2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser complaints

I PURCHASED THIS 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER FROM EBAY FROM A FELLOW IN NEW JERSEY. I WAS NOT TOLD OF ANY FRAME RUST PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE OR OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THERE BEING A COMMON PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE WITH OTHERS. UPON RECEIPT, I HAD THE VEHICLE THOROUGHLY INSPECTED AND GONE OVER BY A AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP OWNED AND MANAGED BY A PRIOR GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SHOP OF THE PRIMARY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. HE IS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THE CONDITION OF MY FRAME AND ASSOCIATED PARTS AND FUEL TANK STRAPS AND BRACKETS TO MY ATTENTION. HIS OPINION WAS THAT MY SAFETY COULD BE COMPROMISED IF NOTHING WAS DONE AND APPRISED ME OF THE POTENTIAL COSTS.

RUST ON FRAME AND UNDERBODY OF VEHICLE CORROSION BEYOND NORMAL FOR VEHICLE

FRAME AND PARTS BADLY RUSTED. PIECES FALLING OFF. BRAKE LINES NOW RUSTING. FRAME BADLY RUSTED AS WELL. INTERNAL FUEL TANK ISSUES WITH CORROSION

CANADIAN VEHICLE, FRAME IS RUSTED WITH MANY BRACKETS AND MOUNTS BEGINNING TO FAIL INCLUDING FUEL LINE GUIDES, GAS TANK STRAPS, SKID PLATES AND MOUNTS, SUB FRAMES BECOMING FLIMSY WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUMPY ROAD AND THE REAR GAS TANK STRAP BROKE DROPPING THE TANK TO THE GROUND DISCONNECTING THE FUEL PUMP AND LEAVING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE

UNDERCARRIAGE IS COVERED IN RUST WORRIED ABOUT SHOCK MOUNT FAILING BECAUSE OF THE RUST ALONG WITH FUEL TANK STRAPS

I CAME BACK FROM A TRIP FROM FLORIDA DRIVING AND A WHEEL BEARING WENT BAD AND I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHEN I GOT BACK AND HE SHOWED ME MORE FRAME RUST THAT CONNECTS TO THE LOWER CONTROL ARM

MY FUEL TANK STRAPS WHERE ROTTED OFF I HAD TO GO UNDER THE VEHICLE CHECK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO GET STRAPS REPLACED BECAUSE OF HOW ROTTED THEY WHERE

I BOUGHT A 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER AND THE BODY WAS IN PERFECT SHAPE COUPLE MONTHS GO BY AND I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE POINTS OUT HOW I HAVE A HOLE IN MY FRAME AND AS WELL AND A HOLE WHERE THE WELDS TO THE FRAMES ARE AS WELL

FRAME RUSTED, REAR CROSS-MEMBER RUSTED, GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTED, SUSPENSION RUSTED/COMPROMISED

MY FJ CRUISER FRAME IS ROTTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT, THE GAS TANK MOUNTING STRAP HAS BROKEN AND DUE TO FRAME RUST, THE MOUNTING POINT HAS FAILED AND BROKEN OFF THE FRAME. THE REAR BODY MOUNTS ARE DETERIORATING AS IS THE REAR FRAME CROSS MEMBERS. DUE TO THE FRAME RUAT AND GAS STRAP MOUNTING POINT FAILING, THE DEALER CANNOT REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE GAS TANK CANNOT BE CORRECTLY MOUNTED. OF THE 2ND GAS TANK STRAP FAILS, THE GAS TANK MAY FALL OUT. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL BODYSHOPS THAT ARE SURPRISED AT THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE AMOUNT OF FRAME ROT PRESENT.

MY FRAME HAS RUSTED TREMENDOUSLY TO WHAT I FEEL IS A DANGEROUS DEGREE. THERE ARE HOLES THROUGH SOME FRAME RAILS AND ALSO SOME NEAR THE SUSPENSION MOUNTING POINTS. MY FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED TO THE POINT ONE RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE, THE FUEL TANK WAS THEN HANGING DOWN CLOSE TO THE GROUND. NOT MANY MILES HAVE BEEN DRIVEN PER YEAR ON THIS VEHICLE.

FUEL TANK SUPPORT STRAPS RUSTING OUT.. ALSO FRAME RUSTING ALL OVER. REAR SUPPORT LINKS CONNECTIONS ON THE FRAME ARE RUSTING OUT.

FUEL TANK STRAP RUST. I NOTICED MY FUEL TANK HANGING LOW ONE DAY. TURNS OUT A FUEL TANK STRAP HAD RUSTED IN TWO. I HAD SOMEONE WELD THE STRAP BACK TOGETHER TO HOLD MY FUEL TANK IN PLACE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN NOTICED. IN THE ATTACHED PICTURE YOU CAN SEE THE WELD REPAIR THAT IS NOW HOLDING THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE.

STRUCTURAL FRAME RUST. THE FRAME IS VERY RUSTY AND THIN WITH LOTS OF HOLES IN IT. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS. THE REAR CROSS MEMBER IS EXTREMELY RUSTED AND WOULD NOT HOLD IN A REAR END COLLISION. IN THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE FREE WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH AND SENT THE TRUCK OUT OF CONTROL IN TO THE NEXT LANE.LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED AND SLOWING DOWN KEPT IT UNDER CONTROL. THIS WAS ON A SMALL HIGHWAY WHILE SLIGHTLY TURNING LEFT.

STRUCTURAL FRAME RUST OVER THE ENTIRE FRAME AND FUEL TANK STRAPS.

SEVERE RUSTING ON THE FRAME. VEHICLE FEELS VERY LOOSE WHILE DRIVING OR HITTING A BUMB AS RUST PROGRESSES.

FUEL STRAPS RUSTED OUT WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET AND FUEL TANK FELL DOWN. HAD TO GET TRUCK TOWED AND FIXED.

MY TRUCK HAS MODERATE RUST THAT IM CONCERNED WILL TURN INTO STRUCTURAL FAILURES AFTER SEEING THE FRAMES ON THE FJ CRUISER RUSTED FRAME OWNERS UNITE SITE. THIS TRUCK IS FROM TEXAS AND IS RELOCATED TO CHICAGO AND THE RUST IS ACCELERATING AT AN ALARMING RATE WITH THE SALT. HTTPS://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PEOPLE/186600547@N07/

FRAME IS SEVERELY RUSTED, HAS CRACKS & CORROSION, & IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE

MY FRAM IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM

SEVERE RUST ON UNDER-SIDE OF VEHICLE. SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AT RISK OF DETACHING DUE TO RUST.

THE FRAME OF MY 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER IS RUSTING UNCONTROLLABLY. IT WAS "DESCALED" AND SPRAYED WITH PROTECTING FLUID. THE DESCALING REVEALED SIGNIFICANT FRAME RUST. MY PASSENGER REAR SHOCK MOUNT HAS RUSTED COMPLETELY AND THE SHOCK HAS BECOME FREE FROM THE FRAME. I HAVE YET TO GET AN ACCURATE ESTIMATE OF THE DAMAGE BUT WILL SOON

THE TANK STRAPS ARE RUSTED OUT. ONE IS COMPLETELY BROKEN, THE OTHER IS 75% BROKEN, AND THE SAFETY OF DRIVING IT IS COMPROMISED.

THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET (OEM WELDED TO THE FRAME) BROKE OFF DUE TO EXCESSIVE ROTTING (PHOTOS ATTACHED). THIS BROKE OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT 30-35MPH. THE VEHICLE SHIFTED TO THE SIDE AND MADE IT UNSTABLE AND UNCONTROLLABLE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS WHILE I APPLIED THE BRAKES. I HAD BOTH OF MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME AND I AM CERTAIN THAT IF I WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED IT WOULD HAVE CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO BE OUT OF CONTROL EVEN WORSE AND MORE SO IF I WAS IN A TURN. I HAVE COME TO DISCOVER THAT MANY FJ CRUISERS ARE SUFFERING FROM THE SAME ROTTING ISSUE AND THAT TOYOTA HAS A HISTORY OF FRAME ROT ISSUES ON OTHER MODELS THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN RECALLED FOR REPLACEMENT. IN MY OPINION BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, IF THIS HAPPENED TO MY FJ THEN IT WILL HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS AND SOMEONE WILL GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED.

MY FRAME HAS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST AND I AM CONCERNED THAT IT IS GOING TO BEGIN DETERIORATING.

ON DEC 30, 2019 I TOOK MY 2007 FJ CRUISER IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND SHORTLY AFTER I DROPPED IT OFF, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED TO COME BACK. THEY WANTED TO SHOW ME THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME THAT THE FRAME OF MY FJ WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH WITH MULTIPLE HOLES IN RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRAME - SOME HOLES MEASURING OVER 5 INCHES IN LENGTH. IT CRUMBLED WHEN TOUCHED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REST OF THE VEHICLE WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION BUT IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE FRAME. I HAVE FOUND OUT SINCE, THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2007 FJ CRUISER MODELS BUT TOYOTA HAS YET TO RECALL THE FRAMES. I'VE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAVE RECALLED OTHER MODELS DUE TO PREMATURELY RUSTED OUT FRAMES, BUT THE FJ'S HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE RECALLS. I WAS STUCK IN TORONTO UNABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO NY, SO MY FAMILY INCURRED MASSIVE UNEXPECTED COSTS TO GET HOME, AND WORK & SCHOOL WERE MISSED BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION. I'VE BEEN TOLD IT WILL COST ME APPROX $15 - 20K TO GET MY TRUCK REPAIRED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT COST IS TOYOTA'S RESPONSIBILITY. IN THE MEANTIME IT'S UNSAFE TO DRIVE SO I'M WITHOUT A VEHICLE MAKING MY LIFE AND THE LIFE OF MY FAMILY MORE DIFFICULT SEEING AS IT'S OUR ONLY VEHICLE... AND IT'S STUCK ACROSS THE BORDER IN TORONTO, CANADA. I HOPE TOYOTA RECALLS THE 2007 FJ CRUISER MODEL FRAMES ASAP - I'VE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE MANY

A MAJOR HAZARDOUS ISSUE WAS THE FUEL TANK STRAP BROKE DUE TO RUST AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORTUNATELY FOR ME A MECHANIC SPOTTED THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM BEFORE A POTENTIAL DISASTER HAPPENED OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ENTIRE FRAME OF THIS VEHICLE IS RUSTING AT OUTSTANDING SPEED AND PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. TOYOTA HAS PRESENTED A RECORD OF USING INFERIOR FRAMES IN THE PAST AND UNFORTUNATELY THE FJ VEHICLES WERE GIVEN THOSE INFERIOR, UNSAFE FRAMES AS WELL.

I HAVE HAD TWO BRAKE LINES BURST IN THE PAST YEAR DUE TO RUST. BOTH TIMES I WAS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED. BOTH HAVE BEEN THE BACK BRAKE LINES. THIS RUST SITUATION WITH THE FJ'S IS UNACCEPTABLE AND DANGEROUS! TOYOTA SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THE SITUATION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE A PERSON IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.

FRAME HAS A LOT OF RUST. THE STRAPS TO HOLD THE GAS TANK BROKE DUE TO RUSTING. REAR BUMPER FRAME HAS ALSO RUSTED.

I AM REPORTING THE ISSUE OF FRAME RUST AND CORROSION OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE AMOUNT OF CORROSION AND FRAME FLAKING IS ALARMING AND POSES A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY FAMILY, OTHER DRIVERS AND MYSELF. SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAINTAIN AND FIX THIS ISSUE INCLUDING COMPLAINING TO TOYOTA THEMSELVES WITH LITTLE TO NO SUCCESS. THE AMOUNT OF RUST COMPARED TO MY OTHER VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY OUT OF PROPORTION. BODY MOUNTS ARE FLAKING AND CRUMBLING AND THE FRAME IS CORRODED AND FALLING APART FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST FOR MILEAGE OF CAR 156K AS OF WRITING FRAME IS FLAKING/SCALING EVEN AFTER APPLICATION OF POR-15 TO TRY AND SALVAGE THE FRAME TO MAKE IT LAST A WHILE LONGER. REPLACEMENT OF TANK STRAPS AT 120K DUE TO FAILURE FROM RUST. CAR WILL BECOME UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN A SHORT PERIOD THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS FRAME/YEAR AREA AS TOYOTA ALREADY HAS REPLACED THE TACOMA FRAMES THAT WERE RUSTING/ROTTING THE SAME WAY.

MY GAS TANK STRAPS COMPLETELY RUSTED OFF LEAVING THE GAS TANK HANGING DOWN BELOW THE FRAME AND IN EXTREME COMPROMISED UNSAFE POSITION. MULTIPLE AREAS OF FRAME RUST COMPLETELY THROUGH NOT SUPPORTED BY EITHER END

DURING 2019-2020 STATE INSPECTION OF 2007 FJ CRUISER WITH 78000 MILES BY DEALER WAS TOLD THAT FRAME IS SO RUSTED THAT IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT PASS THE NEXT INSPECTION. EXPLANATION GIVEN WAS THAT TOYOTA DOES NOT MAKE THEIR FRAMES AS THICK AS OTHER MAKES. THIS VEHICLE WAS USED AS A DAILY DRIVER, NOT MUCH OFF-ROAD AND NO SERIOUS OFF-ROADING. I WORK FROM HOME, SO MOST YEARS LESS THAN 5000 MILES DRIVEN. ALSO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS.

BOUGHT MY FJ NEW IN 2007.WHEN I DID I ASKED IF THEY HAD RUSTY JONES OR UNDERCOATING AND WAS TOLD WITH THE NEW ALLOYS I DIDNT NEED IT. 3 WEEKS AGO I WAS HAVING MY MECHANIC CHECK THE BRAKES AND HE CALLED ME DOWN TO SHOW ME A BREAK IN THE FRAME CONNECTING TO THE BODY.THANKFULLY HE FOUND IT BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO BOSTON THE NEXT DAY. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 139,000 MILES ON IT AND THE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT SO ITS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM AND 2 REPS CAME DOWN FROM NH TO LOOK AT WHO BASICALLY TOLD ME I HAD A GOOD RIDE WITH IT AND THEY WOULD DO NOTHING.I THEN CALLED TOYOTA CEC AND WAS TOLD THE SAME. I BROUGHT TO A WELDER WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS TYPE OF WORK AND WAS TOLD 5000+ IN LABOR ALONE AND THATS WITHOUT SEEING UNDER THE GAS TANK SO HE SAID IT WOULDNT BE WORTH IT AS HE BANGED OF THE RUST IN OTHER SPOTS AND THERE WAS NO METAL TO WELD TO LEFT.BRAKE AND FUEL LINES ARE SWELLED FROM THE RUSTY METAL TUBING.I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY AS I OFTEN TAKE MY GRANDKIDS IN THE FJ. SO NOW IM LEFT WITH MY OTHER FJ THAT I BOUGHT NEW IN 2008 WHICH IS OK UNDERNEATH.THE ISSUE IS WITH ALL THE 2007 FJ FRAMES LIKE THEIR TUNDRAS AND TACOMAS. I HAVE OPENED A CASE WITH TOYOTA BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AS THESE ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE.THE BODY IS READY TO COLLAPSE ON THE FRAME. I WAS TOLD PRIVATELY THAT TOYOTA CHOOSES TO IGNORE THE ISSUE AS THEY NO LONGER MAKE THE FJS BUT STILL SELL TACOMAS AND TUNDRAS. ## VIN PASSED ## 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUIS

FRAME IS RUSTING TO THE POINT IT IS ABOUT TO BREAK.

EXCESSIVE RUST ON LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNT

DRIVER REAR LOWER CONTROL LINK MOUNT BROKEN. NORMAL CITY DRIVING. NO HARD STOPS NO FAST TAKE OFF FROM STOP SIGN. ALSO HAVE BROKEN BODY MOUNTS. I HAD TO REPLACE UPPER MOUNT TWO YEARS AGO. THIS TRUCK GETS DRIVEN ON SURFACE STREETS ONLY 40MPH TOP SPEED ON MY ROUTE TO WORK.

FRAME IS RUSTING OUT- TRUCK ONLY HAS 142K ON IT. TOLD TODAY IT WILL PROBABLY FAIL INSPECTION NEXT YEAR AS IT BARELY PASSED TODAY. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AND AFFECTS THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE TOYOTA HAS SETTLED WITH TACOMA, TUNDRA OWNERS BUT IGNORES ISSUE WITH FJ

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN GOOD CARE OF BUT, THE FRAME IS PREMATURELY RUSTING AT CONNECTING POINTS TO THE BODY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE LOOKS AND RUNS WELL BUT MIGHT BE A SAFETY RISK IN SUDDEN STOPS OF ACCIDENTS CAUSING VEHICLE BODY TO DISLODGE FROM FRAME.

I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH RUST ON THE FRAME THE FRAME IS RUSTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT ALSO DEALING WITH RUST ON THE TANK STRAPS

FRAME IS ROTTED TO THE POINT OF BEING VERY UNSAFE

PREVIOUSLY FILED COMPLAINT FOR STRUCTURAL FRAME RUST AND WHILE REMOVING COMPONENTS TO SEE IF THAT'S REPAIRABLE I FOUND 1 OF THE 2 STRAPS THAT HOLD THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE TO BE 90% RUSTED THROUGH AND THE OTHER ONE NOT FAR BEHIND.

MY VEHICLE IS PREMATURELY GETTING EATEN BY A RAPID AND UNCONTROLLABLY GROWING RUST ISSUE. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AS THE GAS TANK ALMOST FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE STRAPS BEING CORRODED AND THE FRAME IS GETTING WEAKER TO THE POINT I CAN FEEL THE BODY FLEXING IN SITUATIONS IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE FLEXING.

THE GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTED THROUGH COMPLETELY. THE BOTH STRAPS HAD RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY. THE FRONT STRAP WAS DANGLING DOWN AND SO I USED A RATCHET STRAP TO GET ME HOME. WHEN I SECURED THE FRONT, THE BACK STRAP BROKE. THE PROBLEM WAS NOTED BY A MECHANIC WHEN I WAS GETTING A TIRE ROTATION OR ALIGNMENT. I HAD TO BUY REPLACEMENT STRAPS.

FRAME SEEMS VERY RUSTED AS DO SUSPENSION COMPONENTS

FRAME IS ROTTING AWAY JUST AS THE TACOMA FRAMES DID IN THIS TIME FRAME OF MODEL YEAR. AFRAID THE VEHICLE WILL SOON BE UNFIT TO DRIVE DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. GAS TANK STRAPS ARE ALSO ROTTING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS COME TO LIGHT WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AND MY GAS TANK STRAP BROKE CAUSING THE TAKE TO DROP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE

FRAME COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY FROM BODY OF CAR. ENGINE AND EXTERIOR BODY ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION DUE TO THE RUSTED OUT FRAME TOYOTA CLAIMS THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THEY WILL NOT TOUCH IT. SEE ATTACHED . THE FRAME LOOKS LIKE A PASTRY WOULD AS IT FLAKES AWAY IN LAYERS UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT.

A TOYOTA DEALER INSPECTION OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE FRAME OF MY TOYOTA FJ CRUISER, REFLECTS THAT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND IS OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE RUST IS SEVERE IN THE FRAME PILLARS, JOINTS AND ATTACHED COMPONENTS. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PROTECT PASSENGERS BECAUSE THE FRAME WOULD QUICKLY DISINTEGRATE. THE TOYOTA DEALER STATED THAT UNLESS TOYOTA ISSUES A RECALL THE COST TO REPLACE THE FRAME IS AT LEAST $15,000.

WHILE UPGRADING TO STEEL BUMPERS FROM THE FLIMSY PLASTIC CRAP MOST VEHICLES COME WITH THESE DAYS, FOUND SIGNIFICANT FRAME ROT. SOMEHOW THE FJ CRUISER IS NOT PART OF THE PREVIOUS TOYOTA RECALLS. I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY'RE AT LEAST AS SUSCEPTIBLE AS THE TACOMAS ET AL. I'M NOW ON THE HUNT FOR AN AFFORDABLE REPLACEMENT FRAME, WHICH SEEMS TO BE MERELY A PIPE DREAM. I LOVE THIS VEHICLE AND WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO REPAIR IT BUT, COME ON TOYOTA. THIS IS NOT WHAT THE MARKET EXPECTS FROM YOU!

WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY AND LESS THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR, THANKFULLY ON A REGULAR, PAVED, LOCAL ROAD WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SUSPENSION SPRING SEAT AND STABILIZER BAR ATTACHMENT POINT ON REAR AXLE SUDDENLY, UNEXPECTEDLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING JUST TORE APART AND OFF OF THE AXLE HOUSING TO WHICH IT WAS MOUNTED AND THE RESULTING SHARP AND HEAVY METAL EDGED PARTS COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF A BRAKE LINE RELEASING ALL HYDRAULIC BRAKE FLUID AND CAUSING THE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF ALL NORMAL BRAKING ABILITY. THANKFULLY NOBODY WAS INJURED, BUT THE CAR CAN'T BE DRIVEN AT ALL NOW, BECAUSE IT HAS NO BRAKES AT ALL, OTHER THAN THE MECHANICAL EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND BY USING TRANSMISSION "BRAKING." LOTS OF RUST UNDER CAR SINCE WE BOUGHT IT USED FROM DEALER IN MORRISTOWN NJ, APPARENTLY DUE TO LOW QUALITY STEEL USED IN INITIAL CONSTRUCTION AND APPARENT LACK OF ADEQUATE FACTORY ANTI-RUST TREATMENT OF FRAME AND OTHER UNDERCARRIAGE PARTS. INTERIOR AND PAINTED TOP BODY PARTS SHOW NO RUST ISSUES. HOWEVER, THE UNDERSIDE, IS FULL OF LOTS OF RUST. THIS IS APPARENTLY A WELL-KNOWN, VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA FJ MODELS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY! I'M MAKING PLANS TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND POSSIBLE REPAIRS. FINALLY, AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, THIS CAR HAS NEVER DONE ANY SIGNIFICANT OR TAXING "OFF-ROADING."