Problems with 2008 Toyota Tundra STRUCTURE

I had reached out to toyota regarding the premature chassis rust issue on their trucks. i had inadvertently missed the cut off date for the coating which was in may of 2018 due to an unavoidable personal event. what didn't make sense was that they extended the campaign to replace the chassis if the perforation was deemed severe until january of 2020. i had the chassis inspected by a toyota dealer before this january cutoff date. while there isn't sufficient perforation to warrant a replacement but it is clearly evident that the chassis was never painted and the rusting on the chassis is clearly prominent for a vehicle of this age. what is most disconcerting is that they would extend the warranty to replace the frames but they would not extend the cutoff to coat the chassis. shouldn't this coating be covered by the manufacturer without a cutoff date? my truck has been very well taken care of, never abused and always washed after snow storms but due to no fault of my own whereas the initial chassis coating was faulty i am now faced with a truck that looks almost mint but the chassis will be failing prematurely. i had reached out to toyota but they flat out refused to provide the coating as i missed the cutoff date. i am concerned that this will soon become a safety issue as the truck will lose it's structural integrity without the crucial coating to inhibit the rusting. please let me know if there is anything the nhtsa can do to help, thank you.

Bought 2008 tundra in 2015. body excellent shape. had 46000 miles on it. blowed a brake line and put on rack to make repairs this past month. brake lines rusted and frame is rotten. i can run my finger through the frame. i paid 25.000.00 for this truck. was towing a camper when brake line blew. was hardly able to get camper home. will you folks replace this frame? or will you stand good for it. i still owe on it. it is parked for the time being and not safe to drive.

Frame mount for gas tank has rusted and fuel tank is dropping down. last year an undercoating was applied by a toyota dealer and is peeling off in certain areas. i believe pursuant to the class action lawsuit referred to as brian warner et al toyota motor corporation my vehicle may be covered under warranty because the gas tank strap mounting is part of the frame. as of now, my mechanic advised me not to drive it as it is a safety hazard. i noticed the tank strap was hanging down from the frame and the gas tank was also hanging down while the vehicle was parked in my driveway.

I had lifted the bed liner on my tundra and found the bed to body mount area rusted through with holes in it. there is a tech bulletin for the exact item but i am out of warranty. it has a hole in the bed now. if i had lifted it years before i feel the rust would have been seen and it taken care of. toyota will do nothing for it now. i have never had a truck rust thru so fast.

My tailgate latch broke on me again. this is the second time that it happened in two years. i was just going to let my tailgate down and the latch broke. the vehicle was stationary.

Vibration at 70,000 miles in front and rear of vehicle. checked out online. seems people are having problems with bearings in toyota tundra's at relatively low mileage . took to mechanic. bearings need replaced in front right and rear wheel hubs. 70,000 miles, wow. mechanic was flabbergasted too. little early for bearing replacement . with the frame already under recall. makes you wonder who went cheap with bearing's too. i bought toyota in thinking things like this wouldn't happen. my 1996 nissan frame looks better then the frame on my truck. toyota inspected frame . told me it looked better than most . bolts that hold bed on under my bed liner are already rusted, as well as the bed body and frame .told me it doesn't meet replacement requirements . so now i'm waiting for them to spray underneath body. something that should have been done in production . i don't see how that fixes a problem . if done correctly and prepped before spraying maybe. need to replace all frames not coated in the first place.

Takata recall. every light on the dash come on an the eng. try to quit . it stared on jan. 23 2018. on us 119.i wash it ion the wheel the finsh came off . thebed is rushing on the in side at the bolts.

On 01-08-2018 i had a mva in which the front of my truck struck another vehicle and my air bag was deployed. as you may judge from the picture the impact was minimal. the other vehicle, a 2003 honda civic, was drivable, while my much bigger truck was not due to my condition and the deployed air bag. i was knock out approximately 5 to 7 minutes, i made this estimate by the arrival of winter park pd. i also suffered two fractured ribs on my right arm pit area and one on my left arm pit area, this was according to the er doctor and a fracture of my l5 vertebrae according to my mri report. four herniated disc and six bulging. it is my sincere believe that some if not all this personal injuries i suffered were related to an over pressured air bag system. although there are no recalls on my truck, i feel a need to register my complaint. as noted on my pd report i had just initiated a u-turn so i could not have been traveling more than 15 mph on lee rd. (a paved city street). see also odi 11287678. *dsy

Also my 08 tundra just like my 03 toyota sequoia has the paint coming off the hood and very top of truck including chipping and pain coming off and clear coat, has to be bad paint there using.

On june 13th. my 2008 toyota tundra inexplicably cought on fire. the fire was located on the left side of the dash and the left front door. the truck was running, idle with the air conditioner on the windows were up. i had both of my small dogs inside. i was not in the truck . that day was clear sky and starting to get hot for the dogs . i always leave the truck running with ac on for them. i was busy working on a 2000 hino medium duty truck. my truck was parked next to the hino . i was in the hino. my client alerted me of smoke coming out of my cab. i immediately went to open the door all i saw was smoke and one of my dogs was barking the other i had to go in to find. he was alive but not barking. i removed both dogs the fire had melted my dash on the left side there was not any flames on dash just smoke the only flames where on my jacket that i had left on the floor driver side front. i pulled my jacket out through onto ground . my client than told me to use a fire extinguisher to be safe. i did . thats it i didnt call fire department . the fire was over but it caused allot of damage. i don't understsnd how this could happen. i first tried to get someone to inspect it before i took to toyota dealership where i bought truck new. could not find one in area. i took to dealer about 3 weeks later they could not explain it so they directed me to toyota headquarters on july 31st. now toyota headquarters has not told me what caused this fire i'm assuming they are still investigating it. can you please come and look at my truck i did take some pictures if you would like. thank you. the fire happened in south san francisco in a parking lot for a big warehouse. buisness area not residential.

The bed of my truck is rusting out in the area where the hold-down bolts are. before long half or more of the bolts will be useless and the bed could come off. nothing else on the truck body is rusty at all. this is obviously a defect and it negatively effects the safety of my truck. this has been going on for years but i just recently became aware of the full extent of the problem.

So long story short my 2008 double cab 6.5 foot bed was taken back to the dealer for the factory or dealer (in mid 2009) installed plastic bed liner rubbing the paint off in the bed and discoloration of the back bumper or delamination as toyota called it. toyota replaced the bumper free of charge due to the corrosion warranty and the dealership not undercoating the back of the bumper, great no problem there. but never in any of the records did the service rep record that the bed could corrode! later to find out when taking the truck to get a spray in liner i dropped it off in august of 2016 later to get a call saying i should take a look at my bed before they did any work to find a hole rotten through the bed an paint that was bubbled, cracked and flacking off. i did some research on line to find a tsb for my exact problem. its tsb-0101-12, i never got word of this till i dug online to find this! i took the truck to toyota to be told they could not help me because there was no warranty. so i contacted the north east regional claims manager to be told that since there was no record of this complaint during the warrantee period they could not assist. would anyone have any advice on where to turn i might trade the truck in to not have to replace the bed

Extrem rust under truck

Truck bed rusting from under the bed forcing the metal up, bubbeling, and now the bed is rusting through. rust exactly as described in the service bulliten t-tci-3823, july 30, 2012, truck bed floor rust/corrosion. .hopefully the truck bed won't fall off because of this, looks very bad.

80,300 miles. june 2, 2016 removed my bed liner to clean out from hauling a load of topsoil. discovered rusting/bubbling on the floor surface. 2007-2011 toyota tundra truck bed floor rust tsb issued 110/17/12. my vin falls into the category but it falls past the 60 month/unlimited miles corrosion warranty. i keep my truck immaculate and very well maintained....hence the bed liner. if i would have treated my truck differently and not protected the bed with the bed liner, i would have discovered the rust sooner and probably been covered. penalized for taking care of my truck. the local dealer tried very hard to get toyota to cover the repair but the toyota reps would only offer $2000 toward a potential $13000 repair. i have been a toyota customer since 1990 and i am extremely disappointed with toyota. this issue has absolutely nothing to do with customer neglect...it's neglect by toyota who will not stand by their product. as far as this being a safety issue, the rust is concentrated where the bed is connected to the frame. if i did not discover this, it could potentially separate from the truck frame while driving/hauling a heavy load and cause serious injury or death. toyota doesn't care about that apparently.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. after the bed liner was removed, it was discovered that the bed of the vehicle was rusted. the vehicle was taken to a dealer, but no assistance could be provided. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 77,000.

Significant rust around bed bolts. no other rust on body, or underneath bed, no rust on chassis. no rust anywhere else on truck. seems to be softball size bubbles in a pattern on bed only. if not fixed afraid bed will come loose while driving over rough terrain or in a minor accident.

The bed of this truck is rusting out especially along the cross frame bars and where the bolts attach the bed to the frame of the truck. as the truck ages the rear of the truck has developed a sway when rounding turns.

The truck bed floor has rusted at all four hold down bolts and has expanded to other aspects of truck bed floor itself.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. after inspecting the vehicle, it was discovered that the frame was rusted. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the frame needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 39,000.

Bed rust. *tr

The power windows on all 4 doors do not work when the weather goes to just freezing. i do not think there is enough insulation in the doors or water is accumulating inside the motors that run windows. i have only owned this truck since november of 2012 and did not drive it last winter as i work away from home for months at a time. this winter i was home and the power windows do not work when it is cold outside. i have never experienced this with any other vehicle in cold/frozen weather before so, i think there is something wrong. i live in washington state and it does not get that cold overnight here where i live just down to freezing usually in winter. my wife drives an acura rl 2006 and has never had this happen to her with her car. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated that the trailer hitch, the frame receiving rear area and the rear bumper was severely corroded. the hitch frame was fractured in pieces due to the corrosion. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and the contact was advised that the vehicle was not repairable. the approximate failure mileage was 34,000 and the current mileage was 36,000. *tr

my tundra was making scraping noises when turning. brought the truck to toyota for service to find out the rear bearings on both sides were rusting out and they had to be replaced. service representative said he called toyota already even though my warranty had long passed. he stated that toyota had increased the warranty on the bearings to a 5 year/65,000 miles. toyota did pay about 1/4 th of the cost. seems as though they know there is a defect in the bearing but not willing to cover the total cost of repair. this is the first time i have ever had bearing issues on any vehicle that i have owned. i drive most of my vehicles for about 8 years or more. thus one of the reasons i buy toyotas. not sure if that will be true any longer. *tr

Tl*the contact owns 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated a vehicle crashed into the rear of their vehicle and when the vehicle was repaired, the plug used to haul a trailer no longer functioned properly. the design of the new plug was wider and it caused the electrical cable to hang from the trailer lights. the electrical cables would also detach from causing the vehicle not to have electricity to the trailer that was being hauled. the contact asked the dealer to replace the old design but the manufacturer stated that they no longer had them. the failure prevented the tail lights and brake lights from working. the failure mileage and current mileages were 40,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated that the vehicle was rusted and there were enormous holes in the rear bed of the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the rear bed was corroded and needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 168,400.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. the contact stated that the paint on the front end of the vehicle was chipping. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 20,000. updated 12/28/12 *cn the consumer stated the frame is rusting and the actual gas mileage is less than the sticker mileage. updated 1/15/2013*js

I have an white 08 tundra cewmax limited. the paint is horrible. it seems like every little light touch of it brings it down to the grey undercoating. for instance, my key fob hit the gate when i was unlocking the tailgate and it chipped it right down to the grey undercoating. the truck is peppered with these probably from road debris. i could understand a little here or there but not this many and having it happen so easily most recently my clearcoat has started to fail and my truck is only 4 years old. it gets washed almost weekly and waxed every month with meguires nxt 2.0. i know every little ding, scratch and dent on the truck and everytime i go to wash it, there are more. the paint/clearcoat is not very protective and has not held up. my other car is 12 years old and gets the same car care treatment as my tundra and its paint is 100% better than this truck. it is also a toyota and white. *tr

I just bought my 2008 tundra and have noticed an incredible bounce while driving on the freeway. this does not seem normal and concerns me. the tires have been rotated and balanced and this doesn't seem to change the bounce effect. after reading online, it appears that toyota is familiar with this problem. i hope they fix it soon. i have taken the cars to two dealerships and they said it was normal. i have own 4 toyota trucks and none had this problem! i just hope that toyota realizes that there is a major problem before an accident or death happens! *tr

Anyone familiar with "shaken baby" syndrome will recognize this defect. on certain sections of pavement and at certain speeds, this vehicle sets up a harmonic vibration and shakes so violently that infants are at risk. the events are easily repeated and are known to the manufacturer. *tr

I have the blue streak color and it has many scratches. the white under coat shows through. showed to dealer. they saw the scratches and chipping paint but did not acknowledge that there was a problem, and did nothing to rectify. if i buy a toyota tundra again, i will get white so that scratches won't show through the paint. *tr

08 tundra while driving at 65 mph the bed bounce on the truck is horrible. while driving you sometimes feel as if you are going to lose control of the truck. problem persists at 65mph+. *tr

Paint on 2008 tundra crewmax is terrible quality. "this is my first new vehicle purchase and i am for the most part very happy with my 08 pyrite mica crewmax purchase. my only problem with this truck is you got it, the paint job. don't get me wrong its a beautiful color, but man is this paint fragile. i have 408 miles on this truck and have leaned against it a few times loading and unloading items from the side and have scratches that are very noticeable from brushing against the side with blue jeans. for a truck with a 44,000 msrp, you would think it would have a better quality paint job than this, this is bs. my 98 chevy original paint is much tougher than this. toyota is going have to do better than this if they expect a repeat purchase from me. i realize certain chemicals have been banned from the painting process in the states, but we've got to do better with today's technology this shouldn't be happening." *tr

I have owned my 2008 toyota tundra for 6 weeks now and love my truck!! the only problem is with the factory paint job. the paint on this vehicle scratches far too easy. if a hose rubs on it, or if someone's jacket rubs along the vehicle, it will scratch all the way down to the metal! i understand that this is a pickup truck, but toyota should stand behind the quality of their work. *tr

2008 toyota tundra double cab 4x4 sr5 w/trd off road this truck is clearly unsafe to drive. when you drive the truck and hit a bump in the road, the truck bed bounces. it will actually affect the steering and ability to control the vehicle. while driving the truck at highway speeds, if you hit a large bump it is exceptionally hard to steer and control. i know truck beds can bounce, but this truck is way more than the norm!! the bounce has actually led to my 1st tundra's bed to be out of square 1 1/2 . further more , if you measure from the back of the cab to the top of the bed, there was a difference of 1 3/4 inches from the left and right side. please help! toyota has recognized the problem of the bed bounce, but refuses to help. this is a problem is serious and needs to be looked into immediately. please call if you guys have any questions i will be glad to help. thank you *tr

After about 45 days i started noticing scratches all over my truck. it had never been off road and had only been hand washed by the dealership. toyota corp. and the dealership were of absolutely no help. yesterday i bumped(and i mean barely bumped) the hood with the water hose while washing it, and it took the paint off all the way down to the metal! unbelievable! a $40,000 truck that is ruined! i will have to invest thousands of dollars for a new paint job. *tr

Extreme bed bounce on freeways. shakes the cab/ passengers including 4 yr old son in car seat! *tr

08 tundra crewmax. has multiple scratches in the paint. paint is very thin (one coat). paint can not even be washed without scratching. truck has scratches on it from leaning over the bed, also around all the door handles from just opening the doors, not to mention all the marks around the door and tailgate from just our hands. $45,000 truck...you would think that they could atleast put a good coat of paint on it. this will cost me thousands to fix. the truck has never been off road and should have no visible marks. this is ridiculous. *tr