2016 Toyota Tundra problems
Owners have filed 159 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Toyota Tundra. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 21% of complaints. Next are electrical system (16%) and body & structure (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 159 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 15,000 miles 112 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 | 69 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 16 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 112 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 15,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 4,000 miles (26 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 87% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2016 ranks 13th most-complained-about out of 27 model years of the Toyota Tundra with enough data (129 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tundra. While the vehicle was parked, the rear passenger side bumper disassembled while being stepped onto to enter the rear of the truck. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed with a fractured clip for the passenger side bumper. The part had to be ordered. While waiting for the clip, a passenger stepped up on the bumper several days later and fractured the bumper in half. The passenger sustained injuries to the right shin, which required medical attention.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota tundra. When the contact stepped on the vehicle's rear bumper, the bumper detached. As a result, the contact sustained a knee injury that required medical attention. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the bumper was replaced. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 17v051000 (structure). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 16,000. ..updated 06/27/17
I purchased a brand new toyota truck. I step on the rear bumper when the truck was stationary and nearly broke my leg, I noticed that the rear bumper appeared to have been already broken. When I took the new toyota truck to the parker toyota coeur d'alene idaho dealership they said that the rear bumper was under recall. A "...equipped with resin rear step bumpers and resin reinforcement brackets at each corner." yet they did not have the parts. This I had to drive around with this cracked bumper.
All lights (headlamps and tail lamps and instrument panel) turn off when using turn signal. This typically happens when changing lanes at highway speed. I am not the only one experiencing this problem. Seems to occur in 2015-2017 toyota tundras (1794 & platinum editions). See thread. [link removed]