2003 Tundra owners how is your truck

[student's tundra]

Hey guys who are curently driving 2003 Tundras how is your truck treating you. Now the Tundra is a good platform but like all vehicles it could be better and it is our job as tundra enhusiasts to find out how to make our trucks better. What have you owners done to your truck to make them better and how did it improve the capabilities of your truck . I'll start by showing you my improvements (listed in my signature).

[UCK40]

90,000 Miles
Debadged
Lowered Rear With Bell Tech Chevy Shackles
Modified Seat To Go Back Another 2.5"
On My Third Set Of Tires

Warranty:
Brake Tsb
Window Regulator
Squeaky Seat Belt Greased
Squeaky Ignition Interlock Cable Replaced

Non Warranty:
Siezed Tsb Caliper
Brake Pads
Oil Changes
Amp Sub In Storage Compartment
Modified Relay For Accesories On All Times
...........
All In All The Best Truck I Have Ever Owned.
Still Rides Like New And Quiet Smooth Decent Power.

[student's tundra]

Oops I guess I didn't include my warranty work just my mods.
Well here it goes for my 2003 Tundra with 27,000 miles
Warrany work
New differential
New tranny
New Mass airflow sensor
New O2 sensor
New stereo head unit
New quarter window latch
Coming soon: lower ball joint recall

Uncovered work
New brake pads

Almost 3 years old and still baby it like the day I bought her

[Rlockyer]

'03 with 125k on it.
Changed oil myself Mobil 1 5w30 every 7500.
Air filter every 15k whether it needs it or not.
Never been back to the dealer.

Front brakes at 40k and 80k. 80k replacements are still good at 125k
Stock rear brakes.
Tires at 40k and 110k.
Changed the timing belt, water pump, and serpentine belt at 105k. Replaced coolant as well.
Replaced the battery almost a year ago.

[03SilverSky]

15,000 miles today. Owned it for two years in October. Bone stock less the badges.

[hsvhobbit]

'03 V8 Tundra here. 90,000 miles

Helwig sway bar
second set of tires
front seat angle mod
lamp mod
original brakes

Got a bad fuel sending unit at 50K miles or so, never bothered to fix
had a problem with the heater control freezing up, a little CLP took care of that
Just this morning the truck threw a CEL so I've gotta get that looked at..

Otherwise, no problems

[jasbus]

30,500 miles, drivetrain stock
2.5" suspension lift, 3" body lift 20" rollers

other than suspension squeeks, and a minor wheel vibration, no problems at all.

[student's tundra]

The modifications on a truck tell alot about a person dont you think? They tell you how a person use his truck and sometimes what he uses his truck for. Nice mods guys. Keep them coming .

[summerall]

For those that have had warranty work done how did you determine you needed it? Did you pay to become a member of this site for that benefit? Of the TSB's out there on our 2003's what is the most important ones?


Here's my truck....

2003 black Toyota Tundra
Access cab with step side
32,500 miles

Mine is pretty much stock - no mods. At about 25,000 the check engine light came on and I took it in for service. They replaced some rubber gaskets around the fuel sensor.

I also just got rear ended at about 5 mph right on the hitch receiver and I haven't taken it in. There is no visable damage. Do you think I should still take it in and have them look at the weld joints to be on the safe side???

[rexallen13]

The 2003 Tundra I bought new has 25,000 miles on it and I have to say they have been the most trouble free miles I've ever had on a truck. I have gone off road with it and it handles very well. The build quality is superior to the Fords I've owned in the past. I'm looking forward to the New 2007 that will be 3/4 ton with Deisel.

No Warranty Work
No Troubles

Mine is pretty much standard except for Side Nerfs and Bull Bar.

[student's tundra]

Originally Posted by summerall

For those that have had warranty work done how did you determine you needed it? Did you pay to become a member of this site for that benefit? Of the TSB's out there on our 2003's what is the most important ones?


Here's my truck....

2003 black Toyota Tundra
Access cab with step side
32,500 miles

Mine is pretty much stock - no mods. At about 25,000 the check engine light came on and I took it in for service. They replaced some rubber gaskets around the fuel sensor.

I also just got rear ended at about 5 mph right on the hitch receiver and I haven't taken it in. There is no visable damage. Do you think I should still take it in and have them look at the weld joints to be on the safe side???

I don't know about everyone else but my warrant work was pretty obvious. Truck having problems shifting out of park and into gear: solution new tranny. Truck having vibration in rear end with addition of a creaking noise: solution new differential. Truck dying after startup: solution new MAF and O2 sensors. Obviously new stereo and window latch are self explanatory. Luckly my service writer likes me .

P.S. Service writer is a 2004 Tundra owner looking on putting a lift and bigger tires as soon as he kills are the tread off of his stock BFG rugged trail crap.

[riverdragon76]

Mine has just about 36,000. All mods are in the signature. Warranty= A/C leaking, had it in about 7 times, with everything being replaced. Had the fuel filler neck replacement, caused the Check engine light to come on. Just had the lower ball joint replaced under the recall. All these things are minor and still better than the problems from some of the other truck makers.

[Sanosuke]

2003 Tundra 4x4 Access Cab here.

45,000km (27,967 miles):

Only had oil changes and tire rotations + balancing to this point so far. One tire on its 2nd tire puncture fix.

Truck will be in for the ball joint recall tuesday. Other than that, no problems to report.

Sanosuke!

[rx7vert]

37,000 miles

New front brakes (drilled rotors, new pads)
Warped rear drums (need to order new ones)

Upgrades
Toyo Open Country A/T 275/70/16
XM Radio
more to come, when I have money.

[apurazzo]

2003 bought new only 19,000 miles it has been trouble free,love this truck