The brakes on my 2004 toyota tundra double-cab do not work properly (and never have). When you press on the brake pedal, the brakes make a loud noise (not the typical anti-lock brake noise) and do not stop effectively. I've almost ran into cars in front of me. I took it to stevinson toyota, but they said the brakes were fine. They weren't. I took it pep boys and they replaced the pads & turned the rotors. It is better, but still bad. I think I'll get rid of the truck. Someone is going to get hurt with this brake situation on the truck model.
2004 Toyota Tundra transmission complaints
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Rear bearing failure in 2004 toyota tundra, related parts ABS gear broke. Not able to control truck at a regular stop feels like truck wants to keep going. Also feels like the rear violently shifts. Number of vehicles with same problem are unknown. But is a ordinary thing according to local dealers!!!!!!!!!
2004 toyota tundra with a limited slip differential. On wet payment, if both wheel spin at the same time ( loose traction), the truck bed will kick left and put the truck into a spin. The truck was taken to the dealer and the dealer said the lsd (limited slip differential) was functioning. He asked me which side the truck kicked. I told him left. The dealer has seen this problem before with this truck kicking left. The dealer stated I had to contact toyota motor sales and file a complaint. This was done and I was refereed to toyota regional office in fl. I was contacted by them and they told me that the lsd was functioning correctly and that toyota has no intention of fixing this problem. This problem need to be fixed!
Purchased a toyota tundra brand new with 16 miles in august 2004. Several weeks later I noticed a high-pitched scraping noise occurring from the engine. After two trips to the dealership and no resolution they contacted toyota in florida and sent a southeast regional representative to inspect. The noise was occurring when the truck shifted into overdrive while doing appx. 30 MPH and 1100 rpms. Letting off the gas caused the noise to cease. Giving gas also caused the noise to cease. The noise only occurred when the speed was maintained at 30 MPH. The toyota representative stated the he thought the problem was occurring with the torque converter and that it was something that I was going to have to live with. He also stated that this was the only reported case that he was aware of. I told him I was not going to pay $25,000 for a vehicle that was making a strange noise and that he could either replace the truck or eliminate the noise. He stated he was not going to replace the truck but that he would "consider" replacing the transmission.
While driving tracking device came on and off on its own. Vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. Consumer depressed brake pedal in order to stop. Then, consumer drove the vehicle to dealer for inspection, and mechanic informed consumer that the problem could not be duplicated.
The 2004 tundra is available with a fully extended cab, which I own. This model uses a different electronic/mechanical mechanism to shift gears than other models. With 1200 miles on the 2004 tundra I realized there was a problem if you shift from overdrive to 3rd gear to slow down while going doan a hill, then shift back to overdrive, the transmission will fail to switch. There is a button you drpress on the steering shift knob that electronically shifts in and out of overdrive. If this button is briefly tapped to switch gears, this will cause the transmission not to shift back. Instead, it will reverse so that when the dash light says you are in overdrive you actually are in 3rd gear. When the light says are out of overdrive you are in overdrive. The dealer was able to replicate this problem. They checked with factory and there were no other incidents of this. The dealer did not know why they used a different shifting mechanism from one cab design to the other (extended). The service report was written and states this condition as being a normal operating condition at this time.
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