2001 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

2001 TOYOTA TACOMA DIAGNOSED WITH FRAME ROT BACK ON 4/2/08. NUMEROUS HUGE HOLES IN RIGHT REAR FRAME RAIL. TOLD BY TOYOTA NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE AS IT IS UNSAFE. I HAVE NO OTHER VEHICLE STILL DRIVING THIS TRUCK. MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED 01/01. NOT PART OF CURRENT BUY-BACK PROGRAM 1995-2000. I AM CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CURRENT BUYBACK PROGRAM AND THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY. THE TOYOTA TACOMA OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE ARE BEING OFFERED A DEAL OF 150% TO RETURN THE TRUCK. MY TRUCK HAS THE SAME EXACT DEFECT AS 1995-2000 MODEL WHY IS MY OFFER NOT THE SAME. I WOULD LIKE MY CASE REVIEWED. THIS PROGRAM SHOULD INCLUDE MY 2001. MY SAFETY AND TOYOTA'S REPUTATION ARE BOTH ON THE LINE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 TACOMA THAT FAILED FRAME INSPECTION THAT WAS PERFORMED BY TOYOTA I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 1 YEAR AND BASICALLY THEY ARE NOW TELLING ME IT IS WORTHLESS AND I BELIEVE A DANGER NOT ONLY TO ME BUT TO OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY I HAVE SOFTBALL SIZED HOLES IN MY FRAME I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FOR APPROX. 15,000 THAT'S WITH TAXES AND A WARRANTY I PURCHASED AT THE TIME NOW THEY OFFERED MY 10,000 TO BUY IT BACK WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE OFFERING 1995 TO 2000 OWNERS 150% ABOVE FULL RETAIL? I FEEL THIS IS UNFAIR IT WAS PRODUCED WITH THE SAME FAULTY STEEL THAT MY TRUCK WAS BUT THEY ARE CUTTING ME OFF NOW I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO?? ALSO THERE WAS A CARFAX REPORTING FRAME DAMAGE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THERE ASE TECH'S CHECKED IT AND IT WAS FINE NOW I WONDER??? *TR

WE HAVE A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA WITH COMPLETE FRAME ROT. TOYOTA HAS TAKEN IT AND GIVEN US A FREE RENTAL. IT HAS BEEN OVER A MONTH AND THEY SAY THEY CAN'T TELL US ANYTHING HOWEVER DID SAY THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY ONLY GET 100% KBB. THIS 2001 IS NOT WITHIN THE YEARS OF THEIR BUY BACK PROGRAM. MY HUSBAND FILED A COMPLAINT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS SOMETIME IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY. THERE IS A BLOG ON EDMUNDS.COM THAT PEOPLE WRITE INTO EVERYDAY. MORE AND MORE 2001 OWNERS ARE WRITING SAYING THAT THEY HAVE ROT AND ARE TURNING IN THEIR TRUCKS. SOMEONE SHOULD PUT PRESSURE ON TOYOTA TO GIVE OWNERS OF NEWER VEHICLES THE SAME DEAL AS THE OLDER ONES IN THE BUY BACK PROGRAM. I HAVE HEARD OF 2002 AND 2004 TRUCKS FAILING INSPECTION. PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE INFORMATION AND NO RECOURSE AVAILABLE TO THEM. THERE WAS ONE GUY SAYING THAT KBB OF HIS TRUCK WAS 7000 AND HE STILL OWES 15000 ON IT. TOYOTA HAS A BIG PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER NEEDS HELP HERE MAKING THEM STEP UP. IT'S WAY MORE THAN JUST 1995 TO 2000 TACOMAS. ALL THE 2001S I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT ON THE BLOG AND OLDER YEARS CANNOT JUST BE A COINCIDENCE. THERE WAS A 2002 AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT FAILED THE DAY WE WERE THERE FOR AN INSPECTION. *TR

2001 TOYOTA TACOMA FRAME ROT - TOYOTA IS ONLY INCLUDING 1995-2000 IN THEIR "SILENT RECALL" FOR FRAME ROT. MINE FAILED THEIR 2 INSPECTIONS (MAY 01, 2008 AND MAY 20, 2008) MY TRUCK WAS TAKEN FROM ME. I WAS TOLD IT IS "UNSAFE TO DRIVE". EVIDENTLY TOYOTA IS PAYING OWNERS FOR NEWER TRUCKS MUCH LESS MONEY THAN 1995-2000 TACOMA OWNERS. THEY HAVE A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM WITH THEIR PRODUCTION THAN IS BEING ACKNOWLEDGED AND REPORTED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE LATER MODEL YEARS THAT EXHIBIT SERIOUS FRAME ROT ISSUES BEFORE SOMEONE IN THE LATER MODEL YEARS IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. I AM HAPPY TO SUPPLY PICTURES OF MY SPECIFIC, COMPLETELY RUSTED, FRAME THAT HAS HOLES IN MANY LOCATIONS. THIS TRUCK WAS WELL MAINTAINED, WASHED, WAXED, GARAGE-KEPT. THE TRUCK BODY IS IN FANTASTIC SHAPE. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE RUSTED, ROTTED FRAME WITH LARGE HOLES IN IT. *TR

MY 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA FRAME IS RUSTED RIGHT THROUGH. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY TOLD ME THERE IS A RECALL ON 95-00 TACOMAS. MINE IS AN 01 BUT ASSEMBLED IN 09/00. THEY SAID MY TACOMA DOESN'T FALL INTO THE RECALL CATEGORY. I PAID OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO HAVE THE RUST TEST PERFORMED ON MY TRUCK, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT MY FRAME IS IN WORSE CONDITION THAN SOME OF THE 95-00 THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING BACK ON RECALL. THEN THE WENT ON TO SAY MY TRUCK WILL NOT PASS A STATE INSPECTION AND WAS UNSAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. 95-00 OWNERS ARE GETTING 1.5% OF THE KKB VALUE. I EXPECT TOYOTA TO DO THE SAME FOR ME SEEING MINE FAILED RUST TEST AS WELL. *TR

2001 TOYOTA TRUCK - WHEN AN AUTO COMPANY FINDS A PRODUCT DEFECT, A RECALL IS ORDERED & THE DEFECT FIXED AT COMPANY COST. NO ONE BLAMES THE SALESMAN, REPAIRMAN, DEALERSHIP, ETC IF THE AUTO COMPANY DOESN'T ADDRESS THE DEFECT, IT LOSES ITS REPUTATION & ITS BUSINESS GOES AWAY. HOWEVER THERE IS A TERRIBLE PREJUDICE WHEN MY VEHICLE HAS THE EXACT SAME DEFECT AND I AM BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER OWNERS. I PURCHASED A 2001 TRUCK IT HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT, DETAILED AND HAND WAXED TWICE A YEAR AND ONLY HAS 87K MILES. YOUR SAFETY DEFECT OF A BAD BOX FRAME RESULTED IN A RECALL. THE 2000 TRUCK OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE ARE BEING OFFERED A DEAL OF 150% TO RETURN THE TRUCK. I AM NOT BEING OFFERED THE SAME DEAL ' HOWEVER MY TRUCK HAS THE SAME SAFETY DEFECT. I WOULD LIKE MY CASE REVIEWED, RESULTING IN THE SAME OFFER AS THE 2000 OWNERS. THE PROGRAM SHOULD INCLUDE MY 2001 TRUCK IT HAS A SAFETY DEFECT (RUSTED BOX FRAME). *TR

OUR 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA WAS IN FOR MUFFLER REPAIR WHEN THE TECH NOTICED RUST ON THE FRAME. HE SAID THAT IT WAS OVER A 2FT SECTION ON ONE SIDE HE COULD PUT BOTH HANDS THROUGH AND A SMALL SECTION ON THE OTHER SIDE. SINCE TOYOTA EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON VEH YRS 95-2000, I THINK THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED ENOUGH OF A PROB THAT THEY SHOULD INCLUDE OTHER YEARS IF NEWER TRUCKS THAN THAT ARE EXHIBITING PROBLEMS. ONE TECH THAT LOOKED AT OUR TRUCK SAID THAT IT PROB COULD NOT BE FIXED/ WELDED. WE ARE STILL GETTING OTHER ESTIMATES AND WILL PROB HAVE TO HAVE A TOYOTA TECH LOOK AT IT JUST TO HAVE IT ON THE RECORD. *TR

I, OWN A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA PICK UP TRUCK. I BOUGHT IT NEW IN JAN. 2001. I PUT 93000 MILES ON IT .LAST JUNE I WENT TO MY REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE MY LEAF SPRINGS REPLACED. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY FRAME WAS RUSTED SO BAD THAT IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND PRESENTED THE PROBLEM TO THEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ROAD SALT WAS TO BLAME NOT TOYOTA! NOW THERE IS A RECALL ON 1995 TO 2000 TRUCKS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. SINCE THE RUST PROBLEM I HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY TRUCK IT IS STILL REGISTERED AND INSURED. THE PEOPLE AT TOYOTA SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE ONE GETS IN AN ACCIDENT AND SOMEBODY GETS HURT. THERE ARE ALOT OF THESE TRUCKS ON THE ROAD. THANK YOU HPL.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE UNDER BODY FRAME HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IN DECEMBER OF 2007, A LOCAL WELDER REPAIRED THE HOLE IN THE FRAME AT THE COST OF $80. TOYOTA LATER IMPLEMENTED A BUY BACK PROGRAM AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY BUY BACK VEHICLES FROM 1995-2000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,910 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 139,995.

TOYOTA HAS ISSUED A "CUSTOMER SERVICE" PROGRAM, WHEREBY THEY ARE BUYING BACK TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP TRUCK AT 150% OF THE KELLEY BLUE BOOK VALUE. THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR 1995-2000 VEHICLES WITH SIGNIFICANT PERFORATED (RUSTED) FRAMES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2001 TACOMA, BUILT IN 2000. MY FRAME IS RUSTED STRAIGHT THROUGH AND IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD. MY DEALER HAS STATED THAT IT IS UNSAFE. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AS WELL AS CORPORATE DIRECTLY. THEY ARE DOING NOTHING TO SUPPORT OWNERS. NO REPAIRS, NO BUYBACK. I WAS TOLD TODAY THAT "INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN NEW ENGLAND" SHOULD EXPECT THIS. I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THE IMPLIED WARRANTY EXTENDS BEYOND THAT STATEMENT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF TACOMAS OUT THERE NOT BEING COVERED BY THIS PROGRAM. WE ARE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE NEW BUYBACK PROGRAM, AND THE ORIGINAL 5 YEAR WARRANTY. THIS IS WRONG. *TR