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2016 Toyota Tundra brakes problems

The 2016 Toyota Tundra has 34 brakes complaints filed with NHTSA — 22% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

34

Brakes complaints

22%

Share of year

1

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Brakes complaints by year

Tundra brakes complaints by model year338 complaints2000: 338 complaints2001: 134 complaints2002: 140 complaints2003: 43 complaints2004: 38 complaints2005: 40 complaints2006: 34 complaints2007: 34 complaints2008: 29 complaints2009: 1 complaints2010: 20 complaints2011: 10 complaints2012: 7 complaints2013: 4 complaints2014: 7 complaints2015: 10 complaints2016: 34 complaints2017: 14 complaints2018: 22 complaints2019: 9 complaints2020: 4 complaints2022: 32 complaints2023: 29 complaints2024: 22 complaints2025: 6 complaints2026: 1 complaints
Tundra brakes complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“I PURCHASED A NEW TRAILER TO PICK UP MY NEW TRACTOR. I TESTED THE TRAILER BRAKES KNOWING I WAS PULLING A LARGE LOAD AND DIDN'T WANT AN ACCIDENT. THE BRAKES APPEARED TO APPLY BUT DUE TO IT NOT BEING LOADED WHEN TESTING I HAD IT SET TO 5(OUT OF 10). WHILE PULLING IT BACK HOME ON THE INTERSTATE TOWING…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Brakes · August 11, 2017 · crash

Common questions

How many brakes complaints does the 2016 Toyota Tundra have?

NHTSA has 34 complaints about the 2016 Toyota Tundra brakes — 22% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.