2012 Toyota Tundra

WITH ONLY 81,719 MILES ON MY TRUCK I HAD TO HAVE THE AIR INJECTION PUMP & VALVES REPLACED ON 3/29/2019. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WHICH HAD BEEN RECALLED IN THE 2011 & 2010 MODELS. IF A RECALL IS MADE WITHIN A YEAR OF THE PART BEING REPLACED I WILL BE REIMBURSED. I WORK FROM HOME AND THE TRUCK HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN FOR LEISURE OR CHORES FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. IT WAS DRIVEN DAILY IN LAS VEGAS FROM 2015-2017 AND IN ORLANDO FROM 2012-2015. THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER ENGINE PROBLEMS. IN JANUARY OF 2019 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WAS PERFORMING WITH LESS POWER BUT EVERYTHING WORKED OKAY. INSTEAD OF DRIVING AN 8 CYLINDER TRUCK IT FELT LIKE DRIVING A FULL SIZE TRUCK WITH ONLY 4 CYLINDERS. THE ISSUE HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND THEN THE PERFORMANCE JUST WENT SOUTH. I WAITED 2 MONTHS TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BECAUSE I RARELY DRIVE AND BECAUSE IT STILL RAN BUT WITH LESS POWER. I WAS TOLD BY TOYOTA THAT IF ANOTHER MECHANIC FIXED THE PROBLEM AND A RECALL CAME LATER THEN I WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED. AFTER I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY BECOME A RECALL I MOVED FORWARD WITH USING TOYOTA'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT. MY GOAL IS TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS A RECALL PENDING FOR THE 2012 TUNDRA AIR INJECTION SYSTEM OR AT LEAST FIND OUT IF THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. IF I WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY A DEALERSHIP USING THE RECALL AS A TACTIC TO GET MY BUSINESS I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO LET OTHERS KNOW SO I HOPE SOMEONE FROM THE NHTSA WILL FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY TRUCK HAS BEEN HAVING HARD START ISSUES SINCE WINTER 2017. I FIGURED IT WAS MY BATTERY SO I REPLACED IT, BUT IT DIDNT HELP. THE HARD START WASN'T CONSISTENT SO I CHOSE TAKE SOME TIME TO SEE IF ANY OTHER PROBLEMS SURFACED. GOT THROUGH WINTER 2018 AND SPRING/SUMMER 2019 WITH IT STILL STARTING ROUGH ON OCCASION. BY OCTOBER 2019 MY TRUCK REACHED APPROX 78K MILES, AND ONE DAY IT DIDN'T START AT ALL. TOOK THREE TRIES TO GET IT GOING. I HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED ONCE AGAIN. IT TESTED BAD BUT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY SO I HAD I LT SWAPPED OUT. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THIS TIME IT GAVE ME AN ENGINE LIGHT. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS AN 'EVAP CODE' AND RECOMMENDED I REPLACE THE GAS CAP TO START. CODE DIDNT RETURN BUT STILL HARD STARTING. TOOK ALMOST TWO MONTHS AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THIS TIME P1604 STARTABILITY MALFUNCTION. WAS TOLD I HAD TO TAKE IT TO TOYOTA TO GET A REFLASH. I DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND CAME ACROSS THE PROBLEMS TUNDRA OWNERS WERE HAVING WITH THIS FFV DENSITY SENSOR MALFUNCTION. PRINTED THE OLD SERVICE BULLETINS AND WENT TO TOYOTA TO TALK TO SERVICE DEPT ABOUT IT. THEY SAID TOYOTA JUST PUT OUT A NEW SERVICE BULLETIN IN DECEMBER 2019 FOR THE REFLASH BUT NOW ALSO REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP (TOYOTA TOLD ME DENSITY SENSOR ATTACHED TO THE PUMP). UNFORTUNATELY TOYOTA ALSO TOLD ME THEY WON'T COVER THE COST SINCE MY TRUCK HAD JUST GONE OVER 80K MILES, AND THEY ARE NOT FLEXIBLE WITH THAT AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM IT STARTED BEFORE 80K. T-SB-0166-19. SO I GOT PRICES. THE REFLASH IS ABOUT $140 AND JUST THE COST OF THE PUMP ITSELF IS $600, NOT INCLUDING LABOR. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE TOYOTA USA CUSTOMER CARE TEAM AND THEY SAID THEY CANT HELP ME SINCE I DIDNT TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE IT. APPARENTLY IT DOESNT MATTER IF YOU HAVE SERVICE RECORDS FROM ANOTHER SHOP. THIS IS MY 3RD TOYOTA, AND I LOVE MY TRUCK SO THIS BREAKS MY HEART.

WHEN DRIVING MY CHECK ENGINE AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ENGINEER WILL NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE THIRTY MILES AN HOURS. IF YOU DISCONNECT THE BATTERY AND RESET THE COMPUTER IT WILL WORK FOR ABOUT THREE MILE THEN THE CHECK ENGINE AND "TRAC OFF" LIGHT COMES ON. THIS IS THE SAME INDICATION EARLIER TUNDRA MODELS HAVE WITH SECONDARY AIR INJECTORS RECALL. AN IT IS WIDELY DOCUMENTED ONLINE AS A PROBLEM FOR 2012 TUNDRA'S. YET TOYOTA CONTINUES TO DENIES IT'S A PROBLEM AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL.

DRIVING IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AND ENGINE REDUCES POWER SIGNIFICANTLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RAPIDLY SLOW DOWN AND BECOME A HAZARD IN TRAFFIC. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR $3300. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT FOR THE PREVIOUS MODEL YEAR. I CONTACTED TOYOTA HQ AND THEY REFUSED TO COVER REPAIRS FOR THIS KNOW DESIGN DEFECT.

* ONGOING MANUFACTURE DEFECT / SAFETY CONCERN WITH 2012 TOYOTA TUNDRA 4.6. CODE P2440, SECONDARY AIR INJECTION. BANK ONE OPEN.---CHECK ENGINE / TRAC OFF LIGHTS / ENGINE IN "LIMP MODE" * DOCUMENTED RECURRING INCIDENTS ON 4-2-19 AND AGAIN ON 10-12-19 AFTER COSTLY OUT OF POCKET REPAIR. * MY 2012 TOYOTA TUNDRA 4.6 MOTOR DOUBLE CAB HAS EXPERIENCED THE AIR INJECTION PUMP FAILURE TWICE IN A SIX MONTH PERIOD. THIS FAILURE IS A SAFETY HAZARD LEADING TO LOSS OF POWER AND VEHICLE CONTROL. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS AFTER A 2,000 MILE TRIP. DRIVING DOWNHILL THE DASH LIGHTS (CHECK ENGINE / TRAC OFF) CAME AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND IMMEDIATELY VEHICLE POWER REDUCED AS WE TRIED TO POWER UP THE NEXT HILL. WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID BEING RUN OVER BY FOLLOWING VEHICLES BY PULLING OFF THE ROAD, AND LIMPED TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC SHOP. CONTACTED 3 DEALERS AND TOYOTA CORPORATE WITH NO POSITIVE OUTCOME. ALL PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THE ONGOING DEFECT BUT WILL NOT PAY OR OFFER A SOLUTION TO END THE PROBLEM. PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR EXPENSIVE REPAIR. THE 2ND OCCURRENCE SIX MONTHS LATER FOUND US AGAIN UNABLE TO REACH OR MAINTAIN SAFE HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AVOID DANGEROUS HIGHWAY SITUATIONS, OR ABILITY TO CLIMB HILLS. BOTH INSTANCES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. * THIS EMISSION CONTROL DEFECT THAT TOYOTA HAS KNOWN ABOUT SINCE THE 2007 MODELS. THEY EVEN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY THROUGH THE 2011 MODEL YEAR. TOYOTA ALSO CLAIMS THE PROBLEM IS NEITHER DRIVE-TRAIN NOR EMISSIONS RELATED. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS AT THE DEALER AND CORPORATE LEVEL, TOYOTA REFUSES TO EXTEND REPAIRS FOR THIS WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECT BEYOND THE 2011 MODEL. TOYOTA SUGGESTS THAT WHEN ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ARE RECORDED, THEY WILL EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON NEWER MODELS. THE LACK OF SUPPORT FROM DEALERS AND CORPORATE TOYOTA IS ALARMING. THE REPAIR OUT OF POCKET IS EXPENSIVE (FROM $500 FOR A TEMPORARY REPAIR TO $4000 FOR A REPLACEMENT FROM THE DEALER.)

WHEN CRANKING THE VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN AS OF 5 DAYS AGO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS ALONG WITH 'TRACK OFF' INDICATOR. THIS THROWS THE TRUCK IN 'LIMP' MODE DECREASING THE POWER OF THE VEHICLE BY 50%. THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST MORNING AND I WAS ENTERING A ON RAMP TO GET ON THE HIGH FROM MY NEIGHBOR AND ALMOST GOT PLOWED OVER DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO PROPERLY ACCELERATE TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHILE ENTERING THE RAMP. I HAD A TECHNICIAN CHECK THE ISSUE AND WAS TOLD IT HAS TO DUE WITH THE 'SECONDARY AIR INJECTION VALVE' FAILING. AFTER ABOUT FOUR DAYS OF RESEARCH I FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IT NOT JUST MY VEHICLE BUT MULTIPLE YEARS AND MOTOR SIZES. TOYOTA APPARENTLY COVERED CERTAIN YEAR MODELS/VINE BUT WHEN CALLING REGARDING MINE THEY SAID MY VEHICLE WASN'T COVERED EVENING THOUGH THERE ARE THOUSAND OF CONSUMERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS ALSO AN EXPENSIVE REPAIRS COST UPWARDS TO $3,500-$400 TO FIX. TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND APPARENTLY DOESN'T CARE THAT IT ALSO CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE NOT HAVING PROPER POWER TO OPERATE. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT PLAN AND SIMPLE.

THIS COMPLAINT IS THE SAME AS MANY I SEE HERE AND ACROSS THE INTERNET. DRIVING ON THE WASHINGTON DC BELTWAY AND MY 2012 TUNDRA GOES INTO LIMP MODE WHICH REDUCED MY POWER SIGNIFICANTLY CAUSING A UNSAFE SITUATION TO SAY THE LEAST.. DEALER SAID PROBLEM WAS WITH SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM AND THE REPAIR WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. NOW 12 MONTHS LATER THE TRUCK IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THIS IS AN INFERIOR SYSTEM THAT TOYOTA SHOULD STAND BEHIND AND COVER ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FIXING INSTEAD OF CHARGING TUNDRA OWNERS AFTER THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT HARD EARNED MONEY ON THE VEHICLE PURCHASE. THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA IS NOT OWNING UP TO.

I WAS COMING OFF AN ENTRANCE RAMP MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON TO A 4 LANE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TRAC OFF LIGHT AND BLINKING 4 LOE CAME ON. THE ENGINE WENT INTO LIMP MODE GREATLY REDUCING MY POWER AND IT FELT LIKE MY STEERING CONTROL GOT LOOSE. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO KEEP FROM BEING RUN OVER BY FASTER TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT OFF RAMP AND GET TO A MECHANICS SHOP. THEY HOOKED UP A ANALYSIS COMPUTER AND CAME BACK WITH MAINTENANCE CODE P2432, SECONDARY AIR PUMPS AND SECONDARY AIR PUMP VALVES. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH OF THIS ISSUE I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH TOYOTA TUNDRAS GOING BACK TO 2007 MODELS. THE WARRANTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED ON 2007 - 2010 MODELS BUT NOT NEWER MODELS WHICH ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS CONSIDERED LOW MILEAGE FOR A 2012 WITH ONLY 79,786 MILES. I FEEL THIS PROBLEM CONSTITUTES A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE DRASTIC REDUCTION IN POWER WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DEPENDING ON WHEN THE PARTS IN QUESTION FAIL.

SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP AND SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SWITCHING VALUE CAUSING CHECK ENGINE AND TRAC CONTROL LIGHTS TO COME ON. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE SAME PIECE AND DESIGN WAS RECALLED ON THE 2011 BUT NOT THE 2012 TUNDRA. IT COMES ON AND OFF BUT WHEN IT IS ON IT FEELS LIKE THAT THERE IS A LIMP MODE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE STEERING FEELS DIFFERENT WHICH I THINK IS THE TRACTION CONTROL.