Two problems related to front suspension control arm have been reported for the 2003 Toyota Tundra. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Toyota Tundra based on all problems reported for the 2003 Tundra.
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Tundra. While driving 2 mph and making a left turn, an abnormal noise was heard. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the upper control arm was corroded and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact also mentioned that the vehicle was previously repaired per NHTSA campaign number: 09v444000 (structure). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 74,000.
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".