2001 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

TAKATA RECALL OCT.2014 OUR TRUCK WOULDN'T PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE FRAME RUSTED OUT. THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF ON THE HIGHWAY, SO WE KNEW WE HAD A PROBLEM. WE CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE RECALL ENDED AND THAT WE HAD BEEN SENT A PAPER IN 2010( THE YEAR WE MOVED) THEY TOLD US THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE SPARE TIRE BECAUSE WE HAD TO STILL HAVE THE TIRE. SO WE HAD TO FIND SOME TO WELD AND DO THE WORK OURSELVES TO GET IT INSPECTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE RECEIVING AN OIL CHANGE, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED A HOLE IN THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

FRAME RUSTED THROUGH. TOOK IT TO DEALER IN 2010 FOR INSPECTION. DEALER REPORTED NO ISSUES. TOOK IT TO DEALER IN 2017. DEALER WOULD NOT PUT IT ON THE LIFT FOR FEAR THAT IT WOULD BREAK IN HALF. TOYOTA ASSUMING NO RESPONSIBILITY INSPIRE OF THE FACT OF THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR SAME. THEY INDICATED IT WAS PAST THE SETTLEMENT DATE. I DID BRING IN IN WITHIN THE DEADLINE IN 2010 AND THEY CLAIMED NO PROBLEM. 7YEARS LATER THE TRUCK HAS BEEN RENDERED USELESS. I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE AFTER MARKET TRAILER HITCH HAS NOT RUSTED THROUGH AND IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. HMMM? I THINK TOYOTA IS NOT BEING HONEST WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA. AFTER THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRAMES, THE HOSE TO THE CENTER SUPPORT BEARING MOLD DID NOT MATCH AND CAUSED THE U-JOINT TO BE CROOKED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL A NEW BEARING, BUT IT DID NOT ALIGN WITH THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE DEALER THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BEARING WAS FINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 208,000. UPDATED 03/16/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED TOOK TRUCK IN FOR FRAME WARRANTY WORK, IT WAS RELEASED 85 DAYS LATER IN A "REPAIRED CONDITION." THE CONSUMER STATED FORD MADE THE REPLACE BEARING HOLES THE WRONG SIZE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED BADLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

I AM UNSURE WHEN THIS HAD HAPPENED BUT THE FRAME ON MY 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA IS CORRODED AND BROKEN INTO 2 PIECES IN 2 DIFFERENT AREAS. THE PLACE WHERE IT IS BROKEN IS NOT CORRODED BUT JUST BROKE. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS TRUCK IS UNDER A SAFETY ISSUE THAT TOYOTA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OR IF IT IS JUST AN EXPENSIVE PAPER WEIGHT.

I HAVE A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA AND THE FRAME IS BROKEN IN TWO ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND RUSTED IN TWO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND I AM LEARNING THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE TRUCKS FOR FAULTY FRAMES. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THEY STOPPED THE RECALL IN 2012 BEFORE I OWNED THE TRUCK. HOW IS THIS GOING TO HELP ME IF I BOUGHT THE TRUCK AFTER THE RECALL IS OVER BUT THE ISSUE JUST HAPPENED? I PAID TOO MUCH FOR THIS TRUCK TO ONLY GET TO USE IT FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THE FRAME FELL APART. THIS IS A RECALL THAT SHOULD NEVER BE DISCONTINUED, IF I WAS NOT TOLD OF THIS PROBLEM BY MY MECHANIC SOMETHING BAD COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I AM UNSURE HOW THE FRAME BROKE BUT I WAS TOLD ABOUT IT AFTER I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE THE BRAKES WORKED ON. THE SPOT THAT IS BROKEN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS NOT EVEN RUSTY JUST BROKE LIKE IT WAS A WEAK FRAME. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME TO NOT EVEN DRIVE IT HOME SO I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME ON A FLATBED.

LAST YEAR, 2015, I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA CONCERNING AN ISSUE WITH THE SPARE TIRE HANGER. I WENT TO THE TOYOTA RECALL WEB PAGE AND TYPED IN MY VIN, TWO RECALLS WERE OUTSTANDING, THE SPARE TIRE AND THE FRAME. I CONTACTED TOYOTA CONCERNING THE FRAME RECALL AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FRAME RECALL HAD BEEN CLOSED. I INFORMED THE TOYOTA REP THAT I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR A FRAME ISSUE. SHE STATED THAT THE NOTICED HAD BEEN SENT AND RETURNED DUE TO INCORRECT ADDRESS. TOYOTA THAN RESENT THE NOTICE TO THE CORRECT ADDRESS BASED ON 911 CHANGING MY ADDRESS FROM 132 CENTER ST, TO 338 CENTER ST. I THAN TOLD THE REP. THAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TOYOTA COULD CLOSE OUT A RECALL WHICH IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE ELSE. LONG STORY SHORT I WAS TOLD THE RECALL HAD ENDED AND THERE WAS NOTHING TOYOTA WOULD DO TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. AFTERWARDS I CRAWLED UNDER MY TRUCK AND LOOKED AT THE FRAME AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY RUSTED OUT AREAS. ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2016 AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK I LOST THE BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME AS THE BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED AT THE END OF THE STREET I LIVE ON. I CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE IF I COULD LOCATE THE DAMAGED BRAKE LINE. I FOUND AN AREA COVERED WITH BRAKE FLUID AND DETERMINED THE LINE HAD FAILED. WHILE I WAS UNDER THE TRUCK, I NOTICED THE FRAME HAD RUSTED THROUGH JUST IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR LEAF SPRING. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE WHICH IN MY OPINION COULD BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. I ALSO NOTICED ON THE NEWS THIS MORNING THAT TOYOTA ONCE AGAIN HAS MADE A MULTI BILLION SETTLEMENT DUE TO FRAME RUST ISSUES ON THEIR 2005 TO 2010 TOYOTA. I WANT TOYOTA HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT REPAIRING AND OF REPLACING THE DAMAGE THEY KNOW EXISTS ON MY TRUCK!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE CAB AND NOTICED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS EXTREMELY CORRODED. IN 2010, THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE SUBFRAME SHOWED NO RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ASSISTANCE IN REPLACING THE SUBFRAME. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.