 2 EACH 10 MM BOLTS CONNECT CAB TO EACH FLANGE. A 71 MM HOLE EXISTS IN FLANGE BETWEEN THE 2 EACH 13 MM HOLES FOR THE 10 MM BOLTS. ONLY 6 MM OF FLANGE STEEL EXISTS BETWEEN 13 MM HOLES AND 71 MM HOLE. CAB SEPARATED BY TEARING 10 MM BOLT NUTS THROUGH THE 13 MM HOLES AT THE 6 MM DIMENSION. IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE IN AIRCRAFT STRUCTUREAL REPAIR THAT THE MINIMUM DIMENSION FOR HOLE SPACING IS 3 HOLE DIAMETERS (I.E., HOLE SPACING SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY 30 MM INSTEAD OF 6 MM).

I WAS ROTATING THE TIRES AND TIGHTENING THE LUG NUTS WHEN SIX BROKE. MY TORQUE WRENCH WAS SET AT 80 POUNDS, BELOW THE 82 RECOMMENDATION. TWO LUG NUTS ON THE RIGHT REAR ON ONE ON THE RIGHT FRONT WOULD NOT TIGHTEN AND JUST KEPT TURNING. EVENTUALLY EACH OF THE LUG NUTS FELL OFF, BREAKING THE STUD. THE STUDS DID NOT "SNAP" LIKE A CLEAN BREAK. THE LUGS THAT BROKE WERE POSSIBLY NOT HARDENED OR WERE MADE FROM SOME VERY SOFT METAL. THE LEFT SIDE PRODUCED SIMILAR RESULTS ON THE LEFT REAR. THE LEFT FRONT SECURED ALL SIX LUG NUTS PROPERLY WITH THE 80 # TORQUE SETTING. ON THE LEFT REAR, THREE OF THE STUDS, ALL ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER BROKE JUST LIKE THE THREE DID ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I HAVE BEEN CHANGING TIRES FOR 35 YEARS AND HAVE ONLY BROKEN ONE STUD PREVIOUSLY. EIGHTY FOOT POUNDS OF TORQUE IS NOT VERY MUCH TO BREAK OFF A STUD. CHEVROLET CURRENTLY SETS LUG NUTS AT 145 FOOT POUNDS OF TORQUE. I FEEL SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE LUG STUDS ON THIS VEHICLE, OR AT LEAST THE SIX THAT MERELY BROKE. THIRTY OF THE LUG STUDS HELD AND TIGHTENED ACCORDING TO PROCEDURES. HOWEVER, THE SIX THAT BROKE DID SO BEFORE EVER CAUSING THE TORQUE WRENCH TO REACH A MERE 80 FOOT POUNDS, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY TWO POUNDS UNDER THE RECOMMENDED SETTING. IN LOOKING AT THE STEEL STUD WHERE IT TWISTED APART, THE METAL HAS THE APPEARANCE OF CAST POT METAL, NOT COLD HARD STEEL. SO FAR, I HAVE RECEIVED NO HELP FROM THE TOYOTA DEALER. THEY SAY, "YOU CAUSED THEM TO BREAK, IT IS NOT OUR FAULT. WE CHANGE TIRES ALL DAY WITH OUR AIR

BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED. NO RECALL NOTICE FROM DEALER PROBLEM UNIVERSAL WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE A HEAVY VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

CONSUMER STATES BRAKE PEDAL FEELS SPONGY AND THERE IS EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE. DEALER DETERMINED THE MASTER CYLINDER FLUID HEATS UP AND CAUSES THE BRAKE SHOES AND DRUMS TO WARP. FRONT AND REAR SHOES AND DRUMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE REAR AXLE AND BEARINGS, WERE AFFECTED BY THIS BRAKING PROBLEM. TS

THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WHEN HE APPLIES THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES IT SHAKES AT VIBRATES, THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED EVERY 4000 MILES BECAUSE THEY WARP. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER CAN HEAR A BUZZING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA WHEN IN REVERSE AND DRIVING, THE NOISE IS MORE APPARENT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS WARN. MR *NLM *DT

VEHICLE HAS DRIVER & PASSENGER AIR BAGS - IN FRONT END COLLISION AT 45 MPH NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK SO DRIVER HIT STEERING COLUMN WITH FULL IMPACT - THERE WAS NO PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE TIRE WILL NOT CHANNEL WATER OUT CORRECTLY, SO TIRES CAN STAY ON THE ROAD. THEY ARE EXPERIENCING SEVERE HYDROPLANE. CONTACTED DEALER/MANUFACTURER, THEY WERE OF NO HELP TO CONSUMER. SIZE P275/55 R18. DOT# B715FMWX1902.ORGINAL TIRES.*JB

WHEN VEHICLE IS FULLY LOADED BRAKES WILL OVERHEAT WHEN APPLIED WHILE GOING DOWN A HILL.ALSO, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO CORRECT GEAR, RESULTING IN MORE EXCESSIVE BRAKE APPLICATION.*AK

RIMS ON VEHICLE ARE BENT, MATERIAL SEEMS TO BE TOO SOFT. *AK THE PROBLEM ALREADY HAS GONE TO THE BEARINGS AND ROTORS. *SCC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL WITH ENGINE ON WHEN SUDDENLY VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD INTO A HOUSE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AT 55 MPH, BRAKES LOCKED UP, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND WENT INTO A DITCH. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, NO INJURY.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE PULSATES, BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. ROTORS ARE WARPED, AND PADS WORN UNEVENLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THE REAR DRUM ROTORS WARPED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEEL WHEELS ON THE VEHICLE HAVE STARTED TO RUST. CONTACTED DEALER AND CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REACH A DEAL ON NEW ALLOY WHEELS. NLM *TT

CONSUMER NOTICED THE RIGHT FRONT BRIDGESTONE ,#P265/70R16, DOT#7X72PDD3301, TIRE HAD A CRACK, THE TIRE HAD ONLY BEEN USED FOR THREE MONTHS, HAD CONTACTED DEALER, BUT FIRESTONE NOR TOYOTA WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECTIVE TIRE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING TOYOTA TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. TOYOTA, TUNDRA, 2002. *AK *YD

WHILE DRIVING STATE SPEED LIMIT HEARD A KNOCKING ON FRONT END OF VEHICLE WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. *AK *TT