I own a 2000 Toyota Tundra Limited Access Cab TRD 4x4 ,Sunfire Red with oak interior . Ihave the cloth interior instead of the leather because I have had several vehicles with leatheer and did not like it. I say all of this because I was a avid Chevrolet Man for 7 years and had a 1985 Chevrolet short bed 4x4 with 225,000 miles when I sold it . I thought if a chevrolet would last that long and I enjoyed it as much as I did , then a toyota would last virtually forever! I WAS WRONG! I have had the front and rear brakes replaced 3 times and the truck still vibrates, the transmission went out at 54,000 miles and today I took it back to the dealer to again try to fix the vibration. The service manager told me that they could not fix the problem at this time. He went on to tell me that they believe that it is not the brakes after all! He said that they think it might be in the rear leaf springs! He said that when you stop that you will sometimes notice a pop sound or a clunk niose in the rear of the truck. that ,he said, was the leaf springs relaxing. He told me if you could take a camera and attach it to the bumper at the rear that when your truck bunced you would see the rear diff. bounce up and down because of the leaf springs! I went on to ask him if that would cause premature wear of the rear diff. or if it would wear the driveline out or even wear the shocks out ! He said he did not know! He advised me to take a innertube and fill it with sand to hold down the rear of the truck so it would not cause the truck to bounce ! I did not realize I bought a SAND HAULER!!! I currently to date have 88, 980 miles on my Tundra. I know that this may be long, but when you pay that much for a truck you want high quality and a vehicle with hopefully little or no problems! Because of this "adventure" I will not be purchasing another Tundra in the future.
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