How Reliable Are Toyota Tundra Trucks

These are great points, however I did not see much that points to the things people should be aware of. I’ve driven Toyota 4 x 4’s all my life and purchased a 2007 tundra w 135k as the second owner in 2015. Two things I want to point out our cost of parts/maintenance and some of the breakdowns I’ve encountered. At 145K A valve spring broke causing a total engine destruction. I had to replace the 5.7 V8 at a cost of 11,000 for a rebuilt motor. The good news is Toyota offered me a two year warranty. After the replacing the motor I lost access to four-wheel-drive and cruise control. I was quoted $3000 to replace the actuator in the transfer case. I decided to take those repairs to a reputable 4WD and Having the truck for a week determined that they were not able to communicate with the Toyota ECU and we’re unable to replace the actuator and give the four-wheel-drive computer a flash. They were unable to communicate with the system although they had state of the art diagnostic tools and ultimately sent me back to Toyota to figure it out. To this day I have not fix these problems due to the cost and trouble finding someone who can do the job outside of the dealership. I often get compliments on my truck as it looks amazing and no one would ever know the problems it’s in countered. I’ve had to replace the air conditioning compressor, evaporator, the radiator, and have gone through front calipers twice since owning the vehicle. I replaced the keyless entry system and the factory amp. Parts are expensive, for example to replace the side mirror on the Limited TRD, which folds, is heated and has built-in signals cost $800. Long story short as a secondhand vehicle that had all maintenance records taken care of by the original owner, I’ve determined that I either I got what some would call a lemon, or overtime, at least the early model tundras will require a lot of money to keep everything in working order. I believe I have nearly 20K in repairs into the truck since purchasing it in 2015. The truck now has 190k and I’m looking forward to sorting out the 4WD & Cruise Controls over time.

I have had my tundra for 11 years with no problems.

I sold my 2007 Tacoma in 2018 for $18,200. It had never been in the shop for anything but routine maintenance. Pretty hard to get better than "no repair for failure or breakage, ever."

The brake controller that comes with the towing package is garbage. Second trip out witha brand new travel trailer we had trailer brake failure. There are a lot of posts about others having the same experience . Based on the general conclusion that Toyota doesnt feel the brake controller is faulty we skipped the dealership and installed a wonderful brake controller (Tekonsha). Luckily less than 150 dollars. For a company that we assumed cares about reliability this was a surprise. We are glad we didnt have a major accident.

It’s not better than Ford.
Look ugly and it’s more expensive than Ford

I am the owner of a 2007 Tundra SR5 that I bought new. 132,000 miles on it and have not had any problems with it. I use it to pull my pontoon boat to the lake numerous times a week. 60 miles round trip. Gas mileage sucks when towing, my only complaint.

I've had two Tundras, a 2002 SR5 V8 RWD Access Cab and a 2004 SR5 RWD Double Cab. For both of them, the stock front shocks and my driving style caused excessive front tire wear -- upgrading to Bilstein socks solved the problem for good. The 2004 is now 15 years old. It's had a few problems besides the weak shock absorbers, (1) the wire for the overdrive off circuit was pinched in the nuckle of the shifter sometime after warranty and (2) the steering rack leaked and required replacement. More recently, the second group 27F battery failed after only five years (the first went about 10 years and never completely failed). The third battery failed to start the car after two weeks of use. Testing of the charging system did not reveal any issues. I think that the automatic headlights must have failed to turn off the headlights because after doing it manually, I've never found the battery discharged. Maybe the driver's door switch is flaky. So, overall the truck has been almost perfect over 15 years, but it's (1) well maintained -- better than specified in the owner's manual and (2) it's a low mileage vehicle -- less than 90,000 miles so far. I plan on keeping this truck for the rest of my life - at least another 20 years.