2008 Toyota Tundra

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THERE WAS A BUZZING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT THE GEAR BACK TO PARK AND STOP APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE NOISE. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS OR DIAGNOSIS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND PULL ABNORMALLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE ECM TERMINALS HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH BRIDGESTONE DUELER TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED THE LOCAL MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE TIRES WERE BALD ON THE OUTER EDGES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE BALD DUE TO AN IMPROPER WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN SINCE THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE OUTER EDGE FOR HIS TIRE LINE AND WAS CONCERNED SINCE THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT PROVIDED A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

AT 9052 MILES ENTERED GAS STATION AND VEHICLE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OCCURRED WHILE TURNING OFF ENGINE. AT 9076 MILES PARKED VEHICLE IN HANDICAPPED STALL IN FRONT OF WALGREENS PHARMACY. VEHICLE HAD UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND WAS BURNING RUBBER AND ATTEMPTED TO GO FORWARD EXCEPT I WAS STEPPING ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE GONE THRU THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE PHARMACY. THE ASPHALT WAS DRY. THERE WERE DARK BLACK TIRE MARKS ON THE ASPHALT FROM MY RIGHT REAR TIRE, WHICH ALSO APPEARED TO SHOW WEAR FROM BURNING RUBBER. THIS IS MY 5TH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION SINCE LATE OCT .MILEAGE 8794. WITH TOYOTA STATING IT WAS AN ENGINE MISFIRE. AND TOYOTA MOTORS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE ONLY TO SAY THE VEHICLE IS FINE. PRIOR COMPLAIN #10365905. UNINTENDED ACCELERATION / INTERSECTION / GARAGE DOOR TWICE WHILE BURNING RUBBER.

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. I WAS IN A STOP POSITION WAITING FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO CHANGE, WHEN THE VEHICLE WANTED TO ACCELERATE ON IT OWN THRU THE INTERSECTION, WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS STILL RED FOR ME. THE ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON, VSC OFF, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM INDICATOR WAS ALSO LITE. MULTI-INFORMATION DISPLAY MPG GALLON GAUGE WAS GETTING STUCK AT 60MILES PER GALLON. TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR KEEP COMING ON. VEH. STARTED TO IDLE ROUGH. I TOOK MY VEH. TO THE TOYOTA DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND SERVICE. THEY KEEP MY VEH. FROM APPROX FROM OCT 29,10 TO NOV.6,10. TOYOTA DEALER RESPONSE WAS THAT THE ENGINE HAD A SEVERE MISFIRE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR A SLIGHT SURGE. THE #1 & 3 FUEL INJECTORS REPLACED. ACCELERATION PEDAL REPLACED. ON NOV. 13,10 THE VEH. HAD UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASION WHEN PARKING VEH. IN DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS BURNING RUBBER WHILE I HAD FOOT ON BRAKE, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE GONE THRU GARAGE DOOR. I CALLED THE TOYOTA DEALER FROM LOCATION, WHO MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 11-15-10 AT 7AM. DEALER STATED THAT TOYOTA WAS COMING DOWN ON THURSDAY 11-18-10 TO INSPECT VEHICLE. I DID NOT HEAR A BACKFIRE FROM ENGINE ON 1ST INCIDENT. 2ND INCIDENT HAD TWO PASSENGERS,, AND TWO WORKERS WAITING AT LOCATION WHO WITNESSED BOTH INCIDENTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ALL THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE CONTACT WAS PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER AND THE TRUCK SKID FORWARD APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FEET AS A RESULT. THE TOWING CAPACITY OF THE TRUCK WAS 10,300 LBS AND THE WEIGHT OF THE TRAILER WAS 7,000 LB. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 09V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL) BUT THE RECALL REPAIR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PERFORMED. THE DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,625 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,500.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V388000, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL. UPON RECEIVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE AUTHORIZED DEALER HE NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS MADE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL. DUE TO THE PLASTIC MATERIAL THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME VERY SLIPPERY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 2,600.

FAULTY ABS ACTUATOR IN 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA CAUSES MULTIPLE SAFETY HAZARDS IN VEHICLE INCLUDING CATASTROPHIC ABS BRAKE FAILURE, DISABLED SPEEDOMETER, INOPERABLE 4WD, ETC.. WIDE-SPREAD TBS PROBLEM WITH VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SAFETY HAZARD THAT TOYOTA IS NOT WILLING TO CORRECT OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL). THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE PRIOR TO THE RECALL REPAIRS. FOLLOWING REPAIRS, ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WOULD COME TO A STOP WITH A SUDDEN, ABNORMAL JOLT AS IF THE BRAKES WERE LOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,432.

THIS IS A 2008 TUNDRA V8, 4.7L. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN MAY OF 2009 BRAND NEW. IT CURRENTLY HAS 17,000 MILES. APPROXIMATELY SEPT 11, 2010 THE DASH LIGHT WARNING FOR BRAKES STARTED BLINKING. I STOPPED TURNED OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED. BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON STEADY. I PUSHED IN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THEN RELEASED. STILL BRAKE LIGHT ON. I DROVE FOR COUPLE OF HOURS WITH LIGHT ON. BRAKES DID SEEM TO WORK CORRECTLY. I HAD AN OIL AND SERVICE MAINTENANCE COMPLETED IN JULY 2010, AND NOTHING WAS NOTED. ON SEPT 20, 2010 THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS STILL SOLID RED, SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT FROM ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO. SERVICE REP FIRST CHECKED BRAKE FLUID AND IT WAS NEAR EMPTY. A FEW MORE DAYS AND PROBABLY NO BRAKES AT ALL ACCORDING TO SERVICE REP. I GET A CALL LATER IN DAY AND TOLD "MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER NEED REPLACING, UNDER WARRANTY". *TR