2011 Toyota Tundra problems
Owners have filed 184 complaints with NHTSA about the 2011 Toyota Tundra. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. Next are electrical system (12%) and steering (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 184 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 69,000 miles 132 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 | 18 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 16 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 15 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 30 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 23 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 16 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 132 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 69,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 70,000 miles (26 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2011 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 27 model years of the Toyota Tundra with enough data (90 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 10 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.
On 12/17/2016 my daughter and I had a head-on collision. The passenger side airbags deployed fine and prevented my daughter from having any major injuries. My driver's side airbag popped out of the steering wheel but didn't inflate. Due to the airbag not deploying properly I hit my head on the steering wheel. This caused me to be transported by ambulance to the local hospital where I received stitches in my forehead and continue to suffer from a dizziness/headaches - concussion.
2011 toyota tundra. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle air bags and transmission malfunction. *smd the consumer stated her husband turned down the wrong street, and when he went to turn around, he put the vehicle in reverse, and stepped on the gas, but the vehicle went forward over a forty foot embankment and ran into a large boulder and a tree. When the vehicle stopped it was still in reverse and the air bags did not deploy.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota tundra. While driving 60 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the steering column failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.
Recall secondary air injection system - toyota recalled this part up to 2010 and has excluded the 2011. Extended warranty will not cover this part because toyota is aware of this problem and the extended warranty has a bulletin including the 2011.toyota will not cover this part because toyota excludes the 2011. This is a $2,500 repair. Check engine light came on, poor acceleration then occurred, vehicle would not accelerate. We were on a 4 lane highway in town.