Cruise Control Problems of Toyota Tundra - part 1

While driving with the adaptive cruise control set a message will appear "radar cruise control unavailable clean sensor". This message will appear with no adverse weather conditions. Due to this error the cruise control no longer works and the pre-collision warning system no longer works. Also randomly a "brake!" message will appear and the vehicle automatically slams on the brakes when no emergency exists creating a hazard for vehicles behind.

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Loss of dynamic radar-controlled cruise control: clean sensor, once on city street, then I stopped and restarted the vehicle, it cleared itself, then a few minutes down the road stopped at a stop sign. It came back on. I checked my VIN# and my truck is not listed for the same recall that I have seen others get.

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The avoidance collision radar can be intermittent. Sometime, it detects the vehicle in front of me, then stop working and my truck will accelerate towards the vehicle in front of me. At other time, the warning light will come on, saying the sensor needs to be cleaned, even though the windshield is spotless and drop my truck out of cruise control, causing a quick DE-acceleration. I was in front of a semi-truck going at highway speed when this happened and the semi-truck came close to hitting me in the rear end. I've had this into my Toyota dealer and they told me that the vehicle software does not record when the collision avoidance system isn't working. I consider this problem to be extremely dangerous and have avoided using my cruise control most of the time.

I was on the highway (not using cruise control) when my check engine light came on and the throttle control changed. The truck would randomly throttle without pushing on the pedal. Additionally, if I put the pedal down the truck couldn't get beyond 60mph going up a hill. However, going down hills the truck was throttling on its own as if it were trying to attain a speed of 70mph even though the cruise control wasn't on or even functioning (at this point I was not on the highway). If I braked the throttling would stop; however, when releasing the brake pedal the truck would continue to throttle. When I pulled into my driveway the truck once again was randomly throttling. I disengaged the battery thinking that possibly rebooting the trucks computer would help. I started the truck in park and immediately the rpms increased as if someone had there foot fully decompressing the pedal. I know Toyota had recalls on their vehicles but apparantly not on the 2014 Tundra model. This is a very unsafe truck issue that luckily occurred in a rural setting. I let the truck sit for two days and drove the truck around the 4 mile block. Initially the truck drove normal for the first two miles. By mile 3 it was uncontrollably throttling. The throttling did not stop this time even when holding down the brakes but luckily the brakes are at least good enough to slow the vehicle down.

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The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Tundra. While driving various speeds with the cruise control engaged, the pre-collision system malfunction warning indicator illuminated. The contact stated that the warning indicator remained illuminated even after the cruise control was disabled. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 1,500.

The pcs "pre-collision system" shuts off all the time! when cruise control is on and is supposed to slow down by itself when there's another car in front of you actually accelerates my vehicle that can create a severe accident by crashing into the vehicle in front of me! the system is designed on the radar base system that is supposed to slow down the vehicle to avoid an accident and it actually speeds it up which can cause a fatality!.

The pre collision warning light illuminates a various times. The cruise control will not work when illuminated. The sensor has been kept clean. It does not give a failure code at the dealer. It was reprogramed. The pre collision braking was a major feature in my buying process and it does not work correctly.

Multiple events. 2500 miles on vehicle. While driving 70mph in cruise control the pre-collision warning came on and vehicle applied brakes forcefully without any vehicle ahead of my vehicle until I turned off cruise control. After the event the traler brake malfunction statement and warning lights were on. Pre -collision failure light reset after key cycled off and back on. Failure occurred multiple times in multiple driving conditions, currently trailer brake failure light is illuminated. Each time I had to exit or pull over and stop vehicle, cycle key to have warning clear.

Toyota safety sense malfunction cruise control malfunction, trailer brake error, pre-collision system malfunction lights. Truck. Malfunction is intermittent at all speeds and driving conditions.

The vehicle was struck by lightning on 8/13/17. The dealership where we bought this vehicle new agreed to fix it through our insurance claim and provides a lifetime warranty on the repairs. The vehicle continues to have problems. See the attached list of damages, which were provided to the dealership on 1/15/18. When I dropped it off I indicated the vehicle was malfunctioning again without the cruise control engaged. The dealership called today and very rudely stated they could not recreate the problem and will not fix the vehicle. The vehicle is unsafe to drive because of some of the issues. When I asked to speak to the customer service manager, the receptionist refused and said they will not fix my vehicle.

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Toyota dealership inspection reported on 10/05/16 that actuator assembly failed. Mileage 122,482. Disabiling, abs brake, speedometer,odometer, cruise control,and displaying engine check lights for abs. This occurred one day after replacing water pump, water hoses, serpentine belt, and fluids associated with service. Cost estimate $2642. 78. Started engine and engine indicator lights showed engine check and abs malfunction started moving and speedometer cruise control inop along with odometer.

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Cruise control randomly stops working. Works perfectly for a few days then quits. Sometimes the cruise light is illuminated but the cruise control still does not function. The issue seems to be related to the steering column. Sometimes when the steering wheel is turned lock to lock the cruise control then operates normally. Local mechanic says this may be the "clock gear" which is very expensive to replace.

I was traveling north on interstate 65 from birmingham, al to franklin, TN. My criuse contfol was engaged and was traveling at 70 mph and I had to disengage the criuse control because of traffic. The button poped out and the criuse control was still engaged. In order to disengage the cruise control I had to tap the brake pedal. If the cars that I was traveling along side and in front of me had stopped it would have caused a accident. Needless to say the brake disengaged the cruise control.

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Within a year or two of purchasing this 2010 Toyota Tundra I noticed erratic and unpredictable acceleration characteristics when accelerating to pass and when the cruise control was engaged going up hills. The speed would increase more than necessary to accomplish the task. I decided this behavior was a personality trait of the Tundra as it never caused an unsafe situation to occur. Over the last two years I have noticed a hesitation of acceleration from stopped. I can depress the accelerator pedal and the engine sounds like it wants to go but acceleration is very lethargic. Response to accelerator pedal depression is unpredictable in that at intermittent times it just does not cause much acceleration. The tendency is to then press further down on the accelerator pedal and then the truck will eventually take off rather fast. I have not yet visited my Toyota dealership about this but I do intend to. I believe that the acceleration issue in the Toyota Tundra is perplexing and dangerous. Somebody is going to be seriously hurt because of it. I am amazed that Toyota has not been held accountable. I am skeptical about Toyota's ability or interest in fixing the problem.

2007 Toyota Tundra. Consumer states sudden unintended acceleration the consumer stated he received a recall notice for the accelerator pedal reinforcement bar installation. One month after the recall repairs were performed, while driving on the interstate, the vehicle suddenly redlined and went sideways in the middle of a four-lane highway. The consumer stated he traveling at 65 mph, when suddenly the vehicle accelerated to 95 mph. The consumer managed to correct the direction of the truck and the acceleration suddenly stopped and he regained control of the vehicle. During that time, the cruise control was not activated. The dealer inspected the computer and replaced the accelerator pedal.

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The contact owns 2008 Toyota Tundra. While driving 65 mph utilizing the cruise control, he noticed that the vehicle was traveling at speeds greater than what was exhibited on the speedometer. Prior to the recent failure the contact had taken the vehicle to the dealer where repairs were made under NHTSA campaign id numbers 09v388000 and 10v017000, vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal. The dealer could not duplicate the failure. The current and failure mileages were 11000.

2006 Toyota Tundra cruise control, when in use and has to compensate for speed reduction goes into full throttle, no gradual speed increase, I have to immediately hit brakes and or turn off cruise control. Happens all the time when in use.

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On February 2, 2010 at about 6:20am while driving my Toyota Tundra 2005 ,v8 engine,on highway 101 west bound when my vehicle suddenly accelerated on me. I was on lane one between barham Ave. & vineland Ave when it all happen, making me change lanes at an unsafe speed trying it to control it. I had my foot off the accelerator but it keep going at about 75-80 mph. There was no cruise control on and I was shocked about the sudden acceleration. The vehicle finally came to normal driving conditions at about 1/4 of a mile from vineland Ave.

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I was behind a car making a left turn with the left blinker clearly on, I had slowed to about 10 or 15 mph and was about 1 or 2 car lengths behind the car. I applied the brakes and the truck went to a full throttle condition. . . I glanced down to see if my foot was on the gas??? it was fully on the brake I then stood on the brake pedal but with the full throttle it continued forward until I hit the car and pushed it like a bulldozer. My truck continued about 20 before finally stopping. About 2 weeks before this incident I had a similar incident while on a down ramp with a car at least 20 car lengths in front of me. I applied the brake and it took off??? I questioned myself as to what had happened? it acts like the resume button is pressed for cruise control but I did not have cruise on either time. In reading Toyotas description of the problem they say. . . Sticking and or hard to press on the pedal I have not had any of those problems. In talking with Toyota I was asked what I thought the problem might be and I said I think the cruise control module might be involved. It has an input from the gas pedal, an input from the brake pedal and an output to the throttle positioner. It is my feeling that there are more problems than just a gas pedal issue.

Problem with cruise control not disengaging properly when tapping the brake. The brake must be pressed to the point of actual braking for the cruise control to disengage. There have been several times when while trying to disengage by pressing the brake the engine started to rev up as if I was also pressing the gas pedal. The most reliable was to disengage the cruise control is the control on the side of the steering wheel (main cruise control on my truck). Will be taking the truck to the dealer this week.

Cruise control won't shut off at braking. Vehicle suddenly accelerated when brake pedal is released.

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I am filing this complaint with reference to odi #' s 10183308 and 10288886. These odi's were put in by me. These are lead up's to this complaint. After the collision with the polaris I drove my vehicle home. The next day I drove the vehicle to tim's Toyota in prescott az. Where the vehicle was purchased. They looked at the vehicle and said that they would call for a factory rep. To look at my vehicle. This was to be on Nov. 9, 2009. I did drive my vehicle to yarnell az for deer season. I drove the vehicle back to prescott to meet with the factory rep. He did whatever they do and said he had all the information he needed. He also told me to go ahead and get an estimate for the repairs but not to have it repaired until I heard from Toyota. The preliminary estimate is just shy of $2000. 00. This estimate was given to jeff locke to be sent to Toyota. My question to all of this is, why did Toyota allow me to drive this vehicle after the meeting, when they know that I am driving a time bomb. Also why hasn't national highway safety involved itself into an investigation of its own? I now know the verbiage for the incident. It is called " sudden unintended acceleration" which is tied together with the cruise control, throttle body and other electrical, vacuum controlled , mechanical units. Look it up for yourselves. It will open your eyes to what is going on with this condition. My vehicle sits in my garage so anytime national highway safety wants to do an investigation is fine with me. Toyota has not done a proper evaluation of the issue. My insurance company is behind me 100% and is now going to contact Toyota to try to find the cause for "sudden acceleration" and cruise control units to behave the way that they are. Racing to over 5000 rpm's and hunting gears the way they do is just not the way they are supposed to operate. Toyota would have us believe that a floor mat is at fault and now the whole pedal assembly. Or is it that we don't know the gas from the brake pedal?.

Driving at highway speed, with cruise control engaged, and beginning to climb a gentle hill, engine suddenly accelerates at full throttle, and the transmission downshifts two gears. It causes the vehicle to suddenly and rapidly accelerate. Vehicle is very difficult to control on snowy, or rain slick roadways. If following another vehicle that slows on hill, such as a semi tractor-trailer, there is eminent danger of a rear-end collision. This is not an isolated incident, it occurs every time three conditions are met: 1. Cruise control is engaged. 2. Vehicle drives up incline or hill. 3. Highway speed.

My 2006 Toyota Tundra pickup truck has developed maximum acceleration on five (5) occasions when I made hard accelerations in order to pass other vehicles while also engaging the resume mode of the cruise control. On the first two (2) occasions I applied the brakes heavily with no results and my vehicle continued to accelerate and I was forced to knock the truck out of gear and the engine continued to run a max rpms and I keep pumping the gas pedal until the engine finally slowed. The last time a similar event occurred I had a open highway after passing a slower vehicle so I cut the ignition off and my vehicle slowed down, I turned the ignition back on and my truck went to max acceleration again. The third time I cut the ignition off I heard a thump in the floor board close the gas pedal and the vehicle slowed and operated normally when I turned the ignition back on. I was traveling on a interstate the first two times this problem happened and just avoided hitting other vehicles. On the last occasion I had time to try a different solution. In each event the breaks were not effective at all. On 12/2/10 my Toyota dealers service dept. Checked my truck after I made the above complaint and found no problems. In the past I had raised the issue with the dealers service dept and regional Toyota rep. And was told by both that the 06 Tundra did not have acceleration problems.

The brakes failed to disengage the cruise control and the vehicle continued to gain in speed as I was exiting the freeway. I turned the ignition off and tried to navigate a left turn at 70+ mph. With the rear end hopping somehow I negotiated the turn but could not turn again. I crossed the next street and ended up going thru the wall of an apartment building and stopped in the middle of the living room. It was only god's design for me not to die this day. Had I not made the first turn I was going to run into a small grove of mature trees. Also, if any other cars had been on the street I could not have avoided them. Luckily the single mother of 3 small children were not in the living room.

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Uncontrollable acceleration to 100+ mph. Will not slow or stop even while pressing brake with both feet. Continues to accelerate. Cruise control will not override acceleration when brake is applied. Had to put in neutral, and turn the key while hitting bar ditch, nearly flipping truck and colliding with two 18 wheelers.

Christmas eve 2008 my wife and I were driving our 2007 Toyota Tundra from bel air maryland to ladson, SC. Just outside of colonial hts, va. , I took the Tundra out of cruise control because I was approaching a tractor trailer in front of me but the Tundra kept accelerating toward the semi. I had to stand on the brake with both feet to slow the Tundra down so I could move into the right lane and eventually stop it on the right shoulder of i95. I tried to call aaa but was unable to correctly dial my cell phone as I was still too excited due to the rush of adrenaline I had experienced. My wife and I thought the problem was related to the cruise control so once I calmed down we continued our drive to SC. The next morning I took the truck into the ladson or summerville toyata dealer who kept it that day and finally called to say nothing was wrong. At the time I still thought it was a cruise control issue but now I believe it was part of the Toyota accelerator problem. I still have the truck and have not experienced another incident since the one in December 2008.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Tundra. I had my Tundra run away with me twice; both times it occurred when I went to passing gear while in cruise control. Prospect motors in jackson CA looked into the problem and said it was the floor mat. I argued with the service guy, but he wouldn't listen. I know for sure that during the first occurrence that the floor mat was secured. And I would bet that it wasn't the issue with the second incident. I use cruise control a lot but no longer leave it on when using passing gear. The first time incident, I was able to regain speed control by stomping on both the brake and gas petals. I was never able to regain speed control during the second incident. I had to stand on the brake pedal with both feet and pull against the steering wheel while trying to get off to the side of the road safely. Once off the road I was able to turn off the engine. We almost crashed into the oncoming traffic. Any information or help would be greatly appreciated. I have no faith in Toyota's remedy for this problem. The failure mileage was 32,000 and the current mileage was 33,000. Updated 03/10/10 the consumer requested that no changes be made to his complaint. Updated 05/10/10.

Truck was in cruise control. Accelerated to pass slower traffic. Let off throttle. Truck went to full throttle. Could not get truck to decelerate. Had to stand on brakes to bring to a stop. Truck needs new rotors and pads Toyota will not help. Occurred once. The consumer stated the floor mat and gas pedal can interact. When the all weathr mat is not clipped in place, and is moved under the gas pedal, it will become fully depressed. The mat can trap the pedal. Updated 11/13/09 updated 03/29/10.

I have a 2008 Toyota Tundra 4wd, large v8 . While applying the brake I have had three instances were the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Each time this occurred at a low speed[2-6mph]. ] further pressure on the brake stopped the vehicle. There was no way both pedals were pressed. I find the accelerator to be very touchy. I find myself having to engage the auto differential lock to control my acceleration from a stopped position. If I don't the accelerator causes the vehicle to spin the tires. I can't help feeling this is related to the cruise control components. Thanks for your time.

I was driving north out of phoenix arizona on I-17 just past black canyon city, with my cruise control set at 75 mph. There is a very long hill going north to sunset point. Prior to approaching the hill I canceled the cruise so that the transmission wouldn't hunt gears. I drove up the hill at 65 to 75 mph (no cruise). When I made the top of the hill at sunset point and leveled out, I accelerated the vehicle to 75 mph and hit resume. The engine raced to 5200 rpm. I redline at 5700 rpm. The transmission did not follow suite. It was as if I was in neutral revving the engine. I immediately canceled the cruise and drove a mile or so without cruise, then decided to try it again. Everything worked normal. I have been in contact with my dealers service dept. And they are baffled. They have not looked at it as yet due to their schedule. As soon as they can get me in they will. They did say that there should have been a check engine light, but there was not. They are hoping that the onboard computer recorded it. Not only is this a major safety hazard, but it could have caused my engine to blow up. I'm not sure what reaction my wife would have had. She drives all the vehicles we have and they both have cruise, yet she is not that familiar wit rpm's and redlines and the issue that follow. When I have allowed the cruise to pull me up an incline it usually drops 1 or two gears and the rpm's are around 3000 to 3200. This I consider normal. I had a 1999 Toyota tacoma with a six cylinder engine and cruise, so I am very familiar with the system. I purchased the vehicle from tim's Toyota in prescott, I also brought to their attention a noise that I heard in the right front suspension and they are going to take care of it under a new recall that has not even been sent to customers, nor was the service dept aware of it.

With cruise control engaged at 55 mph any increase in incline will initiate a one or two gear downshift and substantial throttle application. Also when in cruise control using hand control stalk to increase speed slightly will initiate a one or two gear downshift and substantial throttle application. Both of these situations can startle the driver because of the abrupt changes and could cause an accident leading to injury/death.

2006 Toyota Tundra:when cruise control is engaged, any hill or even minor incline initiates a downshift of one or two gears accompanied by full throttle acceleration does not occur, even on major hills sans cruise control. Dealer says this is normal. Action should be taken before an accident/death occurs.

2006 Tundra - have had truck only 2 weeks and took road trip. When using cruise control and starting up a modest hill vehicle will kick down from overdrive into drive, even though w/o cruise vehicle can handle hill fine in overdrive. This will bring rpms from 2000 to 3000. This is merely annoying. Sometimes will kick down past drive and into 3rd gear, bringing rpms to 5000 and cause the vehicle to accelerate rapidly on hill. This seems unsafe, especially in crowded or wet conditions. Have found numerous complaints from other Tundra owners online. All say dealer and Toyota claim this is "normal. " Toyota corporate office told me they consider this "normal" and recommend I not use cruise control in hilly areas. Must not have hilly areas where Toyota engineers live.

Cruise control down shifts two gears on slight upgrades. Even elevation changes of less than fifty feet on the highway can trigger this. The sudden unintended application of full throttle acceleration is alarming and dangerous. This surge or power always result in the cruise control surging past the set speed usually by five miles per hour. Depending on terrain this can happen as often as every twenty seconds!.