BRAKE PROBLEMS ON 2000 TUNDRA ; THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW, BY MYSELF, IN APRIL, 2000. ON 5-31-01, AT 21,506 MILES, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR WARRANTY WORK ON THE BRAKES. I HAD COMPLAINED OF VIBRATIONS WHILE BRAKING. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY HAD MANY SUCH COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. THEY INSTALLED A KIT WHICH TRANSFERRED SOME OF THE BRAKING LOAD FROM THE FRONT WHEELS TO THE REAR, THUS REDUCING THE TENDENCY OF THE ROTORS TO OVERHEAT AND WARP, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE PADS AND SHOES, AND TURNED THE ROTORS. THE BRAKES WERE SATISFACTORY UNTIL I HAD A NORMAL BRAKE-JOB ON 7-14-03, AT 62,040 MILES, WHICH I HAD PERFORMED AT A GOODYEAR SHOP IN LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ. THE ROTORS WERE TURNED, (FOR THE SECOND TIME, COUNTING THE WARENTEE WORK) AND NEW PADS WERE INSTALLED. BY MID-NOVEMBER, AT AROUND 65,500 MILES, I NOTICED A PULSATING, "GRINDING" SOUND EMINATING FROM THE FRONT END AT LOW SPEED, WHICH WOULD GO AWAY WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. BY THE END OF DECEMBER, AT 67,000 MILES, A MAJOR VIBRATION HAS DEVELOPED IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. IT IS SO PRONOUNCED THAT I AM HESITENT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN. FROM PERUSING THE INTERNET, IT IS APPARENT THAT MANY TUNDRA DRIVERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM; IT WOULD SEEM THAT A DESIGN FLAW EXISTS IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF THIS OTHERWISE FINE AUTOMOBILE. I ASK THAT THIS AGENCY LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND MANDATE CORRECTIVE ACTION ON THE PART OF TOYOTA, IF DEEMED PROPER. THANK YOU. ALAN K. WHITNEY OFFICER, ARIZONA HIGHWAY PATROL (RET.) *AK
2007
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN THE 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA HAS HAD A NUMBER OF RECALLS FOR REAR PROPELLER SHAFT, FRONT BALL JOINTS, BRAKES, SEAT BELTS, AND TAILGATES. I CAN'T FIND THE 2007 TOYOTA MODEL TUNDRA LISTED IN YOUR DATABASE. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE NEWS, NEWSPAPER, AND VARIOUS INTERNET SITES THANK YOU STEVE OHMAN *TR
