general problems of the 2024 Toyota Tundra - part 1

I have a 2024 hybrid Toyota Tundra which shares the same engine that has undergone a NHTSA recall. I do not believe that the defect has been satisfactorily addressed to mitigate the risk of catastrophic engine failure in the v6 engine. I would like the recall to include the hybrid models as well for this well known and documented engine failure risk. I have not yet had any problems with the engine yet and am addressing the other separate recalls for this model. From a safety and liability perspective, I feel that Toyota has an obligation to provide the same warranty extension assurance and if needed, engine replacement as the gasoline only variant.

I was driving on the freeway in my Toyota Tundra when it suddenly shut off completely. It was honestly terrifying because my first thought was getting rear-ended in traffic. After about 15 seconds, the truck randomly turned back on by itself, but the whole situation really shook me up. A vehicle that new shouldn’t be doing something that dangerous.

The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Tundra. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 25v322000 (exterior lighting) and 25v767000 (engine and engine cooling) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure.

I am filing this complaint regarding an active safety recall on my 2024 Toyota Tundra involving manufacturing debris left in the v35a 3. 4l twin-turbocharged v6 engine during production. This recall has been open for multiple years and spans over 250,000 vehicles across the 2022–2024 Tundra, Lexus lx 600, and 2024 Lexus GX 550. The manufacturing debris causes damage to the engine’s main bearings, resulting in engine knocking, rough running, failure to start, and sudden loss of motive power while driving at speed — a condition Toyota itself acknowledges increases the risk of a crash. Toyota deployed a remedy consisting of full engine replacement; however, Toyota has since acknowledged that the replacement engines are experiencing the same failures, meaning there is currently no confirmed, working fix. Despite this, Toyota continued selling new vehicles with this known defect. Remedy deadlines have been repeatedly promised and repeatedly missed, with the latest expected resolution pushed to July/August 2026 — a deadline that has already slipped multiple times. As an owner, I am left driving a vehicle that Toyota acknowledges is dangerous, with no confirmed timeline for a legitimate repair, and suffering significant financial harm due to the ongoing depreciation and diminished resale value caused directly by this unresolved defect.

Toyota issued a recall (NHTSA 25v322) over a year ago. We are now more than a year beyond the issuance date of this recall and stop sale order for affected vehicles. There is still no remedy available for this recall and from what I can tell, none in sight. Additionally, on 11/6/25, Toyota issued a recall (NHTSA 25v767) related to potential engine failure. Over 6 months after this recall and stop sale notice there is no remedy available. Both of these issues go beyond what most would consider remedying the issues in a “timely manner”.

While driving to dinner in bluefield< west virginia on Saturday evening, I came to an intersection where I was making a left hand turn with a green arrow on the light. As I approached the intersection, I slowed to something under 10 miles an hour and proceeded to initiate a left hand turn. As I rolled onto the throttle, there was no response from the engine for approximately 15 seconds. The engine remained at idle as I coasted through the turn. I continued applying throttle with no response until I reached approximately 50% of throttle pedal travel, at which time the engine sputtered then accelerated rapidly. This is not the first instance of this issue. It has happened on at least 4 different occasions in the past. The issue is intermittent and could easily result in an accident if it occurs while pulling out into traffic - which is what happened the first time it happened to me with the oncoming traffic being forced to take evasive action.

I was on the highway driving about 70 mph, when the engine suddenly turned off. The lights on the dashboard stated that I needed to pull over immediately. The truck was towed to a dealership who confirmed the engine was "destroyed" due to safety recall 25ta14.

Stopped at a traffic light, when it changed to green the truck would not move. Displayed hybrid system stopped working, shift into park. We were the first vehicle at the light in a high traffic area with no shoulder. Traffic trying to manouver around our vehicle were at risk of causing an accident. Paramedics arrived to try and direct traffic. The truck had to be towed to the dealership and they verrified that the engine siezed.

Ubject: urgent safety incident report: engine seizure at highway speeds – case #xxx to the Toyota safety & compliance department: I am writing to formally report a critical safety incident involving my 2024 Toyota Tundra (VIN: [xxx] ). Incident description: while traveling at highway speeds, the vehicle’s engine suffered a catastrophic internal seizure and shut down completely without any prior warning. This resulted in an immediate loss of motive power in the middle of high-speed traffic. Because the engine died, I also experienced an immediate loss of power steering assist and power brake vacuum, making the vehicle extremely difficult to control. I was forced to perform an emergency maneuver to avoid a rear-end collision and struggled to steer the truck toward the shoulder while other vehicles swerved around me at high speeds. Safety hazard & manufacturing defect: this failure is identical to the conditions described in NHTSA safety recall 24v-381 (Toyota recall 25ta14). The dealership's diagnosis at autonation Toyota weston confirmed that the bearings are discolored and "spun," which is a direct consequence of the manufacturing debris that Toyota has already admitted exists in these engine blocks. Bad-faith warranty denial: despite the life-threatening nature of this event, the dealership is attempting to blame "abuse" based on a software log from the brake override system. They are ignoring the fact that a metallurgical failure of the main bearings has no mechanical link to pedal input. Using a safety software record to deny a repair for a known manufacturing defect that nearly caused a fatal accident on the highway is unacceptable. Requested action: I demand that this case be immediately reviewed by Toyota’s safety team. My vehicle manifested the exact defect described in the federal recall during a high-risk situation. I am requesting an immediate resolution to remove this dangerous vehicle from the road and to honor the terms of the information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (fo.

The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Tundra. The contact received notifications of NHTSA campaign numbers: 25v322000 (exterior lighting) and 25v767000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

While driving, I noticed that the vehicle seemed sluggish. Shortly after, I experienced grinding and knocking. The engine then stalled when I came to a traffic light. Fearing for my safety, I was able to get the engine to re-start to be able to pull off the road into a parking lot. At this point, the engine was barely running and making a ton of noise. There were no warning lights prior or after the incident took place. The vehicle was towed to my local Toyota dealership who performed an inspection and determined that the short block needs to be replaced, despite the contamination risk of other components. I have demanded that Toyota replace the engine with a complete new assembly, however, they are declining to do so.

First engine has not failed yet, it will happen. It presents a safety defect potential stalling , engine failure, or worse. . . . It is same engine as non-hybrids . Build date December 2023. Cuurent milage 23k . Toyota excluded hybrids with no proof safely exit hwy under electric power. I avoid passing lane for this very reason. Hybrid cannot gain speed to get over to side of the road. With drastic loss of speed . Even more dangerous if pulling trailer. Sumitt November 6, 2025 defect information report Toyota sent to NHTSA . Section no 6 I find very interesting and disturbing. While Toyota voluntary did recall , the report indicated engine failure not from debris but main bearing failure defects. Grenade waiting to happen. Hybrid owners with false safety from Toyota that can get over is a very dangerous message. Same defect engine exact as ones under recall. They are currently being sued over this. Nhtsa must take action to include same defect engine in the hybrids. Also putting link to a video of a tear down where took nearly 3 years get a blown engine for teardown. I see why now. 2026 engine has fixed main bearings with more oil pathways. If it was ever a debris issue , Toyota would have never fixed defect main bearings and more oil pathways. Fixwd 2026 engine going into recall. November 6, 2025 defect information report shows that main bearing failure. With that allowing Toyota to exclude same engine in hybrid will be failure of of NHTSA. Please help keep my family safe. Link to video teardown [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Approaching a round about at a slow rate of speed, prior to entering I noticed there was time to safely enter the round about ahead of a car also entering the roundabout from another direction. I pushed the accelerator pedal to about 30% at the time I choose to enter the traffic circle and attempted to enter. The truck did nothing in response except keep rolling forward due to the momentum I already had while approaching the round about / traffic circle. After about 2 seconds, I pressed the pedal to about 70%. This still did nothing for about another 1 second, before the truck accelerated as if I had pressed the pedal to 70% from a stop. Fast acceleration into the round about which caused a narrow miss between me and the original car mentioned that was also entering the traffic circle.

With only under 23000 miles, engine started clunking on way back home from a day trip. Took the truck to dealer and they said the engine tech will see on Monday, but almost 100% it’s the engine. They want to rebuild and not replace because my VIN is not in the Toyota engine recall yet. Please help with this, I can’t be risking pulling my 9000 boat and the rebuild engine to crap on me on the hwy with kids and family in truck. Thank you.

It is unknown exactly what causes the issue. But intermittently when taking off from a stop, the powertrain hesitates to respond to my input on the throttle. The hesitation lasts anywhere from half a second to a full second. This puts my safety and other driver’s safety at risk because I cannot reliably tell whether I will be able to pull out quickly and safely in front of an oncoming vehicle. The problem has not been reproduced by a dealer on my particular vehicle. There has been no inspection. There are no warning lamps, messages, or other symptoms. This issue has happened since the truck had only 9,500 miles on it.

My 2024 Toyota Tundra platinum (VIN [xxx] ) had multiple times where I had delayed throttle response which created close call of accident while turning. I researched my VIN and it is subject to safety recall 25ta14 for v35a engine stall due to manufacturing machining debris causing main bearing failure. Toyota has issued this recall but no repair remedy is currently available. The authorized dealer (ed martin Toyota, indianapolis, indiana) has confirmed they do not have authority to perform the repair and cannot provide a remedy timeline. I have surrendered the vehicle because I do not feel safe operating it. I am without transportation indefinitely. This vehicle has also been subject to four additional safety recalls: 26ta02, 25ta10, 25ta06, and 24ta02. I previously filed a formal buyback claim with Toyota motor north America (claim no. Xxx) in November 2024 which was denied. Toyota has since issued three additional recalls on this same vehicle. I am requesting federal intervention and investigation into Toyota’s failure to provide a timely remedy for this safety recall. ” information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Nhtsa 25v-767 indicates potential issue with manufacturing debris in the engine potentially resulting in engine failure. Recall status indicates "remedy not yet available". It has been over 4 months (11/6/25 to 3/19/26) since this safety recall was filed. This has been an unreasonably long time and Toyota should be compelled to initiate the remedy immediately and provide a detailed explanation as to why it is failing to meet its own code of conduct with respect to product safety and the law.

The engine lost complete power. This is a 2024 Toyota Tundra I=max force hybrid. The low oil pressure, hybrid malfunction, check engine lights all came on. I lost all power, steering, brakes, and had no hybrid assist. I was nearly hit from the back. I was able to get help from people to push it out the highway. There was no warning prior to this happening. I have read about all the engine problems from the 22 and 23 year models and recalls are out. There are no recalls for the hybrid 2024 engines, but this looks the same as what I am reading.

It’s been almost a year with no fix in sight for my tail lights. And my motor has had a recall on since November with no fix in sight. I’ve started the lemon law/buy back process on March 4th and have no communication from Toyota either any updates since . I’ve had no failures to date but want my recalls fixed or truck replaced so I can sell my vehicle.

While driving highway speeds. The vehicle lost power. A warning light came on saying no power to the vehicle. The sudden lost of power to vehicle locked my power steering. Vehicle would not drive. When attempted to restart vehicle. The vehicle would not turn over and burning smell came from vehicle. Toyota stated it was the engine that failed due to recall 25tb14. It’s now 05/19/2026 and no repairs have been completed and no expected repair date.

The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Tundra. The contact received notifications of NHTSA campaign numbers: 25v322000 (exterior lighting) and 25v767000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the parts for the recall repairs were not yet available. The dealer was contacted, and the contact was informed that the parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was contacted, and the contact was informed that the parts were not available. In addition, the contact was informed that the parts could take eight months or more to become available. The contact stated that the vehicle was unsafe to drive. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle was used to transport his wife and grandson to their destinations. The contact had not experienced a failure.

My vehicle is equipped with the same v35a-fts 3. 4l twin-turbo v6 engine and #1 main bearing assembly that is currently under federal recall for catastrophic engine failure (recalls 24v-381 and 25v-767). Despite the shared mechanical defect of machining debris and bearing tolerances, Toyota has excluded the I-force max hybrid models based on the assumption that the electric motor provides sufficient 'limp home' capability. I believe this is a critical safety oversight, as a sudden internal combustion engine seizure at highway speeds creates an unpredictable loss of motive power that a small hybrid battery cannot safely manage in high-speed traffic. I am filing this to urge the NHTSA to expand the recall scope to include hybrids, as the primary power source is fundamentally defective and prone to stalling without warning.

The vehicle while parked and not running on our driveway burst into flames and had large fire and explosions that burned the vehicle front half completely. The whole engine compartment burned and melted and destroyed the vehicle. No warning lights, no issues. Just burst into flames and destroyed the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph on the highway, the vehicle lost automotive power and decelerated unintendedly. The vehicle failed to accelerate. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and the spark plugs were replaced, the brake lines were flushed, and the oil filter was replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Tundra. The contact received notifications of NHTSA campaign numbers: 25v322000 (exterior lighting), 25v767000 (engine and engine cooling), and 26v038000 (back over prevention); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10-15 mph, the vehicle experienced reduced engine power. The contact stated that while driving from a complete stop in the middle of an intersection, the vehicle stalled, almost causing another vehicle to crash into the vehicle. The contact was unable to pull over to the side of the road. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and resumed driving. The contact stated that the failure had occurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the engine had failed and needed to be replaced; however, the part to perform the recall repair for NHTSA campaign number: 25v767000 (engine and engine cooling); and was not yet available. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was unsure if the manufacturer had been contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 36,500.

The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle went into limp mode and failed to accelerate. The contact stated that the messages “engine power reduced” and “support brake malfunction” were displayed. The vehicle was able to restart. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, the message “malfunction with throttle/engine/powertrain” was displayed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the vehicle had experienced a low-voltage failure and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the computer software had failed, and a software update was needed. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 26v038000 (back over prevention), 25v322000 (exterior lighting), and 25v767000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the parts for the recall repairs were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The approximate failure mileage was 7,278.

The engine repair was a short block only, even thoe the main bearings spun and sent debis threw the engine. #1 rod went as well. Apon recieving the truck back, with in 200 miles, I've had the same hesitation with the engines as I had just before the first engine failed. Took it by the dealer and no issues found. Oil preasure stays up and temp normal. I've had many issue with throtle lag sence day one. The milage has stayed in the low 11 gpm when before I would get on average 14 to 16. Dealer stated Toyota would make it right if the engine fails again. Very unhappy with Toyota as I feel they are just kicking the can down the road.

I was stopped and went to pull out of the gas station. With my foot on the throttle I pull out. And it would not accelerate. I had to pump the gas pedal I almost got hit by oncoming traffic due to the lack of acceleration this has happened multiple times very dangerous.

I have had an issue several times which nearly resulted in a traffic accident. The truck has a sudden loss of acceleration where the gas pedal is completely dead. It last a few seconds and then goes back to normal. This has nearly caused several accidents where I could not properly accelerate while traffic was heading in my direction. After talking with other Tundra owners, I am not the only one with this issue. This needs immediate attention. If it is not fixed as soon as possible, I fear that someone will get seriously injured or killed. Please take this matter seriously. I suspect it may have something to do with the pre collision sensor system on the truck. It seems that it happens when there is a slight grade or dip in the road. Perhaps the sensors are at a lower angle due to the dip, making it think there is an object it will hit. The Toyota service centers don’t appear to know why this is happening and cannot reproduce the issue in a short visit.

The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Tundra. The contact received notifications of NHTSA campaign numbers: 25v322000 (exterior lighting) and 25v767000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The contact stated that intermittently, the engine was running rough. Additionally, the contact stated that the vehicle failed to start occasionally. The contact was able to start the vehicle after several attempts. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.

While at a four-way intersection, I went to press the throttle, and there was a very significant lag in acceleration, almost causing an accident.

Vehicle hesitates and starts to lose power and stall while driving. Toyota will not take action even though a recall has been issued and a letter in hand.

As I was drive home at 45 mph the vehicle started surging and then the engine started knocking. Then I stopped the vehicle and called Toyota for a tow. The truck was towed to the local dealer (sheehy Toyota) for inspection. Upon inspection the motor has a bad knocking in the lower end of the engine. The truck is now in the shop getting the engine disassembled. Believed to be a main bearing failure. The truck has 9,229 miles on it. Light use and had the oil changed 500 miles prior by the dealer.

I am writing to formally file a complaint regarding my 2024 Toyota Tundra, which I purchased approximately five months ago. On two separate occasions while driving, the vehicle unexpectedly lost power. The first incident occurred while I was driving on the highway, which was extremely concerning from a safety standpoint. The second incident happened after I came to a complete stop and attempted to make a turn; the vehicle did not respond and had no power. In both situations, the power returned on its own moments later. These incidents raise serious safety concerns, especially given that the vehicle is relatively new. I am requesting a thorough inspection of the vehicle to identify the cause of this issue and ensure that it is resolved permanently. I would also like this concern documented in the vehicle’s service history. Vehicle information: VIN: [xxx] please advise on the next steps to address this matter promptly. Thank you for your attention to this issue. I look forward to your response information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

While driving I noticed a slight knock, about 10 miles further down the road the dash said engine has stopped pull over. No check engine or other lights were illuminated before or after this. The truck had a terrible noise when I tried to restart it, but it would not turn back on.