| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005006626 | Incident Date: Jan, 09 2005 |
| Consumer's City: MIDWEST CITY | Consumer's State: OK |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: TUNDRA | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:rotor |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5TBBT4818YS | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 10 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 14 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I purchased my 2000 toyota tundra limited 4wd in sept. of 2000 with 5,500 miles on it. at approx. 10,000 mi. i experienced severe vibration of the front end when braking. the dealer turned the front rotors and replaced the pads. the same problem occurred again at 15,000 mi. this time the dealer repaired the front and rear brakes according to a tsb that had been issued. i thought my problems were over but in jan.'05 i nearly had an accident on the freeway that had it occurred would surely have resulted in loss of life or lives. i was traveling at 70 mph, allowing proper stopping distance when another vehicle cut in front of me and then slammed on their brakes. in turn i was forced to brake with full force. upon doing so, the anti-lock brakes took over and it took all the strength i had just to maintain control because of the violent shaking of the entire truck. after this near accident my truck has the vibration problem during braking again. i now have 43,000 mi. on my truck and being out of warranty the dealer says it will cost me $1700+ to correct the problem. what a poor engineering design toyota has in the tundra when a $30,000 truck has repeated brake problem while in warranty and now, after the warranty has expired, applying the brakes hard 1 time results in my having to spend nearly 1/15th of the total cost of the vehicle to repair a problem toyota has known exist in the tundra. i feel very strongly that toyota should be forced through a recall to remedy this design flaw. *jb |
