Three problems related to front suspension upper ball joint have been reported for the 2005 Toyota Tundra. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Toyota Tundra based on all problems reported for the 2005 Tundra.
Catastrophic ball joint failure (driver side upper ball joint) while driving at slow speed.
The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph over a bridge, there was a loud noise and the vehicle immediately lowered. The contact stated that the rear driver's side tire exploded. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that both the lower and upper ball joints snapped and caused the rear driver side tire to explode from the force of the impact. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 158,000.
I was driving in the local streets, and while making a right turn after stopping at a red light, the front passenger side of the vehicle suddenly collapsed with no warning. I was traveling at most 10 mph. The vehicle has never showed any sign of failure or noise until that day. After I pulled over to the side of the road, I got out of the vehicle to inspect the car and found the ball joint in upper control arm had completely tear itself apart from the wheel hub. Fortunately for me, no serious damage to the car other than the failed components and worn tires due to my having to drag the car on the side of the tire to pull over to safety occurred. I was not injured in the incident, but had I been driving on the highway at the time of failure, I wouldn't be here typing this. Afterwards, we had aaa tow the car to a local dealership to see whether Toyota will take responsibility of the failure of its part.