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2024-2025 Toyota Tundra 10-speed Transmission Problems
Class Action Investigation
Owners of the 2024 and 2025 Toyota Tundra are reporting troubling issues with the truck’s 10-speed automatic transmission. Complaints describe hesitation during shifting, delayed or harsh gear changes, jerking, unintended acceleration, unusual transmission noise, and torque delivery problems.
For many drivers, these symptoms appear at low mileage and often occur in everyday driving.
What is Happening with Tundra Transmissions?
Owners describe a consistent pattern of transmission-related issues, including:
- Hesitation during acceleration or while merging
- Delayed or harsh gear changes
- Jerking or lurching when shifting gears
- Unintended acceleration from a stop
- Transmission noise or clunking sounds
- Torque delivery issues that make the truck feel sluggish or unpredictable
In some cases, the hesitation is so severe that drivers feel unsafe pulling into traffic or attempting to pass on the highway. Others report sudden surges that make it difficult to maintain control of the vehicle.
Owner Experiences
Here are a few owner complaints that highlight this transmission hesitation issue
“I pressed the gas at a green light, but there was a long hesitation before the truck moved. It felt unsafe with cars coming up behind me.”
“While trying to merge onto the highway, the transmission lagged, then jerked into gear. The sudden lurch was startling and dangerous.”
“My 2025 Tundra hesitates from a complete stop, then surges forward without warning. It makes driving in traffic stressful.”
“There is a clunking sound when shifting and a noticeable delay before the power engages. It does not feel like a new truck should.”
What Dealers and Toyota Are Saying
Some dealerships have acknowledged transmission complaints but have not provided clear solutions. Reports suggest that service departments may perform software updates or recommend monitoring the issue, but owners continue to experience the same problems.
In several cases, Toyota has not confirmed a permanent fix. This leaves drivers uncertain about whether their trucks are safe and reliable for daily use.
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Powertrain Problems in Your Tundra? Contact Lemberg Law.
If your Toyota Tundra has experienced hesitation, jerking, unintended acceleration, or transmission noise, you are not alone. Lemberg Law is actively investigating these reports and evaluating legal options, including potential class action claims.
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Sergei Lemberg is an attorney focusing on consumer law, class actions related to automotive issues, and personal injury litigation. With nearly two decades of experience, his areas of practice include Lemon Law (vehicle defects), Debt Collection Harassment, TCPA (illegal robocalls and texts), Fair Credit Reporting Act, Overtime claims, Personal Injury cases, and Class Actions. He has consistently been recognized as the nation's "most active consumer attorney." In 2020, Mr. Lemberg represented Noah Duguid before the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case Duguid v. Facebook. He is also the author of "Defanging Debt Collectors," a guide that empowers consumers to fight back against debt collectors and prevail, as well as "Lemon Law 101: The Laws That Lemon Dealers Don't Want You to Know."
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I am a relatively new owner to my 2025 Toyota Tundra SR5 3.4L Twin-Turbo V6 and have started to notice as i have now put some miles on it a very sluggish, jerky, lag feeling during rolling stops and re-accelerations, most prominent in bumper-to-bumper traffic and constant stop-n-go environments. I genuinely dont feel safe and comfortable driving the truck as much as i did in the past as this has seemingly progressed in a negative direction. Its a feeling of uncertainty if i have the adequate representation to find a definite solution to this. Dealerships tend to have a hard time replicating the problem when bringing it in. In the past i had a separate issue with heavy creaking coming from the front end, primarily during cooler temperatures, wet, or when it had been sitting for a while. I eventually cut the dealers head off and went straight to opening a case with HQ/Corp, of which the sound, as i expected, has subsided since the weather has gotten warmer outside (I live in AZ). It seems to have been one thing after another since purchasing, but I LOVE the truck so its very disappointing im constantly having to worry about something with it and it not acting like a NEW truck. What a headache.
My 2024 Tundra hesitates pulling into traffic. Dangerous. It is like the transmission can’t decide what to do, nearly causing accidents. I never would have bought the vehicle if it had done this in test drives. Dealership claims they can’t duplicate it.
My 2025 Tundra hesitates from a complete stop, then surges forward without warning. It makes driving in traffic stressful.
Truck from park not moving the gear shift, will be towed to dealership