2005 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

MY TACOMA WAS APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS OLD WITH LESS THEN 50,000 MILES WHEN THE STEERING BEGAN TO LOCK UP UPON MAKING A TURN. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND OTHER TACOMA OWNERS HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE QUICK SOLUTION WAS TO SPRAY LUBRICATING OIL OR PUT GREASE ON THE INTERMEDIATE NO.2 STEERING SHAFT AT THE UNIVERSAL JOINT - WHICH I DID REPEATEDLY UNTIL NOW. THE STEERING ONLY DEGRADED OVER TIME. THE WHEEL BECAME VERY SLOPPING FROM FAILURE OF THE UNIVERSAL JOINT THAT I HAD TO REPLACED IT LAST WEEK AT 95,000 MILES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS SHAFT IN THE COLD CLIMATES WHERE ROAD SALT HAS BEEN USED ALONG WITH THE ROTTING FRAME ISSUES. *TR

THE FRAME OF MY 2005 TACOMA HAS DEVELOPED A HOLE. I HAVE ONLY OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE MARCH OF 2013, AND HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT TO THE DEALER SINCE A MONTH AFTER BUYING IT. THE METAL IS FLAKING OFF ALL OVER THE FRAME AND TOYOTA HAS ISSUED A LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIGN, BUT THEY ARE CLAIMING THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THEY MOVE THE CAMPAIGN TO MY AREA. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. BUT I HAVE TO, AND WILL NOT EVEN LET MY FAMILY IN IT ANYMORE. I HAVE 4 YEARS OF PAYMENTS AND A TRUCK THAT IS WASTING AWAY. PLEASE HELP PUSH TOYOTA TO MOVE THIS CAMPAIGN ALONG AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, OR MAKE IT A FULL RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS AND THE BRACKETS WERE CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 192,000.

BOUGHT A 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA, AFTER HAVING A LOOK UNDER THE TRUCK I NOTICED SOME RUST ON THE FRAME, AS I LOOKED CLOSER I FOUND THAT THE RUST WAS SO BAD IT WAS CAUSING THE FRAME TO TWIST, I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND IN THE FIRST 2 EMAILS THEY SAID THEY WILL DO NOTHING SO I ASKED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE HIGHER UP TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE THERE IS NO RECALL YET AND I DO NOT KNOW WHY. OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW WITH SAME ISSUE SAME YEAR AND MODEL TRUCK AS MINE HAVE HAD THERE FRAMES REPLACED BY TOYOTA. THE FRAME ON A TRUCK THAT IS 9 YEARS OLD SHOULD NOT BE RUSTED OUT! HOW LONG TILL THAT MAKE A RECALL? AFTER SOME ONE IS HURT BAD OR DIES? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT NOTICED A BRACKET ON HIS DRIVEWAY AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS CORRODED, THE STEERING LINKAGE AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE WHEEL MOUNT WERE AFFECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130.000.

VEHICLE WAS IN FOR STATE INSPECTION AND FOUND TO HAVE HOLES RUSTED IN FRAME WHICH WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. CONTACTED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS TOLD AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE IS NO RECALL IN MY AREA WHICH IS PENNSYLVANIA. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BOSTON AREA HAS A RECALL ON 2005 TO 2008 FOR MY VEHICLE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL I NEED HELP.THE VEHICLE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION OTHER THAN THE FRAME. *TR

AFTER REPAIR OF 2 RECALLS-SPIRAL CABLE AND SEAT BELT, A WHINING NOISE STARTED AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE. THE WHINE GETS LOUDER AS DURING ACCELERATION. THE WHINE WAS NOT THERE BEFORE THE REPAIR OF THE TWO RECALLS. *JS

THE FRAME IS RUSTING AND THE DOOR HANDLES HAVE RUST STAINS BLEEDING ALL OVER THE DOOR. *JS

PERFORMING AN INSPECTION ON THE CHASSIS OF MY 2005 TOYOTA TACOMA AND DISCOVERED RUSTED HOLES IN THE FRAME (ONE ON EACH FRAME RAIL) JUST BEHIND THE FRONT SUSPENSION LARGE ENOUGH TO PUT MY HAND THROUGH. TOYOTA HAS ISSUED A LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIGN E0D TO COAT OR REPLACED ROTTED FRAMES (RELEASED 5/4/14) BUT SINCE I AM A RESIDENT OF THE STATE ON MARYLAND AND THE CAMPAIGN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED IN MY AREA YET THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO RESOLVE MY SAFETY ISSUE. MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN HELPFUL AND MADE TEMPORARY REPAIRS TO MY FRAME. I HAVE AN OPEN CASE WITH TOYOTA BUT THEY TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNTIL THE LSC E0D IS RELEASED IN MY AREA. *TR

ON MAY 27TH 2014 I TOOK MY TRUCK TO BE INSPECTED TO FIND OUT THAT THE FRAME HAS A HOLE CREATED BY RUST ON THE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE TRUCK. I CONTACTED TOYOTA TO FIND OUT THERE IS NO RECALL AVAILABLE AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS IN THE PAST FOR OLDER YEAR MODELS OF THE TOYOTA TRUCKS. I FEEL WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH TOYOTA THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO TAKE ANY PART IN HELPING ME WITH MY PROBLEMS AND I FEEL IT IS A PRODUCTION ERROR. THANK YOU *TR