Summary
The Toyota Tundra has 71 recalls spanning the 2000–2025 model years; the most serious recent issue affects 2022 models where the flange nuts on the axle shafts can loosen and allow one or both axles to separate from the housing, causing loss of braking performance and vehicle stability.
The current generation (2022–2025) carries the heaviest concentration of recalls. On 2022–2024 models, a transmission software error can allow unexpected vehicle movement when the truck is in neutral with the brakes unapplied. The 2022–2023 V35A engine can be contaminated with manufacturing debris that causes main bearing failure, leading to an engine stall and loss of drive power. Also on 2022–2023 models, a plastic fuel tube near the brake lines can chafe and develop a fuel leak that creates a fire risk, and optional tonneau covers can detach at speed and become road hazards. The 2022 electronic parking brake can malfunction due to a software error, disabling the brake and potentially allowing the vehicle to roll. Several 2022–2025 recalls address visibility: the reverse lights on these trucks can admit moisture and fail, and various software faults across 2022–2024 models can cause the rearview camera to show the wrong image, freeze, or go dark entirely. The instrument cluster display can also go blank on 2022–2023 models, hiding speed and warning information. On 2024 models specifically, passenger-side front and rear tires may have been damaged during assembly and can lose pressure suddenly. The 2023 spare tire carrier chain may be inadequately welded and can drop the spare onto the road.
Going back to the 2018–2021 era, the headlight circuits on these trucks can simultaneously power both high and low beams, overheating the electrical connector and raising a fire risk. The 2018 models also have a separate concern where an incorrectly wired turn signal harness can make the signals too dim to see clearly. A stability control system on 2018 models can lose function due to electrical interference in the yaw sensor.
On 2016–2017 models, a passenger knee airbag module was attached with incorrect bolts that can loosen over time, and on 2014 models the B-pillar upper trim can be misinstalled and block the side curtain airbags from deploying correctly. The 2017 rear split bench seat may have an improperly secured floor bracket that allows the seat to move in a crash. The 2016–2017 plastic rear step bumper corners can break off after a rear impact, creating a fall hazard for anyone stepping on the bumper.
The 2013–2014 Gulf States-distributed models equipped with aftermarket 20-inch wheels and chrome lug nuts have lug nut coatings that can fail, allowing the wheel studs to fracture and the wheel to separate. On 2011 models, the propeller shaft slip yoke can break and allow the driveshaft to contact the road surface, causing loss of drive power and control. The 2010 four-wheel-drive models have a propeller shaft-to-yoke weld that can separate similarly. A 2007-only recall covers four-wheel-drive models where the rear driveshaft slip yoke can fracture and the separated shaft can contact the fuel tank, creating a fire risk. The 2007 model also has a floor mat that can slide forward and trap the accelerator pedal, and certain 2007 trucks had a steering gear replacement in 2021
