2017 Toyota Tundra Recalls, Complaints & Specs

5 safety recalls list the 2017 Toyota Tundra, and owners have filed 78 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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5 safety recalls for the 2017 Toyota Tundra

Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.

1. Rack and pinion (steering) and hydraulic power assist system (steering)

   NHTSA 21V920000 Reported November 23, 2021 22,462 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

   Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2008-2022 Sequoia and 2007-2021 Tundra vehicles. The power steering gear assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in an oil leak.

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the power steering gear assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on January 21, 2022. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.…

2. Mid/rear assembly (seats) and seat belts

   NHTSA 18V123000 Reported February 20, 2018 8,769 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

   Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2017 Toyota Tundra vehicles. One of the rear split bench seat leg brackets may not have been properly tightened to the vehicle's floor pan, possibly allowing the seat to move in a crash. A vehicle with an improperly tightened seat leg bracket could fail to comply…

   Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will tighten the five seat leg bracket bolts, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at…

3. Labels (equipment)

   NHTSA 17V831000 Reported December 20, 2017 649 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

   Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Toyota 4Runner and Tundra, 2018 Toyota Highlander, RAV4 and Lexus GX460 and 2017 Toyota Sienna and Tacoma vehicles. These vehicles may have incorrect load carrying capacity modification labels. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of…

   Remedy: Toyota will notify owners and provide them with corrected labels, free of charge. The recall began on January 23, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are…

4. Lugs/nuts/bolts/studs (wheels)

   NHTSA 17V311000 Reported May 11, 2017 1,325 vehicles potentially affected Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC

   Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2013-2017 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia vehicles accessorized with Southeast Toyota accessory 20-inch Rockstar wheels installed by Southeast Toyota or a Southeast Toyota dealer. The Rockstar wheels were installed with lugnuts that may crack and detach.

   Remedy: SET will notify owners, and dealers will install new replacement lugnuts, free of charge. The recall began June 23, 2017. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226. SET's number for this recall is SET17A.

5. Bumpers (structure)

   NHTSA 17V051000 Reported January 24, 2017 72,847 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

   Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Tundra vehicles equipped with a resin rear step bumper and resin reinforcement brackets (vehicles with chrome step bumpers are not affected). In the event of an impact to the corner of the bumper, the resin bracket may be damaged but not be noticed.

   Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the resin rear bumper reinforcement brackets with steel ones, and replace the rear bumper tread, free of charge. The recall began on May 21, 2017. Owners may contact…

78 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 2017 Toyota Tundra have filed 78 complaints with NHTSA; 2 describe a crash. Reports cite 1 injury and 0 deaths. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 26,098 miles. Complaints peaked in 2020 with 15 filed that year.

Most-reported components

• Electrical system25
• Exterior lighting17
• Fuel/propulsion system14
• Service brakes13
• Unknown or other10
• Power train6
• Engine5
• Steering5

What owners are reporting

“Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2017 Toyota Tundra. The contact discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy after the purchase. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of the purchase,”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, June 5, 2026 · Electrical system

“Front grille piece on hood keeps coming off even after being replaced 4 times now and this last time it flew off busted my windshield on the expressway and Toyota just tells me to go to collision cent”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, May 28, 2026 · Structure

Fuel economy and specs

EPA ratings for the 2017 Toyota Tundra (Tundra 2WD, Tundra 2WD FFV, Tundra 4WD, Tundra 4WD FFV). Ranges cover every tested configuration.

Compare Toyota Tundra model years

Recall and complaint counts for every Toyota Tundra model year in NHTSA's database.

Checking a specific 2017 Toyota Tundra

Other Toyota models

• Camry18,189 complaints
• Prius12,516 complaints
• Corolla11,739 complaints
• RAV49,385 complaints
• Sienna8,549 complaints
• Tacoma8,440 complaints
• Highlander5,745 complaints
• 4Runner4,860 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.