2003 Toyota Tundra body & structure problems
152 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2003 Toyota Tundra, which is 29% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 152 29% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 111,000 miles 108 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When body & structure problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 10 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 23 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 12 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 13 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 7 |
What the data shows
Of the 108 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 111,000 miles, and 13% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
Traveling on hwy 11. 4 cars ahead suddenly stop. I had 3 choices: hit the car in front of me. Go into on coming traffic, or head off the side of the road into the bayou. Missed the opportunity of the bayou, hit a parked semi tractor trailer. Nothing happened to the tractor trailor. My toyota got severely crunched on the right passenger side. My air bags never went off. I was going 30 miles per hour, and nothing deployed. Now I understand it is a good thing the airbags didn't go off.
Toyota applied a corrosion resistant compound to the rear cross-member assemblies and to the adjacent areas of the frame. This coating has completely peeled off, rendering the exposed corroded metal back to it's original recalled state. This recall occurred in january of 2012, the problem was supposedly fixed by toyota. All of the coating is gone, and, no longer protecting the exposed and corroded metal.
Other problems reported for the 2003 Toyota Tundra
- Air bags 86 complaints
- Suspension 64 complaints
- Brakes 43 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 33 complaints
- Fuel system 23 complaints
- Steering 23 complaints