NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Toyota Tundra Recalls
The 2004 Toyota Tundra has 13 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Toyota Tundra. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 13
- Owner complaints
- 466
- Crashes reported
- 25
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Toyota Tundra, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
13 recalls on the 2004 Toyota Tundra
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V741000
- Reported
- October 17, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 928,220
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2006 Tundra, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V883000
- Reported
- December 12, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 168,993
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Tundra, 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 15V285000
- Reported
- May 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,973,468
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2006 Tundra, 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 15V286000
- Reported
- May 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,069,055
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2006 Tundra, 3 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 07V013000
- Reported
- January 19, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 533,124
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 Tundra, 1 other model
Air bags: on-off switch assembly
- Campaign
- 05V254000
- Reported
- June 2, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 156,111
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 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 2002–2003 Tundra, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system
- Campaign
- 05V123000
- Reported
- March 30, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,726
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Tundra
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Tundra, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 Tundra, 23 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Tundra, 9 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Tundra, 46 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 22E002000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 Tundra, 1 other model
2004 Toyota Tundra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 466 owner complaints about the 2004 Toyota Tundra, the newest on September 8, 2026. Of these, 25 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Toyota Tundra, the component group named most often is the structure (43%), followed by the suspension (33%) and the air bags (11%).
3 of the 2004 Toyota Tundra's 13 recalls also concern the suspension.
Where 2004 Toyota Tundra owners gave the mileage (311 complaints), the median was 103,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure200
- Suspension152
- Air Bags50
- Unknown Or Other48
- Power Train46
- Steering26
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 28 | |
| 2007 | 31 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 24 | |
| 2013 | 38 | |
| 2014 | 39 | |
| 2015 | 42 | |
| 2016 | 35 | |
| 2017 | 30 | |
| 2018 | 19 | |
| 2019 | 41 | |
| 2020 | 24 | |
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2004 Toyota Tundra peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 42. 17% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Toyota Tundra drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Tundra year in the same window: 6th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 466 complaints about the 2004 Toyota Tundra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Tundra by model year
Other 2004 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: September 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted