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2007 Toyota Tundra

Complaints about this year name rusted far more often than the other years of this generation — 7% of them, about 18× the usual rate of 0.4%.

First year of a new generation. The Toyota Tundra was redesigned for 2007. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.

NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.

What the complaints were about

• accelerator — 14.1% of this year's complaints, against 4.2% across the other years of this generation (3.4×). Owners wrote it as: accelerator, accelerator pedal, accelerated, vehicle speed.
• pedal — 15.2% of this year's complaints, against 5.8% across the other years of this generation (2.6×).
• stuck — 8.5% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the other years of this generation (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: stuck, stuck open, mats.

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
• frame — 11% of complaints, 5× usual
• bed — 10% of complaints, 4× usual

What owners wrote

THE TRUCK BED IS RUSTING THROUGH CAUSING FLIMSY BED MOUNTING TO THE FRAME. HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BREAK THROUGH DURING VEHICLE OPERATION RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT INJURING OR KILLING PASSENGERS OR OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.

TRUCK BED RUSTING FROM UNDERNEATH IN 2 SPOTS WHERE ATTACHING TO THE FRAME UNDERCARRIAGE AND BUBBLING ON BED FLOOR. IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND TOYOTA REFUSES TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT IS OVER 5 YEAR WARRANTY. HAS 47000 MILES ON IT. COULD BECOME A SAFETY FACTOR IF IT COM…

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.
• 08V080000 WHEELS
• 12V491000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
• 11V278000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
• 09V388000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

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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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