2022 Toyota Tundra problems: recalls, complaints and whether this is a year to avoid

Is 2022 a good year for the Toyota Tundra?

The spread across this nameplate is wide: the 2022 draws 18 times the complaints of the 2021. On a run like that the model year you buy matters more than the badge, and 2022 sits near the top of it.

Older years have been on the road longer and collect more complaints for that reason alone, and a year that sold in higher volume collects more while being no worse.

This retrieval holds 11 of the nameplate’s model years. 2018, 2020 are absent, which means no records came back for them — not that they were clean. The ranking above is among the years shown.

The 2022 accounts for 34% of every complaint filed against the Toyota Tundra in this retrieval, which works out to 107.0 complaints per year on the road across the 4 years since it was sold new — the figure to compare against other years, because it removes the advantage a newer car gets simply from having had less time to accumulate reports.

Complaints rose sharply against the preceding year: the 2022 carries 17.8 times the reports of the 2021. A jump that size between consecutive years usually means something changed in the car rather than in how many were sold, and it is worth asking a seller what was done to this one.

Which recalls cover the 2022?

NHTSA records 13 recall entries against the 2022 Toyota Tundra. The campaign text for this year was not part of the stored sample — check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, which is the only way to know whether a specific car’s campaigns were carried out.

What do owners report on the Toyota Tundra?

Across every Toyota Tundra year, not the 2022 alone — NHTSA does not split component totals by model year.

• Engine — 191 reports
• Electrical System — 165 reports
• Power Train — 155 reports
• Unknown or Other — 110 reports

If your 2022 is doing something now, these are the guides for that system — each opens with whether it is safe to keep driving:

• Engine knocking
• Engine overheating
• Check engine light steady
• Rough idle or stalling

Which other Toyota Tundra years should you compare?

← 2021 Toyota Tundra · All Toyota Tundra years

If you are deciding between years, the table above is the short answer and the Toyota Tundra page carries the full run with the component breakdown. Before money changes hands, run the VIN for open recalls and read the inspection checklist — ten minutes in the seller’s driveway finds most of what matters.