2000 Toyota Tundra complaints

(1). I PURCHASED A NEW 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA EXTENDED CAB LIMITED AT PRICE TOYOTA IN DELAWARE. IN FEBRUARY 2009 I OBSERVED RUST THROUGH OF BRACKET FROM BED TO FRAME VISIBLE THROUGH REAR WHEEL WELL. REQUESTED THAT MY WIFE REPORT THIS TO LIBERTY TOYOTA IN NJ DURING ROUTINE 5000 MILE OIL CHANGE. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS "NOT A PROBLEM". (2). IN SEPTEMBER 2009 TRUCK WAS AGAIN TAKEN TO LIBERTY TOYOTA FOR 5000 MILE OIL CHANGE, PURCHASE OF 5 NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT. LIBERTY TOYOTA SERVICE TOLD MY WIFE THAT THE TRUCK WAS RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE THEY COULD NO LONGER ALIGN THE VEHICLE AND NO SERVICE WAS PERFORMED. LIBERTY TOOK PHOTOS OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK AND TRANSMITTED THEM TO TOYOTA. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER LIBERTY TOLD MY WIFE THAT TOYOTA'S POSITION WAS THAT BECAUSE OF THE AGE AND MILEAGE (9 YEARS AND 110,000 MILES ) THAT THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. (3). IN LATE SEPTEMBER 2009 I PURCHASED A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA CREW CAB 4 DOOR TUNDRA LIMITED AS A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE A TOYOTA RUNNEMEAD, NJ. ON THAT SAME OCCASION THE 2000 TUNDRA WAS PUT ON LIFT AND INSPECTED WITH A POWERFUL LIGHT. OBSERVED VARIOUS RUST THROUGH OF BRACKETS AND AT LEAST ONE FIST SIZED HOLE THROUGH THE FRAME. THIS WAS WITNESSED BY THE TOYOTA RUNNEMEADE SALES PERSON, GENERAL MANAGER, SALES MANAGER, AND SERVICE MANAGER. ALL AGREED THAT THIS WAS WORST CASE OF RUST THEY HAD SEEN, AND WERE OF THE OPINION THAT THE TRUCK WAS NOT SAFE TO OPERATE. (4). IN OCTOBER 2009 I CONTACTED TOYOTA

MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA HAS SEVERE RUST ON THE FRAME. THE BODY HAS NONE. ALL MAJOR JOINTS AND WELD POINTS SHOW EXCESSIVE RUST AND COULD LEAD TO PREMATURE FAILURE. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA 102,000 MI. WELL MAINTAINED WAS TAKEN FOR YEARLY PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE BRAKE LINES, FRAME AND CROSS MEMBERS ARE RUSTED THROUGH. MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE REAR BRAKE LINES ON THE DRIVERS REAR SIDE HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *TR

THE REAR OF TRUCK DROPPED AND ONCE CHECKED IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION SHACKLES ROTTED OFF THE FRAME, WHEN TAKEN TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER (TARBOX TOYOTA, NORTH KINGSTOWN RI) AN INSPECTION OF THE FRAME WAS CONDUCTED AND THE DEALER STATED THE FRAME HAD ROTTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO THEY THEN GAVE ME THE 800 NUMBER TO TOYOTA CORP. WHEN TOYOTA WAS CONTACTED THEY STATED THAT THEY WILL KEEP MY CASE ON FILE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME AT THIS TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA/SR5. HE DISCOVERED CORROSION ON THE DRIVER-SIDE REAR AND PASSENGER WHEELS. YEARS LATER THE CORROSION BEGAN FALLING OFF OF THE VEHICLE ONTO HIS DRIVE-WAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK REPORT NUMBER 0910139204. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT CONFIRMED IF THEY WILL ASSIST WITH THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. IT SUFFERS FROM SEVERE FRAME AND UNDERCARRIAGE RUST. THE RUST AND METAL IS LITERALLY FLAKING OFF IN LARGE SHEETS. MY STEERING FLUID LINES CORRODED AND BURST CAUSING LOSS OF FLUID AND POWER STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LAST FALL. THIS SPRING MY RUSTED BRAKE LINE BURST AND CAUSED COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. MY WIFE WAS COMING OUT OF A BUSINESS ONTO A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. SHE HAD TO DRIVE IT INTO A DITCH TO AVERT A T-BONE COLLISION ON THE MAIN HIGHWAY. I CAN HEAR UNEXPLAINABLE SOUNDS FROM THE REAR FRAME AREA AND MY CURRENT MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE INSPECTED WHEN DUE. I UNDERSTAND OTHERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE OUT THERE JUST LIKE ME. THE VEHICLE HAS OTHERWISE BEEN MECHANICALLY SOUND. TOYOTA HAS NO RECALL NOTICE AND I HAVE GONE THROUGH THERE PROCESS BEFORE TO NO AVAIL. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL INSISTED UPON. *TR

I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA TRUCK WITH 63,000 MILES. FRAME IS RUSTING OUT..THERE ARE HOLES NEAR THE FRAME SHACKLES THAT ARE RUSTED THROUGH...THIS ALL APPEARED WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF..CONTACTED LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND ALSO LOGGED A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT TO TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS. TO DATE NOTHING IS BEING DONE BY TOYOTA TO CORRECT THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS...I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

SERIOUS RUST AND FLAKING ON MY FRAME. *TR

TOYOTA TUNDRA YEAR 2000, 4WD,6CYL. FRAME TOTAL RUST,HOLES IN FRAME, SPARE TIRE BRACKET RUSTED,TIRE HANGING DOWN FEW INCHES FROM GROUND, ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT ON ROAD. HAD TO REMOVE TIRE. WARNED BY DRIVER IN REAR OF MY VEHICLE,BY FLASHING LIGHTS AND BLOWING HORN. TIME DAY 11AM. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. I HAVE JUST HAD TO REPLACE BROKEN LEAF SPRINGS FOR THE SECOND TIME. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SWAY BAR LINKS (RUSTED OFF). HAVE EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON THE FRAME, ESPECIALLY IN REAR. VEHICLE IS IN GOOD SHAPE OTHER THAN THE FRAME AND UNDERBODY CORROSION ISSUES. *TR

OUR 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA HAS CONTINUOUSLY LET US DOWN IN SEVERAL AREAS SUCH AS; BRAKE VIBRATION, AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CAM ARMS ARE RUSTED SO WHEN RELEASING THE PARKING BRAKE, THE SHOES STAY ENGAGED, DRAGGING ON THE BRAKE PADS CAUSING WARPED DRUMS. WE HAVE HAD A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD SINCE 35K MILES, TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 63K MILES, CONTINUOUS OXYGEN SENSORS ISSUES (INCLUDING TWO THAT FELL OUT), BROKEN SWAY BAR MOUNT, RUSTED TAILGATE MOUNTS, AND NOW THE EXTREME FRAME RUST. THE TRUCK IS BEING EATEN AWAY BY RUST, CAUSING PARTS TO BREAK AND EVEN FALL OFF. NOW THE EXTENSIVE FRAME RUST HAS CAUSED PARTS TO FALL OFF, AND BREAK. THE LATEST IS THE PASSENGER SIDE SPRING SHACKLE MOUNT THAT WAS CRACKED AND FLEXING, AND NOW HAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF ALLOWING THE SPRING TO REST ALONG THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BODY. WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE; IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION AND IS NOW COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

2000 TUNDRA 4X4 THE FRAME IS RUSTED BEYOND REPAIR I LIVE IN OHIO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. DURING VEHICLE INSPECTION A MECHANIC AND A TECHNICIAN FROM THE DEALER CONCLUDED THAT THE FRAME HAD SEVERE CORROSION. HOWEVER NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 98000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA AND THE FRAME IS ROTTING,I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE LEAF SPRING SHACKLES REPLACED, AND THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK IS VERY RUSTY,THE SHOCKS ARE ROTTED ALSO. *TR

I HAD ROUTINE MAINTENANCE DONE AND I WAS TOLD THAT MY FRAME HAS RUST HOLES ROTTED THROUGH IT. IT IS UNSAFE TO PUT A LOAD IN THE TRUCK AND WILL SOON BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT ALL. *TR

LAST YEAR I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA AND HEARD A THUD FROM THE REAR OF MY TRUCK. I PULLED OVER TO DISCOVER MY SPARE TIRE HANGING FROM THE SUPPORTING CABLE. APPARENTLY, THE SUPPORT FRAME FOR THE SPARE TIRE DISINTEGRATED FROM CORROSION TO THE POINT WHERE IT COULD NO LONGER SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE SPARE TIRE AND FAILED. LUCKILY THE CABLE DID NOT FAIL AND KEPT THE SPARE ATTACHED WITH THE TRUCK. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, HEAVY CORROSION WAS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE FRAME. THIS FAILURE HAS ONLY OCCURRED ONCE. A MECHANIC OFFERED TO ATTACH A PIECE OF ANGLE ALUMINUM AS A SUPPORT SO I COULD AT LEAST STOW MY SPARE TIRE FOR EMERGENCIES. DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE EXISTING SUPPORT FRAME, THIS ANGLE ALUMINUM SUPPORT IS ONLY TEMPORARY. FURTHER OVERALL DETERIORATION OF THE FRAME IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BRAKE LINE RUPTURE WHEN PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED DUE TO HEAVY CORROSION/OXIDATION. FRONT CROSS MEMBER BROKE OFF FROM FRAME DUE TO HEAVY RUST AND/OR CORROSION. I WELDED CROSS MEMBER BACK TO FRAME AND REPLACED BRAKE LINE. SPARE TIRE SEEMS CLOSE TO BREAKING OFF AS WITH MANY OTHER COMPONENTS DUE TO RUST. I DON'T DRIVE TRUCK ANYMORE DUE TO FEAR OF MY AND MY FAMILY'S SAFETY. VIN NUMBER I HAVE SEEMS TO BE INVALID, IF YOU WANT VIN PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL COPY FROM TRUCK, THANKS. *TR

2000 TUNDRA. OVER 3 DOCUMENTED, BY A MECHANIC, CRACKS IN FRAME DUE TO RUST. WILL NOT PASS SAFETY INSPECTION. *TR

RUSTING FRAME ON 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH HE NOTICED THAT THE CAP BEGAN TO RUB AGAINST THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE THE HE NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS CRACKED IN HALF. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE BRAKE LINES WERE DAMAGED BY RUST. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 135000. UPDATED 12/8/09 *CN UPDATED 12/09/09.*JB

MY TRUCK WAS BROUGHT IN FOR A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND THE MECHANIC BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT A FRAME CROSS MEMBER THAT CARRIES A BRAKE DISTRIBUTION BLOCK WAS RUSTED AWAY AND MY BRAKE LINES WERE HANGING. ALSO WHERE MY SPARE WAS ATTACHED WAS BADLY RUSTED. I THEN WENT TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP TO INSPECT THE FRAME. THEY SAID THAT THE FRAME WAS BADLY RUSTED IN MANY OTHER AREAS THAT COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS. THERE WAS ALREADY AN INCIDENT WHERE MY FRONT TIRE FELL TO THE GROUND WHEN SOMETHING ATTACHED TO THE FRAME BROKE. *TR UPDATED 03/25/10 *BF RECEIVED PICTURES. UPDATED IVOQ 09/15/10

I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA AND IT FAILED ITS ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION DUE TO A FRAME RUST ISSUE. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THAT DID THE INSPECTION AND FAILED THE TRUCK, I ASSUME, KNEW OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM AND THANK GOD, THOROUGHLY INSPECTED THE TRUCK'S FRAME. THEY FOUND A HOLE IN THE FRAME THAT CONCERNED THEM TO THE POINT THAT FAILED THE TRUCK'S STATE INSPECTION AND I ENDED UP PAYING $294.25 TO HAVE A FRAME PATCH WELDED IN TO PREVENT A FAILURE OF THE FRAME IN THE AREA OF THE RUSTED HOLE. I HAD THE TRUCK UNDERCOATED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE IN 2000 AND THAT UNDERCOATING IS BLISTERING OFF, AND HAS BEEN BLISTERING OFF FOR A FEW YEARS. THE UNDERCOATING WAS MAINTAINED UNDER A ZIEBART WARRANTY UNTIL 2005 WHEN ZIEBART CLOSED THE LOCAL FRANCHISES. THIS MEANS THE UNDERSIDE OF MY TRUCK HAS BEEN WITHOUT THE WARRANTED PROTECTION FOR ONLY FOUR YEARS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT A TRUCK, THAT HAS BEEN AS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AS MINE HAS BEEN, IS EXPERIENCING A FRAME RUST ISSUE TO THE LEVEL THAT IT FAILS A STATE INSPECTION !!!! THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK IS HEAVILY RUSTED DESPITE THE ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS I'VE TAKEN OF UNDERCOATING, MAINTAINING THE UNDERCOATING, AND RELIGIOUSLY SPRAYING THE EXCESSIVE SALT OFF OF THE VEHICLE IN THE WINTER MONTHS DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH EXPOSURE. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF MY TRUCK EVERY TIME I GET BEHIND ITS STEERING WHEEL NOW. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS, THAT IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT I WOULD BE INVOLVED IN A

FUEL LINE ON DRIVER SIDE ON 2000 TUNDRA PERFORATED DUE TO RUST. NOTICED WHILE BRAKING ON DOWNGRADE PORTION OF LARGE HILL. VEHICLE STOPPED VERY POORLY, ALMOST RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. HAD TO PAY TO TOW AND REPLACE FUEL LINE ON VEHICLE. *TR

DURING ROUTINE TUNE-UP (TIRE ROTATION, OIL CHANGE, CHECK FLUIDS, ETC) MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME OF A SERIOUS RUST CONDITION AFFECTING THE FRAME OF MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE NOTED IT WAS SIMILAR TO TACOMAS HE HAD WORKED ON. I WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY. TOYOTA DISMISSED MY CONCERN BY SIMPLY STATING IT WAS 'OUT OF WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT. EXCELLENT CONDITION OTHERWISE. SIGNIFICANT RUST AFFECTING BRAKE LINES, LEAF SPRINGS, BALL JOINTS, TO NAME A FEW. *TR

SEVERE RUST ON 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA FRAME. *TR

I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE, I WAS TAKEN INTO THE GARAGE AND SHOWN THE FRAME OF MY TRUCK WAS EXTENSIVELY RUSTED. THE CROSS MEMBER IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK WAS RUSTING THROUGH. DEALER WAS CONTACTING TOYOTA AND I DID THE SAME. OPENED A CASE UP WITH TOYOTA. I WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY ARE DOING ABOUT THIS ALTHOUGH IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM THEY JUST RECALLED THE TACOMA'S FOR. WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DEALER. WAS TOLD TRUCK MAY BE UNSAFE. *TR

1I HAVE OWNED MANY TOYOTA TRUCKS SINCE MY FIRST IN 1987. USUALLY THE BODY WOULD ROT RIGHT OFF THE CHASSIS. NOW THE CHASSIS ROTS RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER THE BODY! HIGHLIGHTS:I PURCHASED A 1984 TRUCK IN 1989 IT HAD A RUSTY BED AND I FIXED IT UP. I PURCHASED A NEW 1997 TACOMA IN SEPTEMBER OF 1996, THE TRUCK HAD FRAME ROT IN MARCH OF 2004, I DOCUMENTED MY COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA IN MARCH OF 2005 WITH TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.THE TOLD ME "THERE IS NO KNOWN FLAW WITH TACOMA FRAMES. I DISAGREED WITH THEM.I SOLD THE TRUCK IN MAY OF 2005 WITH 218000 MILES ON IT WITH A ROTTEN FRAME FOR ONLY $2000, HAD THE CHASSIS HELD UP I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME WHERE AROUND $7000 FOR THE TRUCK CONSIDERING IT SHOULD GO OVER 300,000 MILES AND IT STARTED OUT AS A $22,000 TRUCK. NOW I HAVE A 2000 TUNDRA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND JUST AS BEFORE TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. TELLS ME THE HAVE " NO KNOWN PROBLEM ". *TR

1. MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA SRT HAS SERIOUS UNDERCARRIAGE RUST, AND LARGE PIECES OF METAL ARE BEGINNING TO FALL FROM THE FRAME. THE MAIN BEAMS OF THE FRAME ARE BEGINNING TOO DETERIORATE, ALSO THE BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND BRAKE FLUID IS BEGINNING TO SEEP THROUGH THE LINES. 2. RUSTED PIECES OF METAL RANDOMLY FALL FROM VEHICLE, AND COULD CAUSE DAMAGE OR SERIOUSLY INJURE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THE BRAKE LINES COULD RUPTURE FROM THE SEVERE DETERIORATION AND LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. 3. CURRENTLY I AM NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL I GET NEW BRAKE LINES, BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE EXCEPT RECALLING THE TRUCK. TOYOTA NEEDS TO RECALL THE TOYOTA TUNDRA BEFORE ANY MAJOR ACCIDENTS OCCUR AND SOME ONE IS FATALLY INJURED. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP, FRAME RUSTING OUT ON THE FRONT END OF TRUCK. *TR

I FOUND HOLES IN THE FRAME OF MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN 2007 AND IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA. THEY SAID IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT TO WATCH IT AND IT WASN'T A BIG ISSUE TO HAVE A LITTLE RUST (THIS WAS DURING THE TACOMA RECALL). SEPT OF 2008 I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN AGAIN SINCE THE RUST WAS EVEN WORSE THEY SAID AGAIN NOT A BIG ISSUE BUT TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009 I WAS CHANGING THE OIL AND I SAW THAT THE FRONT SWAY BAR MOUNT HAD TOTALLY RUSTED THROUGH AND HAD FALLEN OFF - IMMEDIATELY CALLED TOYOTA CORP - THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. MY ISSUE IS THAT THEY HAVE TOLD ME ALL ALONG THAT THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL! BUT NOW ITS A SAFETY ISSUE ! IT HAS SINCE TAKEN OUT A POWER STEERING LINE AND THERE IS A BRAKE LINE THAT HAS BEEN RUPTURED AS WELL. NOW THAT THE TRUCK IS WORTH NOTHING I WANT TOYOTA TO HELP ME OUT. THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T AN ISSUE, I BELIEVED THEM, NOW MY TRUCK IS WORTHLESS! AND THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 130000 MILES ON IT! THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO ALL MY OTHER TOYOTA TRUCKS... *TR

2000 TUNDRA RUSTY FRAME. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA FRAME HAS HOLES DUE TO RUST - DEALERSHIP TOOK PICTURES, CASE FILED WITH TOYOTA 9/03/09. *TR

EXCESSIVE UNDERBODY RUST TO THE POINT THE REAR END HOUSING STARTED LEAKING FROM A HOLE THAT RUSTED THROUGH THE HOUSING. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA 2WD 4DR PICKUP. SEVERE FRAME RUST. THE BACK JOINT THAT HOLDS THE LEAF SPRING TO THE FRAME RUSTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE SPRING SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE SWERVED SOME GOING OVER A HIGHWAY ROAD DIP AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE SPRING APPARENTLY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR LEAF SPRING IS CLOSE TO SEPARATING ALSO ON ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERE RUST OF THE VEHICLES FRAME. IT IS SITTING AT A DEALERSHIP IN EAST STOUDSBURG SINCE OCT. 12 AWAITING TOYOTA FIELD REP AND COMPANY TO MAKE SOME KIND OF DECISION. *TR

WELL AT 48,000 MY MASTER CYLINDER STOPPED WORKING. SEPT OF 08 THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ROTTED AWAY AND I ALSO NOTICED MY FRAME ROTTING BACK IN 05.. AND NOW I CAN PEEL METAL OF MY FRAME. I JUST PUT 1800 DOLLARS INTO A DYEING HORSE... I BOUGHT TOYOTA FOR A REASON. THEY BUILT SOME TRUCKS ON FRAMES KNOWING THEY WERE NO GOOD IN NEW ENGLAND WEATHER.... PLEASE HELP ... *TR

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT HAS A RUSTED OUT AND CRACKED REAR CROSS MEMBER IN THE FRAME. THE FRAME MEMBER HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE AND WHILE CHANGING REAR SHOCKS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER I NOTICED HOW RUSTED THE CROSS MEMBER AND THE REST OF THE FRAME IS, WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CROSS MEMBER IS CRACKING SO I NO LONGER HAVE THE TIRE UNDER THE TRUCK. A MECHANIC VERIFIED THIS WHILE HE WAS UNDER THE TRUCK REPLACING THE POWER STEERING RACK THAT ALSO RUSTED OUT .MY WIFE LOST THE POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAD NEVER SEEN THE POWER STEERING RACK RUST OUT OR THAT MUCH RUST ON THE FRAME OF A TRUCK WITH 88,000 ON IT AND THAT THE FRAME WOULD HAVE TO BE WELDED TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I HAVE FILED A CLAIM WITH TOYOTA ( CLAIM # 0910135009 ) AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE LOOKING IN TO IT. FROM WHAT I'VE HERD AND READ IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.I WOULD HATE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEONE LOST THEIR SPARE TIRE WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HEARD THAT 2000 AND 2001 TUNDRA FRAMES WERE MADE IN THE SAME PLACE THE TACOMAS WERE AND I DID RECEIVE A RECALL ON MY PREVIOUS TRUCK A 2000 TACOMA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

WE HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA ,AND THE COMPLAINT IS RUST, FIRST MY BUMPERS WENT .,THE REAR BUMPER GOT SO RUSTED THAT MY DAUGHTER SAT ON THE BUMPER AND SHE FELL TO THE GROUND., I CALLED TOYOTA ,THE SAID CALL MY LOCAL DEALER.,I DID., MY LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT ,THEY SAID IT WASN'T THERE PROBLEM . SO AT THIS POINT I NEVER REPLACED THE BUMPER BECAUSE TOYOTA WANTED 400.00 WITHOUT PUTTING THE BUMPER ON AND I CAN NOT AFFORD THAT. ANYWAY WHO SAYS A NEW TOYOTA BUMPER WOULD BE NO GOOD ANY WAYS! SECOND AND MOST IMPORTANT IS THE FRAME YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR..... I TRIED TO APPLY AN UNDERCOAT TO THE FRAME AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR NO MATTER HOW MUCH UNDER COATING I PUT ON THE FRAME IT GETS LIKE A 100 TIMES WORSE I THINK THE RUST BEHIND THE UNDER COATING JUST BREAKS APART AND JUST FALLS OFF AS I DRIVE BECAUSE THE YEAR AFTER THE RUST IS 100 TIMES WORSE!!!! IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ., LOOK INTO THIS ASAP BECAUSE IM REALLY SCARED TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK, AND I DON'T WANT TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE I WOULD BE AFRAID FOR THEM AND FEEL TERRIBLE IF SOMETHING DANGEROUS HAPPENED TO US OR THEM, PLEASE HELP! THANK YOU *TR

I WENT TO HYANNIS TOYOTA FOR WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND SERVICE MGR TOLD ME DON'T BOTHER BECAUSE FRAME IS ROTTED HE SAID NOT RECOMMENDED TO DRIVE. *TR

I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA, WHICH I FEEL IS UNSAFE FOR THE ROAD DUE TO EXCESSIVE FRAME ROT. THIS TRUCK'S FRAME HAS TO BE THE WORST CASE OF FRAME ROT I'VE EVER SEEN. FAR WORSE THAN I'VE SEEN ON ANY TOYOTA TACOMA THAT WAS RECALLED. BUT, FOR SOME REASON TOYOTA DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE ON THESE TRUCKS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, I WON'T BE ABLE TO PASS A STATE INSPECTION AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. SO THAT LEAVES ME MAKING PAYMENTS ON A TRUCK THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE. OVER THIS PAST SUMMER, I NEEDED TO TRAVEL 500 MILE ROUND TRIPS FOR SEVERAL WEEKENDS FOR MEDICAL REASONS. KNOWING THAT I HAD SOME UNDERBODY CLUNKS GOING ON, I FIGURED I'D INVESTIGATE PRIOR TO MAKING THESE MANY TRIPS. I FOUND THAT THE UPPER SHOCK TOWERS WERE NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK, AND THEY WERE THE CAUSE OF MY CLUNK. I DECIDED TO PULL OFF THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO GET A BETTER ACCESS TO THESE ROTTED SPOTS. ONCE THE BED WAS REMOVED, I WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT MY PROBLEM WAS FAR WORSE THAN I IMAGINED. I FOUND 21 ROT HOLES JUST IN THE SIX FOOT SECTION OF FRAME UNDER THE BED. I FOUND THAT MY SHOCK TOWERS HAD PULLED AWAY FROM THEIR FRAME MOUNTS DUE TO RUST. THE SCARIEST FIND WAS THAT THE CROSS MEMBER THAT SUPPORTS THE SPARE TIRE HAD THREE OUT OF THE FOUR MOUNTING CORNERS COMPLETELY ROTTED OFF. HERE'S WHERE I GET CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE TRAVELING BEHIND ME. COULD YOU IMAGINE IF THIS CROSS MEMBER AND SPARE RIM/TIRE FELL OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS? THIS IS THE POINT WHERE I CONTACT MY LOCAL T

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE SPARE TIRE FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK WHILE I WAS DRIVING! FORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T HIT ANY OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. APPARENTLY THE CROSS MEMBER RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE IT WOULDN'T SUPPORT THE SPARE ANYMORE. THE BRAKE LINE FAILED. THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. AGAIN, FORTUNATELY I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE NO BRAKES WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH 120K MILES IN CONCORD MA. RECENTLY THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A NOISE WHILE TURNING OR HITTING A BUMP. UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE FRAME HAS CORRODED SO BADLY THE TORSION BAR IS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. THE REAR END LEAF SPRING MOUNTS ARE ALSO CLOSE TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA AN RECEIVED A CASE NUMBER (CASE #09102651), WAS TOLD I WOULD BE CONTACTED 3 DAYS AGO AND HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. ALSO REPORTED THIS TO MY LOCAL DEALER, THEY SAID THEY SHOULD BE CONTACTED BY TOYOTA WITH MY CASE NUMBER, AS OF YET THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED EITHER. THE ONLY REPAIR WILL BE A NEW UNDERCARRIAGE. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE. *TR

TOYOTA TUNDRA 2000 - IN MAY OF THIS YEAR THE VEHICLE WAS TO HAVE ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION AND DID NOT PASS DUE TO EXTREME RUSTING CONDITION OF THE FRAME. MECHANIC SAID HE COULD EASILY PUT A HAMMER THROUGH THE FRAME IT WAS IN SUCH BAD CONDITION AND ADVISED THAT THE HITCH WAS NOT SAFE TO USE. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW AND WANTED TO KEEP IT. WE HAD ONLY 158,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION SO DECIDED TO HAVE PLATES WELDED ONTO THE FRAME IN SEVERAL PLACES, HAD TO HAVE NEW BRAKE LINES INSTALLED AND THE ENTIRE UNDERNEATH OF THE TRUCK UNDERCOATED. THIS COST ME $1,087.29 AND TOOK 5 DAYS TO COMPLETE. APPARENTLY THE STEEL USED IN THIS TRUCK WAS INFERIOR AND I BELIEVE THE LEAST TOYOTA SHOULD DO IS REPLACE THE FRAME (AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE TACOMA WHICH ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM). I HAD NO LUCK IN DEALING WITH TOYOTA ON THIS AS THERE WAS NO RECALL. THERE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE ONE. THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE FRAME HAD CORROSION, AND THE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED HE PAID A LOCAL MECHANIC TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS HAVING HIS VEHICLE INSPECTED, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE 2 RUST HOLES IN THE FRAME NEAR THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES PREVIOUSLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85000. UPDATED 11/9/09. *NJ UPDATED 11/10/09 *BF THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND WERE LEAKING. THE MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH REAR LEAF SPRINGS. UPDATED 11/10/09

VEHICLE SHUDDERS TREMENDOUSLY WHEN BRAKING. THE FAILURE OCCURS IN MOST BRAKING SITUATIONS. NO FAILURE OCCURS BUT IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND I AM WANTING IT FIXED BEFORE I AM INJURED. MECHANIC TRIED REPLACING PADS, TURNING ROTORS BUT PROBLEM KEEPS COMING BACK. *TR

THIS IS A FOLLOW UP CONSUMER SENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 10/19/09. *NJ ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN'S WORK ORDER, THE REAR PERCHES AND REAR TIRE CARRIER WERE ROTTED AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE NOT BE DRIVEN. UPDATED VOQ 10/20/09 *JB CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT RECALL FOR SPARE TIRE ON THE TUNDRA. 12/15/09 *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRAME ON THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERE RUST. UPDATED 12/18/09 THE CONSUMER STATED HE STILL HAS NOT HEARD FROM TOYOTA. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY AN AUTHORIZED TOYOTA DEALER AS REQUESTED. UPDATED 03/29/10

FRAME IS EXCESSIVELY RUSTED. AT THE FRAME MEMBER WHERE THE REAR LEAF SPRING IS ATTACHED THE FRAME IS FLAKING AND SEPARATING. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FRAME MEMBER WILL BRAKE LOOSE ANY TIME SEPARATING THE LEAF SPRING FROM THE FRAME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE DRIVER-SIDE REAR SPRING FELL THROUGH THE FRAME BECAUSE OF CORROSION . HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THE FAILURE. HE WAS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,200.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE FRAME HAS SEVERE CORROSION AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY PIECES OF THE REAR CROSSMEMBER MISSING. THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER UNDER THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE CAME UNATTACHED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND THE FRAME HAS GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THEN. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY HAVE ASSIGNED A FILE NUMBER, HOWEVER CANNOT TELL ME WHEN OR IF ANYTHING WILL BE DONE. I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN FORD RECALLED THOUSANDS OF EXPLORERS FOR A FIRESTONE TIRE CONCERN. THIS IS A FRAME CONCERN. DOESN'T ANYONE REALIZE THE DANGER INVOLVED IF THESE VEHICLES EXPERIENCE FRAME SEPARATION/FAILURE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION? IT WILL RESULT IN POTENTIAL SERIOUS INJURY AND POSSIBLE FATALITY. I OFFERED TO SEND PHOTOGRAPHS TO ASSIST IN THEIR, (TOYOTA'S) INVESTIGATION. I WAS BASICALLY TOLD THAT WASN'T NECESSARY. I WILL BE TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A TOYOTA DEALER FOR VERIFICATION OF THIS CONCERN ALTHOUGH IT IS PRETTY PLAIN TO SEE. AS I SAID, THERE ARE PIECES MISSING. PLEASE HELP. *TR UPDATED 01/25/10 *BF PHOTOS RECEIVED. UPDATED 01/26/10.*JB

I HAVE A TOYOTA TUNDRA 2000 WITH APPROXIMATELY 90,000 MILES. IT IS SUFFERING MASSIVE FRAME RUST, ESPECIALLY ON THE DIFFERENTIAL AND WELD POINTS. THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF UNKNOWN TO US SOMETIME LAST YEAR (2009). THE FRAME IS A DISASTER IN THE MAKING. OUR MECHANIC IS CONCERNED AT THIS RATE IT MAY BE UNINSPECTABLE IN 1 TO 2 YEARS. *TR UPDATED 03/25/10 *BF RECEIVED PICTURES. UPDATED 09/15/10*JB