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2003 Toyota Tundra steering problems

Owners reported steering problems in 23 complaints for the 2003 Toyota Tundra, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
23 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
94,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2003 Toyota Tundra Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 94,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 94,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 31% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 16 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 94,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl*- while driving at 55 mphthe 2003/toyota/tundra ran into the retainer wall because the tie rod on the passenger's side snapped, lifting the truck. On january 11 2006 the dealer fixed the recalled tire rod end and ball joint. The contact believed that they should have also replaced the entire rod itself, they did not. He had the truck for seventeen days when the tie rod snapped. This almost killed his entire family. His was told to call the hot line by the dealer. The current and failure mileage were both 41000.

Reported at 41,000 miles, February 2007 CrashInjury

Gear shifter broke while trying to place in park. The vehicle was in drive and as I attempted to move the shifter up to the park position it broke when it got to neutral. I was stranded away from home and had to call someone to come help me get it home. When looking up on youtube there are over 27,000 views on one post about this. This is faulty parts and should be recalled and fixed.

Reported at 148,740 miles, October 2015

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