Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Toyota Tundra submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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I'VE OWNED THE TRUCK FOR A YEAR BOUGHT ON DEC 2019 3RD OWNER. I SEE THAT MINES NOT LISTED AS RECALLED FOR FRAME RUST BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY WHEN THE GAS TANK LOOKS LIKE IT GOING TO FALL OFF AND SEEMS ONLY CRITICAL SECTIONS ARE SEVERELY RUSTED LIKE THE GAS TANK AND WHERE THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER SITS. I COULD ONLY SEE THESE SPOTS NOW BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SPOT PLACES WHERE THE FRAME JOINS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, A TRACTOR TRAILER ENTERED THE CONTACT'S LANE. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT DESCRIBED THE FAILURE AS A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTION. IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID A CRASH, THE VEHICLE WAS DOWNSHIFTED TO THIRD GEAR AND THEN SECOND GEAR TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE TO TOYOTA KNOXVILLE (10415 PARKSIDE DRIVE, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 37922, (865) 312-6618) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINES WERE REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL TANK BRACKET WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH CASE NUMBER: 1808302087. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 117,000.
GAS TANK REAR STRAP IS BROKE AND GAS TANK IS HANGING DOWN. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER SEEN A MICHIGAN WINTER I'M IN FLORIDA FOR THE WINTERS AND THE TRUCK IS IN NEAR SHOWROOM CONDITION.I DON'T KNOW STEEL WAS PRODUCED FOR THE STRAPS BUT IT IS DANGEROUS,ESPECIALLY FOR USE IN SECURING THE GAS TANK ,THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN STAINLESS STEEL.THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ,I HAVE FOUND OUT THEY WERE REPLACED IF YOUR FRAME WAS REPLACED SO WHY NOT JUST REPLACE THE STRAPS IF NEED BE.
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SECONDARY AIR INJECTOR PUMP FAILED. HEAR LOUD VACUUM CLEANER NOISE FROM PUMP WHEN STARTING COLD ENGINE, LASTS FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 67,400 MILES ON IT. THERE IS A RECALL FOR LATER MODELS, NOT 2006'S. $2000 REPAIR.
IT STARTED WITH MY GAS TANK FALLING OFF THE FRAME. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AT THE TIME THE GAS TANK BAND BROKE THAT HOLDS THE GAS TANK TO THE FRAME. I THEN FOUND A HOLE IN THE FRAME ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, JUST IN FRONT OF THE SWAY BAR MOUNT, LARGE ENOUGH TO PLACE MY HAND IN TO THE CENTER OF MY PALM. OBVIOUSLY, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I THEN CONTACTED MY DEALER THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM, DOWN EAST TOYOTA OF BREWER, ME. THE LADY I SPOKE WITH (LYNN), FROM DOWN EAST TOYOTA OF BREWER, MAINE, WAS CONDESCENDING AND ARROGANT ELUDING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS SOMEHOW MY FAULT. I LEARNED FROM HER THAT APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL FOR RUSTED FRAMES. I DO NOT RECALL GETTING THIS RECALL INFORMATION. BUT LET THAT GO, MY DEALER THAT I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM (DOWN EAST TOYOTA IN BREWER, MAINE) HAS TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD FEEL FORTUNATE THAT I GOT 10 YEARS FROM THE TRUCK. SINCE THIS IS AS LONG AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST ANYWAYS. MY DEALER (DOWN EAST TOYOTA OF BREWER, MAINE) TOLD ME MY OPTION WAS THAT THEY HAVE A PERSON THAT BUYS USED VEHICLES AND I COULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT THE JUNK BUYER WOULD GIVE ME FOR MY TRUCK. OR, I COULD PAY TO HAVE THE FRAME REPLACED. GIVEN THE SEVERITY OF THIS KIND OF ISSUE, AND THE SAFETY ISSUES RAISED WITH A DAMAGED FRAME, I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THROUGH REGISTERED MAIL OF THE ISSUE. OR AT LEAST, A FOLLOW UP LETTER TO INSURE THE FIRST NOTICE WAS RECEIVED. AS I SAID, I DO NOT REMEMBER GETTING SUCH NOTIFICATION. I HAVE WRITTEN TO TOYOTA AND HAVE HEARD NOTHING BACK AS OF YET.
WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH (POSTED SPEED FOR THE US 20 BYPASS AROUND SOUTH BEND IN}, I DROVE OVER A SLIGHT BUMP COMING OFF AN OVERPASS BRIDGE. MY WIFE AND I HEARD A WHOOSHING NOISE FROM UNDER THE TRUCK THAT WAS REPEATED AS WE DROVE DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION I FOUND THE FRONT GAS TANK RETAINING STRAP HAD BROKEN. THE GAS TANK WAS DANGLING JUST ABOVE THE PAVEMENT AND THE NOISE WAS THE PLASTIC SKID PLATE HITTING THE ROAD. THE STRAP WAS CLEARLY RUSTED THROUGH AFTER ONLY 98000 MILES. IT WAS A FULL TANK OF GAS. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO FIRE. TOYOTA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THE REPAIR OR ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A LOUD FLAPPING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LATER NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE TWO FUEL TANK STRAPS WAS FRACTURED AND CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO PARTIALLY DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000. UPDATED 11/5/13*CN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON REFUELING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED A MINOR FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PLASTIC WELD ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK WAS DISCONNECTED, RESULTING IN A FUEL LEAK. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
SOMETIME IN AUGUST OF 2008 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA, THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WAS DRIVING VERY SLOW. I GOT IRRITATED, CHANGED LANES AND PUNCHED MY GAS PEDAL. WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL MY TRUCK KEPT ACCELERATING. I PUT ON THE BRAKE AND IT STILL DIDN'T STOP ACCELERATING, ONLY WHEN I TRIED AGAIN AND PUT THE BRAKE ON AS HARD AS I COULD, I HEARD A "POP" NOISE AND THE ACCELERATOR WENT BACK TO NORMAL. I DIDN'T TAKE MY TRUCK IN TO BE REPAIRED RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE I HAD IT FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS AND IT NEVER DID THAT BEFORE AND IT ONLY DID IT WHEN I PUNCHED THE GAS PEDAL. I ALSO HAD NO EYE WITNESSES AND DIDN'T TRUST THE DEALER. SO I TRIED TO REPRODUCE THE ACCELERATION 3 OR 4 MORE TIMES SUCCESSFULLY DURING LIGHT TRAFFIC AND WITH WITNESSES, EACH TIME WHEN I PUT ON THE BRAKE VERY HARD I HEARD A "POP" AND THE ACCELERATOR WENT BACK TO NORMAL. BEFORE I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER I WENT ON THE FREEWAY DURING LIGHT TRAFFIC TO SEE HOW FAST THE TUNDRA WOULD GO AND IF IT WOULD STOP BY ITSELF. THE TRUCK ACCELERATED TO ABOUT 75 MPH AND MADE THE "POP" SOUND AND WENT BACK TO NORMAL WITHOUT PUTTING ON THE BRAKE. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAINED EVERYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED AND THAT I HAD WITNESSES. THEY SAID THEY WOULD CHECK IT OUT AND SEEMED LIKE THEY ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT. WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER TO PICK UP MY TRUCK I BROUGHT MY WIFE. THE SERVICE REP. TOOK ME ASIDE SO MY WIFE COULDN'T HEAR AND TOLD ME "OFFICIALLY WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, UNOFFICIALLY IT DID WHAT YOU SAID". THEN HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT THE OLD ACCELERATORS USED TO USE CABLES TO GIVE THE ENGINE MORE GAS, BUT THE NEW ACCELERATORS LIKE MINE USE A VACUUM SYSTEM TO GIVE THE ENGINE MORE GAS. HE SAID THAT MY VACUUM SYSTEM HAD GOTTEN DIRTY INSIDE, THEY CLEANED IT OUT AND THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I AM WRITING THIS BECAUSE I RECENTLY READ ABOUT A WOMAN IN THE NEWSPAPER WHO WAS BEING PROSECUTED FOR CRASHING IN HER LEXUS. *TR
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? *TR
WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE GAS PUMP NOZZLE WILL ON OCCASION EJECT ITSELF FROM THE FILLER NECK ON THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE PUMP SYSTEM SHUTS OFF AT FULL TANK, AND FALL TO THE GROUND, SPILLING GASOLINE. THE SAME PUMPS DO NOT EJECT THEIR NOZZLES ON MY TWO OTHER CARS. *TR
WHEN FUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FILLER NOZZLE WILL EJECT FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN THE NOZZLE SHUTS THE FUEL OFF UPON FILLING THE TANK. I HAVE HAD ONE INSTANCE OF THE FILLER SPOUT EJECTING BEFORE THE TANK FILLED. *TR
LTR FROM (TX) REPORTING PROBLEMS WITH HIS 2006 TUNDRA MOTOR VEHICLE. *TS THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS A PROBLEM DOWN SHIFTING 2 GEARS ON MINOR GRADE FOR NO REASON, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO REV TO OVER 4000 RPMS. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE BRAKE WILL FADE WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE STOPPING DISTANCE ON THE VEHICLE WAS MUCH LONGER THAN ANY OTHER VEHICLE THE CONSUMER HAD DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS GETTING VERY POOR GAS MILEAGE. THERE WAS AN ODOR FROM THE AIR CONDITION. THE TIRE SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BUT IT WAS RESOLVED.
THURSDAY 5/11/06 IDLE UPON START UP GOES TO 2000 RPM, AND STAYS THERE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1-1 1/2 MINUTES, BEFORE SLOWING DROPPING DOWN TO AROUND 1500 RPM. IT SEEMED TO REALLY BE STRAINING AGAINST THE BRAKE, WHEN I PUT IT INTO DRIVE, AGAIN, NOT THE FEEL IT HAD WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW. FRIDAY 5/12/06 IT NOT ONLY HAD THE HIGH IDLE, BUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SEEMED TO HAVE A RANDOM SURGE WHILE DRIVING. COULDN'T DETECT A PATTERN TO IT, WHETHER ON INCLINE, DECLINE, OR FLAT ROADWAY. UPON ARRIVING AT WORK, I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK, AND IDLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 750 RPM (BY DASH TACH) WHEN SUDDENLY IT RACED UP TO 1500 RPM, STAY THERE FOR ABOUT 30 - 45 SECONDS, THEN RETURNED TO 750 RPM. THIS SURGE SITUATION CERTAINLY PRESENTS A POSSIBLE SAFETY PROBLEM, IF THE SURGE WAS TO OVERRIDE THE BRAKE PRESSURE AND LURCH FORWARD AT STOP, OR IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. *JB
2006 TUNDRA PROBLEM ACCELERATED RAPIDLY AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN ORDER TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC, REACHING A SPEED OF 65 TO 70 MPH AT THAT TIME. DROVE FOR ABOUT TWO MILES, TURNED INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND UP MY STREET. PARKED TRUCK IN DRIVEWAY, NO IDIOT LIGHTS AT THAT TIME, GAUGES WERE NORMAL. AFTER ABOUT 20-30 MINUTES ATTEMPTED TO RESTART TRUCK. IT WOULD CRANK STRONGLY, BEGIN TO START, SPUTTER AND DIE. ATTEMPTED SEVERAL MORE TIMES, WITH SAME RESULT. IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS NOT GETTING FUEL. AFTER 10-15 MINUTES OF COOL DOWN, IT STILL REFUSED TO START. FINALLY MANAGED TO GET IT STARTED BY PUMPING GAS PEDAL AND REPEATEDLY CRANKING. FINALLY IT CAUGHT, BUT REQUIRED REVVING TO STAY RUNNING. AT LAST IT SETTLED DOWN TO AN IDLE. TUNDRA PROBLEMS CONTINUED: FRIDAY 4/14/06 ACCELERATED GRADUALLY AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT DOWN AN EXIT RAMP AND ONTO THE HIGHWAY. TRUCK BEGAN HESITATING OR STUMBLING FOR ABOUT 30 SEC., THEN SMOOTHED OUT. SATURDAY 4/15 /06 TURNED RIGHT AND BEGAN ACCELERATING UP AN INCLINE WITH FULL LOAD OF PASSENGERS. TRUCK BEGAN STUMBLING; ACTING LIKE IT WAS NOT GETTING FUEL, UPON COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT, IT STALLED WHEN I CAME TO A STOP. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, IT WAS LIKE I HAD TURNED OFF THE KEY. MANAGED TO GET IT STARTED, AND IT RAN THE REST OF THAT EVENING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS OCCURRED ABOUT 6:00 P.M. AND THE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE LOW 80S. TUESDAY 4/18/06 WAS DRIVING AROUND THE BALTIMORE BELTWAY AT SPEED, WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN MISSING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THIS CONTINUED FOR AT LEAST TWO, AND POSSIBLY THREE MINUTES. TRAFFIC SUDDENLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AT THIS POINT, THE ENGINE DIED, AND AGAIN THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE ENGINE JUST TURNED OFF. 4/19/06 ON THE DRIVE FROM OWINGS MILLS TO WALDORF, I NEEDED TO PASS A TRUCK TOWING A BOAT. AS I PRESSED ON THE GAS, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO STUMBLE AGAIN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. *JB
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