2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

RUSTED FRAME WITH HOLE HAS BEEN DEEMED BY PORTSMOUTH TOYOTA AS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO MEINKE INITIALLY BECAUSE IT FELT UNSAFE TO DRIVE

SEVERELY RUSTED FRAME AND BRAKE CALBERS. THE BRAKE LINES BROKE AND I WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE THE TRUCK SO I PUT IN NEUTRAL AND GRADNUALLY CAME TO A STOP INA PARKING LOT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAS HAD THIS WITH OTHER TUNDRAS. I CHECKED WITH TOYOTA FOR A RECALL BUT WAS INFORMED THERE WASN'T ONE .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED SOMETHING HANGING UNDERNEATH. HE DISCOVERED THAT THE BRACKET NEAR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE USED TO HOLD THE FUEL TANK WAS CORRODED AND BECOMING DETACHED. THE CONTACT CALLED GIRARD TOYOTA (LOCATED AT 543 COLMAN ST, NEW LONDON, CT 06320, (860) 447-3141) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OVER A POTHOLE, THE FRAME FRACTURED AND THE MOTOR MOUNT DROPPED DOWN. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO HOLES AND CORROSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TAKATA RECALL 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 4X4. PURCHASED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. POWER STEERING FAILED A COUPLE MONTHS IN WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. FOUND FLUID LEAKING I CRAWLED UNDERNEATH AND FOUNF THE ENTIRE FRME RUSTED AND BOTH ANTI ROLL BAR LINKS HAVE SEPARATED FROM CONTROL ARMS. THE BUSHINGS AND NUTS WERE MISSING AND THE POWERSTEERING LINK IS FROM ROTTED BOOT ON THE PASENGER SIDE.

THE FRAME IS ROTTING AWAY, DEALER SPRAYED IT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, ALMOST ALL OF THAT COATING HAS FALLEN OFF.

I HAVE A FIBERGLASS CAP ON THE BED OF MY PICKUP TRUCK. WHEN IT RAINS OR SNOWS, OR DURING ANY INCLEMENT WEATHER, I CAN NOT SEE OUT THE BACK WINDOW OF THE CAP. THERE IS NO WIPER FOR THE BACK WINDOW.. ALL SUV TYPE VEHICLES HAVE A WIPER, BUT NOT TRUCK CAPS. WHY? I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR FMVSS NO. 111, REAR VIEW MIRRORS, STATES THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE OUT THE REAR WINDOW, TO THE HORIZON, CLEARLY. WITHOUT A WIPER THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. WHEN THE CAPS ARE INSTALLED ON THE TRUCKS IT BLOCKS THE UPPER BRAKE LIGHT, AND YOU MADE THE CAP MANUFACTURERS PUT AN UPPER REAR BRAKE LIGHT ON THE BACK OF THE CAPS. SINCE THE CAP MANUFACTURERS ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE RULE, YOU SHOULD FORCE THEM TO INSTALL WIPERS ON ALL THEIR CAPS. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I READ ON A MICHELIN WIPER BLADE ADVERTISEMENT THAT 40% OF ALL ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED BY REDUCED VISION. A WIPER SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE ON WWW.TRUCKCAPWIPER.COM.THEY SHOULD BUY THEM THERE AND INSTALL THEM ON ALL CAPS.

JUST HAD TRUCK INSPECTION DONE BY MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THERE IS A PROBLEM STARTING WITH THE FRAME. HE SAID CONTACT TOYOTA THAT THERE WAS A FRAME RECALL. SO I DID THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. ASKED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN CHARGE AND GOT A CALL BACK. WAS TOLD MY TRUCK WAS SPRAYED WITH THE ANTI CORROSION SPRAY IN 2014. BUT APPARENTLY IT DIDN'T WORK. WHY DID TOYOTA SKIP CERTAIN YEARS OF THE TUNDRA? TOYOTA DID A RECALL ON THE SAME YEAR SEQUOIA AS MY TUNDRA. THEY HAVE THE SAME FRAME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE

TOYOTA FRAME RUST: I WAS INFORMED BY MY LOCAL MECHANIC TODAY THAT MY 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA WILL NOT PASS VIRGINIA'S YEARLY SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE OF HOLE IN THE FRAME AS A RESULT OF CORROSION. MY TRUCK PARTICIPATED IN TOYOTA'S LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIGN D0D IN 2014 AND A RUST RESISTANT COATING WAS APPLIED TO COMBAT A KNOWN CORROSION ISSUE WITH THEIR TRUCK FRAMES. I WAS TOLD THE FRAME WAS INSPECTED, FOUND TO BE CLEAN, AND THE COATING APPLIED. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND WAS TOLD "THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU". I HAVE FOUND EXISTING LAWSUITS ADDRESSING THIS EXACT ISSUE ON OTHER TOYOTA MODELS INCLUDING 2007 AND 2008 TUNDRAS. THE SETTLEMENT IN THESE CASES INVOLVE COMPLETE FRAME REPLACEMENT. IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT TOYOTA KNOWS THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG, BUT CHOOSING TO DO NOTHING.

MY SERVICE PROVIDER REPORTED IN OCTOBER 2018 THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS VERY RUSTED. I HAD THEM REPLACE THE RUSTED MUFFLER. DURING THE TEST DRIVE AFTER REPAIRS THE FRONT BRAKE LINE BURST BECAUSE OF RUST. I HAD IT REPAIRED. DURING PRESSURE TESTING AFTER REPAIRS THE REAR BRAKE LINE BURST BECAUSE OF RUST. AT THIS POINT, THE DEALER SHOWED ME THAT THE FRAME WAS SO DETERIORATED THAT IT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR WOULD BE MORE THAN THE BLUE BOOK VALUE OF THE VEHICLE, SO I PARKED THE TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY. IF MY WIFE AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING WHEN THE BRAKE LINES BURST, WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BRAKE LINES RUSTING AND FAILING BEFORE. TOYOTA CLAIMS THAT I WAS NOTIFIED TO HAVE THE FRAME INSPECTED IN 2015 FOR POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED. TOYOTA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP WITH MY PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE WITH EVERY OPTION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE IS NO LONGER USABLE. HOW MANY OTHER TUNDRAS OUT THERE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BRAKE LINES FAILING BECAUSE OF RUST.