2005 Toyota Tundra: brake failure

Filed Aug 22, 2019 · Body · 195,000 miles · NC

Brakes failed2 times in less than 1 year cause of failure,brake lines rusted through. Frame is very rusty the truck was in motion both times

Filed Aug 6, 2019 · Body, Brakes · 140,000 miles · GA · crash

Toyota tundra frame recall - frame coating applied per recall in 2014. Vehicle inspected twice by dealer in 2018 & 2019 and vehicle determined to be ok. Recently experienced loss of brakes and crash into garage. Vehicle inspected by independent mechanic and found 2 perforated and rusted brake lines. Scraping away the undercoating uncovered other corrosion in various degrees. Determined that spray undercoating came way to late as truck already had 9 years of corrosion. Undercoating only hid the problem. Submitted a claim with toyota who offered no assistance.

Filed Jun 22, 2019 · Brakes · 83,000 miles · MD

The last 3 vehicles I've owned have had total brake failure due to brake line failure/ with vehicles lasting longer and salt treating for winter precipitation, stainless should be required. The most recent was a toyota tundra. Previously an expedition and a lexus rx300

Filed Apr 3, 2018 · Brakes · 158,000 miles · PA

Got in truck, started it, brake light remained on. While driving, brakes were soft. Checked brake fluid reservoir, low on fluid. Added brake fluid, pumped brakes- pedal went to the floor. Fluid under right front wheel. Had truck taken to my mechanic - brake line rusted out, all all other lines rusted as well. Recommended all get replaced as a safety issue. Not only rust issues with this vehicle- was in the toyota chassis recall- chassis coated with rust inhibitor. Differential rusted out- replaced at my cost. Toyota took no responsibility. Also replaced the hood release cable, emergency brake cable, as well as the two cables supporting the tailgate- all rusted out. Rear bumper rusted out too.

Filed Jan 7, 2015 · Brakes · 105,288 miles · IN

I pulled my truck out of the garage (it was backed in) and when I approached the street applied the brakes. The brake pedal went to the floor and the truck barely stopped before entering the street. (driveway was luckily on flat terrain) I checked the brake reservoir and it was almost empty. Filled up reservoir, pumped brakes to get stiff pedal and checked for leaks. Could find none so drove truck on about 5 mile roundtrip. Pulled truck out the next day and reservoir was again empty but could find no fluid on concrete in garage. Filled reservoir & brought to my mechanic. He found that the booster pump was leaking into the master cylinder which was why there was not fluid on the concrete. He had to replace the entire unit since toyota does not sell the components separately. This could have been disastrous under different circumstances. The brakes had worked perfectly fine the previous time the truck was driven. In fact it was driven over 250 miles on a hunting trip through roads that ran along cliffs. If the brakes had suddenly failed just 4 days earlier, someone could have died.

Filed May 16, 2012 · Brakes · 48,308 miles · PA

I got into truck to drive and had no brakes. They had "gone" out overnight. The truck was towed to dealer and we found out that a brake line had rusted out. Less than three months later the same thing happended again. Now it is an additional two lines that have rusted out. Toyota is telling us that its normal and not unexpected for this to happen with a truck that has almost 50,000 miles on it. In addition, since there are several brake lines on the truck, the others could go at any time. This is an extreme safely hazard as the brakes could stop working at anytime the truck is driven.

Filed Aug 13, 2010 · Brakes · 127,000 miles · FL

Malfunctioning brake sensors on 2005 tundra uses ABS to override driver's braking below 10 MPH. The defect is that "ABS" light does not appear on dash to inform the driver that he does not have full braking authority over the vehicle when the ABS kicks in. The toyota dealer had damaged the brake sensor while replacing the rear axle bearings. I drove the service manager to witness the loss of braking control. The brake sensor was replaced and problems solved. Back to the problem. I over shot a stop line by a few feet in heavy traffic. Luckily, I was the first one at the red traffic light. It sounded like the ABS kicked in, but ABS light did not illuminate. I thought the braking system was recalibrating itself (who knows how all these onboard computers operate these days), but the ABS was kicking in.

Filed Sep 7, 2007 · Brakes, Suspension · CA

I have a 2005 toyota tundra with 24,000 miles and have experienced 3 issues. 1 brake failure on off ramp. 1/2/07 lower ball joint replacement- recall by toyota. 7/9/07 left rear wheel bearing replaced 8 /14/ 07 all of these problems were addressed by toyota of temecula. Toyota has increased the brake size on new tundra trucks. Why? These are quality and safety issues and I am wondering when the next problem will happen.*jb updated 09/26/07

Filed Apr 27, 2007 · Brakes · 33,000 miles · FL

While trying to stop from 45 MPH, the ABS system activated on a clean dry road and the brakes failed to activate at all. The pedal did not go to the floor and the truck would not stop. After coasting to a stop, the brakes started working normally. After taking it to the toyota dealer, they could find nothing wrong and the ABS system did not report an error.

Filed Oct 27, 2006 · Brakes · 23,000 miles · ME · crash

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the brakes failed to work under normal road conditions causing the vehicle to collide into another. There were not warnings prior to the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was totaled and taken to a collision repair shop. A police report was taken, and the driver did not sustain injuries. Updated 11/30/2006 -