Other body or interior problem on the 2004 Toyota Tundra
1 crash 1 of the 108 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other body or interior problem gets reported
Owners of the 2004 Toyota Tundra report other body or interior problem at a median of 115,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 85,000 miles and a quarter after 145,000 miles, from 71 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 1st most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 70,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 185,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 115,000 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
1% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69,000 miles | 85,500 miles | 116,000 miles | 143,895 miles | 184,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $200–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 20 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2018, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2023 at 140,000 miles.
By volume the 2000 carries the most reports, with 316; the 2004 has 108. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Sun roof exploded and glass fell inside of vehicle. Also, damaged outside of cab and hard cover on bed of truck. The temperature was 79 degrees and there were no vehicles or obstackles around to have caused this problem.*ak
I own a 2004 toyota tundra pickup truck. The bottom of the truck in the rear has rusted and the shock mount broke off. The piece that broke off also has the brake lines attached. This can potentially lead to the lines snapping and failing. I saw a recall on this for 2000 to 2003 years but not for 2004. The problem identified in the recall is the exact problem I am having. I am also concerned that the mount for the spare tire will continue to rust and fall off. *tr
[xxx], the owner of toyota 2004 tundra vehicle id [xxx] for toyota case #[xxx]. As reported to the toyota customer experience center (center) on march 7, 2011, [xxx] and his vehicle were involved in a very frightening and traumatic incident on march 3rd. The front arm, joint, and wheel of the vehicle suddenly broke apart and fell off the vehicle while driving 65 MPH on the highway. With other drivers watching, [xxx]was able to control and maneuver this crippled vehicle 2,000 feet - from the inner most lane to the shoulder of the road without causing injury to him and others, drivers/vehicles. As stated by the police at the scene and others witnessed the incident, it was simply a miracle. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr
Also reported on the 2004 Toyota Tundra
Control arm, ball joint or bushing failure
Rust or structural corrosion
Differential or transfer case failure
Other suspension problem
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure
Oil leak
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 108 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other body or interior problem happen on the 2004 Toyota Tundra?
Across 71 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 115,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 85,000 miles and a quarter after 145,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other body or interior problem on the 2004 Toyota Tundra?
108 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 1.4 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed