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The bottom line: Online car buyers make instant cash offers on old Toyota Tundras. Two of them can land far apart on the very same truck. A 2016 Toyota Tundra at 153,000 miles drew $5,955 from one buyer and $1,788 from another, on the same day.
A 2007 to 2021 Tundra is typically offered $3,605 and a 2000 to 2006 one $1,460. Every mileage and every condition is in there, running trucks and dead ones alike. Both figures rest on a small number of offers, so use each one as a guide rather than a price.
A Tundra with its catalytic converter cut out is offered less. So is one that will not start. Put both on the form yourself, because the tow driver looks underneath before he pays you.
Two Tundras ten years or older are all we hold with more than one buyer pricing them. Two trucks settle nothing about which buyer will lead on yours. Our comparison tool asks them all at once, so you compare instead of guessing.
Key Takeaways
- Ahead of its own years: a 2000 to 2006 Tundra is offered $1,460, and the middle offer across all cars of those years is $460.
- Most clear $1,000: 82% of the old Tundra offers we hold are $1,000 or more.
- Almost none are small: 2% of those offers come in under $400 (Toyota Tundra, cars 10 years and older, 51 offers).
- Near the top: an old Tundra is offered $2,560, near the top of our chart of old-model offers, with the next two models within $50 of it.
- Cut-out converter: our condition chart drops furthest here, putting the best offer about -68% against a comparable car that still has one, whatever the car’s age.
- Repairs: RepairPal puts a new catalytic converter at $2,280 to $2,480, a national average across every car, more than a 2000 to 2006 Tundra is offered at either end.
- Still drives: both Tundras ten years or older with side-by-side quotes drove and had a clean title, and a truck in that shape may do better in a private sale.
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How Much Can You Sell an Old Toyota Tundra For?
Our own quote data has a 2007 to 2021 Toyota Tundra typically offered $3,605 and a 2000 to 2006 one $1,460. Both groups take in every Tundra we hold that had turned ten when it was quoted, running or dead, straight or crashed.
Across every car we hold, a 2007 to 2021 build is offered $830 and a 2000 to 2006 build $460. Set beside a typical car of the same years, an old Tundra is offered several times more.
Middle offer on an old Toyota Tundra, by model year 51 Toyota Tundra offers · 11,304 for all cars of the same years · Model yearsShow the numbers
Model years Toyota Tundra Offers All cars of the same years Offers 2000 to 2006 $1,460 22 $460 4,704 2007 to 2021 $3,605 29 $830 6,600 
Both Tundra bars clear the all-cars bar beside them by a wide margin. The newer band clears it by more. Roll both bands into one and the middle Tundra offer is $2,560 (cars 10 years and older, 51 offers).
That figure puts the Tundra first by $40, with the Tacoma and Camaro within $50 of it. The chart below shows the 20 old models with the highest offers. Its sample line shows how many offers sit behind those twenty models.
The old models with the highest offers 1,783 offers across these 20 modelsShow the numbers
Model Middle offer Offers Toyota Tundra $2,560 51 Toyota Tacoma $2,520 76 Chevrolet Camaro $2,510 45 Chevrolet Corvette $2,005 43 Toyota 4Runner $1,715 89 Toyota Rav4 $1,610 110 Toyota Prius $1,495 139 Lexus RX $1,335 64 Toyota Highlander $1,273 84 Mazda CX-9 $1,208 42 Chevrolet Silverado $1,190 133 Ford F250 $1,105 67 Honda CR-V $1,050 189 BMW 328 $1,025 110 Kia Sorento $1,020 57 Ford Edge $840 57 Toyota Corolla $830 188 Subaru Outback $805 76 GMC Terrain $765 43 Ram 1500 $748 120
A full-size pickup carries more steel to the scales than a sedan or a small SUV of the same age. Its engine, axles and bed also keep selling as parts long after the truck has stopped. That is what the buyers are paying for.
What Online Car Buyers Offered for Old Toyota Tundras
The same two old Tundras went to Peddle, Wheelzy and CashForCars through our comparison tool. One was quoted in Indiana at the start of April. The other was quoted in Montana at the end of it.
Both still drove and both had a clean title in hand. Neither had an accident behind it or a warning light on the dash.
The difference between them is underneath. The 2010 still had its catalytic converter and the 2016 did not. The 2016 also carried far more miles.
| Tundra | Condition | Peddle | Wheelzy | CashForCars |
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| 2010 Toyota Tundra SR5, 47,000 miles | Drives, clean title, converter intact, nothing marked wrong | $5,125 | $3,394 | $3,532.51 |
| 2016 Toyota Tundra SR5/TRD Pro, 153,000 miles | Drives, clean title, catalytic converter gone | $5,955 | $1,788 | No online offer |
On the 2016, Wheelzy came back with $1,788 while Peddle came back with $5,955. It was the same pickup on the same day, with the same answers on the form.
CashForCars asked the seller of the 2016 to phone rather than quoting it online. A request to call is not a refusal. Two cash offers were already on the table.
Peddle’s was the biggest of the three on both trucks. The bigger of the two went to the rougher, higher-mileage one. That truck is also the newer of the pair by several model years, so look at the years before the converter or the odometer.
These two are the whole of our side-by-side Tundra data for trucks ten years or older. Read them as examples, not as a price list.
Each truck’s best offer here sat well clear of the 2007 to 2021 figure. The best of three offers on one truck is not the same measure as the middle of every offer we hold.
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A Tundra that still drives and still has its title is the kind of truck a neighbour will buy. Selling it privately can beat every instant offer on this page, as long as you can give it a few weeks.
How Much Does Damage Lower a Toyota Tundra Offer?
Losing the catalytic converter takes off more than any other single fault on our condition chart. The chart is built from cars of every age quoted by several buyers, a far wider pool than the Tundras we hold. Each one holds age and mileage steady, so it measures the fault rather than the car.
What the condition of a car does to its best offer 1,624 cars quoted by up to four buyers, compared inside matched mileage and age groupsShow the numbers
Condition Change in best offer Offers Catalytic converter missing -68% 412 Sitting at a mechanic -48% 526 Does not start -47% 944 Title missing -42% 588 Starts but does not drive -39% 704 Dashboard warning light on -22% 1,482 Body damage -21% 895 Broken glass, mirror or light -16% 895 Accident history -10% 1,482 Interior damage -8% 770 Loan outstanding 0% 678
Only one of our two Tundras carried a fault at all. Its fault is the one at the top of that chart. A converter that someone has cut out puts the best offer about -68% against a comparable car that still has its own.
Peddle’s offer on that truck still beat its offer on the 2010, and the 2010 had its converter and far fewer miles. One truck cannot show you the size of the cut. These two also differ by several model years and by a long stretch of odometer.
For the faults our pair does not cover, read the chart rather than our trucks. A Tundra sitting at a repair shop puts the best offer about -48% against a comparable car at home.
One that will not start puts the best offer about -47% against a comparable car that drives. A title that has gone missing puts it about -42% against a clean title in hand.
Should You Fix an Old Toyota Tundra Before You Sell It?
At an independent shop, a new catalytic converter is $2,280 to $2,480 and a head gasket $2,572 to $3,386, according to RepairPal. Those estimates are national averages across every car, not the Tundra alone.
Neither job comes in under the 2000 to 2006 Tundra figure, at the cheap end of each range or the expensive end. Set the same two jobs against the 2007 to 2021 figure and both come in under it at both ends.
A new transmission is $6,238 to $6,764, and that clears both Tundra bands at either end. Put the shop’s estimate next to the cash offers in the same week, and go with whichever is larger.
None of this stops a buyer quoting the truck as it stands. The flatbed still comes for a blown engine or a bad transmission.
Selling Your Toyota Tundra Once You Have an Offer
Whichever buyer you go with sends the tow truck. Spend the wait finding the title and checking it is in your name. Clear the bed and the cab of anything you want to keep.
The driver checks the odometer and the truck itself against the answers you gave. The money and the signed title change hands before the truck leaves the driveway.
Payment is usually cash or check. It depends on the tow company.
Learn more: Sell a Junk Car, every step from quote to paperwork
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How we got these numbers
The offer figures come from 18,326 instant cash offers made to sellers from 2021 to 2026. They are offers, not sale prices, and “typical” means the middle offer, not the average.
The Tundra is only a sliver of that total. The newer year group is built from 29 offers on 2007 to 2021 Toyota Tundras, 10 years and older when quoted. The older group comes from 22 offers on 2000 to 2006 Toyota Tundras, 10 years and older when quoted.
A single odd truck shifts either of those figures in a way it never could shift a site-wide one. The table above and the condition figures rest on cars that several buyers priced on one day.
The repair costs are RepairPal’s national averages across every car, not Tundra figures. The full statistics and how each one is calculated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many miles is too many to sell a Toyota Tundra?
There is no mileage that ends the offers. On Tundras ten years or older, the highest odometer we hold side-by-side offers on is a 2016 Toyota Tundra at 153,000 miles, with its catalytic converter cut out. Peddle still came back with $5,955 on it.
Miles do pull the number down, but on their own they are not what stops a buyer. Type the reading exactly as it shows, because a number that does not match can change the offer at pickup.
Does the offer change if you put the same Toyota Tundra through the form twice?
Barely, if nothing about the truck has changed. The same 2010 Toyota Tundra was entered twice on one day from one zip code. The odometer read 47,000 miles the first time and 48,000 the second.
Peddle answered $5,125 both times. Wheelzy’s two numbers were $3,394 and $3,392.
Waiting is a different question. Offers do expire. Run the truck through again rather than turning up with a stale number.
Does a Toyota Tundra with the catalytic converter cut out still get an offer?
Yes. The 2016 Toyota Tundra in our table had lost its converter and still drew $5,955 from Peddle and $1,788 from Wheelzy.
Tick the converter box as it really is. It is the deepest cut on the condition chart. The driver sees the empty space the moment he kneels down.
Can you sell a Toyota Tundra that won’t start?
Yes. Not one Tundra that would not start has reached us with several buyers on it. These buyers price dead cars every day, and the flatbed brings a winch.
The offers come in lower when the truck will not start. The condition chart on this page shows how much less.
Check the battery terminals before you assume the worst. A flat 12-volt battery looks exactly like a dead engine.
Learn more: How to Sell a Non-Running Car
Do buyers pay more for a Toyota Tundra TRD Pro than an SR5?
We hold too few Tundras to split the figures by trim. Both trucks in our table were SR5s, one of them badged TRD Pro as well. Two trucks cannot answer that question.
Choose the trim the truck actually carries when you fill the form in. A buyer who priced the wrong one has to correct the number at pickup.
Article Update History
Rebuilt on our own offer data: what two online car buyers offered on the same 2016 Tundra on the same day, middle offers for both Tundra generations against every car of the same years, the Tundra's place near the top of our chart of old-model offers, and what each fault does to the number.
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