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The power steering gear assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in an oil leak.","consequence":"An oil leak may cause a sudden loss of power steering assist, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will inspect and replace the power steering gear assembly as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed on January 21, 2022.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.  Toyota's numbers for this recall are 21TB10 and 21TA10.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"21TB10 / 21TA10","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"18V123000","component":"SEAT BELTS","mfr":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","reported":"2018-02-20","owner_notified":"2018-03-19","units":8769,"summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2017 Toyota Tundra vehicles.  One of the rear split bench seat leg brackets may not have been properly tightened to the vehicle's floor pan, possibly allowing the seat to move in a crash.  A vehicle with an improperly tightened seat leg bracket could fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 207, \"Seating Systems,\" 210, \"Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages,\" and 225, \"Child restraint anchorage systems.\"","consequence":"If the rear split bench seat moves in a crash, the seat occupant has an increased risk of injury.","remedy":"Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will tighten the five seat leg bracket bolts, as necessary, free of charge.  The recall is expected to begin March 2018.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371.  Toyota's number for this recall is J0I.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"J0I","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"17V831000","component":"EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS","mfr":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","reported":"2017-12-20","owner_notified":"2018-01-23","units":649,"summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Toyota 4Runner and Tundra, 2018 Toyota Highlander, RAV4 and Lexus GX460 and 2017 Toyota Sienna and Tacoma vehicles.  These vehicles may have incorrect load carrying capacity modification labels.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, \"Tire Selection and Rims.\"","consequence":"An incorrect load information label can result in the operator overloading the vehicle and increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Toyota will notify owners and provide them with corrected labels, free of charge.  The recall began on January 23, 2018.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.  Toyota's numbers for this recall are H0Z for Toyota vehicles, and HLF for Lexus vehicles.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"Toyota H0Z Lexus HLF","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"minor"},{"campaign":"17V311000","component":"WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS","mfr":"Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC","reported":"2017-05-11","owner_notified":"2017-06-23","units":1325,"summary":"Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2013-2017 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia vehicles accessorized with Southeast Toyota accessory 20-inch Rockstar wheels installed by Southeast Toyota or a Southeast Toyota dealer.  The Rockstar wheels were installed with lugnuts that may crack and detach.","consequence":"Lugnuts that crack and detach may cause the wheels to separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"SET will notify owners, and dealers will install new replacement lugnuts, free of charge.  The recall began June 23, 2017.  Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226.  SET's number for this recall is SET17A.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"SET17A","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"17V051000","component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS","mfr":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","reported":"2017-01-24","owner_notified":"2017-04-21","units":72847,"summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Tundra vehicles equipped with a resin rear step bumper and resin reinforcement brackets (vehicles with chrome step bumpers are not affected).  In the event of an impact to the corner of the bumper, the resin bracket may be damaged but not be noticed.","consequence":"If a person steps on the corner of the bumper that is damaged, a portion of the bumper may break away, increasing the risk of injury.","remedy":"Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the resin rear bumper reinforcement brackets with steel ones, and replace the rear bumper tread, free of charge.  The recall began on May 21, 2017.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.  Toyota's number for this recall is H0C.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"H0C","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":5,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":65,"grade":"D","complaints":{"count":78,"crash":2,"fire":0,"injured":1,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Electrical System",27],["Exterior Lighting",17],["Fuel/Propulsion System",14],["Service Brakes",13],["Unspecified",10],["Power Train",6]],"by_year":{"2016":1,"2017":13,"2018":9,"2019":4,"2020":15,"2021":6,"2022":6,"2023":11,"2024":3,"2025":7,"2026":3},"excerpts":[["2023-10-17","Fuel System, Gasoline","The contact owns a 2017 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that after attempting to start the vehicle, the engine failed to turn over. The contact stated that after several attempts, the vehicle started. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the fuel pump and the CPU had failed, \u2026"],["2023-08-31","Air Bags","The contact owns a 2017 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, while the vehicle was idling in park, the driver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and passenger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side curtain air bags deployed. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who was unable to find the cause of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired.\u2026"],["2023-05-19","Fuel/Propulsion System","Our 2017 Toyota Tundra has been having difficulty starting, takes multiple attempts before starting. We brought it to Toyota dealership and had a diagnostic done. They told us we need new fuel pump and the ECM software needs to be updated. There is a know problem with Denso fuel pump system along with class action laws\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"EA19001","component":"AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE","opened":"2019-04-19","closed":"2024-09-19","campaign":"20V024","subject":"Electrical overstress","summary":"The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect.\u00c2\u00a0 During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW. \u00c2\u00a0The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with "}],"ncap":[{"desc":"PU/CC 2WD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":3,"rollover_risk":0.219,"seats":null,"fcw":"No","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null},{"desc":"PU/CC 4WD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.198,"seats":null,"fcw":"No","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null},{"desc":"PU/EC 2WD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":3,"rollover_risk":0.219,"seats":null,"fcw":"No","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null},{"desc":"PU/EC 4WD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.198,"seats":null,"fcw":"No","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null},{"desc":"PU/RC 2WD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":3,"rollover_risk":0.219,"seats":3,"fcw":"No","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null},{"desc":"PU/RC 4WD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.198,"seats":3,"fcw":"No","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null}],"popularity":35,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":16,"ncap":4,"complaints":78},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}