ON 2 SEPERATE OCCASSIONS 02/25/2016, MICE ATE MY WIRES IN MY TRUCK. THE FIRST TIME I DROVE HOME FROM WORK, AND COULD NOT SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THERE WAS ONLY 17,506 MILES, I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY HAD ME DRIVE MY TRUCK THERE. THERE WAS A MOUSE NEST INSIDE THE FUSE BOX AND THEY HAD CHEWED THRU MY WIRES. THE 2ND TIME 09/12/201…
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ON 2 SEPERATE OCCASSIONS 02/25/2016, MICE ATE MY WIRES IN MY TRUCK. THE FIRST TIME I DROVE HOME FROM WORK, AND COULD NOT SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THERE WAS ONLY 17,506 MILES, I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY HAD ME DRIVE MY TRUCK THERE. THERE WAS A MOUSE NEST INSIDE THE FUSE BOX AND THEY HAD CHEWED THRU MY WIRES. THE 2ND TIME 09/12/2018 I WAS DRIVING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE TRUCK JUST STALLED AND I WAS UNABLE TO START IT AGAIN. (30,892 MILES)
NHTSA ODI #11149787
171,000 miles · Aug 14, 2018
Electrical SystemSteering
HORN STOPPED WORKING. REALIZED IT WILL WORK ONLY WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. FUSE ARE GOOD. DANGEROUS NOT HAVING HORN OPERABLE. TWO CLOSE CALL ACCIDENTS WHERE I COULD NOT WARN OTHER DRIVER.
NHTSA ODI #11119813
20,000 miles · Jul 19, 2018
Electrical SystemUnknown Or Other
THE REMOTE CONTROL DOES NOT LOCK THE 2 BACK DOORS. TOYOTA SAYS IT IS THE ACTUATORS IN THE DOORS AND WANT ME TO PAY HALF THE TOTAL COST WHICH IS $1000. HOW IS THIS MY FAULT? THE DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS
NHTSA ODI #11112438
63,000 miles · Jul 10, 2018
Electrical System
THREE DIFFERENT POWER DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING. THE DRIVERS DOOR LOCK, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LOCK AND REAR RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR LOCK DO NOT OPEN OR CLOSE.
NHTSA ODI #11110630
20,000 miles · Jan 9, 2017
Electrical SystemLatches/locks/linkages
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OR IN MOTION, ALL THE LOCKS IN THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR ACTUATOR AND MASTER LOCK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTUR…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OR IN MOTION, ALL THE LOCKS IN THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR ACTUATOR AND MASTER LOCK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.
NHTSA ODI #10943887
11,700 miles · Feb 2, 2015
Electrical System
TOYOTA NEEDS TO RECALL DOOR LOCK SYSTEMS ON TRUCKS. NAMELY DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS. I HAD A 2012 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 2 ACTUATORS WENT OUT. NOW A 2014 TUNDRA DRIVERS DOOR ACTUATOR WENT BAD AT 6 MONTHS. SURE TOYOTA WILL FIX THIS IF YOUR IN WARRANTY. AFTER THAT IT'S MY $400-500 BILL. IT'S WIDELY KNOW ON THE INTERNET THESE ACTUATORS A FAULTY…
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TOYOTA NEEDS TO RECALL DOOR LOCK SYSTEMS ON TRUCKS. NAMELY DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS. I HAD A 2012 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 2 ACTUATORS WENT OUT. NOW A 2014 TUNDRA DRIVERS DOOR ACTUATOR WENT BAD AT 6 MONTHS. SURE TOYOTA WILL FIX THIS IF YOUR IN WARRANTY. AFTER THAT IT'S MY $400-500 BILL. IT'S WIDELY KNOW ON THE INTERNET THESE ACTUATORS A FAULTY BUT TOYOTA JUST KEEPS PUTTING THESE ON NEW TRUCKS. IF THESE ARE NOT WORKING I COULD GET CAR JACKED. CAN I GET OUT IF IN AN ACCIDENT, AS I HAVE TO REMEMBER TO MANUALLY FLIP THE LEVER TO GET OUT. IN A PARKING LOT IS SOMEONE GOING TO HAVE EZ ACCESS TO MY VALUABLES? I AM A LICENSED OHIO CONCEALED CARRY. SOMETIMES I FIREARM IS LOCKED IN THE TRUCK. IS IT REALLY LOCKED? *TR
NHTSA ODI #10680480
4,000 miles · Sep 15, 2014
Electrical System
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED NINE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED NINE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.
NHTSA ODI #10633121
2,248 miles · May 6, 2014
Electrical System
I PURCHASED A 2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN NOVEMBER 2013. IN MARCH 2014, WITH 2,248 MILES ON THE TRUCK, I WENT TO LEAVE WORK AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT RODENTS HAD CHEWED THROUGH TWO WIRING HARNESSES (E.G., #7 COIL, TEMP SENSOR AND THE ACTIVE BRAKE BOOSTER), ONE OF WHICH WAS THE …
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I PURCHASED A 2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN NOVEMBER 2013. IN MARCH 2014, WITH 2,248 MILES ON THE TRUCK, I WENT TO LEAVE WORK AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT RODENTS HAD CHEWED THROUGH TWO WIRING HARNESSES (E.G., #7 COIL, TEMP SENSOR AND THE ACTIVE BRAKE BOOSTER), ONE OF WHICH WAS THE MAIN WIRE HARNESS. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT START. IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN OPERATION (WITH MOSTLY CHEWED THROUGH WIRING) THE WIRING COULD HAVE BECOME LOOSE AND THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE LOST STEERING, BRAKES, OR OTHER CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SAFETY FUNCTIONS MAY HAVE CEASED TO WORK. THE END RESULT COULD HAVE BEEN A CRASH, FIRE, INJURY, OR EVEN DEATH. USING A SOY BASED PRODUCT TO COAT THE WIRES IS A DESIGN FLAW WHICH MUST BE CORRECTED. ALTHOUGH THE INTENT WAS TO UTILIZE A MORE ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY INSULATION MATERIAL, THE DESIGN ENGINEERS OMITTED TO CONSIDER THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY INSULATION MATERIAL TO RODENTS (E.G., SQUIRRELS, MICE, AND RABBITS), THE RODENTS ARE COMMON IN MOST RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE RODENTS COULD EASILY DAMAGE THE WIRES. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE DEALER (STAPP INTERSTATE TOYOTA SCION OF FREDERICK COLORADO) SERVICE MANAGER, TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CENTER, TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC. CUSTOMER RELATIONS ADMINISTRATOR, AND TOYOTA MOTOR SALES REGIONAL CUSTOMERFIRST MANAGER. EACH TIME TOYOTA IS DENYING OWNERSHIP OF THEIR DEFECTIVE WIRES AND THE SAFETY-RELATED NEED TO CORRECT THEM. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10586778
Mileage unknown · Apr 21, 2014
Electrical System
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS CREATED A BLINDING GLARE DURING NIGHT DRIVING AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO ADJUST THEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE…
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS CREATED A BLINDING GLARE DURING NIGHT DRIVING AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO ADJUST THEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2008-2022 Sequoia and 2007-2021 Tundra vehicles. The power steering gear assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in an oil leak.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: An oil leak may cause a sudden loss of power steering assist, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the power steering gear assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on January 21, 2022. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 21TB10 and 21TA10.
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Steering:hydraulic Power Assist System
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2008-2022 Sequoia and 2007-2021 Tundra vehicles. The power steering gear assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in an oil leak.
Consequence: An oil leak may cause a sudden loss of power steering assist, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the power steering gear assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on January 21, 2022. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 21TB10 and 21TA10.
Steering:rack And Pinion
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2008-2022 Sequoia and 2007-2021 Tundra vehicles. The power steering gear assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in an oil leak.
Consequence: An oil leak may cause a sudden loss of power steering assist, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the power steering gear assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on January 21, 2022. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 21TB10 and 21TA10.
Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2013-2017 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia vehicles accessorized with Southeast Toyota accessory 20-inch Rockstar wheels installed by Southeast Toyota or a Southeast Toyota dealer. The Rockstar wheels were installed with lugnuts that may crack and detach.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: Lugnuts that crack and detach may cause the wheels to separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: SET will notify owners, and dealers will install new replacement lugnuts, free of charge. The recall began June 23, 2017. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226. SET's number for this recall is SET17A.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2014 Toyota Tundra CrewMax and Double Cab vehicles manufactured July 29, 2013, to August 22, 2014. Due to the possible misinstallation of the upper tab of the B-pillar interior trim, the Curtain-Shield Air Bags (CSA) may not deploy properly in the event of a crash.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the Curtain-Shield Air Bags (CSA) do not deploy properly there is an increased risk of occupant injury during a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the B-pillar interior trim installation and will replace it if it is not installed correctly, free of charge. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.
Gulf States Toyota, Inc. (GST) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Toyota Tundra vehicles modified by GST as part of certain vehicle packages to be equipped with a combination of non-Toyota-brand 20-inch alloy wheels and chrome plated lug nuts. The coating on the lug nuts may give, causing the lug nuts to loosen or the wheel studs to fracture.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the lug nuts loosen, or the wheel studs fracture, the wheel may separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: GST will notify owners, and dealers will replace 20 lug nuts and torque them to specification, free of charge. The recall began in August 2014. Owners may contact GST customer service at 1-800-444-1074.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
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EA19001 · Electrical Overstress
Opened Apr 19, 2019 · Closed Sep 19, 2024
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags: Air Bag/restraint Control Module
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect. During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW. The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with manufacturer design specifications. The ECU in the subject vehicles contains a model DS84 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which controls the communication of the crash sensor signal, firing commands (i.e., when to deploy the airbag(s) and/or pretensioners), and fault information (e.g., diagnostic trouble codes). In September 2016, FCA announced recall 16V-668 for certain model year (MY) 2010 to 2014 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep products manufactured with the subject ZF-TRW ACU. In this recall, FCA discussed an EOS condition that resulted in a failure of the subject DS84 ASIC, which caused air bag non-deployment. FCA noted that the defect condition had only been observed in vehicles equipped with sensor harnessing routed across the front of the vehicle. Other FCA vehicles that also used the subject ACU, but were not equipped with cross-car harnessing, had not experienced EOS failures, despite similar time in service. During the course of this investigation, ODI sent two separate Information Request (IR) letters to six vehicle manufactures (including FCA, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Toyota) and one IR letter to ZF-TRW. These IR letters resulted in ODI receiving comprehensive data from these manufacturers and suppliers. Studies of this data found that the DS84 ASIC does not have sufficient protection against negative electrical transients or electrical overstress (“EOS”) that can be generated in certain severe crashes. An electrical transient occurs when the electrical power supplied to a circuit changes momentarily over a short duration of time. In these severe crash cases, the crash sensors and other powered wiring can be damaged and short circuited so as to create a negative electrical transient of sufficient intensity and duration (that are outside the vehicle manufacturer's specification) to damage the ASIC before the restraint device deployment signal is received by the SRS ECU. This damaged signal can lead to incomplete or nondeployment of the air bags and/or pretensioners. Airbag non-deployment and/or lack of pretensioner operation can increase the risk or severity of injury in a crash.A total of 8 fatalities and 14 injuries were associated with known EOS events. The common element in all investigated manufacturers vehicles is the SRS ECU containing a DS84 ASIC manufactured by ZF-TRW. The risk associated with the ASIC is equally shared among all OEMS involved in the investigation. The actual real-world risk can be mitigated by other factors which were assessed by ODI during this investigation. The first mitigating factor involves protections built into the ACU design which protect the DS84 ASIC from damage. There are multiple strategies and levels of protection employed by different OEMs that provide effective EOS mitigation. The two most common strategies at the ACU level are circuit protection diodes on the remote senor signal lines, and current limiting resistors that protect critical components. The second mitigating factor is found at the vehicle level and involves the location and routing of the wires leading from the crash sensors to the SRS ECU. If the wires are well protected in a crash and are not routed with other power wires carrying large currents, the risk for an EOS event is significantly reduced or eliminated. These design specific factors combine to produce a spectrum of risk for the vehicles equipped with ACUs using the DS84 ASIC. Given the many of years of field exposure, it is possible to divide the subject population into two groups; vehicles which have experienced EOS events, and vehicles which have not experienced EOS field events. Four of the six OEMs involved in this investigation have experienced EOS field events on at least one of their models equipped with a DS84 ASIC. All vehicle models (including the Toyota models identified in the Failure Report Summary of the opening resume for this investigation) with field events have been recalled. In an abundance of caution, ODI kept this investigation open five years to monitor field performance and did not identify any field events on vehicles not included in existing safety recalls. Given the spectrum of risk identified in this investigation and that all vehicles with a demonstrated unreasonable risk have been recalled, ODI is closing this investigation. ODI is closing this investigation with the following manufacturer safety recalls: 16V-668, 18E-043, 18V-137, 18V-363, and 20V-024. With the recall actions taken by the subject vehicle and equipment manufacturers, this investigation is closed. The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exists on other model or model year vehicles outside of the recall scopes. The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.
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