Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 10/29/2012 | 124505 | 3 | |
| For the third time since i have owned the vehicle where the shift control goes into the steering column, where it connects has broken. this is a piece of metal that has again snapped making it unable to shift the car. what happens if i was in drive and could not shift into park? i have had this fixed twice before, once when i was stuck on the road and once towed to toyota. *tr | |||
| 10/29/2012 | 124505 | ||
| For the third time since i have owned the vehicle where the shift control goes into the steering column, where it connects has broken. this is a piece of metal that has again snapped making it unable to shift the car. what happens if i was in drive and could not shift into park? i have had this fixed twice before, once when i was stuck on the road and once towed to toyota. | |||
| 05/07/2010 | 47000 | ||
| We own a 2003 toyota tundra with 47,000 miles on it and are the original owners. on friday while putting the truck into reverse in a parking lot, the shift mechanism snapped off in my hand. our certified toyota mechanic came and managed to get it into drive and drive it to his shop,and in opening the steering coluimn, found the entire thing was broken within the steering column. our mechanic, who is a certified toyota mechanic says that this should have never happened. as with another complaint lodged on this problem, it is not as if the mechanism has experienced rough handling in any way. | |||
| 11/23/2009 | 79318 | 1 | |
| The frame on my 2003 toyota tundra is rusting badly. toyota was unable to align my front end due to rust, and it has caused the emergency brake system to completely freeze up and the brake will not work. it is a complete failure of the emergency brake system, i have no brake. toyota tried to free up the brakes but were not able to. they gave me a can of lubricant and told me to keep lubing the frozen section. they were completely unable to align my front end. *tr | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 10/09/2004 | 2 | 07/14/2004 | |
| Dt: the contact's vehicle was involved in an accident while traveling at 50 mph due to the lower ball joint causing a reduced steering effort. he lost control of vehicle. he contacted the dealership, they instructed him to contact the insurance company. the vehicle was totaled as a result of the accident.*ak | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | |||
| 02/01/2007 | 41000 | 1 | 01/14/2007 |
| Tl*- while driving at 55 mphthe 2003/toyota/tundra ran into the retainer wall because the tie rod on the passenger's side snapped, lifting the truck. on january 11 2006 the dealer fixed the recalled tire rod end and ball joint. the contact believed that they should have also replaced the entire rod itself, they did not. he had the truck for seventeen days when the tie rod snapped. this almost killed his entire family. his was told to call the hot line by the dealer. the current and failure mileage were both 41000.*ak | |||
| 500 | 1 | ||
| While driving at 45 mph the tie rod broke, then the vehicle suddenly pulled to the left on flipped unto its side.*ak | |||
| STEERING - RACK AND PINION - RACK | |||
| 07/20/2005 | 35400 | 1 | 02/07/2005 |
| The bushings used to attach the rack and pinion steering to the frame is too soft, causing the steering linkage to move. the steering linkage is not properly secured to the frame and i have to oversteer and it causes the vehicle to have the feeling of floating. *jb | |||