2019 Toyota Tundra problems
Owners have filed 107 complaints with NHTSA about the 2019 Toyota Tundra. Fuel system is the most reported problem area, at 21% of complaints. Next are forward collision avoidance (13%) and electrical system (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 107 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 12,000 miles 41 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 | 24 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 41 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 12,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2019 ranks 18th most-complained-about out of 27 model years of the Toyota Tundra with enough data (87 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 9 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.
The contact owned a 2019 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 MPH, an oncoming vehicle did not obey a stop sign and proceeded to crash into the rear driver's side of the contact's vehicle. As a result, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the platform of an 18-wheeler. No air bags deployed. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to his residence. A police report was filed. The vehicle was deemed destroyed by the insurance company.
The contact owns a 2019 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that while parked for 5-10 minutes, the contact noticed a burning plastic odor, and upon looking up moments later, the contact noticed flames coming from the driver's side headlight, and the flames were 6 inches above the headlight. The contact started extinguishing the fire with water bottles. The contact drove to a water hose, which the contact also used to extinguish the fire. The contact sustained minor smoke inhalation. No police report was filed.
While driving with the adaptive cruise control set a message will appear "radar cruise control unavailable clean sensor". This message will appear with no adverse weather conditions. Due to this error the cruise control no longer works and the pre-collision warning system no longer works. Also randomly a "brake!" message will appear and the vehicle automatically slams on the brakes when no emergency exists creating a hazard for vehicles behind.
While driving 40 MPH the warning light 'accelerator and brake pedals depressed simultaneously ' came on and the truck slowed down significantly, which almost caused an accident. The brake pedal was not being used while driving.