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Model years to avoid

Toyota Tundra

What it says about you

Opinion

The truck that lasts, bought by someone prepared to pay for it at every fill-up. Anyone arguing otherwise is looking at a spreadsheet rather than a driveway.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

22 model years on record, 4,375 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2024 (full), 2023 (engine cooling), 2022 (vin tool), 2010 (leaf spring), 2008 (pedal), 2007 (rusted), 2006 (frame), 2005 (frame). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • mode 2012, 2016 peak 36.4% of that year's complaints
  • frame 2005, 2006 peak 36.1% of that year's complaints
  • rust 2005, 2006 peak 29.7% of that year's complaints
  • fuel 2018, 2019 peak 27.8% of that year's complaints
  • warning lights 2017, 2019 peak 26.4% of that year's complaints
  • accelerator 2007, 2008, 2010 peak 20.6% of that year's complaints
  • bags 2005, 2006 peak 21.8% of that year's complaints
  • pedal 2007, 2008, 2010 peak 16.9% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 1 recall 22 complaints
  2. 2025 4 recalls 127 complaints
  3. 2024 full 316 complaints
  4. 2023 engine cooling 383 complaints
  5. 2022 vin tool 418 complaints
  6. 2021 3 recalls 23 complaints
  7. 2020 5 recalls 45 complaints
  8. 2019 10 recalls 72 complaints
  9. 2018 9 recalls 99 complaints
  10. 2017 6 recalls 78 complaints
  11. 2016 6 recalls 119 complaints
  12. 2015 5 recalls 48 complaints
  13. 2014 5 recalls 92 complaints
  14. 2013 6 recalls 84 complaints
  15. 2012 4 recalls 154 complaints
  16. 2011 11 recalls 134 complaints
  17. 2010 leaf spring 489 complaints
  18. 2009 13 recalls 38 complaints
  19. 2008 pedal 326 complaints
  20. 2007 rusted 389 complaints
  21. 2006 frame 545 complaints
  22. 2005 frame 374 complaints

What does a Toyota Tundra say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.