2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA — Complaint #943983
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS filed October 11, 2012
NHTSA complaint #943983 (ODI reference 10479733) concerns a 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA and was filed on October 11, 2012. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 6, 2009. The vehicle had 20,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Connecticut based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:frame and members, 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 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 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PAINT ON THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS CHIPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 12/28/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRAME IS RUSTING AND THE ACTUAL GAS MILEAGE IS LESS THAN THE STICKER MILEAGE. UPDATED 1/15/2013*JS
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 943983 |
| ODI Number | 10479733 |
| Date Filed | October 11, 2012 |
| Failure Date | October 6, 2009 |
| VIN | 5TBBV541X8S |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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