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2003 Toyota Tundra drivetrain & axles problems

33 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2003 Toyota Tundra, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
33 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
99,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2003 Toyota Tundra Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 99,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 99,000 miles
Based on 28 complaints that include mileage. 29% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 28 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 99,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While towing a small trailer the front end of the vehicle started floating and became impossible to control. As a result the truck went out of control and flipped over causing over 10,000.00 in damages to the pickup. It was a bout a month or two after this that we received the recall on the front ball joint. Even though it was supposedly fixed??? It still continues to have problems. I have contacted the insurance company and they had never heard of the recall.

March 2006 CrashInjury

Toyota had a re-call for excessive corrosion on the 03 tundra. I have been taking the truck in for inspections for 3 years & was told everything was ok. This year toyota said they had an ok to undercoat the frames. While my truck was in for the work it was discovered that the rear differntial had rusted through & was leaking oil. Even though this componenet is on the underside of the truck just like the frame that was covered the repairs were not covered under the recall.

Reported at 110,907 miles, February 2011

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