2004 Toyota Tundra defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2004 Toyota Tundra. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
  Engineering Analysis EA21002 · opened Sep 17, 2021 · still open

  From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("PSAN") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to…

• Air Bag Inflator Rupture
  Engineering Analysis EA15001 · opened Feb 24, 2015 · still open · led to recall 22V945

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE14-016 in June 2014 based on six inflator rupture incidents involving consumer owned vehicles produced by five vehicle manufacturers.All six vehicles were operated in Florida or Puerto Rico at the time of the rupture and for the majority of their service life, and were…

• Air Bag Inflator Rupture
  Preliminary Evaluation PE14016 · opened Jun 11, 2014 · closed Mar 2, 2015 · led to recall 15V226000

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE14-016 in June 2014 based on six inflator rupture incidents involving consumer owned vehicles produced by five vehicle manufacturers.All six vehicles were operated in Florida or Puerto Rico at the time of the rupture and for the majority of their service life, and were…

• FRAME CORROSION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE09049 · opened Oct 6, 2009 · closed Jan 26, 2010 · led to recall 09V444000

  This investigation was opened based on 20 reports of model year (my) 2000 and 2001 vehicles experiencing severe corrosion of the frame, resulting in either under-body mounted spare tire separation or rear brake failure.the failure report counts shown above are for my 2000 and 2001 vehicles only.by letter of november 16…

• LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA06014 · opened Aug 2, 2006 · closed Feb 28, 2007 · led to recall 07V013000

  In a letter dated january 18, 2007, toyota notified nhtsa of a safety defect in model year (my) 2004 through 2006 toyota tundra and my 2004 through 2007 toyota sequoia vehicles produced between september 15, 2003 and november 17, 2006 (nhtsa recall no. 07v-013). According to toyota, ?in the front suspension lower ball …

• LOWER BALL JOINT SEPARATION
  Recall Query RQ06005 · opened Apr 10, 2006 · closed Aug 9, 2006

  The office of defects investigations (odi) opened rq06-005 based on four consumer reports of alleged ball joint failure. The complaints allege that a front suspension ball joint separated while driving, which caused the suspension to collapse and resulted in a loss of vehicle control. All of these complaints involved t…