2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA — Complaint #378087
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM filed October 16, 2002
NHTSA complaint #378087 (ODI reference 767802) concerns a 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA and was filed on October 16, 2002. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 24, 2002. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum, 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 service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum 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 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
MAJOR BRAKE PULSATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT FREEWAY SPEEDS TO EXIT. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FRONT PADS, FRONT ROTORS, REAR SHOES, REAR DRUMS, REAR STAR WHEEL AUTOMATIC ADJUSTERS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW THAT THE BRAKES HAVE STARTED PULSATING SO BAD THAT I'M BECOMING AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. TOYOTA'S TSB TO FIX THE PROBLEMS DOESN'T LAST ANY LONGER THAN 5,000 MILES. TS
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 378087 |
| ODI Number | 767802 |
| Date Filed | October 16, 2002 |
| Failure Date | September 24, 2002 |
| VIN | 5TBRT3418YS |
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2000 TUNDRA BRAKE VIBRATION ISSUE; PURCHASED AS COMPANY TRUCK OCT 1999, TOOK TO DEALER AT 15K FOR BRAKE VIBRATION; STATES ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED BUT IT NEVER REALLY GOT BETTER, I JUST GOT USED TO IT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY EVERY TIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, AS A RESULT OF PREMATURE BRAKE ROTOR WARPING. THE BRAKE ROTORS HAVE TO BE TURNED EVERY THREE TO F
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK THEM. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE DRUMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, A
WHEN BRAKING FRONT OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES, AND DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS, PADS, DRUMS, AND STRUTS. *AK
ON 06/15/2001 MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA RECEIVED WARRANTY REPAIRS AS FOLLOWS: REPLACED FRONT ROTORS, FRONT PADS, REAR DRUMS, REAR BRAKE SHOES, REAR PARKING BRAKE ADJUSTMENT STRUT KITS ON BOTH WHEELS. ALL
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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