Toyota Tundra Recalls

The Toyota Tundra has 92 recalls spanning the 2000 through 2025 model years, with the most serious recent concern being manufacturing debris in the engine on 2022–2024 models equipped with the V35A engine, where contaminated main bearings can fail and cause the engine to stall or lose drive power while moving.

The current generation, covering 2022 through 2025, carries the heaviest share of this recall history. Beyond the engine bearing issue, a plastic fuel tube routed near the brake lines on 2022–2023 models can chafe through and leak fuel, creating a fire risk. On 2022 models, flange nuts on the axle shafts can loosen and allow one or both axles to separate from the housing, reducing braking ability and vehicle stability; a separate issue on the same year allows the transmission to shift the vehicle unexpectedly while in neutral. The 2022 electronic parking brake can enter a failsafe mode that prevents it from engaging, allowing rollaway if the vehicle is not in park. Passenger-side front and rear tires on 2024 models may have been damaged during assembly and can lose pressure suddenly. On 2023 models, the chain securing the underfloor spare tire may be poorly welded and can break, dropping the tire onto the road. The 3.4L twin-turbo engine in certain 2023 models can stall without warning due to crankshaft bearing failure caused by metal debris. Multiple rearview camera software issues affect 2022–2025 models, where the image can fail to appear, freeze, or show the front camera instead of the rear view when reversing; the reverse lights themselves can also fail due to moisture intrusion on 2022–2025 vehicles. Instrument cluster displays on 2022–2023 models can go blank, hiding speed readouts and warning lights. Headlight wiring on 2018–2021 models can overheat when high and low beams run simultaneously, raising a fire risk. The electronic stability control system on 2018 models can shut itself off due to electrical interference. Airbag control units on 2018–2019 models can misread a fault at startup and fail to deploy airbags in a crash.

Going back to the 2010s, curtain airbags on 2014 CrewMax and Double Cab models may not deploy correctly if a B-pillar trim tab was misinstalled. A passenger knee airbag on 2016 models was secured with incorrect bolts that can loosen over time. A rear bench seat bracket on 2017 models may not have been fully tightened, allowing the seat to shift in a crash. Aftermarket seat heaters in 2005–2010 models installed by certain regional distributors can short-circuit and start a fire. Accessory 20-inch wheels installed by regional distributors on 2013–2017 models used lug nuts prone to cracking and detaching, which can allow a wheel to separate. The 2018–2020 models with LED headlights have a wiring error that makes front turn signals too dim to comply with lighting standards.

The Takata airbag inflator defect affects 2003–2006 models, where the passenger frontal airbag inflator can rupture and send metal fragments into the cabin. A side curtain airbag on 2005–2006 models can deploy unexpectedly. A power steering gear on 2007–2021 models can develop an oil leak and cause sudden loss of power steering assist. The 2