2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER Complaints

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

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 CRUISER ##

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.

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

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.

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.

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.