general problems of the 2005 Toyota Tundra

Service bulletin p2445 for secondary air ingection system then notes the frame is corrosion and mounts are braking off.

Secondary injection pump trigger a limp mode which is extremely dangerous on the highway. Toyota has extended the warranty on all vehicle except the 2005, 2006, 2007 which have the exact same air pumps installed. This repair is costing Toyota owners in excess of $3,000. 00 with vehicles having having less the 100k miles. This is obviously an emission issue that Toyota should address, the u. S. Has made vw responsible for there shortcomings I think Toyota should be held accountable.

The connector on the cable from the ecu to the transmission failed due to corrosion. This causes the truck to accelerate from a standing stop in a manner where the transmission slams in and out of gear. Thankfully this didn't occur when pulling out on a busy street. The situation is dangerous. The truck already had a frame recall due to corrosion. This issue is similar and represents a design flaw with dangerous consequences.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tundra. The contact indicated that there was an intermittent burning smell coming from the front of the vehicle which smelled like burning wires or metal. The contact stated that in another recent instance, the vehicle was pulled into the driveway from traveling on the highway because smoke was emitting from the front of the vehicle under the hood. The contact exited the vehicle but was not able to lift the hood latch due to the intermittent failure and the heat from the fire. The contact was able to further inspect from the cab and noticed the fire was burining in the interior on the floor of the front drivers side. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact did not sustain any injuries and was able to exit the vehicle. The contact did not seek medical attention. The vehicle was to be further inspected and diagnosed by an insurance agent and the manufacturer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was less than 100,000. Dyd.

Secondary air switch stuck open. . . Loss of power that could have been serious in certain situations.

Due to excessive heat from bulbs or material too close to heat source, holes were burned into a lens casing located above sliding glass window to rear of driver.

Since my vehicle hit about 50000 (the date below is an estimate) and it is at 79900 now when I park and turn off the ignition and remove the keys and roll up the windows and lock the vehicle and leave it a vast majority of the time the power drivers window rolls itself down at some point between two minutes and many hours later allowing for anyone to tamper with any of the trucks interior safety devices and leading to possible theft of the vehicle, its parts and contents. In addition whether the window rolls itself down or not the vehicles alarm will sometimes sound when there is nobody near the vehicle and after having it checked out by a local Toyota dealer who had no idea what is causing it nor how to fix it and sent me away with problem unresolved I have to open the hood every time I park and manually unhook the negative lead to the battery which further exposes me to potential injury either from battery malfunction or engine malfunction due to the constant disabling and reenabling of power to the entire vehicle and to my person due to being struck by another vehicle by standing on front of my truck with my view of my surroundings blocked by the raised hood and other drivers view of me in that unexpected location as I am in large part blocked from view by the raised hood. This has been witnessed by my mechanic and his employees as well as family members.

Unintended acceleration occurred when proceeding through and intersection at about 4:50 pm 01/04/2011. Brakes were applied but the power of the Toyota tunda sr5 v8 engine had enough power to accelerate unintended to approximitely 50 mph even tho the brakes were applied as had hard as it could be applied. The truck centered an oak tree in the blvd approximately 150-200 ft from the intersection. The truck was totaled by my insurance company. Only the driver was in the truck and no other vehicles at the time of the incident. The driver suffered a broken left arm at the elbow which required surgery.

My 2005 Toyota Tundra suddenly lost power on the highway and started to buck. I was able to pull over but had to have the truck towed. The problem was a corroded 15 pin connector plugged into the driver side of the trans. I found that many other people are having this problem at around 80k miles. There is a nation wide back order on the part to fix part of this problem.

My Toyota Tundra 2005, v8, 4. 7l, 4x4(83,000 miles) lost its transmission power while driving on the highway and the check engine light came on. The transmission power came on and off all the way home. Lunging each time it dropped off and came on. I brought it to the dealer who told me I needed a new transmission at a cost of $4000. 00. It was displaying p0986 code. The next day brought it to a transmission shop. They found that the wire connector (15 pin) that goes from the transmission to the ecm was corroded and the pins were broken and not making contact. Its design is clearly defective. It is not protected and is located in a place where it is exposed to all the salt and water resulting in the pins being corroded. Information communicated from the computer to the transmission and back is interrupted or inaccurate. I found this information on a website at the same time the independent transmission shop discovered what the problem was. . Read more...

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated while driving at 25 mph the abs light would flash on the dash board indicating that the brakes need to be serviced. The contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic to have the brakes serviced and the local mechanic could not find a issue with the brakes. Also the contact stated that the air flow button that controls the air inside the vehicle is malfunctioning. The contact feels this vehicle has a serious electrical issue and needs to looked at by the manufacturer. The failure mileage 6,000.