general problems of the 2000 Toyota Tundra

The contact owns a 2000 Toyota Tundra. The vehicle has cooper discoverer radial lt tires. While driving 70 mph, the contact heard a thumping sound from the rear driver's side tire. The vehicle fishtailed, spun around towards the right side of the road, and rolled over. The driver sustained facial fractures as well as neck and back injuries. A police report was filed. The investigating officer stated that the tire still had 30 lbs. Of pressure remaining; however, the tread was wrapped around the hub and caused the vehicle to fishtail. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The tire size and dot number were unavailable. The current and failure mileages were approximately 180,000.

This truck has defects in the steeing,tires,brakes, airbags,and hadling. At 6244 miles,steer tires were at 6/32(12/32 new)coplained to deler they said normal tire wear,needs rotated! this front end slid, sqeeled,jumps around corners!two eng. Tom superitts&lee hammler from k. C. Corp. Says nothing wrong with truck!there boss steve eisbamrth will now buy me tires but won't admit the is a problem. This offer didn't happen untill I told them I was turing this in to NHTSA, then they wanted to keep me quiet. I am ready to turn this truck back to them because of there bad customer service and bad product. Bottom line on safety corners on wet pavement like on patches of ice when I was involved in accident, brakes vibrated, tires slid, and on impact rt. Bumper bent in to tire rt. Fender creased both air bags did not come out. This truck should go in for further testing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (dot number: ap72ew1123 tiresize: p265/70r16).

Rack and pinion steering failure, causing front tires to wear excessively. Front brakes would grab/vibrate when vehicle got hot, and brakes were applied. Vehicle been in dealer shop on several occasions, and informed consumer that nothing was wrong. Vehicle taken to an independent repair shop, and it informed consumer of rack and pinion steering problem. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter.

Vehicle steering wheel vibrated since the day we purchased. Numerous attempts to fix have failed. Dealer(s) said wheels or brakes or tires were the problem. Replaced wheels and brakes, problem still exists. Told consumer to replace tires. We said we would if they prove this is the problem by putting tires on to check it. One dealer would not. We found one that would. New, high quality tires resulted in same vibration. Went to arbitration and lost. This is a complete waste of time and resources. Dealer was able to lie and say they didn't put new tires on (at the insistance of the 'district rep'. The front right tire was worn completely down on the outer edge, and other three were ok. Documented within alignment and balance the entire life of vehicle. Toyota 'recommends' 26 psi in front tires to dampen known vibration. Tires designed for 35 psi. This substantially affects value of vehicle, as after arbitration loss we tried to trade, but dealer said he knew of defect in front end of 2000 Tundra's and would not even give us wholesale trade value. His test drive confirmed vibration. In addition, we need to replace tires often due to defect. Will never buy another Toyota!.

We bought a 2000 Toyota Tundra, 4x4, extra cab. At 800 klms we noticed there was no paint left on the front bottom corners of the box. At 5800 klms there is no paint left on the whole undercarage of the truck, large chunks of metal gone from the rockerpanels, rock chips all over the vehicle including the roof. This truck has factory tires, mudflaps, and fender flares and still throws rocks so extensively to the rear, centre and front of the vehicle you actually drive right into them therefore damageing the windshield as well. It is dangerous for any mortorist behind it. We are currently heading into a dispute with Toyota canada via canvap as Toyota canada's position on this matter is that nothing is covered under warrenty as it is "owner abuse" due to driving on abnormal road conditions!! we drive 2 klms a day on a government maintained gravel road, and 60 klms a day on a major highway. We have seen two other Tundra's with the same problem so far and are looking for any other Tundra owners who have this problem. Our truck looks like it has been sandblasted. We have reports from independent body specialist who can't believe what this truck is doing.

Was driving vehicle on gravel road when tires started hissing. Stopped vehicle and exchanged tire. 2 other tires were having same problem. Each tire would become flat while driving in woods. Contacted dealershipand informed consumer it was not their problem. Didn't know cause of tires becoming flat.

Consumer has replaced 3 sets of dunlop gt tires (p265 70 r16) every 12000 miles due to wear, vehicle vibrates when driven, possibly a suspension problem or tire problem.

Toyota recommended an incorrect tire pressure. It was different from what michelin recomended. This was confirmed by the tire manufacturer, and could cause tire failure. The vehicle had vibration problem and Toyota says to run the tires at 26 pst to keep the front end from vibrating. Toyota was unable to fix it.

Vibration in front ent 55-64 mph tires and rims repaced at least 3 times. Dealer and Toyota unable to correct problem. Vibration in steering wheel varies with temperature conditions. Worse in temperatures above 70 f. Dealer and Toyota representative refuse to acknowledge problem. This vibration was evident during initial road test and appeared to be tire balancing issue. Additionally, Toyota is requiring under inflated pressurization of tires against manufacturers recommendation which may be hiding a more significant issue with the frontend condition of this model truck. When dealer representative from toyaota test drove my vehicle this week, he stated that the vibration was within toyaotas specification. But he was unable to produce the details of such specification. I urge you to investigate this issue with these tires and Toyotas recommendation for underinflation. I think it is only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured. (dot number: db72g14 tiresize: p265/70r16).