Owners have filed 5,971 complaints on the Toyota Tundra, covering 1999–2026. The system named most often is Power Train (481 reports). Worst years by volume: 2000, 2006, 2004; cleanest: 1999, 2026, 2021. 273 reports describe a crash, 43 a fire, 9 a death. On average the car was 6.6 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Toyota Tundra
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 5,971 Tundra complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Power Train 481 Read
Unintended acceleration. When you stop the truck, and have the brake on, the rpms go down to idle ~650. As soon as you lift the brake, without touching the accelerator, the vehicle starts ramping up the rpms and moving. On level ground it will go to 1000 easily before you have to stop it. It will pull up a grade even…
Greetings all, This is not my vehicle. It is the vehicle that came to a sudden stop on the [XXX] and I hit. The driver apologized and told me his wife was fiddling with the drive shift lever and accidentally pressed the Park button. Indeed, the 2023 Toyota Tundra driver had been stepping on the brakes (lights on the…
Attempted to shift out 4-wheel high back into 2-wheel drive. On the dashboard, both 4 wheel high and 4-wheel low were flashing yellow/orange. Put truck into park to clear, nothing continued to flash. Put truck into neutral, nothing continued to flash 4 high and 4 low. Turned the truck engine completely off and started…
Structure 467 Read
My tundra was recalled for a frame inspection it was coated with a anti corrosion the dealer sprayed over the the brake lines that that were also corroded they were sprayed with the same undercoating when they should have been replaced I was on my way home this afternoon and my brake line burst from the corrosion…
Frame has snapped after being denied a replacement by Toyota under their extended service campaign for frame issues. Dealer told customer to make a separate appointment for frame inspection while truck was in for unrelated service and campaign had expired while customer was in hospital ultimately ending with Toyota…
On April 6, 2024 I was driving my 2006 Toyota Tundra when the brakes gave out and the vehicle went through the back wall of my garage. The brake fluid spilled onto the street and onto my driveway. There are 3 witnesses to this including a police officer. I am lucky that I was not a highway when this happened. I had…
Engine 389 Read
Had a accident due to loss of engine power when hitting the gas
The contact owned a 2023 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was erratically shaking and several unknown warning lights illuminated. The vehicle lost motive power. The contact stated that the interior of the vehicle was extremely hot. The contact exited the vehicle and…
Cam tower leak -oil leaking on motor
Suspension 359 Read
This Toyota Tundra, equipped with the specially designed air bag rear suspension, for towing, is incapable of towing anything on U.S. Roads, particularly U.S, Interstates crossing our country... Where a very large portion of these interstates are rutted, like a washboard, caused by over-weight trucks and the…
Driving home at the end of our vacation, my wife and I were in seperate vehicles, she in front of me on I-80 going west bound. We'd just gotten off the george washington bridge and as traffic was building and slowing, she braked ahead of me and when I pressed my brake it went to the floor. I couldn't stop in time…
- the contact owned a 2006 toyota tundra. While driving at 50 mph, the contact lost control of vehicle, in the process of switching lanes. The power steering seized. The vehicle struck a curb and a fire hydrant. The driver sustained minor injuries. There was a police report filed. There were no warning indicators. The…
Air Bags 320 Read
The contact owned a 2025 Toyota Tundra SR5. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was involved in a three-vehicle crash. The contact's vehicle was between the other two vehicles. The contact's vehicle was crashed into from the front and the rear. The air bags did not deploy. The…
Hit a deer going 53mph, and the air bags did not deploy. Truck dashboard said that air bags were deploying, and then that they had deployed, but the air bags never deployed. The emergency braking and collision warning system all worked fine
The contact owned a 2023 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed he began to lose control of the vehicle in which he stated the vehicle would swerve uncontrollably. The contact also stated that his trailer had detached from the tailgate which caused the trailer to jackknife the rear end…
Electrical System 313 Read
The vehicle does not predictably respond to throttle inputs (if it responds at all), when you come off the brake pedal it will begin rolling at "idle" speed as normal but when you begin to increase throttle input NOTHING will happen for several very important seconds as you roll into an intersection or need the…
The vehicle while parked and not running on our driveway burst into flames and had large fire and explosions that burned the vehicle front half completely. The whole engine compartment burned and melted and destroyed the vehicle. No warning lights, no issues. Just burst into flames and destroyed the vehicle
On February 25, 2025, I took my 2023 Toyota Tundra VIN# [XXX] to Stokes Toyota Beaufort, SC, for its 45,000-mile service. Just 300 meters after leaving the dealership, my truck caught fire, causing significant damage and putting my safety at risk. I am sharing pictures of the incident and the warning messages I…
Vehicle Speed Control 237 Read
Vehicle accelerated when taking foot off gas (engine revved) and accelerated on its own causing vehicle to spin out during winter driving conditions and sent vehicle smashing into cement barrier. Vehicle has accelerated on its own since driving off lot in november, 2016. At first I thought this was an issue with the…
The contact owns a 2011 toyota tundra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 1 mph, he noticed a grinding noise from the front end of the vehicle. The vehicle would not accelerate and the brake pedal seized. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing however, the technician was unable to…
The contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. The contact stated as he was driving 15 mph the vehicle and four wheeling the accelerator pedal got stuck. The contact stated as he was driving up the mountain the accelerator pedal got stuck and the vehicle went over the edge of the mountain almost killing him. There is a police…
Service Brakes 221 Read
We recently had an engine failure in our 2023 Toyota Tundra ([XXX]). Then on [XXX] the truck caught fire while we were driving in Arkansas. The fire caused the brakes to fail completely, and we wound up jumping from the still moving truck. The truck and contents were a total loss. Since then, Toyota has completed…
I was driving in a 25 MPH zone approaching a red light preparing to stop. I had increased the pressure on my brake pedal and then my foot slipped of the pedal just seconds before I ran into a truck that was stopped at the red light. After further investigation I found out that the brake pedal pad has been substituted…
On a quick hard braking..applies brake then without lifting brake pedal pressure the. Truck automatically releases it and slides forward some distance...the vehicle was in motion...this has happen twice before....this time ran into a turning vehicle
Tundra years to avoid — and the clean ones
Complaints per model year. More reports usually means more cars on the road as well as more trouble, so read the crash and fire columns alongside the count.
| Model year | Complaints | Top system | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Engine | — | — | |
| 2025 | Air Bags | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | Air Bags,forward Collision Avoidance | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | Air Bags | 7 | 5 | |
| 2022 | Air Bags | 4 | — | |
| 2021 | Air Bags | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Air Bags | 4 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Air Bags | 4 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Air Bags | 4 | 3 | |
| 2017 | Air Bags | 2 | — | |
| 2016 | Air Bags | 1 | — | |
| 2015 | Air Bags,unknown Or Other | — | 1 | |
| 2014 | Air Bags | 2 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Air Bags,seat Belts | 4 | 3 | |
| 2012 | Air Bags | 5 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Air Bags | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | Air Bags | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | Air Bags | 22 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Air Bags | 24 | 4 | |
| 2006 | Air Bags | 29 | — | |
| 2005 | Air Bags | 29 | 3 | |
| 2004 | Air Bags | 22 | 1 | |
| 2003 | Air Bags | 20 | 3 | |
| 2002 | Air Bags | 22 | 1 | |
| 2001 | Air Bags | 21 | 2 | |
| 2000 | Air Bags | 33 | 4 | |
| 1999 | Structure | — | — |
The same model year, different builds
Every complaint carries the first 11 characters of the VIN — plant, year, body and engine. That is a production series, and complaints are spread across them very unevenly.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct production series | 2,137 |
| Average complaints per series | 2.8 |
| Worst single series | 46 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 6.6 years |
A model average of 2.8 hides a worst series at 46. Enter a VIN above to see the numbers for that exact build instead of the model as a whole.
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
Frequently asked questions
What are the worst years for the Tundra?
By complaint volume, 2000, 2006, 2004 drew the most owner reports. Bear in mind that popular years put more cars on the road, so check the crash and fire columns too.
Which Tundra years are the cleanest?
1999, 2026, 2021 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Toyota Tundra have?
5,971 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 1999–2026. Of those, 273 describe a crash and 43 a fire.
Are these complaints verified?
No. They are unverified reports from owners. NHTSA publishes them as filed and investigates only a fraction. The value is in the pattern, not in any single report.
Can I check complaints for one specific car?
Yes — enter its VIN above. We match the first 11 characters, which identify the plant, year, body and engine, so you get complaints on that exact production series rather than the whole model.