Brakes Failed problems of the 2005 Toyota Tundra

The park brake system uses cables to expand the rear brake shoes. The shoes are expanded using a bellcrank and bracket. When the park brake pedal is depressed, the cable pulls the bellcrank and expands the shoes. The bellcrank and bracket use a pivot pin. The entire assembly - bellcrank, bracket and pin suffer extraordinary rust. The rust causes the park brake to fail to release. The rear brakes drag, and cause: * premature wear of rear brakes * loss of fuel economy * shutter and shaking from the rear * avoiding use of park brake system to avoid the problem, folks don't use the park brake. None of the drivers of our Toyota Tundra uses the park brake because of the the problems it causes. That's a safety issue. Apparently this is a well known problem with Toyota Tundras. . Read more...

While trying to stop from 45 mph, the abs system activated on a clean dry road and the brakes failed to activate at all. The pedal did not go to the floor and the truck would not stop. After coasting to a stop, the brakes started working normally. After taking it to the Toyota dealer, they could find nothing wrong and the abs system did not report an error.

I have a 2005 Toyota Tundra with 24,000 miles and have experienced 3 issues. 1 brake failure on off ramp. 1/2/07 lower ball joint replacement- recall by Toyota. 7/9/07 left rear wheel bearing replaced 8 /14/ 07 all of these problems were addressed by Toyota of temecula. Toyota has increased the brake size on new Tundra trucks. Why? these are quality and safety issues and I am wondering when the next problem will happen. Updated 09/26/07.

: the contact stated while driving 25 mph, the brakes failed to work under normal road conditions causing the vehicle to collide into another. There were not warnings prior to the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was totaled and taken to a collision repair shop. A police report was taken, and the driver did not sustain injuries. Updated 11/30/2006 -.