2001 Toyota Tundra problems
Owners have filed 543 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Toyota Tundra. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 32% of complaints. Next are brakes (25%) and suspension (16%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 543 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 37 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 40 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 390 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 24 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 26 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 42 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 33 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 67 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 59 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 25 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 30 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 33 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 20 |
| 200k+ miles | 31 |
What the data shows
Of the 390 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 100,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 112,000 miles (135 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 37 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 40 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 27 model years of the Toyota Tundra with enough data (176 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Brakes and ball joint failure of toyota tundra lim. 4door 4.7l 8 cylinder 4x4 right side wheel came off and hit two persons on the shoulder of the highway in which one was killed.
Steering/stability. While driving at 55 MPH lost control of truck and resulted in accident. Truck went into flat spin then rolled
Vehicle stalls at any speed and when going up a hill. The check engine light had come on. There were times when the engine felt as if it were dragging and would be able to be restarted but when put into gear, the engine would die. The transmission was found defective and was replaced with a toyota remanufactured transmission. *scc also the engine light illuminated, it was determined the oxygen sensor needed to be replaced. The air condition did cool properly.
2001 toyota tundra brakes shake excessively even after replacing them with new ones. Transmission makes a loud thump when going into overdrive.