The Lemon Index$1,000 middle bill · most between $531 and $4,100
Higher than the $700 middle bill owners of all 33 models reported.
2000–2006 Toyota Tundra
Toyota Tundra owners reported paying a median of $1,000 for a ball joint replacement, with the middle half of bills between $531 and $4,100. That's from 6 owner reports (5 complaints to NHTSA and 1 YouTube video). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50017%
- $500–$1,00033%
- $1,000–$2,50017%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up33%
Share of the 6 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2001 Toyota Tundra3$5,000 middle bill
- 2004 Toyota Tundra1too few for a middle
- 2006 Toyota Tundra1too few for a middle
- 2000–2006 Toyota Tundra (YouTube)1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2004 Toyota Tundra74 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
- 2002 Toyota Tundra50 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
- 2001 Toyota Tundra43 complaints name it10% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Toyota Tundra40 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2000 Toyota Tundra35 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Toyota Tundra34 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a ball joint / control arm. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Toyota Tundra reliability by year
- Ball joint replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Toyota Tundra owners reported
Brake repair (30) · Steering rack replacement (9)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 10819798, 10585222, 10235990, 10186429, 10138202.
Said out loud on YouTube: $200 ▶
Quick answers
How much does ball joint replacement cost on a Toyota Tundra?
Toyota Tundra owners reported a median of $1,000, and the middle half paid $531 to $4,100, from 6 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Toyota Tundra ball joint replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Toyota Tundra middle bill of $1,000 is higher than the $700 owners of all 33 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Toyota Tundra repair costs come from?
From 5 complaints to NHTSA and 1 YouTube video: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Toyota Tundra years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2004 (74), 2002 (50), 2001 (43) Toyota Tundra named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.