Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / TUNDRA / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004301327 Incident Date: Sep, 02 2004
Consumer's City: OAK HILLS Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: TUNDRA Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5TBBT44121S Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 01 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 15 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1. driving in town traffic. while stopping at an intersection with stop sign. started to drive through intersection and herd and felt clunking and grinding, including jerking of the truck. the truck would not drive. had to get out of truck and push by hand to the side of road. called aaa to have vehicle towed to valley-hi toyota. 2. dealeship stated that it would be $78.00 to check the transmission and give me a repair estimate. i received a call 3 hours later and was told that my transmission blew up and it was toast. i asked what was done to diagnose the problem and could not get a clear answer. the dealer stated that my warranty was up at 60,000 and i had 67.000 miles. they also told me that it could not be determined what was wrong unless they removed the transmission, which would cost more. had vehicle towed to a transmission shop and discovered that the upper overdrive planetary gear assembly had literally came apart. this resulted in a total rebuild of transmission, costing $2600.00 3. overdrive planetary gear assembly replaced. i have damaged parts, including the gear assembly.*ak