2001 Toyota Tundra Brakes Problems

2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA COMPLAINT: WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST 90% OF MY BRAKING ABILITY. AFTER PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE AND INSPECTING MY FRONT BRAKES I NOTICE MY LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE HAD FLUID ON THE ROAD AND TIRE. LIMPING IT HOME AND ON FARTHER INSPECTION THE BRACKET THAT SUPPORTS THE FLEX LINE FROM THE FRAME TO BRACKET AND THE RIDGED LINE FROM THE BRACKET TO THE BRAKE CALIPER WAS RUSTED OFF, THIS CAUSED THE RIDGED LINE TO FRACTURE. AFTER PURCHASING A NEW BRACKET I THAN NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE PASSENGER SIDE TO SEE EXACTLY HOW TO MOUNT THE NEW BRACKET, TO MY SURPRISE THE PASSENGER SIDE BRACKET WAS ALSO RUSTED OFF. I AM SURE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE I LOSS MY BRAKES AGAIN HAD I NOT INSPECTED THE PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN NOTIFYING THE DEALER ABOUT IT I WAS PRETTY MUCH BLOWN OFF AS THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM THERE FOR I PROBABLY JUST IMAGINED IT. SO I GUESS MY COMPLAINT IS RECALLING THESE TRUCKS FOR AN INSPECTION OF SINGULAR RUST PROBLEM SUCH AS THE SPIRE TIRE BRACKET IS A JOKE. THESE TRUCKS ARE JUST SIMPLY ROAD HAZARDS AND ARE GOING TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE KILLED IF ACTION IS NOT TAKEN TO GET THESE RUST BUCKETS OFF THE ROAD. *TR

BRAKES PULSATE AND GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR; YOU MUST QUICKLY RELEASE AND RE-APPLY TO STOP VEHICLE THEN YOU GET A BAD VIBRATION AND HORRIBLE NOISES BEFORE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPS. MY SERVICE MECHANIC CANNOT GET TOYOTA TO FAX HIM THE DIAGRAMS HE NEEDS TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR ISSUE. I HAVE READ OVER 300 COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE FROM OTHER 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA OWNERS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE HAVE BEEN NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN UNTIL THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES AGGRESSIVELY BEFORE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND TOLD HIM TO CONTACT THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A MOUNTAINOUS ROAD, THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND PULSATED ABNORMALLY AS THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE ONLY RECURRED WHEN THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING DOWNHILL IN COMBINATION TO THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE ROTORS AND CALIPERS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

IM ON THE THIRD SET OF FRONT BRAKES FOR MY TRUCK WHICH JUST TURNED 60000 MILES AND IT IS A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS MILEAGE. *TR

TOYOTA TUNDRA BRAKE ISSUE. MY TRUCK BRAKES START TO PULSE AT ALL SPEED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. I HAVE INSIDE THE LAST TWO YEARS REPLACES THREE SETS OF FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY FRIGHTENING WHILE APPLY THE BRAKES EXITING THE FREEWAY ON WET ROADS THE BRAKES DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO STOP THE TRUCK IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND THE FRONT END HAS A TENDENCY TO JUMP AND DRIFT TO ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS MY SELF HAVING THE BRAKES REPAIRED BY QUALIFIED MECHANIC AND EVEN TO BLAME THE BRAKES ON ONE MECHANIC THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING I HAVE SINCE FOUND THAT HE DID KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING HE JUST DID KNOT KNOW ABOUT THE TOYOTA TUNDRA BRAKE ISSUE HISTORY AS I DID NOT KNOW AS WELL TILL NOW. EACH TIME THE MECHANIC BLAMED IT ON THE DRIVING HABITS. THIS IS NOT THE CASE, AS THE LAST TIME I HAD MY BRAKES WORKED ON WAS JUST LAST YEAR IN NOVEMBER AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKES HAVE DONE THE SAME THING IN LESS TIME THEN IN THE PAST. IN ADDITION THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE PULSING OF THE FRONT END HAD DAMAGED THE FRONT END WHICH COST OVER $3,000.00 TO FIX. ITS JUST NOW AFTER THE TOYOTA GAS PEDDLE ISSUE CAME TO LIGHT THAT I STARTED TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER 8 YEARS WITH THE TOYOTA TUNDRAS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THIS IS A REAL ISSUE WITH THE TUNDRA YEAR 2001. *TR

2001 TUNDRA BRAKES FAILED TO STOP TRUCK FROM HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT ON A SUDDEN STOP ON THE INTERSTATE. FOUND OUT LATER THAT TOYOTA KNEW OF DEFECTIVE BRAKES AND ISSUED TSB BR004-002 TO REPLACE 191MM FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS WITH LARGER 231 MM CALIPERS WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD, BUT DID NOT NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE DEFECT. ONLY OWNERS WHO COMPLAINED OF VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING AND EARLY FAILURE OF FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE OFFERED THE UPGRADED CALIPERS, BUT ONLY AFTER REPEATED COMPLAINTS. THE UPGRADED CALIPERS WERE EVENTUALLY INCORPORATED INTO THE 2004 AND LATER TUNDRAS. *TR

2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA BRAKE FAILURE RESULTING IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT RUNNING OFF THE ROAD INTO DITCH AND HAD TO BE TOWED. INSPECTION PHOTOS AVAILABLE DEMONSTRATE BRAKE LINE CORROSION ALONG WITH CHASSIS AND FRAME RUST THROUGH. *TR UPDATED 03/29/10 *BF PICTURES RECEIVED 10/05/10.

MY 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 4WD. ACCESS CAB PICK-UP TRUCK HAS A RUSTED OUT FRAME. MY TRUCK BROKE DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY(MAY 1ST) I TOWED IT TO MY MECHANIC SHOP. MY MECHANIC REPLACED AN OXYGEN SENSOR THAT HAD RUSTED AWAY ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. FURTHER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND SAID IT HAD EXTREME CORROSION (RUST) ON THE FRAME, BRAKE LINE CONNECTIONS, SUSPENSION MOUNTS, EXHAUST SYSTEM...."RUST EVERYWHERE". HE SUGGESTED IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE BRAKE LINE CONNECTION POINTS WERE SO CORRODED (RUSTED AWAY) THAT THEY COULD FAIL WHILE IN OPERATION.*TR

I HAVE A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. IT PRESENTLY HAS ~80K MILES ON IT. SINCE I'VE OWNED IT WHICH WAS ~40K MILES, IT HAS REQUIRED SEVERAL BRAKE REPLACEMENTS AND TOWARDS THE END OF LIFE OF EACH ONE THE TRUCK VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN I BRAKE. *TR

BRAKES ON MY 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA BEGAN TO PULSATE VIOLENTLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. TOYOTA HAS A TSB ON THIS BRAKE PROBLEM (BR004-02), BUT WITH 78,000 ON VEHICLE, THEY WILL NOT FIX IT, ALTHOUGH THEY KNOW IT IS A DESIGN FLAW. TOYOTA NEEDS A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR

ORIGINAL OWNER OF 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. NEEDED NEW FRONT BRAKE PADS AT 45K MILES, NEEDED FRONT ROTORS TURNED AT 60K MILES, PERFORMED BY TOYOTA. NOW 6K MILES LATER, IT NEEDS ROTORS TURNED AGAIN DUE TO REPEAT WARPAGE. TOYOTA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS DESIGN DEFECT, TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, YET NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. ANOTHER BULLETIN WAS IN PLACE FOR THE DEFECTIVE REAR BRAKE ADJUSTER, WHICH WILL NOT KEEP REAR BRAKES ADJUSTED OVER TIME, CAUSING ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE UNDERSIZED FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM. I CONTACTED THE NATIONAL CONSUMER HOTLINE AT TOYOTA. THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS UNSAFE. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED. *TR

BRAKE PROBLEMS. VIBRATION IN TRUCK WHEN USING THE BRAKES. 60,000 MILES AND GOING ON SECOND SET OF BRAKES/ROTORS TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THIS TRUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE MELTED ONTO THE FLOOR. THE GARAGE WAS FILLED WITH GREY SMOKE, ASH, AND SOOT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURRED AND THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE'S POWER UNIT REMAINS OPERATIONAL WHEN THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE ABS CONTROL MODULE WILL BE REPLACED AND THE WIRING HARNESS MAY ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE WASHER FLUID BOTTLE TUBES WERE DAMAGED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 82,300.

WHEN BRAKING A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATES TO THE POINT OF DIMINISHED CONTROL. *TR

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE PREMATURELY WARPED. THREE SETS OF BRAKES IN LESS THE 75,000 MILES. TRUCK HAS NEVER TOWED ANYTHING, IS DRIVEN BY 45 YEAR-OLD. VIOLENT VIBRATION OCCURED EVERY TIME PEDAL WAS DPRESSED. *AK

I PURCHASED A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN MARCH OF 2007. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BRAKES WARPING THE ROTORS. I HAVE SINCE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE BRAKE PROBLEMS IN 2002 ON THIS MODEL. THE BULLETIN REQUIRED A LARGER BRAKE CALIPER AND PADS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS TO SMALL TO HANDLE THE TRUCK WEIGHT. THE FACTORY INSTALLED SYSTEM WAS HEATING UP AND CAUSING THE PROBLEM. MY CONTENTION IS THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE FACTORY INSTALLED BRAKES ARE NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TRUCK. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO MECHANICS ON THREE OCCASIONS. ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. MECHANICS FROM THESE LOCATIONS AND FROM A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ADVISE ME THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE BULLETIN CALLED FOR CALIPERS ARE INSTALLED. WITH THE PROBLEM AS IT IS, THE TRUCK IS HARD TO STOP WHEN BREAKING FROM 50 MPH AND UP. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALTHOUGH BRAKE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND, AND THE VEHICLE DROVE OFF THE ROADWAY. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION BY THE CONTACT, IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED.

BRAKE ROTORS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TROUBLE STOPPING VEHICLE ESPECIALLY GOING DOWN GRADES. I HAVE TO HAVE BRAKES REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE. THE ROTORS WERE MACHINED THREE TIMES. THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED AFTER ONLY TWO MONTHS. WHEN THE BRAKE WERE APPLIED, THE WHOLE FRONT END WOBBLED AND SHOOK. THE DEALERSHIP WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.