| Issue ID | 1028173 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10556108 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | TUNDRA |
| Model Year | 2005 |
| File date | 21/04/13 |
| Component | TIRES |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Morning drive from fredericksburg, va to syracuse ny along route 81n. Roads are empty, dry, & sun is up. I had just decided to stop at next exit for breakfast when my 2005 tundra pickup is violently jerk to the right. I try to fight it back straight when it suddenly takes of to the left, then jerks back to the right. I hit the guard rail & the truck flips over. The next thing i remember i'm hanging upside down & i'm hearing a strange noise. I turn the keys off & the noise stops. I think i smell gas and fight my way out of the seat belt & crawl out what is left of the passenger side window since the drivers side is blocked. When i get out there is someone yelling from road. I tell him i'm ok & a trooper stops. I start collecting some silver coins that are scattered when i hear the trooper yelling at me. Sounding mad. He tells me to stop & go to guard rail. As i try to make it to guard rail legs & muscles don't work right & starts hurting bad. Ambulances arrive (2) and they argue with me. I tell them i didn't call them & i don't want them. (no insurance & don't want to seat in an er for the next 8 hrs just to be given pain killers & told to see my dr asap.) tow truck arrives & tells trooper he doesn't need traffic control. Trooper leaves after trying to get me to say what caused the accident. I didn't know, since i was awake & driving then i was in the middle of a night mare. Tow truck driver drags my truck up to the guard rail & points out front passenger tire & says "that's what caused the accident. A friend from ny picks me up at the tow yard & on the way back we stop at the crash site. We see where the rim starts cutting a groove in the black top & swerves back & forth the road. 3 days later i meet insurance adjuster at tow yard & he also points at the front tire & says it caused the accident. We notice the tear in the tire is in the opposite direction of rotation, so i probably didn't run over anything. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 130575 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | VA, VA |
| VIN pattern | 5TBRT34145SXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | Y |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | Y |
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| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 1 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 8 |
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| Vehicle speed | 70 |
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