2003 Toyota Tundra Fuel System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS LOW SPEEDS AND APPROACHING A STOP, THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND FELL ONTO THE GROUND. THE CONTACT TEMPORARILY RE-ATTACHED THE FUEL TANK TO THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. ROMANO TOYOTA (6400 BASILE ROWE, EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13057, (315) 445-1070) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REQUESTED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BE PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V444000 (STRUCTURE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000.

AS I WAS TRAVELING AT A SLOW SPEED WHEN I BECAME AWARE OF A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHICH HAD SUDDENLY BEGAN AS I TURNED ONTO A SIDE STREET. I STOPPED VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND GOT OUT TO INVESTIGATE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE NOISE. I DISCOVERED THAT MY FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGING BENEATH THE TRUCK. THE METAL STRAPS THAT HELD TANK TO FRAME HAD RUSTED THRU CAUSING TANK TO FALL TO ROAD SURFACE. ALL THE CONNECTIONS TO FUEL TANK WERE RIPPED FROM TANK. TOYOTA IS WORRIED ABOUT THE SPARE TIRE FALLING DOWN DO TO RUSTED FRAME MEMBERS BUT I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FUEL TANKS FALLING OFF. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS I HATE TO THINK OF WHAT CONSEQUENCES MIGHT HAVE BEEN. *JS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND THEY STATED IT WAS A LEAK IN THE GAS CAP AND THAT I DIDN'T HAVE CAP TIGHT ENOUGH. ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALER THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT CAME BACK ON, SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY STATED THAT THE FUEL FILLER NECK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I RECEIVED THE SSC 90M - TUNDRA VEHICLES SEVERE CORROSION OF THE REAR CROSS MEMBER PHASE 2 - CRC APPLICATION. MY TRUCK HAS A TONNEAU COVER AND A BED RUG INSTALLED. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE BED OF THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS. I TOLD THEM THAT I DID NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO REMOVE THE TONNEAU COVER AND THE BED RUG. THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR WITHOUT THESE ITEMS REMOVED AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT REMOVE THEM FOR ME. I THEN CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CENTER AT 800-331-4331, EXTENSION [XXX] AND DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH [XXX]. SHE CLAIMED THAT THE RECALL LETTER STATES THAT THE TRUCK MUST BE PRESENTED IN "FACTORY CONDITION" (I GUESS THAT MEANS NO BED RUG OR TONNEAU COVER). I REREAD THE LETTER AND THAT IS NOT STATED ANYWHERE IN THE LETTER. I CALLED HER BACK AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST ME NOR WOULD SHE ELEVATE MY ISSUE TO THE MANAGEMENT LEVEL. THIS RECALL WORK MUST BE DONE, AND AGAIN, I HAVE NO MEANS TO REMOVE THESE ITEMS. I'M SURE THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY TUNDRA OWNER EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. THIS TRUCK WILL BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE IF THE RECALL WORK IS NOT DONE. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. CODE RELATED TO EVAPORATION/FUEL SYSTEM. CHECKED THE FUEL CAP, APPEARS OK, RESET LIGHT AND RETURNED ON. WILL REPLACE FUEL CAP. POTENTIALLY FUEL FILLER PIPE AS MENTIONED FREQUENTLY ON HERE. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND DEALER ADVISED THE FUEL FILLER TUBE HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN MOST 2003 TUNDRA ACCORDING TO RESEARCH. BECAUSE TRUCK HAS 136,000 MILES, DEALER REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY HELP WITH COST OF LABOR OR PARTS. DEALER DID ACKNOWLEDGE THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR 2003 MODELS. SO MUCH FOR TOYOTA DEPENDABILITY. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT BEGAN TO SMELL GASOLINE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED SO THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE A LEAK WAS FOUND ALONG THE WELDING WITHIN THE FUEL TANK. THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,754 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,754. SM.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT. DURING EMISSION INSPECTIONS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A REPAIR WAS NECESSARY. CRACKED FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR $320. *TR

MY 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. DIAGNOSTIC CODES POINTED TO THE FUEL FILLER TUBE AND AIR PRESSURE TESTS BY MY PERSONAL MECHANIC (NOT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP) PROVED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE FUEL FILLER LINE. THE MECHANIC STATES THAT THEY SEE THIS HAPPENING IN MANY TOYOTA'S THEY WORK ON. THEY SUGGESTED MENTIONING THIS TO TOYOTA DIRECTLY, SO WHEN I GO IN FOR MY OTHER RECALL (SEVERE CORROSION OF THE REAR CROSS-MEMBER) I AM GOING TO BRING THE ORIGINAL FUEL FILLER TUBE THAT I HAD TO REPLACE FOR $300. I ALSO SEE COMPLAINTS BEING FILED FROM OTHER TUNDRA OWNERS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE HAPPENING TO THEM. *TR

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON DUE TO SMALL LEAK IN EVAPORATION CONTROL. TOYOTA DEALER INSPECTION DETERMINED LEAKING FILLER TUBE. COST TO REPLACE $350+. HOW MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS ARE NECESSARY BEFORE THIS IS RECOGNIZED AS A DEFECT? *TR

THERE IS A FLAWED DESIGN OF THE FUEL FILLER NECK CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT BECAUSE MY WARRANTY WAS OUT, THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR WHICH ENDED UP COSTING ME $462.32. MY MILEAGE IS ONLY 14,500. *TR

I TOOK MY 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN TO TOYOTA MOTORS, GUAM BECAUSE I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TOYOTA THEN SENT A MESSAGE TO MY VEHICLE SERVICE CONTRACT, WARRANTECH AUTOMOTIVE INC AND THEY SAID THAT THE FUEL FILLER NECK HOSE ASSEMBLY WAS NOT COVERED. READING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET INDICATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA DUE TO A "OUT OF ROUND" GAS FILLER TUBE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PART. PLEASE ASSIST CONSUMERS LIKE MYSELF FOR TOYOTA MOTORS TO INVESTIGATE THIS DEFECT WITH THE 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE WORD NEEDS TO GET OUT. *NM

FUEL TANK FILLER WAS GIVING AS THE REASON OF MY TRUCKS PROBLEM BEFORE IT WAS LOOKED AT BY A TECHNICIAN. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. THE FAULT WOULD CAUSE THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM TO FAIL AND THEREFORE WOULD ALSO BE A HAZARD BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE AT THE TIME THE TRUCK WAS BEING FILLED OR FROM ESCAPING VAPORS. THE PART WAS (IS) BEING REPLACED AND IS COSTLY TO THE CONSUMER. *NM

THERE IS A FLAWED DESIGN OF THE FUEL FILLER TUBE CAUSING AN INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA HAS WITH ITS 2003-2004 TUNDRAS. THE PROBLEM AFFECTS FUEL VAPOR EMISSIONS FROM THE GAS TANK. THEY OFFER NO SUPPORT ONCE ONE IS OUT OF WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AWARE OF THEIR FAULTY DESIGN/BUILD OF THIS PART. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED AFTER ABOUT 45 MINUTES OF DRIVING, AND IT WAS BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE BED OF THE VEHICLE. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD LOOK IN TO IT. *AK.....*AK