Body Cab Type: Extra/Super/ Quad/Double/King/Extended
Body Class: Pickup
Displacement CC: 4700.0
Displacement CI: 286.81159724524
Displacement L: 4.7
Drive Type: 4WD/4-Wheel Drive/4x4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 245
Engine KW: 182.6965
Engine Model: 2UZ-FE
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 2E: 6,001 - 7,000 lb (2,722 - 3,175 kg)
Make: TOYOTA
Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, INDIANA, INC.
Manufacturer Id: 1087
Model: Tundra
Model Year: 2002
Note: Large Cab
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Indiana
Series: VCK40L, UCK40L
Trim: LIMITED
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Wheel Base Type: Standard
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BREAKS ON TOYOTA TUNDRAS ARE DEFECTIVE AND TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT IT AS STATED IN TSB #BR004-02. MY FRONT BRAKES HAVE WORN OUT PREMATURELY. THE ONLY REASON THAT I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM SOONER IS THAT I MAINLY USE THE TRUCK FOR OCCASIONAL LONG DISTANCE HIGHWAY TRIPS. I AM EXPERIENCING VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THEY WORE OUT PREMATURELY. NUMEROUS OTHER CUSTOMERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS WELL. BASED ON SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS, TOYOTA IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO AVOID FIXING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE REFER TO THESE ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS POSTED ON THIS BLOG: HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/TOYOTA_TUNDRA.HTML. *NM
2002
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
MY STAKE-BED TRUCK'S AXLE BROKE. THE TRUCK HAD UNDER 12,000. IT WAS REPAIRED IN ODESSA, TX AND THE SERVICE MANAGER TELLS ME THE CONVERSIONS ON THE TRUCK ARE TOO MUCH FOR THE TRUCK. THAT IS WHY THE AXLE BROKE. HE STATED THAT MY HUSBAND AND I ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER OF BODILY INJURY AND OR DEATH. NOW THE BRAKES HAD TO BE REPAIRED AND I WAS AGAIN TOLD BY AN EMPLOYEE OF I-10 TOYOTA THAT THE TRUCK IS TOO HEAVY FOR THE WEIGHT IT'S CARRYING. OF COURSE HE SAID THAT WAS ONLY HIS OPINION.