# 2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA — ENGINE
> NHTSA complaint `2044862` · 2024-12-02 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** TUNDRA
- **Year:** 2002
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** ENGINE
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
My original owner 2002 Toyota Tundra Truck was being backed up in reverse with a utility trailer attached up a very, very moderate incline on a driveway pushing the trailer onto a gravel pad ALONGSIDE  (parallel) the driveway.  As it started to spin gravel the truck was put into a 4 wheel Drive LOW RANGE.  This is in keeping with the TOYOTA owners manual publication 0M34417U  Part Number 01999-34417 Print date 02-0109-01.  We followed the manual instruction on 4 WD operation.  Within a few feet the truck stopped as if the wheels had hit a curb and there was no further movement no matter the accelerator pedal position and the engine speed was unchanged as if it was in a stall.   All of a sudden there was a loud bang underneath the truck and the truck raced rearward  8-10 feet jackknifing the trailer into a tree and upending the truck and trailer.  We contacted Toyota on the incident and they had a third party look at the truck for brake condition, floor mat placement and throttle freedom at the body shop & Toyota closed the complaint file.  Toyota IGNORED the circumstances and description of the incident in closing the complaint.   We have been a very long time TOYOTA truck family and have owned SIX Toyota 4 wheel drives plus a Lexus all-wheel drive.  In doing our own evaluation and investigation we have found that the truck went into a 4-wheel drive "wind-up" or "bind" and found information related on it from ASE Certification sites.   NO MENTION of this potential issue is pr
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