Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK - ABS WARNING LIGHT | |||||
| TSB-0325-08 | 10/24/2008 | 10027745 | Toyota vehicle: abs, brake, or 4wd mil on. if the abs, brake, 4wd, and/or check engine light is on due to dtcs u0129 and p0500, replace the brake actuator assembly. *pe | 02/02/2009 | |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - SWITCHES - BRAKE LIGHT | |||||
| TSB-0325-08 | 10/24/2008 | 10027745 | Toyota vehicle: abs, brake, or 4wd mil on. if the abs, brake, 4wd, and/or check engine light is on due to dtcs u0129 and p0500, replace the brake actuator assembly. *pe | 02/02/2009 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 43331 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated that the antilock brake light illuminated and the speedometer did not register current vehicle speed. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic which located the failure at the abs actuator. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was not available. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 43,331. | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 43331 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated that the antilock brake light illuminated and the speedometer did not register current vehicle speed. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic which located the failure at the abs actuator. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was not available. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 43,331. mah | |||
| 02/25/2013 | 43331 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated that the antilock brake light illuminated, and the speedometer failed, the speedometer did not registered the mph driven. the vehicle was taken to the dealer performed a diagnostic which located the failure at the abs actuator. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was not available. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 43,331. li | |||
| 10/06/2009 | 20000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated that the paint on the front end of the vehicle was chipping. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 20,000. pmb | |||
| 10/06/2009 | 20000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated that the paint on the front end of the vehicle was chipping. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage was 20,000. ap | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR | |||
| 08/12/2010 | 12979 | ||
| Toyota tundra 2008 trd rear sway bar failure - rear trd sway bar assembly hardware on 2008 tundra is actually cracking and causing a dangerous situation and bending the rear brake line to the point that if i had not caught the problem my rear brakes would have failed. i was under my truck doing a general inspection and noticed that my left rear trd bilstien shock was leaking. i contacted toyota and told them about the problem and without hesitation they ordered the part without even seeing the truck. unfortunately when i took the truck in toyota had ordered a standard shock and not a bilstien shock, so i picked my truck back up from them until they got the correct part. a few days latter i noticed a knock coming from my truck and when i had isolated the knock i identified it as the left strap on my trd sway bar kit. what i concluded is that the left rear shock leaking caused too much travel. the extensive travel of the shock caused too much stress on the strap of the sway bar kit and in-turn the strap failed and split in half esposing the rubber bushing (i have pictures of this). i called toyota and informed them of the problem and talked to walter yamamoto the service writter at piercy toyota of milpitas california. i told walter that the sway bar was pressing on the rear break line and had bent it upwards and was now leaning against the rear break line. at no time did walter advise me to take the truck in to the service department. i finally got to scared to drive the truck and took it too toyota and advised them that it was to much of a safety issued to continue to drive the truck. i asked walter to take a look at the sway bar and he saw the issue. i had contacted a couple of other people that confimred the same thing had happed to thier trucks, but when i asked walter if this had happened to anyone else he replied no. this is a serious problem for toyota because they have sold many of these sway bar kits to tundra owners form 2007 to present. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | |||
| 01/23/2010 | 19900 | 1 | |
| While pressing on my brakes to stop my vehicle while driving at any speed, my brakes just would released fast enough to accelerate. the pedal just stays down & releases back up slowly. this has been going on for sometime now & it happens very often. i've brought it into the dealership & they went on a test drive with me. they were not able to duplicate the problem after 3 minutes after driving. so they have told me that they couldn't do anything to it & sent me home. i just understand the point of having warranty on my vehicle for when the toyota dealership refuses to check out the problem to see what may be causing it. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 03/17/2011 | 88500 | ||
| 2008 toyota tundra double cab 5.7 4x4. vsc/4hi/4lo/abs/brake lights all start flashing. have brought to dealer 3 times. have 88500 miles on truck. warrenty runs out at 100,000. dealer states they can not reproduce problem. showed them online articles of same vehicle with same issues and how it was resolved. they refuse becuase there is no code. | |||
| 12/27/2010 | 25000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. while driving approximately 5 mph with the gear in and while applying pressure to the brake peddle, the brake peddle fell to the floor and there was a buzzing noise coming from the vehicle. the contact had to shift the gear back to park and stop applying pressure to the brake in order to stop the noise. there were no lights illuminated on the dash. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for repairs. the approximately failure mileage was 25,000. ds | |||
| 08/15/2010 | 21625 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. while driving approximately 2-3 mph he engaged the front brakes and they locked up and the rear brakes did not work either. he was pulling a travel trailer at the time and the truck skidded for approximately 8 feet. he stated he had no control of the truck. the towing capacity of the truck was 10,300 pounds and the weight of the trailer was 7,000 pounds. the contact referenced recall 09v388000, vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal he stated the failure started after the recall was performed. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they were not able to locate a failure. the approximate failure mileage was 21,625 and the current mileage was 24,500. vwb | |||
| 09/15/2010 | 30432 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated he took the vehicle in for recall remedy for nhtsa campaign id number: 09v388000 component: vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal. he stated that until then he had no problems with the vehicle. after the remedy, on two occasions, when he attempts to slow down the vehicle comes to a sudden jolting stop as the brakes locked up. he took it back to the dealer two times and they can find no issue with the brakes. the vehicle is currently at the dealership and the owner is waiting for a call back from the service manager. toyota opened a case number until the problem is resolved. the failure and current mileages were approximately 30,432. rd | |||
| 09/11/2010 | 17500 | ||
| This is a 2008 tundra v8, 4.7l. i purchased the vehicle in may of 2009 brand new. it currently has 17000 miles. approximately sept 11, 2010 the dash light warning for brakes started blinking. i stopped turned off engine and restarted. brake light came on steady. i pushed in the emergency brake and then released. still brake light on. i drove for couple of hours with light on. brakes did seem to work correctly. i had an oil and sevice maintanence completed in july 2010, and nothing was noted. on spet 20, 2010 the brake light was still solid red, so i took the vehicle to the dealership where i bought it from about 18 months ago. service rep first checked brake fluid and it was near empty. a few more days and probably no brakes at all accordeing to service rep. i get a call later in day and told master cylinder and brake booster need replacing, under warranty. | |||
| 01/15/2009 | 9178 | 1 | |
| 7/29/09 driving on the freeway at 65 mph transmission started shifting gear and mph was moving from 60 to 80 up and back down. applied emergency brake , shifted gear to neutral but no actions could stop the toyota truck. my nephew and i jumped from the truck when i determined that it was slowing down and no cars were passing on the freeway. it came to a sudden stop 1/2 mile away from were we jumped. the engine had smoke coming out and it revving up and down. towed it to dealer and they said no problem found and accused it was the floormats after their master tech looked at it. no repairs were made and they wanted to charge us for worn brakes and bent rotors which were cause by this event. in-disagreement we towed to another toyota and they determined that the complaint regarding the sudden acceleration, worn brake pads, and bent rotors cannot be found. we took back the car for 6 months and a second incident happen 1/15/10. i was driving on a residential street and suddenly the truck was accelerated from 25 mph to 60 mph. i performed all ways to stop the truck but it would not stop. to avoid hitting a big-rig i had to verge into an embankment. again police and fire dept were called but no one accident occurred so no reports were taken. again we towed it to the dealer stating the same situation and again no problem has been found. they still have the truck until today 3/9/10 and have not gave any answer on what is had occurred and no actions had been taken. i have suffered tremendously. fear haunts me at night and i am afraid to even step foot into the truck. i am emotionally disturbed on the ordeal and how toyota persisted that nothing happened. my 15 year old nephew who jumped out while we were on the freeway has been traumatized and yet i cannot get answer. *tr | |||
| 09/27/2008 | 11600 | 1 | |
| Truck was in cruise control. accelerated to pass slower traffic. let off throttle. truck went to full throttle. could not get truck to decelerate. had to stand on brakes to bring to a stop. truck needs new rotors and pads toyota will not help. occurred once. *tr the consumer stated the floor mat and gas pedal can interact. when the all weathr mat is not clipped in place, and is moved under the gas pedal, it will become fully depressed. the mat can trap the pedal. updated 11/13/09 updated 03/29/10 *bf | |||
| 05/01/2008 | 100 | 1 | |
| Purchases 2008 toyota tundra sr5 4x4 5.7 v8 4/30. on 5/1 began hearing loud bang as car changed gears from 2nd to 3rd. the bang noise was often so loud it sounded like i have ran over something metal in the road. happened most times i entered car and it changed from 2nd to 3rd. took to dealer to address and they were unable to duplicate. actually, the service advisor was able to duplicate, but that was not sufficient for the dealer to address the problem as the advisor is not qualified access an issue. yet, each time i drove the car it happened. finally after several days i was able to duplicate the problem with the service manager in the car. the bang was loud, and the manager did not know what it was. after several more days they were unable to locate a problem. many diagnostic tests were performed on the truck yet there were no codes showing. i was not satisfied with that answer and went to the dealership owner. after a few days we were able to duplicate the problem with him in the car. then we had the service director in car and duplicate the issue. i had no less than 4 employees of the dealer duplicate the issue. finally, after 25 days in the shop, it was determined to be the abs system. apparently when the tundras start up they will do a abs self test somewhere between 10-20 mph. mine was apparently overtesting. a part was replaced in my car, around a $3000 part, and away i went. it seems to be less of a bang noise, but it is still there. to show that it was normal, the service director and i took ride in a new tundra off of the lot. it made the same noise. i would have never bought a truck that i knew made a noise like that, never. but it appears they all do. why di it take the dealer 25 days to figure this out? do the 2008 tundras have an abs problem? *tr | |||