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2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA — Complaint #1170691

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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS filed March 31, 2015

NHTSA complaint #1170691 (ODI reference 10702881) concerns a 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA and was filed on March 31, 2015. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 18, 2015. The vehicle had 70,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Jersey based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:frame and members:underbody shields, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TOYOTA TUNDRA cohort independently describe similar structure:frame and members:underbody shields failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA
Component
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
State
New Jersey
Mileage
70,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH OVER A POTHOLE, AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE SKID PLATE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SKID PLATE DETACHED AND NEW POP RIVETS NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1170691
ODI Number 10702881
Date Filed March 31, 2015
Failure Date March 18, 2015
VIN 5TBDV54157S

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.