2022 Toyota Tundra · symptom sheet
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard
- 46owner reports
- 14,000median miles
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Sep 10, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
104 of the 428 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 46 of those describe transmission shudder.
Narrower sheets: Transmission hesitates when accelerating (39 reports)
Tick what matches of 46 reports
Transmission shudder on other Tundra years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2016, 2018, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
This is the biggest drivetrain group on the site: a transmission that shudders, slips, hesitates or bangs into gear. It's the everyday version of transmission trouble, where the car still drives but doesn't drive right, and it has three narrower sheets of its own for jerking, hesitation and slipping.
What got replaced
Few of these reports name the part that was replaced.
Recalls and investigations
2 recalls on the transmission and drivetrain cover the 2022 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
Unexpected vehicle movement may occur when the vehicle is in neutral and the brakes are not applied.
The flange nuts on the axle shaft sub-assemblies can loosen over time and potentially cause one or both axle shaft sub-assemblies to separate from the axle housing.
All 13 recalls on the 2022 Toyota Tundra, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
When it happens
Too few of these reports state a mileage to give a range.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 3 service bulletins or notices for the 2022 Toyota Tundra that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Some customers of 2022 – 2026 model year Tundra vehicles equipped with specifically non-hybrid V35A-FTS engines may experience one or more of the following drivability related concerns: • Hesitation from a rolling stop. • Hesitation from a quick stop.
Some 2022 ? 2023 model year Tundra vehicles may exhibit one or more of the following drivability-related conditions: ?Hesitation from a complete or rolling stop (worse when vehicle is cold).
Some 2022 ? 2023 model year Tundra vehicles may exhibit a loud pop/clunk noise, coming from under the vehicle, on initial engine start. This condition typically occurs after the engine hasn?t been started for an extended period.
What owners wrote
“I have throttle lag or hesitation when pulling away from a stop sign or atop light. I have almost been hit several times from it. Something needs to be done.”
Filed Jan 22, 2026
“Occasionally, upon coming to a stop or from the stopped position the vehicle briefly hesitates when trying to accelerate cause the vehicle to aggressively jerk once the vehicle begins to accelerate, sometimes leaving you in the middle of an intersection or in a dangerous situation in traffic due to unresponsive acceleration inputs.”
Filed May 9, 2025
“There is hesitation when depressing the accelerator. After stopping at stop sign then trying to move into traffic the vehicle will not move for several seconds. When the vehicle does move it takes off at an increased rate. This has happened several times from the first day the vehicle drove off the lot until present day.”
Filed Feb 18, 2025
“Truck will hesitate to respond to throttle pedal input when attempting to accelerate from a stop. This has occurred numerous times over the 3 years Iâve owned it and appears to happen randomly. This 1-2 second delay puts driver safety and other drivers at risk due to inability to quickly enter or cross lanes of traffic.”
Filed Feb 18, 2025
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 46 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Delay or no response when I press the gas 72 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 63 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 42 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 31 reports