NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Toyota Tundra Recalls
The 2000 Toyota Tundra has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 18, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Toyota Tundra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 1,011
- Crashes reported
- 43
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Toyota Tundra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2000 Toyota Tundra
Structure: frame and members: underbody shields
- Campaign
- 09V444000
- Reported
- November 18, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 110,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Tundra
Wheels
- Campaign
- 02V129000
- Reported
- May 1, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,041
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Tundra, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 99V347003
- Reported
- January 18, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,472
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Toyota Tundra
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 01E041000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Tundra, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Tundra, 9 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Tundra, 46 other models
2000 Toyota Tundra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,011 owner complaints about the 2000 Toyota Tundra, the newest on May 18, 2026. Of these, 43 describe a crash (4%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 39 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2000 Toyota Tundra, the component group named most often is the structure (52%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (24%) and the suspension (10%).
1 of the 2000 Toyota Tundra's 7 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2000 Toyota Tundra owners gave the mileage (690 complaints), the median was 99,665 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure529
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic247
- Suspension100
- Power Train51
- Engine And Engine Cooling44
- Steering43
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 35 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 63 | |
| 2002 | 43 | |
| 2003 | 69 | |
| 2004 | 60 | |
| 2005 | 26 | |
| 2006 | 22 | |
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 36 | |
| 2009 | 292 | |
| 2010 | 117 | |
| 2011 | 22 | |
| 2012 | 24 | |
| 2013 | 28 | |
| 2014 | 29 | |
| 2015 | 20 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2000 Toyota Tundra peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 292. 21% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Toyota Tundra drew 3.0× the complaints of the median Toyota Tundra year in the same window: 4th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Toyota Tundra years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 1,011 complaints about the 2000 Toyota Tundra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Tundra by model year
Other 2000 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: May 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted