There are 8 owner-reported speed control & cruise complaints for the 2018 Toyota Tundrain NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
DRIVING AT 45MPH COMMING UPON AN EMPTY INTERSECTION WITH A STOP LIGHT. BRAKES CAME ON AND WARNINGS FLASHED YET NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME.
WHEN ITS MOIST OUT. THE CRUISE WILL AUTO CANCEL ITSELF AND THE PCS FAILURE LIGHTS UP ON THE DASH. HAPPENS SEMI OFTEN. DEALER STATES THEY CAN'T FIX IT BUT TO BRING IT IN WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THE TRUCK BRAKES FOR GHOSTS AS I DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THEY CAN'T FIX THIS EITHER.
LOSS OF DYNAMIC RADAR-CONTROLLED CRUISE CONTROL: CLEAN SENSOR, ONCE ON CITY STREET, THEN I STOPPED AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, IT CLEARED ITSELF, THEN A FEW MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. IT CAME BACK ON. I CHECKED MY VIN# AND MY TRUCK IS NOT LISTED FOR THE SAME RECALL THAT I HAVE SEEN OTHERS GET.
THE AVOIDANCE COLLISION RADAR CAN BE INTERMITTENT. SOMETIME, IT DETECTS THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, THEN STOP WORKING AND MY TRUCK WILL ACCELERATE TOWARDS THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. AT OTHER TIME, THE WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON, SAYING THE SENSOR NEEDS TO BE CLEANED, EVEN THOUGH THE WINDSHIELD IS SPOTLESS AND DROP MY TRUCK OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL, CAUSING A QUICK DE-ACCELERATION. I WAS IN FRONT OF A SEMI-TRUCK GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND THE SEMI-TRUCK CAME CLOSE TO HITTING ME IN THE REAR END. I'VE HAD THIS INTO MY TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE SOFTWARE DOES NOT RECORD WHEN THE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING. I CONSIDER THIS PROBLEM TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND HAVE AVOIDED USING MY CRUISE CONTROL MOST OF THE TIME.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED EVEN AFTER THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISABLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,500.
THE PCS "PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM" SHUTS OFF ALL THE TIME! WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ON AND IS SUPPOSED TO SLOW DOWN BY ITSELF WHEN THERE'S ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF YOU ACTUALLY ACCELERATES MY VEHICLE THAT CAN CREATE A SEVERE ACCIDENT BY CRASHING INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME! THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED ON THE RADAR BASE SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND IT ACTUALLY SPEEDS IT UP WHICH CAN CAUSE A FATALITY!
MULTIPLE EVENTS. 2500 MILES ON VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING 70MPH IN CRUISE CONTROL THE PRE-COLLISION WARNING CAME ON AND VEHICLE APPLIED BRAKES FORCEFULLY WITHOUT ANY VEHICLE AHEAD OF MY VEHICLE UNTIL I TURNED OFF CRUISE CONTROL. AFTER THE EVENT THE TRALER BRAKE MALFUNCTION STATEMENT AND WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON. PRE -COLLISION FAILURE LIGHT RESET AFTER KEY CYCLED OFF AND BACK ON. FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES IN MULTIPLE DRIVING CONDITIONS, CURRENTLY TRAILER BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. EACH TIME I HAD TO EXIT OR PULL OVER AND STOP VEHICLE, CYCLE KEY TO HAVE WARNING CLEAR.
TOYOTA SAFETY SENSE MALFUNCTION CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTION, TRAILER BRAKE ERROR, PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM MALFUNCTION LIGHTS. TRUCK. MALFUNCTION IS INTERMITTENT AT ALL SPEEDS AND DRIVING CONDITIONS.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
Data synced from NHTSA on Apr 25, 2026