2005 Toyota Tundra 4 door from North America - Comments

Been to the dealership three times in 11,000 miles to repair bad brakes, slipping transmission and unknown electrical problem.

This truck is not really a truck, it can barely do what is required of a work truck. It's stalled a few times on the highway at 70 mph and has left me stranded in the desert. The Silverado was a far superior truck to this thing. They call a truck; my suggestion would be do not buy a Toyota. I have had nothing but problems with this one.

1330...I would agree with your comments up to 5 years ago. The imports have diminished in overall quality and mechanically especially of late in my overall opinion. I am including Mercedes as well as I have had some of their lower end models. There are some very nice GM's besides the entry levels especially. The domestics I have recently bought have been exceptional. I didn't think I would buy GM as I was caught up in the import cachet for a while. But that faded quickly after seeing major mechanical woes with low mileage. Good luck.

13:30 my experience with Toyota, Honda and Mercedes in the past 5 years has been the reverse. The quality meaning mechanical failures on drivetrains especially has caused us to switch to high end domestics mainly SUV's. I do not know if its due to the higher volume with imports in the past at the expense of quality. Many of us are not fuel driven, but expect vehicles to not be down so much in the shop. I know people want economy vehicles and sales will rise, but if it costs more mechanically its not worth it.

Regardless of where the parts, subassemblies etc come from it all comes down to test driving these vehicles. I test drove a Tundra and did not like it. I wonder how many commenters just drive a Toyota and do not realize what they are missing. I did not care for domestics in the eighties, but like them better now. The imports I have had up til lately kept getting worse. If you drive a 2007 F Series or Silverado and then this vehicle and a Titan as well behind the wheel you will immediately see the disadvantages.

I live down the street from GM's manufacturing plant in Wilmington De. I can assure you that plant is not located in Latin America.

I call it looking at the sticker on the vehicle that says country of origin. On a stop to my local multi car outlet I noticed that many cars were built in Ontario Canada such as GM, Chryslers, and Honda. I noticed that VW had cars in Mexico and Ford had some too coupled with Chrysler and Honda. I would have to say though that a fair share of GM cars are built in the US and some Fords. One thing that we are all going to have to bury in our hearts is that Honda, Nissan, and Toyota are growing rapidly in the United States and will soon dominate the landscape. Maybe it is arguable that right now things are even, but in the future things will really change. I live in Minneapolis and I know that Ford will be closing our Ford Ranger plant. Where will they move it to? Probably not North America.

Wow when I bought my 2007 full size truck I totally forgot to ask about glaciers. I only asked about performance, features, handling, load capacity and the warranty... and the cost of my new truck. I will have to ask about unions, plant policies etc on my 2008-09 model I guess.

I did not buy the truck it is a company vehicle, the decision was made to try something different than the usual Ford or Chevy so the management of the survey department bought the Toyota. I might be a little biased, but when I drove the Chevy from 0 to 30000 miles with no problems and it never left me stranded.

Well yeah, I really don't like the Toyota. I don't know how the review could have been written better, the electrical system is of poor design, the transmission slips, what do you want me to say?

Sure... last year there were 7 times more Ford F Series sold in America than Tundra... and again Ford F Series the number one selling vehicle in America as well. Tundra does not make the range of vehicles that Ford offers... there is no way you have contractor background. I see hundreds of contractor vehicles daily at my workplace... Tundras very scarce.

19:11...you must be a very small contractor if you use a Tacoma. I cannot work with only a weekender ladder rack, a small compact crossover box, no real load or towing capacity to pick up rentals or supplies (stucco, cement, block, wire mats etc,) in the bed. Also a lot of expensive tools need space to be carried and locked inside the extended cabs due to theft. I carry a ton at times in my 3/4 ton full size truck and tow equipment/trailers. All the larger contractors I see at 7 AM every single morning loading up at the building materials distributors are driving new full size Fords and GM pick ups and are Diesel. Waiting to have someone else make deliveries and the resultant down time is not practical. This is not a small segment of trucks... if you are a weekend homeowner that's great, But I am also not seeing Tundras, Titans loading the parking lots awaiting in the parking lots each morning.

Ford F Series sold close to 800,000 vehicles compared to less than 200,000 for the Tundra in the USA last year. Must be because of the better performance, handling, full size, better towing, load capacity, better features and people capacity, true cost to own over 5 years vs. Tundra according to Edmunds, better longer warranty etc etc etc etc... I drove them both do not see the fascination with the Tundra. I am open minded if I can get all of the above plus more performance and range of model offerings I will buy a brand new Toyota in the future. The key is being open minded and driving them first hand... not looking other than (2007's) before commenting.

Six generations ahead?,,,useful information where can you attribute that specific fact? I would like to see specific supporting evidence staring out with the technical specs. I do know that the Tundra sales are several times less than Ford F Trucks in the U.S.A. however as of 2006.

"If your Toyota is so tough, then tell us something impressive that you've done with it, besides playing in mud. Has anyone out there ever hauled a two ton payload with a Toyota? Has anyone out there ever pulled six tons with a Toyota? If so, please tell us about the story, so we can at least believe you".

I've pulled a 31' Airstream travel trailer with mine and my dad carries about a ton in the back of his routinely. He also pulls a trailer that is sometimes 10,000 lbs on the farm...carefully. HOWEVER I don't want anyone to think that the Tundra is more than a half-ton truck. It isn't designed to tow 12,000 lbs and neither were the contemporary 1/2ton domestics. It wasn't designed to haul 4000lbs nor were the contemporary 1/2ton domestics. If you want a heavier duty truck than the Toyota was designed to be, buy one. But commentary should only involve 1/2 ton trucks of the same manufacturing timeframe. There were domestic half tons at this time that were rated to haul and tow more than the Tundra --- THEY are TRUE competitors. But if someone wanted a truck for its reliability and off-road prowess more than heavy load pulling or hauling, the Toyota has a reputation for both. I sold my Tundra 5 months ago but for the miles I owned it, it was extremely reliable. So no complaints. But once again ---- This is no Top Kick or Mack.