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: 271
Engine KW: 202.0847
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: 2006
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Indiana
Series: UCK40L/UCK41L
Trim: Limited
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Wheel Base Type: Long
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
MY HUSBAND FIRST NOTICED A VIBRATION AND SAID THAT THE STEERING FELT ODD IN OUR 2001 TUNDRA. HE WAS THEN SUDDENLY SURPRISED WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL DETACHED AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT END SLAMMED TO THE GROUND. HE WAS LUCKY BECAUSE HE WAS DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED ON A SECONDARY ROAD AND NO COLLISION OR INJURIES OCCURRED. JUST MINUTES BEFORE HE WAS DRIVING ON A MAIN CONGESTED ROAD AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED AND THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR COLLISION AND SUBSTANTIAL INJURIES. THE TUNDRA WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL TOYATO DEALER IN OUR TOWN OF BOONE, NC. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS SEPARATED. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING TOYOTA TO SEE WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN PLACED AND IF THEY ARE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING FOR US. IT SEEMS AS IF THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT TOYOTA HAS NOT RECALLED THESE TRUCKS WHEN PEOPLES LIVES ARE AT RISK. *TR
2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
THURSDAY 5/11/06 IDLE UPON START UP GOES TO 2000 RPM, AND STAYS THERE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1-1 1/2 MINUTES, BEFORE SLOWING DROPPING DOWN TO AROUND 1500 RPM. IT SEEMED TO REALLY BE STRAINING AGAINST THE BRAKE, WHEN I PUT IT INTO DRIVE, AGAIN, NOT THE FEEL IT HAD WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW. FRIDAY 5/12/06 IT NOT ONLY HAD THE HIGH IDLE, BUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SEEMED TO HAVE A RANDOM SURGE WHILE DRIVING. COULDN'T DETECT A PATTERN TO IT, WHETHER ON INCLINE, DECLINE, OR FLAT ROADWAY. UPON ARRIVING AT WORK, I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK, AND IDLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 750 RPM (BY DASH TACH) WHEN SUDDENLY IT RACED UP TO 1500 RPM, STAY THERE FOR ABOUT 30 - 45 SECONDS, THEN RETURNED TO 750 RPM. THIS SURGE SITUATION CERTAINLY PRESENTS A POSSIBLE SAFETY PROBLEM, IF THE SURGE WAS TO OVERRIDE THE BRAKE PRESSURE AND LURCH FORWARD AT STOP, OR IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. *JB