NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Toyota Tundra Recalls
The 2016 Toyota Tundra has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 23, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 120
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Toyota Tundra
Steering: hydraulic power assist system
- Campaign
- 21V920000
- Reported
- November 23, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 22,462
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009, 2011–2015, 2017–2021 Tundra, 1 other model
Air bags: knee bolster
- Campaign
- 17V416000
- Reported
- June 29, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Toyota Tundra
Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
- Campaign
- 17V311000
- Reported
- May 11, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,325
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015, 2017 Tundra, 1 other model
Structure: body: bumpers
- Campaign
- 17V051000
- Reported
- January 24, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 72,847
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Tundra
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 16V420000
- Reported
- June 9, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,253
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Tundra, 4 other models
Steering: hydraulic power assist system
- Campaign
- 21E103000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009, 2011–2015, 2017–2021 Tundra, 1 other model
2016 Toyota Tundra complaints by year
NHTSA has received 120 owner complaints about the 2016 Toyota Tundra, the newest on September 25, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Toyota Tundra, the component group named most often is the service brakes (28%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the structure (18%).
1 of the 2016 Toyota Tundra's 6 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2016 Toyota Tundra owners gave the mileage (81 complaints), the median was 15,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes34
- Electrical System26
- Structure21
- Exterior Lighting15
- Unknown Or Other15
- Steering7
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 28 | |
| 2017 | 26 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2016 Toyota Tundra peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 28. 66% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Toyota Tundra drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Toyota Tundra year in the same window: 7th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 120 complaints about the 2016 Toyota Tundra are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Tundra by model year
Other 2016 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: September 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted