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2002 Toyota TUNDRA Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	748690
Internal NHTSA #	10293263
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	TUNDRA
Model Year	2002
File date	10/08/08
Component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	While driving on the highway i would occasionally hear a slight "clunk". Sounded like it might be the transmission. This first occurred around 85k miles. Then again about a year later. After the second or third time, i took the car a transmission specialist. They reported that the overdrive gear bearing was failing and this was common on the early tundras. Apparently the needle bearing begins to fall apart and eventually the whole transmission goes out. Rebuilding the transmission costs just about as much as replacing it and there was already damage to the gears. End result -- i had to replace the entire transmission at 100k miles. If this is truly a common failure, it seems that toyota put these trucks on the road with a transmission that wasn't up to the task. I rarely haul heavy loads or trailers and consider my use of the truck to be very gentle. Hardly anything that would cause the early demise of a transmission.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	85000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	OAK VIEW, CA
VIN pattern	5TBRT34172SXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	23/04/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	65
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2002 Toyota TUNDRA Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2002 Toyota TUNDRA Power Train Automatic Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

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