2008 Toyota Tundra: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Jul 18, 2024 · Engine · 116,000 miles · ND

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the vehicles stalled. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated and failed to accelerate above 50 MPH. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where to be diagnosed. The dealer determined that the secondary air injection pump had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHSTA Hotline for assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 116,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed May 18, 2017 · Transmission · 108,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. While driving various speeds, the power train would malfunction while in first, second, and sixth gears. The failure caused the transmission to erroneously downshift and the vehicle jerked and hesitated. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 108,000.

Filed Feb 23, 2012 · Transmission · 104,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota tundra. The contact stated that the transfer case spider was rusted. The failure caused the vehicle to make a growling noise and hesitate abnormally when driven. The dealer stated that the gear was supposed to be covered in oil and should not rust. The failure mileage was 104,000 and the current mileage was 106,000.

Filed Aug 15, 2010 · Brakes, Suspension · 12,979 miles · CA

Toyota tundra 2008 trd rear sway bar failure - rear trd sway bar assembly hardware on 2008 tundra is actually cracking and causing a dangerous situation and bending the rear brake line to the point that if I had not caught the problem my rear brakes would have failed. I was under my truck doing a general inspection and noticed that my left rear trd bilstien shock was leaking. I contacted toyota and told them about the problem and without hesitation they ordered the part without even seeing the truck. Unfortunately when I took the truck in toyota had ordered a standard shock and not a bilstien shock, so I picked my truck back up from them until they got the correct part. A few days latter I noticed a knock coming from my truck and when I had isolated the knock I identified it as the left strap on my trd sway bar kit. What I concluded is that the left rear shock leaking caused too much travel. The extensive travel of the shock caused too much stress on the strap of the sway bar kit and in-turn the strap failed and split in half exposing the rubber bushing (I have pictures of this). I called toyota and informed them of the problem and talked to walter yamamoto the service writter at piercy toyota of milpitas california. I told walter that the sway bar was pressing on the rear break line and had bent it upwards and was now leaning against the rear break line. At no time did walter advise me to take the truck in to the service department. I finally got to scared to drive the truck and took it too toyota and advised them that it was to much of a safety issued to continue to drive the truck. I asked walter to take a look at the sway bar and he saw the issue. I had contacted a couple of other people that confirmed the same thing had happened to their trucks, but when I asked walter if this had happened to anyone else he replied "no". This is a serious problem for toyota because they have sold many of these sway bar kits to tundra owners form 2007 to present.

Filed Mar 1, 2010 · Acceleration, Electrical · 5,000 miles · AL

Tl*the contact owns 2008 toyota tundra. The contact stated that when the weather was humid, the check engine light illuminated. The contact stated that he was driving 5 MPH when the check engine light came on. The check engine light would come on for a week at a time, then it would go off for a couple days, then back on 3 more times throughout the day. The owner took the vehicle to the dealership for testing. The dealer said that the computer was not showing a code so there was nothing that could be done. The failure mileage was 5,000. The current mileage was 13,5000. The consumer stated the transmission would hesitate during take off as well as during cold temperatures and the engine made a rattle sound. The radio would come on and change stations by itself. The consumer stated the accelerator pedal became stuck even before a recall was issued. The blower motor did not always work properly, the re-circulator would shut off by itself even if the button was held down for 3 seconds. Updated 04/20/10

Filed Nov 11, 2009 · Engine · 23,500 miles · CO

The problem with my tundra concerns the engine. Three times since march 2009 the check engine light has come on. Each time I have taken it to the dealer and they agree there is a problem however, the problem is intermittent and they can't duplicate the problem. The problem according to the dealer is a sticking valve in the engine component. The one time I did get it to the toyota dealer in south dakota, when the problem was still occurring, I was told they didn't have the part so they couldn't fix it. When this problem occurs, the engine on occasion has hesitated and almost caused an accident. This was explained both to the dealer and the 'consumer rep.' (compliant 0911112241). I was told by the consumer rep. Not to worry, if there was an accident the problem was documented. I was also told their tech rep was working on the problem and would call me back. That was seven days ago and counting. In summary, the toyota warranty appears to have very limited valve, the consumer rep. Is window dressing, and your safety is optional.

Filed Feb 24, 2009 · Acceleration · 1 miles · TN

Throttle control, 2008 toyota tundra with 5.7 l engine. Electronic "fly by wire" design has delays in advancing throttle on motor. Several complaints on tundra blogs about this as well. Could be dangerous when making u turns or in blind areas as there is a hesitation in the engine response. I asked dealer about adjusting and was told that unit was not adjustable. I have my vehicle in the shop now for a replacement of this unit.