The Lemon Index$1,400 middle bill · most between $450 and $2,000
Higher than the $700 middle bill owners of all 203 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 45,000 miles (24 reports).
Toyota Tundra owners reported paying a median of $1,400 for a brake repair, with the middle half of bills between $450 and $2,000. That's from 30 owner reports (30 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50033%
- $500–$1,0007%
- $1,000–$2,50047%
- $2,500–$5,00013%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 30 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Toyota Tundra13$1,600 middle bill
- 2001 Toyota Tundra6$2,000 middle bill
- 2002 Toyota Tundra4$449 middle bill
- 2003 Toyota Tundra1too few for a middle
- 2005 Toyota Tundra1too few for a middle
- 2006 Toyota Tundra2too few for a middle
- 2008 Toyota Tundra1too few for a middle
- 2018 Toyota Tundra1too few for a middle
- 2025 Toyota Tundra1too 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.
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.
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Other repairs Toyota Tundra owners reported
Steering rack replacement (9) · Ball joint replacement (6)
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): 11699829, 11619193, 10454458, 10430255, 10320332, 10313300, 10292915, 10289115, 10252109, 10220519, 10198027, 10194755 and more.
Quick answers
How much does brake repair cost on a Toyota Tundra?
Toyota Tundra owners reported a median of $1,400, and the middle half paid $450 to $2,000, from 30 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Toyota Tundra brake repair more expensive than on other cars?
The Toyota Tundra middle bill of $1,400 is higher than the $700 owners of all 203 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Toyota Tundra repair costs come from?
From 30 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
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.