2003 Toyota Tundra

TAKATA RECALL, I WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH MY TOYOTA TUNDRA WHEN A NISSAN ALTIMA FAILED TO STOP FOR A STOP SIGN. AT WITCH POINT MY AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF. THE TRUCK IS TOTALED AND SO WAS THE NISSAN! I WAS DRIVING EAST ON QUINCY AVE. AND THE NISSAN WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON B ST. WHEN SHE FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN.

TRAVELING ON HWY 11. 4 CARS AHEAD SUDDENLY STOP. I HAD 3 CHOICES: HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. GO INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC, OR HEAD OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO THE BAYOU. MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE BAYOU, HIT A PARKED SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER. NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE TRACTOR TRAILOR. MY TOYOTA GOT SEVERELY CRUNCHED ON THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE. MY AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF. I WAS GOING 30 MILES PER HOUR, AND NOTHING DEPLOYED. NOW I UNDERSTAND IT IS A GOOD THING THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF. *TR

MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON HWY 49 FROM OAKHURST TO MARIPOSA, CALIFORNIA. THE HIGHWAY SURFACE WAS WET AND SLICK AS WE HAD JUST EXPERIENCED OUR FIRST RAIN OF THE SEASON. OUR TOYOTA TUNDRA TRUCK WENT INTO A SKID ON A CURVE, CLIMBED AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED ONE FULL TURN TO THE LEFT. WE HIT A MANZANITA TREE AND A FENCE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP AND ROLLING. THE AIRBAGS WERE EXAMINED BY TOYOTA 9-24-2013 IN RESPONSE TO A RECALL AND WERE CLEARED . IN THE ACCIDENT THEY DID NOT DEPLOY. MY WIFE AND I EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS INJURIES INCLUDING BROKEN RIBS, COLLARBONE AND SEVERE WHIPLASH. WE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS AND ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THESE INJURIES AND DEALING WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. WE WROTE TO TOYOTA 5-21-2014 TO REPORT THIS AIRBAG FAILURE. TO DATE WE HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO TWO TREES AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 155,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UP AN INCLINE APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY OFF OF THE ROAD, AND ROLLED OVER TWO TIMES. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO THE ANKLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 119,000. UPDATED 6/3/10 *CN UPDATED 06/25/10.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ON A GRAVEL ROAD SURFACE, THE DRIVER SWERVED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID AN OBSTACLE IN THE ROAD. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE STEEP INCLINE INTO A DITCH. THE VEHICLE LANDED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE ARM AND NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNABLE TO BE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 117,000.

FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL ON 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS SON HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND WAS INJURED. *NJ THE CONSUMERS SON HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE RIGHT FRONT OF HIS TRUCK DROPPED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. HE WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND HIT A RETAINING WALL. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE LOWER BALL JOINT PROBLEM 9 MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.*JB

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A 2 VEHICLE FRONT END CRASH. *TR

WHILE TOWING A SMALL TRAILER THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTED FLOATING AND BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. AS A RESULT THE TRUCK WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND FLIPPED OVER CAUSING OVER 10,000.00 IN DAMAGES TO THE PICKUP. IT WAS A BOUT A MONTH OR TWO AFTER THIS THAT WE RECEIVED THE RECALL ON THE FRONT BALL JOINT. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED??? IT STILL CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS. I HAVE CONTACTED THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE RECALL. I THINK TOYOTA SHOULD STAND UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND GIVE US A NEW TRUCK THAT DOESN'T HAVE POTENTIALLY FATAL RECALLS. OR MAYBE A CLASS ACTION LEGAL RESPONSE MAY BE IN ORDER? I AM CONTACTING A LAWYER ASAP I BROKE BOTH WRIST AND CANNOT USE MY RIGHT ARM NOW AS A DIRECT RESULT OF IRRESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS NOT BEING DONE RIGHT. IF ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED LET ME KNOW. EMAIL ME AT THE VERY LEAST THE DEALER WHO SOLD US THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR STATING THERE IS "NOTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH THAT TRUCK" IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. WHAT ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE THE PRETEND TO POSSES ABOUT VEHICLES AND THEY ARE NOT INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO CHECK FOR RECALLS PRIOR TO RESELLING THEM TO THEIR "VALUED CUSTOMERS". *TR

TL*- WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPHTHE 2003/TOYOTA/TUNDRA RAN INTO THE RETAINER WALL BECAUSE THE TIE ROD ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SNAPPED, LIFTING THE TRUCK. ON JANUARY 11 2006 THE DEALER FIXED THE RECALLED TIRE ROD END AND BALL JOINT. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE ENTIRE ROD ITSELF, THEY DID NOT. HE HAD THE TRUCK FOR SEVENTEEN DAYS WHEN THE TIE ROD SNAPPED. THIS ALMOST KILLED HIS ENTIRE FAMILY. HIS WAS TOLD TO CALL THE HOT LINE BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 41000.*AK

I WAS IN A MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED BOTH OF MY BUMPERS, THE FRONT BUMPER WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED. I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AT A FASTER SPEED THAN I WAS GOING AND I WAS PUSHED INTO THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME (ANOTHER TUNDRA ONLY A 2004). I HAD OVER $8,000 IN DAMAGE AND I SUFFER FROM CERVICAL/NECK/SPINE INJURY AND SPRAINED RIGHT FOOT. I AM IN PHYSICAL THERAPY AND NEED AN MRI, AS I AM NOT HEALING AS I SHOULD BE. MY PROBLEM HERE IS THAT MY AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. I AM NOW WORRIED THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM, THE IMPACT I HAD AND INJURY TO MY BODY, SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED THEM.*AK

I was turning down a residential street and when I was getting up to speed. About 30 miles per hour. My truck jumped up a couple times like I hit a pit hole. I got out to inspect and see what I hit but the street was freshly paved 2 years before it was smooth as butter. I look at the truck and find out my passenger tire had fallen off. Upon further inspection I see my ball joints failed and try tire came off. It snapped the cv axle in half ripped and the brake line and abs module off and broke the frame bracket for the rack and pinon. As a result my insurance totaled my vehicle out.

I WAS IN MOTION AND DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. AFTER THE COLLISION, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE TAKATA AIRBAG WAS REPLACED BY THE AUTO MANUFACTURER (TOYOTA DEALERSHIP) PRIOR TO MY ABOVE MENTIONED ACCIDENT. THE AUTO ACCIDENT OCCURRED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, POSSIBLY BRAKE FAILURE OR UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION OF THE CAR ENGINE.

DRIVING AND MADE A LEFT TURN WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WENT FLYING AND THE TRUCK STARTED SWIRVING IN CIRCLES. AND CAUSED A MAJOR DAMAGE IN WHICH THE DEALER DOESNT WANT TO RESPOND. *TR

TRAVELLING 45 MPH IN A 55 MPH ZONE ON WET SURFACE. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPEND OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO A VEHICLE TAPPING THE PASSENGER'S REAR BUMPER. AFTER THE SPINOUT AND CONTACT WITH CEMENT MEDIAN LOSING THE FRONT BUMPER THE TRUCK STOPS. AIRBAG IMPLODES ABOUT 15 SECS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL MY FIRST CROSS COUNTRY RETIREMENT TRIP IN SEPTEMBER 2013. MY PLANNED TRIP WAS FROM TENNESSEE TO CALIFORNIA. WHEN I REACHED KINGMAN, ARIZONA (ABOUT 1200 MILES INTO THE TRIP), I WAS TRAVELING UPHILL ON INTERSTATE 40 WHEN SUDDENLY THE TRUCK ACCELERATED ITSELF TO A HIGH RPM AND SPEED. I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THEY DID NOT RESPOND OR SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN. I TRIED TO MAINTAIN STEERING CONTROL, BUT IN A SPLIT-SECOND, I WAS THROWN OFF THE HIGHWAY AND INTO THE HILLSIDE, TREES, AND BUSHES. THE TRUCK COMPLETELY ROLLED OVER, FLIPPED UPHILL, AND COME TO A STOP FACING TRAFFIC. THE LANDED DRIVER SIDE DOWN, AND WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 79,000 MILES ON IT. A MONTH LATER I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL DONE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT INCLUDE THE 2003 MODEL. I NOW WONDER HOW MANY OTHERS WERE INJURED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I TOOK MANY PICTURES OF THE DAMAGES. *TR

ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED: BRAKES LOCKED UNDER WET CONDITIONS. VEHICLE SLID OFF ROAD. VEHICLE HAS HISTORY OF PULSATING BRAKE PEDAL, SHUTTERING AND CLANGING NOISES UNDER BRAKING. *TR

MY 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT FEBRUARY OF 2008 DUE TO SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN WHICH MY VEHICLE SPIN OUT OF CONTROL AND WENT OVER A CONCRETE BARRIER, MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED HEAVY REAR END AND SIDE DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE COST ME $5,663.14, I HAVE THE ACCIDENT REPORT. HOW COULD I GET TOYOTA TO REIMBURSE FOR THE COST OF THE DAMAGE. PLEASE ADVISED.

TL*THE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. IN 2006, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, HE ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. HE CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF A VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE BODY SHOP MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT FOUND NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE ACCELERATION. HE TRADED THE VEHICLE IN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 32,000.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA ON THE H3 FREEWAY, CHANGING FROM THE RIGHT LANE TO THE LEFT LANE, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CRASHED INTO THE CENTER CONCRETE HIGHWAY DIVIDER, AND CONTINUED TO CRASH INTO THE DIVIDER UNTIL IT STOPPED RUNNING. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKE THE WHOLE TIME BUT THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP UNTIL THE ENGINE DIED. WHEN OUR INSURANCE COMPANY INSPECTED THE TRUCK IT FOUND THAT THE REPEATED IMPACT INTO THE CONCRETE BARRIER HAD BENT THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK AND THEN DECLARED THE TRUCK A TOTAL LOSS. AFTER THEY INSPECTED THE TRUCK OUR LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK TO CAUSE IT TO SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND GO OUT OF CONTROL. *TR