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: 2001
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
2004
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO INSPECTED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS SNAPPED, CAUSING THE TIRES TO COLLAPSE INWARD AND UNDER THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT AXLE WAS FOUND TO BE FRACTURED. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE LOWER BALL JOINTS, CONTROL ARM AND THE AXLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN AND REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V01300 (SUSPENSION: FRONT: CONTROL ARM: LOWER BALL JOINT). THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 263,000.
2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
BRAKES AND BALL JOINT FAILURE OF TOYOTA TUNDRA LIM. 4DOOR 4.7L 8 CYLINDER 4X4 RIGHT SIDE WHEEL CAME OFF AND HIT TWO PERSONS ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY IN WHICH ONE WAS KILLED.*AK