An open letter to Toyota: Mr. Jim Lentz Toyota Motor Sales USA National Customer Relations 19001 South Western Ave. WC11 Torrance, CA 90509 Dear Sir, I own a 1997 Tacoma (VIN: 4TAVL52N1VZ236397) which runs well and looks good. Although it has 178,000 miles on it, I had planned to drive it for…

Wow, long since I’ve posted here and lots of changes to the site! I did some research on this issue awhile back since I have an '02 Tacoma which that recall was extended to. From what I’ve read, you may have missed the cutoff date for the inspection needed to get the warranty extended. This appli…

Note that the rust issue is not really a Recall; it’s a campaign. A campaign is a voluntary action with time and mileage limits and usually issued if the automaker feels they’re between a rock and hard place. In a nutshell, they’re trying to head off Federal intervention.

“My records (Carfax report when I bought the truck) indicated the truck was first registered July 7, 1997”. Carfax is more often than not in error, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. They bear absolutely no weight in any official venue. Never rely on Carfax. Ever. 15 years is perfectly acceptable, eve…

As for date discrepancy, couldn’t you contact your DMV and see when you first registered/took title to the truck? Seems to me that would be the most accurate, dependable, and legal record of it. As for your not driving the truck that much it would make little difference. Once rust has started it doe…

+1 on looking for a less thorough inspection station.

Gsrag, the way these frames rot does not lend itself to gusset plates. They rot on both sides and below, just aft of the front bed mounts, and along a stretch significant enough that material to weld to is virtually nonexistant. A tubular, transverse frame member that traverses over the differentia…

O I C mountain… Well that just stinks… I wonder how bad can it be for the OP who had no issues the year before?? How much could it rust in one year?? To the OP, ok cheap fix number two. Find a truck from the south with a bad motor and swap it with yours??

Yeah, it does stink. My '79 Toyota rotted right through on both sides and the only thing holding the front and back together was the bed. The whole thing bent like a hinge and the front top of the bed would bang against the back of the cab. There was nothing meanigful left to weld to. At that point…

I dunno, a 15 year warranty is pretty hard to fault. For many years you knew there was a frame problem, plus live in a state where inspections could shut you down. Plans change all the time so seems to me maybe 5 years ago you should have gotten rid of it while everything was fine. Now, depending…

Toyota Tacoma Frame Rust

Maintenance/Repairs

GSragtop February 22, 2012, 8:24pm 11

As an aside, depending on where the damage to the frame is you can have a plate welded over the hole, and keep on trucking. This does not work if the rust is near suspention parts, body mounts, etc… But if its just a hole in the side of the frame I say fix it and keep on trucking.

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