# Pickup Truck Crash-Test Ratings **URL:** \ **Category:** Safety\ **Created:** [April 2, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pickup-truck-crash-test-ratings/137802 "2019-04-02T15:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pickup-truck-crash-test-ratings/137802/1 "2019-04-02T15:41:43Z")
The Toyota Tundra did poorly… > **[Crash Tests Show Some Pickup Trucks Lag in Passenger Protection](https://www.consumerreports.org/car-safety/crash-tests-show-some-pickup-trucks-lag-in-passenger-protection/?EXTKEY=NC94NRSP1&utm_source=acxiom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190402_nsltr_cars)** > > New IIHS crash tests of pickup trucks show that some models lag in passenger crash protection. As a result, the Toyota Tundra loses a Consumer Reports recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pickup-truck-crash-test-ratings/137802/2 "2019-04-02T19:24:55Z")
Any 2007 era design won’t do well in the current tests. Toyota says a new tundra is coming but not when. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pickup-truck-crash-test-ratings/137802/4 "2019-04-04T13:03:42Z")
As long as people buy the Tundra in sufficient numbers, Toyota will continue to build them to the old design. That’s what they did with the Tacoma.