NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Toyota Tundra Recalls
The 2002 Toyota Tundra has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 18, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Toyota Tundra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 482
- Crashes reported
- 30
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Toyota Tundra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2002 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 2000–2001, 2003 Tundra
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 05V225000
- Reported
- May 17, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 768,379
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Tundra, 3 other models
Wheels
- Campaign
- 02V129000
- Reported
- May 1, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,041
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Tundra, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Tundra, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Tundra, 9 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Tundra, 46 other models
2002 Toyota Tundra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 482 owner complaints about the 2002 Toyota Tundra, the newest on July 12, 2026. Of these, 30 describe a crash (6%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Toyota Tundra, the component group named most often is the structure (32%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (20%) and the suspension (17%).
1 of the 2002 Toyota Tundra's 6 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2002 Toyota Tundra owners gave the mileage (370 complaints), the median was 91,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure154
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic97
- Suspension81
- Power Train51
- Steering38
- Unknown Or Other30
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 19 | |
| 2004 | 32 | |
| 2005 | 40 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 18 | |
| 2009 | 40 | |
| 2010 | 51 | |
| 2011 | 17 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 22 | |
| 2016 | 24 | |
| 2017 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 26 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2002 Toyota Tundra peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 51. 22% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Toyota Tundra drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Toyota Tundra year in the same window: 5th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 482 complaints about the 2002 Toyota Tundra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Tundra by model year
Other 2002 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: July 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted