2010 Toyota Tundra
Complaints about this year name leaf spring far more often than the other years of this generation — 8% of them, about 20× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 1 of the Toyota Tundra, which began in 2007 and ran to 2021. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 489 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 119 |
| Involving a crash | 39 |
| Recalls | 16 |
| EPA combined | 16 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- acceleration — 13.5% of this year's complaints, against 5.3% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: acceleration, vibration, complete stop, worried.
- accelerator — 9.2% of this year's complaints, against 3.7% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: accelerator, accelerator pedal, depressed, vehicle accelerated.
- gas pedal — 6.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.2% across the other years of this generation (5.2×). Owners wrote it as: gas pedal, sensitive, revving.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- pedal — 15% of complaints, 3× usual
- acceleration — 9% of complaints, 6× usual
- rusted — 6% of complaints, 15× usual
What owners wrote
Rusted frame failed PA state inspection. This has been a well maintained vehicle and should not be experiencing that much corrosion.
THE PASSENGER REAR LEAF SPRING BROKE, AND I BELIEVE COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD ON THE ROAD OR INTO THE TIRE OF THE VEHICLE. I NOTICED IT VIA NOISE, AND TOOK ACTION BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENED.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V920000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 21E103000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 14V743000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V396000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V689000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 13V014000 AIR BAGS
- 11V148000 TIRES
- 11V185000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 16. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Tundra was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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