2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AROUND 45 MPH THE FJ BECAME LOOSE AND LOW IN THE REAR. AT THE SAME TIME ALL THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE LOOKING FOR THE PROBLEM WE FOUND THAT THE LATERAL TRACTION BAR MOUNTS WELDED TO THE AXLE HAD ROTTED AND COLLAPSED SEVERING THE ABS WIRE. THE UPPER PART OF THE AXLE WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE. TOYOTA DOES NOT OFFER A REPLACEMENT PART OTHER THAN A COMPLETE AXLE.

2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER FRAME ROTTING FROM INSIDE AND OUT. REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM MOUNTS RUSTING LOOKING LIKE ITS ABOUT TO BREAK OFF. UNSAFE TO DRIVE. 13 YEAR OLD FRAME SHOULD NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR THIS CONDITION.

VEHICLE WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND MULTIPLE HAZARD LIGHTS CAME ON, ALARM CAME ON, AND AS DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND DOWNSHIFTING WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE USED TO STOP IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION.VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED NO BRAKE FLUID IN MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID ON DRIVERS REAR BRAKE CYLINDER.PICS ATTACHED.PRIOR REPORTS APPEAR OF THIS FJCRUISER ISSUE BUT ONLY TACOMA VEHICLES RECALLED.I AM CONTACTING MY LEWISVILLE TOYOTA WHERE I PURCHASED VEHICLE.

THE FRAME IS EXTREMELY RUSTY ON ALL OF THE FJ CRUISERS, JUST LIKE THE TACOMA AND SEQUOIA. THERE IS NO PAINT OR UNDERCOATING APPLIED ON THE INSIDE OF THESE FRAMES SO THEY RUST FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

MY VEHICLE IS GETTING PRETTY RUSTY, EVEN WITH PROPER MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING. THE FRAME AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS PRETTY SOON ARE GOING TO BECOME UNSAFE. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK ANYMORE, THE VALUE IS STILL PRETTY HIGH, IT JUST HAVE 118.000 MILES.

FRAME AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS ARE VERY RUSTY TO THE POINT OF A SAFETY CONCERN. I REPLACED THE REAR BUMPER WITH AN AFTERMARKET ONE TO DISCOVER THE REAR BUMPER SUPPORT WAS SO RUSTED IT WOULDN'T BE OF ANY HELP IN THE EVENT OF BEING REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR. ALSO, THE REAR BUMPER COMES STOCK WITH 2 SENSORS SO WHEN BACKING UP WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET CLOSE TO SOMETHING. BOTH SENSORS WERE NON-TRANSFERABLE TO THE NEW BUMPER BECAUSE THEY WERE SO RUSTED ON THE INSIDE WHEN YOU TRIED TO REMOVE THEM THEY CRUMBLED INTO BITS, A COMBINATION OF METAL AND PLASTIC. THE RUST WORKED ITS WAY UP THE WIRES AS WELL. NUMEROUS BRACKETS UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK WHICH HOLD WHAT APPEARS TO BE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO OPERATE. IF ONE OF THESE COMPONENTS BROKE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED I WOULD NEED TO BUY NEW BRACKETS ALONG WITH THE NEW COMPONENT - NEW SCREWS WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED ALONG SIDE A HOLY PRAYER THAT THE OLD SCREWS DON'T SNAP OFF WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THEM. BY THE TIME I WAS DONE PAYING OFF MY VEHICLE AND HAVING MORE FREE INCOME TO PUT TOWARDS OTHER PRIORITIES I WAS CONSISTENTLY DELAYED WITH REPAIRES THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO KEEP FUNCTIONING. I HAD TO PAY FOR NEW TRANSMISSION LINES BECAUSE THE ONES ON THERE WERE SO RUSTED, IN A LUMP SUM I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR. POWER STEERING LINES WERE REPLACED ONCE AND THE POWER STEERING STILL HAS AN ISSUE HOLDING FLUID. I AM GOING TO CHOSE TODAY'S DATE AS THE DATE THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE NOW I AM AT MY WIT'S END WITH THE RUST. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO HAVE THE A/C RECHARGED TO BE TOLD ITS GOING TO BE ABOUT $2000 TO REPLACE ALL THE LINES AND THE CONDENSER THAT IS RUSTED PLUS LABOR. WHILE ON THE LIFT THE MECHANIC TOLD ME TO COME TAKE A LOOK UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK AND HE SHOWED ME HOW EXTENSIVE THE RUST HAS BECOME AND THAT I MIGHT NEED TO HAVE SOME WORK DONE ABOUT THE RUST FIRST BEFORE HE CAN FIX THE A/C.

PURCHASED A 2007 FJ CRUISER USED AND DISCOVERED THE FRAME IS RUSTING AND DETERIORATING AT AN ALARMING PACE. THE DAMAGE IS EXTENSIVE AND HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN ONGOING FOR QUITE SOMETIME.

FRAME IS RUSTED UNDERNEATH. CAR LOOKS AND DRIVES PERFECTLY. I CRAWLED UNDER AND THE ENTIRE FRAME IS RUSTED. I PURCHASED FROM A DEALER TWO WEEKS AGO. IT HAD 2 OWNERS AND LESS THAN 100000 MILES.

HAD A VIRINA SAFETY INSPECTION PERFORMED ON 6-25-2020 AND IT WAS FOUND THE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO SAFETY REASONS. 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER WITH 101000 MILES. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY BUT VEHICLE IS NOT OPERABLE DUE TO STRUCTURAL FAILURE COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2007 TOYOTA FJ BRAND NEW FROM THE DEALER, A YEAR LATER I BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF MY DEALERSHIP THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF MY VEHICLE WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF RUST. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS JUST SURFACE RUST NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. MY VEHICLE WAS KEPT IN THE GARAGE AND DRIVEN VERY LITTLE ON A YEARLY BASIS DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE OTHER VEHICLES TO DRIVE. I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS UNTIL I HAD TO GO UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE TO INVESTIGATING RATTLING NOISES, WHEN I WENT UNDERNEATH THE SITE WAS DISGUSTING RUST WAS EVERYWHERE SERIOUS RUST. I WENT TO TOYOTA THIS WINTER THEY PUT IT ON A LIFT AND TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE TO BE SENT IN TO TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS FOR ANALYSIS THEY PRETTY MUCH TOLD ME AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT I WAS ON MY OWN. ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES BECAUSE OF CHASSIS OR BODY RUST ISSUES NOTHING ON MY FJ CRUISER, I HAVE SPOKEN TO OTHER FJ CRUISER OWNERS IN SOME BUT NOT ALL ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS SEVERE NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF TOYOTA THANK YOU. *TR