2005 Toyota Tundra Suspension

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. IN MARCH OF 2007, THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE NUMBER SSC70B (SUSPENSION: FRONT: CONTROL ARM: LOWER BALL JOINTS). AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR JULY OF 2007 SINCE THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER HAS NOT NOTIFIED HIM IF THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. ANOTHER TOYOTA DEALER IS 90 MILES AWAY. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,463. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ UPDATED

RECEIVED RECALL SSC 70B-FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT SAFETY RECALL NOTICERE ON OR AROUND 6/07/07. CALLED DEALERSHIP FOR APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE, HEATHER IN SERVICE SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE PART AND IT WOULD TAKE 3 TO 6 WEEKS FOR THEM TO RECEIVE, AT THAT TIME THEY WOULD CALL ME FOR AN APPOINTMENT. I SAID THAT WAS A LONG TIME TO WAIT AND SHE SAID THEY ONLY GET 5 AT A TIME ONCE A WEEK OR EVERY OTHER WEEK, THAT IT WAS A NATIONAL RECALL. MY POINT WAS THEN SHOULDN'T THERE BE MORE OF THESE PARTS AVAILABLE WITH A SHORTER WAIT TIME. VERY UPSETTING ABOUT THE DELAY IN GETTING THE PART REPLACED, AS IT SEEMS ACCORDING TO THE RECALL NOTICE A POSSIBLITY OF A CRASH MAY OCCUR DO TO THE DEFECTIVE PART. *AK

TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT. CONSUMER STATES THEY WOULD NOT GIVE HIM COPIES OF THE OTHER INVOICES HE SIGNED. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY THEY WOULDN'T GIVE HIM COPIES. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME, HE LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND IT APPEARED THAT NO WORK HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE SUSPENSION. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. ON APRIL 1, 2007, THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE # 07V013000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT). THE DEALER STATED THAT HIS NAME WOULD BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST BECAUSE THEY WERE ONLY RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY TWO OR THREE PARTS PER WEEK. AS OF JULY 18, 2007, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. NO FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 75,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS INAPPLICABLE. UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. UPDATED

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. IN APRIL OF 2007, THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE # 07V013000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT). THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE RECALL. HE WOULD HAVE TO REMAIN ON THE WAITING LIST. THE CONTACT HAS NOTIFIED OTHER DEALERS IN THE AREA AND SURROUNDING STATES AND THEY HAVE GIVEN THE SAME RESPONSE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 27,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON APRIL 2, 2007 DUE TO A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. ON MAY 13, 2007, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AT 2 MPH. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE DETACHED AND THE BALL JOINT SPLIT IN HALF. THE VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED. THE ENGINE SIZE, # OF CYLINDERS, AND CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALERSHIP IS AT FAULT. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED A REPAIR INVOICE FOR VEHICLE. UPDATED 08/07/07 *TR

TL- THE OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE STATES THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND HE HAS CALLED VARIOUS TOYOTA DEALERS IN THE AREA TO HAVE HIS RECALL SERVICED FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. HE STATES THAT ALL OF THE DEALERS HAVE TOLD HIM THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THEY TOLD HIM TO KEEP CHECKING BACK ONCE A WEEK BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR TWO MONTHS. RECALL NUMBER:07V013000:SUSPENSION: LOWER BALL JOINTS. FAILURE MILEAGE: 70K. --DS

I HAVE A SAFETY RECALL ON THE 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND THEY TOLD ME 6 TO 8 WEEKS FOR JUST THE PARTS TO COME IN. I DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE A LOT, AND THERE WAS SHIMMYING IN THE FRONT END. I TOLD THE DEALER THAT, AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME IF THEY BREAK THEY WILL PUT ME IN A RENTAL. WHAT IF THEY BREAK AND I AM KILLED OR SOMEBODY ELSE DIES. I THINK THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. ON MAY 14, 2007, THE CONTACT RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTICE # 07V013000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT) AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT EVER SINCE. NO FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED, BUT SHE IS FEARFUL OF DRIVING. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. A MONTH AGO SHE RECEIVED A NOTICE TO HAVE THE FRONT: SUSPENSION: LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED PER RECALL NUMBER 07V013000. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE TOYOTA DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER, THERE WERE 45 OWNERS AHEAD OF HER, AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SERVICE HER IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS. SHE CONTACTED EVERY TOYOTA DEALER IN HER AREA, AND THEY WERE ALSO UNABLE TO ASSIST HER. A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER ALSO ADVISED HER THAT PARTS WHERE NOT ORDERED UNDER HER NAME WHICH WAS CAUSING THE DELAY. SHE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 17,600. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE # 07V013000 CONCERNING SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS, AND WAS INFORMED THAT NONE OF THE DEALERS IN PUERTO RICO HAVE THE PART TO FIX THE RECALL. THE DEALERS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PART WOULD ARRIVE. THE CONTACT WAS CURRENTLY ON THE WAITING LIST FOR TWO DEALERS. WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE MAGNIFIED WHEN TRAVELING BELOW 45 MPH UNDER ANY DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 27,000, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH ON ROUGH ROADS, A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD. WHEN TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A TECHNICIAN WOULD COME FROM PUERTO RICO TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE SOUND WAS CONTINUOUS ON ROUGH ROADS BUT NOT ON PAVED ROADS. THE KNOCKING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE SOMEWHERE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION ALL THE TIME AND OCCASIONALLY FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

DRIVING WB ON HWY 4 NEAR DOUGLAS FLAT, CA APPROX 55 MPH ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY. THE 2005 TOYOTA TUNDRA 4WD DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL DETACHED, FOLDING UNDER FRONT LEFT SIDE FRAME BEHIND WHEEL WELL WITH THE TRUCK LANDING ON THE FLAT SIDE OF THE WHEEL. I WAS THEN IN A CONTROLLED SKID ON A STRAIGHT PART OF THE HIGHWAY AND HELD THE STEERING WHEEL IN THAT POSITION. I DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKES AS I DID NOT WANT TO ALTER THE DIRECTION OF THE SKID. THE VEHICLE DRIFTED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AFTER ABOUT A 150 FOOT SKID. THE WHEEL HUB HAD SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARM, THE BALL JOINT HAD DETACHED FROM THE A-FRAME, AND THE WHEEL AND TIRE (REPLACED TWO WEEKS PRIOR) WERE DAMAGED. THE ONLY THING APPARENTLY HOLDING THE WHEEL TO THE FRAME WAS THE STEERING ROD. NOT BEING A MECHANIC OR HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC AS YET I AM NOT SURE OF ALL DAMAGE SUSTAINED. PICTURES OF THE SCENE SHOW A SINGLE SKID MARK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I CONTACTED MY TOYOTA DEALER WHO DIDN'T SEEM TO INTERESTED SINCE THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITH 72,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK MEANING THAT THE 36 MONTH, 36,000 MILE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE DAMAGE. IN RESEARCHING THE BALL JOINT COMPLAINT I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2004 TUNDRA. IT WAS LUCKY THAT I WASN'T INJURED SINCE THE PREVIOUS DAY I HAD BEEN RETURNING FROM A JOB SITE VIA NB PARROTTS FERRY ROAD WHICH IS ABOUT A 1000 FT DESCENT ON A CURVING ROAD WHICH IN SEVERAL PLACES DROPS OFF INTO THE CANYON AND RESERVOIR BELOW. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT 2 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AND AUTHORIZED REPAIR FACILITY, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 1/19/2007 - *NM

I WAS DRIVING IN THE LOCAL STREETS, AND WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED WITH NO WARNING. I WAS TRAVELING AT MOST 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER SHOWED ANY SIGN OF FAILURE OR NOISE UNTIL THAT DAY. AFTER I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT THE CAR AND FOUND THE BALL JOINT IN UPPER CONTROL ARM HAD COMPLETELY TEAR ITSELF APART FROM THE WHEEL HUB. FORTUNATELY FOR ME, NO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE CAR OTHER THAN THE FAILED COMPONENTS AND WORN TIRES DUE TO MY HAVING TO DRAG THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE TO PULL OVER TO SAFETY OCCURRED. I WAS NOT INJURED IN THE INCIDENT, BUT HAD I BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TYPING THIS. AFTERWARDS, WE HAD AAA TOW THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHETHER TOYOTA WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FAILURE OF ITS PART.*JB