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2010 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 2010 record →

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 6, 20101,000 milesLA

I HAVE 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT HAS HAD A SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH THE CRUISE SET AT AROUND 73MPH. I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKE, WHEN I HIT THE CRUISE TO REINSTATE THE CRUISE THE TRUCK SEAMED LIKE IT WENT FULL TROUBLE. MY FOOT WAS NEVER ON THE GAS AND THE TRUCK ACCELERATED TO OVER 90 BEFORE I CANCELED THE CURSE CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE. *TR

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 5, 20104,000 milesNY

TL* THE CONTACT HAS A 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IDLES HIGH WHEN SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HAPPENS EVERY NOW AND THEN AND NOT CONSISTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAPPEN 12 TIMES ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400O AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash1 injured
Filed Mar 4, 20103,342 milesNY

2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA ACCELERATION WHEN TRYING TO BRAKE. THE TUNDRA COULD NOT STOP AND HIT A 2000 BUICK WHICH HAD STRUCK A PARKED CAR AND CATAPULTED ACROSS THE LANE IN FRONT OF TUNDRA (BUICK AND TUNDRA GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS). *TR

Visibility
Filed Feb 21, 20109,000 milesMD

BRAND NEW 2010 TUNDRA CREW MAX WINDOW IS STARTING TO CRACK. DEALERSHIP ADVISED THIS WAS DUE TO STRESS CRACKING..NOT A CHIP. ENTIRE WINDSHIELD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 16, 2010CA

TOYOTA RECALL. I BOUGHT MY 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN OCT. OF 2009 AND STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION FROM TOYOTA ABOUT THE RECALL. I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THE WEB MY TOYOTA IS IN FACT RECALLED FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEM BUT HAVE YET TO HEAR ANYTHING OFFICIAL. *TR

Suspension › Front
Filed Feb 12, 20101,200 milesPA

DRIVING ON I-80 THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHOOK HARD, TOOK IT TO TOYOTA TO LOOK AT IT COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. IT IS SHAKING LESS BUT STILL SHAKING. HAD TO GET OUT OF TRUCK TO SEE IF I HAD A FLAT OR WHEEL WAS FALLING OFF THAT'S HOW HARD IT SHOOK. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Feb 12, 2010100 milesWA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED THEN THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITH DIFFICULTY; HOWEVER, IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE. HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND NOTICED THAT TWO OTHER LIGHTS BESIDES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED (HE DID NOT CITE WHICH LIGHTS). WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALER, HE TRIED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKE PEDAL IN THE PARKING LOT AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND UNTIL HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TWICE. THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR AND LATER STATED THAT IT WAS THE ECU. THE DEALER CALLED HIM AGAIN AND STATED THAT ONE OF THE LIFTERS IN THE ENGINE WAS BENT AND THEY WOULD ORDER THE PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO ASK FOR A NEW VEHICLE AND A REPRESENTATIVE TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS UP TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100. UPDATED 3/10/10 *CN THE DEALER FOUND LOSS OF COMPRESSION AND MULTIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRES. THEY RAN A COMPRESSION TEST, AND FOUND CYLINDER #8 AT ZERO. THEY REMOVED THE CYLINDER HEAD AND FOUND AN OPEN BOLT LODGED IN THE VALVE HOLDING IT OPEN. UPDATED 05/17/10

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Feb 3, 20107,500 milesNY

THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WENT ON ONE MORN. LATER THAT EVENING THE ACCELERATOR DID NOT DISENGAGE. I APPLIED MY BRAKES, AND COULD NOT STOP MY 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA! WHEN I EVENTUALLY LOST CONTROL TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. I CRASHED MY TRUCK INTO A TREE AND OFF ROAD INTO A DITCH A 100 YARDS FROM THE ROAD. *TR

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Feb 3, 2010CA

HI, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO ADDRESS THIS BUT I THINK SOMEONE SHOULD KNOW. THIS COMPLAINT IS SOMEWHAT ON BEHALF OF A CHP OFFICER AND FAMILY THAT DIED AND THE MANY OTHERS OUT THERE LIKE MYSELF, FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT HAVE TOYOTAS. I TEST CARS FOR THE CALIFORNIA SMOG CHECK PROGRAM. I HAVE TESTED THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES BOTH BY DRIVING THEM ON A SENSITIVE DYNAMOMETER AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND IN PLACE AT DIFFERENT MOTOR RPMS. WHEN TOYOTA CHANGED TO AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL ON THEIR VEHICLES IT BECAME VERY NOTICEABLE DURING THE SMOG TESTS AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATION AND CONTROL WAS MORE SLOPPY THAN THE PREVIOUS DIRECT CABLE METHOD. I WORRIED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WITH NO DIRECT LINKAGE AND ONLY SENSORS TO INTERPRET YOUR INTENDED ACCELERATION, IT COULD LEAD TO TRAGIC RESULTS WITHOUT PROPER FAIL-SAFES INSTALLED. ONE NECESSARY FAIL-SAFE IS WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKES THE ENGINE NEEDS TO SLOW TO PREVENT POTENTIALLY OVERRIDING THE BRAKES OR CREATE EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCES. THIS WOULD PREVENT MANY ACCIDENTS. IT IS WELL KNOWN IN THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR INDUSTRY THAT VOLTAGE PROBLEMS, ELECTRICAL GROUND PROBLEMS, OR A MALFUNCTIONING MAIN COMPUTER OR POORLY WRITTEN CODE, WILL CAUSE OTHER SENSORS TO BEHAVE ERRATICALLY EVEN IF THE SPECIFIC AFFECTED SENSOR IS NOT DAMAGED. VEHICLE SENSORS HAVE PROBLEMS NOW AND THEN ALONG WITH CORRUPTED INFORMATION BEING SENT TO THOSE SENSORS RESULTING IN UNINTENDED RESULTS. THE SENSORS / LINKAGE INVOLVED IN TOYOTA'S ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL ARE NOT IMMUNE TO TH

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jan 26, 20105,800 milesTX

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN 2009. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AS LOW AS 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON ITS ON AND THEN PROCEED TO MOVE FORWARD, THROWING HER VIOLENTLY BACK INTO HER SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURES COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE DEALER INVESTIGATED FURTHER AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A SOFTWARE MALFUNCTION AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REPAIR THE FAILURE; THEREFORE, THEY WERE RELEASING THE VEHICLE TO HER. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 5,800.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Dec 29, 20091,000 milesTX

PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL NOT DISENGAGING PROPERLY WHEN TAPPING THE BRAKE. THE BRAKE MUST BE PRESSED TO THE POINT OF ACTUAL BRAKING FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL TO DISENGAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES WHEN WHILE TRYING TO DISENGAGE BY PRESSING THE BRAKE THE ENGINE STARTED TO REV UP AS IF I WAS ALSO PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. THE MOST RELIABLE WAS TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL IS THE CONTROL ON THE SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL (MAIN CRUISE CONTROL ON MY TRUCK). WILL BE TAKING THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THIS WEEK. *TR

Tires
Filed Dec 25, 20093,000 milesVA

I PURCHASED A 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN AUG. AT NEARLY 3K MILES, BOTH THE FRONT TIRES - BRIDGESTONE DUELER H/T P275 65R18 114T M+S - HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO EXTREME CUPPING. NOW AT CLOSE TO 8500 TOTAL MILES, FRONT TIRES ARE CUPPING AGAIN. DEALER TELLS ME TO "KEEP DRIVING," THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I HAVE 4-5 DOCUMENTED CASES OF BRINGING THE VEHICLE IN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CUPPING SINCE PURCHASED NEW IN AUGUST. I JUST EXAMINED TIRES AGAIN THIS MORNING AND THEY CONTINUE TO WEAR, OUTSIDE EDGES - CUPPING. ALIGNMENT ON VEHICLE HAS BEEN PERFORMED TO SPECS NUMEROUS TIMES. *TR

Power TrainCrash
Filed Dec 9, 2009350 milesFL

ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASING A 2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA CREW MAX TRUCK, I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP LIGHT FOR AT LEAST A MINUTE. I WAS THE SECOND CAR IN LINE. SUDDENLY, UNEXPECTEDLY, MY TRUCK LUNGED FORWARD AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL TO BOTH CARS BUT THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE CAR TO MOVE FORWARD. I SUSPECT IT DUE TO THE ELECTRONIC ACCELERATOR PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH TOYOTAS. THIS WAS NOT A FLOORMAT ISSUE. I AM NOW FACED WITH A FINE AND LOSS OF MY 40 YEAR SAFE DRIVER STATUS. *TR

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