Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - LOWER BALL JOINT | ||||||||||||||||
| 07V013000 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. | from 08/15/2003 to 11/17/2006 | V (Vehicle) | 533124 | 02/28/2007 | ODI | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 01/19/2007 | 01/19/2007 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain trucks and mini vans, due to possible improper finishing of the front suspension lower ball joint, some ball joints may experience an incidental deterioration of the internal lubrication. this may cause the ball joint to wear and loosen prematurely, which could result in increased steering effort, reduced vehicle self-centering, and noise in the front suspension. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In extreme cases, if the vehicle is continuously operated in this condition, the lower ball joint may separate from the knuckle and could cause a loss of vehicle control. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the front suspension lower ball joints. the recall began on february 28, 2007. owners may contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Toyota recall no. 70b.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - LOWER BALL JOINT | ||||||
| EA06014 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 08/02/2006 | 02/28/2007 | LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE | 07V013000 | |
| In a letter dated january 18, 2007, toyota notified nhtsa of a safety defect in model year (my) 2004 through 2006 toyota tundra and my 2004 through 2007 toyota sequoia vehicles produced between september 15, 2003 and november 17, 2006 (nhtsa recall no. 07v-013). according to toyota, | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 165000 | ||
| I had just pulled into a gas station and come to a stop when the front end of the truck dropped and landed on the tire. the lower ball joint snapped. their was a recall on this problem...my question is did they really improve this part enough to make it road worthy...the parts are still breaking | |||
| 02/22/2013 | 165000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. the contact stated that after approaching a traffic stop, the entire front end of the vehicle dropped to the ground. the vehicle was later towed to a dealer where they advised the contact that the lower ball joints were fractured and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 165,000. the current mileage was approximately 166,000. the vin was unavailable. kmj | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 165000 | ||
| I had just pulled into a gas station and come to a stop when the front end of the truck dropped and landed on the tire. the lower ball joint snapped. their was a recall on this problem...my question is did they really improve this part enough to make it road worthy...the parts are still breaking | |||
| 02/22/2013 | 165000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. the contact stated that after approaching a traffic stop, the entire front end of the vehicle dropped to the ground. the vehicle was later towed to a dealer where they advised the contact that the lower ball joints were fractured and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 165,000. the current mileage was approximately 166,000. the vin was unavailable. kmj | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 165000 | ||
| I had just pulled into a gas station and come to a stop when the front end of the truck dropped and landed on the tire. the lower ball joint snapped. their was a recall on this problem...my question is did they really improve this part enough to make it road worthy...the parts are still breaking | |||
| 02/22/2013 | 165000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. the contact stated that after approaching a traffic stop, the entire front end of the vehicle dropped to the ground. the vehicle was later towed to a dealer where they advised the contact that the lower ball joints were fractured and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 165,000. the current mileage was approximately 166,000. the vin was unavailable. kmj | |||
| 02/22/2013 | 165000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. the contact stated after approaching a stop the entire front of the vehicle dropped to the ground. the vehicle was later towed to a dealer. after diagnosis they advised her that the lower ball joints fractured and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 165,000. the current mileage was approximately 166,000. the vin was unavailable. tb | |||
| 11/01/2011 | 65000 | ||
| The front struts rusted and snapped, on both my 2002 tundra and my 2006 tundra, in the same place on all 4 struts, where the tube mounts to the bottom bolt flange. in both cases, there was not any excessive or off road driving, just normal highway and city driving. the last time, i was driving over a railroad crossing. | |||
| 11/05/2011 | 73205 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. the contact was driving 5 mph when the front passenger tire detached from the vehicle. the vehicle was towed to the dealer where the dealer confirmed that the lower ball joint needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was not contacted. the vehicle was repaired. the failure mileage was 73,205 and the current mileage was 73,400. | |||
| 11/05/2011 | 73205 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. the contact was driving 5 mph when the front passenger tire detached from the vehicle. the vehicle was towed to the dealer where the dealer confirmed that the lower ball joint needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was not contacted. the vehicle was repaired. the failure mileage was 73,205 and the current mileage was 73,400. kmj | |||
| 11/05/2011 | 73205 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. the contact was driving 5pmh when the passenger front tire detached. the vehicle was towed to the dealer. the dealer confirmed the lower ball joint needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was not contacted. the vehicle was repaired. the failure mileage was 73,205 and the current mileage was 73,400. rds | |||
| 10/03/2011 | 67000 | ||
| Frame is rusting nearly on half, at front suspension. | |||
| 10/24/2009 | 19817 | 1 | |
| Looking at the complaints, this looks similar to odi id number : 10222095 date of failure: march 21, 2008. i was at a dead stop. i turned my steering to the left as possible. as i was rounding the turn slowly, the power steering was lost. i was unable to make the u-turn completely. i had to run off of the road. after driving straight to repair shop, the mechanic said the rack and pinion had to be replaced because the rods were bent to what looked like could have been service work related to the ball joint recall. i've only got 19800 miles on a 2006 tundra crew cab. no way this should occur with this few many miles. i'm just glad i wasn't at a high rate of speed and trying to round a curve. i don't drive it much and not used on a farm. it's been very well cared for so it shouldn't have caused that much strain on the rack. *tr | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 02/26/2010 | 75000 | 1 | |
| Was driving about 10 mph when truck suddenly listed heavily to the left, the control arm and lower ball joint had failed and the tire was on the ground, when toyota was contacted they stated that it was not included in that particular recall due to the vin number. it is at the dealership awaiting an inspection by our auto insurance company before being repaired at a rather large cost. they also tried blaming the people who have done our tires and also the company who does our oil changers etc. *tr | |||
| 06/30/2009 | 55000 | 1 | |
| 2006 toyota tundra sr5...i have noticed a major wear in the tire on the driver side. i just today noticed there was a recall on this problem with the lower arm and ball joint. *tr | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - LOWER BALL JOINT | |||
| 10/15/2007 | 2500 | 1 | 08/09/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. while driving 20 mph, the vehicle began to sway. the contact applied the brakes, but the vehicle would not stop. she drove over the embankment and the vehicle rolled twenty feet downhill. the vehicle overturned. a police report was filed and the contact was injured. the failure was possibly due to improper finishing of the front suspension lower ball joint, according to nhtsa campaign id number 07v013000 (suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint). the current and failure mileages were 2,500. | |||
| 06/13/2007 | 1 | 10/12/2006 | |
| I received a ssc 70b - front suspension lower ball joint safety recall notice two months ago. when i called the dealer (toyota of escondido), they said the part was unavailable and they didn't know when they would be able to fix it. *tr | |||
| 04/30/2007 | 18000 | 60 | 01/24/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. while driving 55 mph, the vehicle began shaking. the failure is related to recall # 07v013000 (suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint). the contact has been waiting six months for the dealer to repair the vehicle. the dealer stated that the part was available, however, it was given to someone else since the contact was unavailable at the time. the contact is aware of the safety risk involved. the current mileage is 19,750 and failure mileage was 18,000. | |||
| 02/28/2007 | 9000 | 1 | 11/15/2006 |
| Faliure to fix front suspension lower ball joint, causing excessive wear on the tires and inability to drive truck due to danger to passengers. *tr | |||
| 05/23/2007 | 1 | ||
| Recall for 2004 through early 2007 toyota tundra. toyota said i have to order the parts and have to wait 4 to 6 weeks before i can have it fixed. totota had had this recall for the tundra for some years now and they should have the parts knowing . *tr | |||
| 05/16/2007 | 9000 | 0 | 06/01/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. the contact received a recall letter approximately two months ago. he contacted his local dealer who stated that they were backed up and advised him to call back in three to five weeks. the contact heeded the advice and called back five weeks later. the dealer stated that they still do not have the parts to repair the vehicle and could not provide an estimated date of arrival. the current mileage is 8,000 and failure mileage was 9,000. | |||
| 05/02/2007 | 7350 | 2 | 11/19/2006 |
| Toyota failed to inform us about recall ssc 70b our 2006 tundra. i read about the recall in a newspaper article. when i first called toyota in february 2007 they promised to mail me a notice. it never arrived. we took the vehicle to a bridgestone tire dealer because of excessive wear on outside edge of both front tires. the vehicle came new with bridgestone tires. the bridgestone tire dealer told us that both front tires should be immediately replaced because the outside edges were worn to the substrate. we were surprised because the vehicle has only 7,350 miles on it. the bridgestone tire dealer suggested that we take the vehicle to a toyota dealer and have them inspect the front-end alignment. the toyota dealer agreed to do so and informed us that he would be able to complete the recall work associated with ssc 70b and that as part of that procedure, the front-end alignment would be checked before and after the recall work. after the work was completed the alignment report clearly showed that the front wheels had the incorrect toe adjustment on both front wheels. we have retained copies of that report. the service consultant suggested that we contact the service manager to ascertain whether or not the dealership would provide some sort of discount on the cost to replace both tires. today we contacted toyota directly as we believe one or both of the following contributed to the premature destruction of both front tires. 1. the vehicle left the toyota factory with the front-end out of alignment. 2. excessive wear of both front tires was caused by the improper toe adjustment which may have been an artifact of the recall work that required replacing the front suspension lower ball joints. had toyota notified me in a timely manner, i would have had this recall work completed and possibly saved the front tires from premature destruction. so far, toyota has refused to pay for the two new front tires. *tr | |||
| 05/02/2007 | 1 | 12/12/2006 | |
| My dealer cannot get parts to make repairs on toyota's ssc# 70b recall. this is nhtsa recall # 07v013000. i the received recall notice from toyota in early april and contacted my dealer on april 9, 2007. as of this date (5/2/07) he still has no parts available to make the repair. *tr | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 1 | ||
| 2006 toyota tundra was being recalled for a front suspension lower ball joint problem customer states that the parts are on back order and if something happens to his car during this time who is liable**cc *jb the consumers vehicle has since been repaired. updated 05/22/07. *jb | |||
| 12/11/2006 | 7000 | 1 | 06/13/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra. while changing lanes at 60 mph the vehicle suddenly rolled over and overturned four times. the vehicle was destroyed and totaled by the adjuster on december 12, 2006. the contact received recall # 07v013000 on march 29, 2007. the current and failure mileage were 7,000.*ak. returned eq. recieved 4/30/2007. *mc updated 04/30/007. *jb | |||
| 02/27/2006 | 15000 | 1 | 02/01/2006 |
| Tl* - the contact owned a 2006 toyota tundra. while driving at 50 mph, the contact lost control of vehicle, in the process of switching lanes. the power steering seized. the vehicle struck a curb and a fire hydrant. the driver sustained minor injuries. there was a police report filed. there were no warning indicators. the failure mileage was 15,000. the contact does not presently own the vehicle. | |||
| 11/10/2006 | 29600 | 1 | 01/30/2006 |
| 2006 toyota tundra - ball joint failure causing ball joint to break and wheel to come off. this also damages the fender on which ever side the ball joint breaks. toyota added more bolts and pieces to the ball joint but it didn't make the joint stronger and could happen quiet frequently until the problem is resolved by toyota. it starts with the steering becoming hard to handle and then all of a sudden your wheel falls off. thankfully we were in a parking lot when this happened and not going very fast. *jb | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - UPPER BALL JOINT | |||
| 03/14/2008 | 31000 | 1 | 09/21/2005 |
| 2006 toyota tundra upper sealed for life ball joints both left and right started leaking from shaft where seal has allowed lube to escape therefore a failed ball joint. toyota says ball joints are a normal wear items and refused warranty repair on both items and said it was ok for a sealed for life ball joint to leak at the small tapered end of the seal where it connects to the shaft. the boots were not cracked or torn. *tr | |||
| SUSPENSION - REAR - SPRINGS - LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY | |||
| 04/01/2009 | 84000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota tundra crew cab. the rear leaf spring broke and fell off while the contact was driving approximately 50 mph. the contact also stated that at a traffic light, the rpms increased occasionally and he had to depress the brake pedal to stop the vehicle from lunging forward. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where he was refused repairs since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. he was referred to a local repair shop to have the vehicle repaired at his own expense. the dealer called the manufacturer who stated that there was nothing that could be done to repair the vehicle. the failure mileage was approximately 84,000. | |||