2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

TOYOTA TUNDRA FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 2016 IMMEDIATE AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED AND PREVIOUS OWNER DID NOT HAVE THE FRAME REPLACED. RUST DAMAGE ON THE FRAME WAS NOT BAD. WE HAD IT UNDERCOATED FOR PROTECTION. NOW THERE ARE RUST HOLES AND TOYOTA WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EXTREME AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE FAULTY FRAMES. THE 2006 SEQUOIA FRAMES WERE RECALLED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST, BUT THE TUNDRAS WERE NOT, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE SAME FRAME. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD US THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IT AND THEN MARKED OUR VEHICLE AS "UNDRIVEABLE" IN THEIR SYSTEM WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION. WE NOW HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS WORTH $0 THAT WAS WORTH $8,500. TOYOTA CORPORATE ALSO REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *TR *TR

FEB 2019 - TOYOTA TUNDRA AT 92K MILES WAS INSPECTED BY NJ TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AFTER OWNER COMPLAINED OF STEERING ISSUES AND CONCERNS ON THE CONDITION OF THE FRAME. TOYOTA TECHNICIAN INSPECTED FRAME AND NOTED "UNSAFE TO DRIVE" DUE TO RUST, PERFORATIONS, CORROSION IN FRAME AND STEERING RACK NO LONGER ATTACHED TO FRAME...."VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE" MAY 2018 - SAME TUNDRA W 78K MILES PASSED VIRGINIA SAFETY INSPECTION FROM PRIVATE STATION APRIL 2018- SAME TUNDRA W 78K MILES WAS INSPECTED BY MD TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT..."FRAME RUSTED OUT IN NUMEROUS SPOTS. TRUCK NOT SAFE TO DRIVE" APRIL 2018 - SAME TUNDRA W 78K MILES IS GIVEN A RESULT OF "PASS" BY PRIVATE MD INSPECTION STATION (NO MENTION OF FRAME CONDITION) MARCH 2018 - SAME TUNDRA W 77K MILES WAS INSPECTED BY A PRIVATE MD INSPECTION STATION AND TRUCK FAILED..."STRUTS/SHOCKS COMPLETELY RUSTED, RACK AND PINION MOUNTING RUSTED OUT, DANGEROUS, BRAKE HOSE RUSTED CONNECTION, FRAME COMPROMISED BY RUST...AND FRAME OF TRUCK FAILS"

FRAME HAS HOLES IN FRAME ALOT OF RUST ENTIRE FRAME WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION 62,OOO MILES ON TRUCK

MY 2006 TUNDRA IS LIKE NEW IN ALL RESPECTS BUT ONE; ALL TOYOTA RECOMMENDED ROUTINE AND PERIODIC MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BY COPELAND TOYOTA FOR 13 YEARS; FRAME HAS FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. UPON FRAME RECALL FOR CORROSION IN 2014, COPELAND INDICATED FRAME WAS "NOT THAT BAD" AND SAID THEY WOULD JUST APPLY CORROSION PROTECTION COATING INSTEAD OF REPLACING FRAME. I TRUSTED AND ACCEPTED THEIR ADVICE. SINCE THEN, TOYOTA FORUMS INDICATE SPRAY ON COATING EXACERBATES CORROSION PROBLEM. COPELAND REPLACED POWER STEERING UNIT LAST YEAR; WHEN I LOOKED UNDER TRUCK TO SEE NEW UNIT, WAS SHOCKED AT CONDITION OF FRAME. NEXT ROUTINE SERVICE APPOINTMENT I ASKED COPELAND FOR THEIR OPINION ON FRAME CORROSION AND THEY TOLD ME FRAME HAS FAILED. POOR CONDITION OF FRAME WAS OBVIOUS; STABILIZER BAR HAD PULLED OUT OF FRAME. HOW MUCH MORE WORK WOULD THEY HAVE PERFORMED AND CHARGED ME FOR IF I HAD NOT BROUGHT SUBJECT UP?? THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! COPELAND SENT ME TO TOYOTA .COM FOR HELP; TOYOTA.COM OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AND POINTED FINGER AT COPELAND FOR THEIR DECISION NOT TO REPLACE.

I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM TOYOTA 4 YEARS AGO THAT MY TUNDRA HAD A POTENTIAL FRAME ISSUE REGARDING RUST. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO BRING IT TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHICH I DID. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE INSPECTED- IF FRAME WAS INTACT BUT JUST RUSTED THEY WOULD TREAT IT WITH A COATING , IF IT THERE WERE HOLES IN THE FRAME IT WOULD BE REPLACED. MY TRUCK WAS AT THE DEALER ( BOCH TOYOTA NORWOOD MA) FOR SEVERAL DAYS. I WAS TOLD FRAME INTACT, IT WAS TREATED WITH RUST PROOFING AND COATING. LAST WEEK THE BRAKES FAILED- IT TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE BRAKE LINE WAS ROTTED THROUGH CAUSING LEAKING OF BRAKE FLUID. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. WHEN HE REPLACED BRAKE LINE HE TOLD ME FRAME WAS ROTTED WITH LARGE HOLES IN SEVERAL AREAS. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO DEALER- TOLD NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND HAD SEVERAL HOLES. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOCH TOYOTA NORWOOD (277 BOSTON PROVIDENCE TPKE, NORWOOD, MA 02062, (888) 321-6631) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,321.

THE VIN ASSOCIATED WITH MY VEHICLE BRINGS UP A DIFFERENT MODEL IN NHTSA DATABASE. I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA TUNDRA CREW CAB (4 DOOR). THE INFORMATION IN THE DATABASE IS FOR AN ACCESS CAB. THE WEIGHT LIMITS, SPECIFICATIONS, PARTS, AND RECALLS ARE DIFFERENT FOR THESE TWO MODELS. HOW DO I GO ABOUT CORRECTING THIS? THANK YOU

DRIVING HOME AT THE END OF OUR VACATION, MY WIFE AND I WERE IN SEPERATE VEHICLES, SHE IN FRONT OF ME ON I-80 GOING WEST BOUND. WE'D JUST GOTTEN OFF THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE AND AS TRAFFIC WAS BUILDING AND SLOWING, SHE BRAKED AHEAD OF ME AND WHEN I PRESSED MY BRAKE IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. I COULDN'T STOP IN TIME BEFORE REAR ENDING THE CAR MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. IT WAS A LOW SPEED IMPACT, MAYBE 25 MPH. NO POLICE REPORT AND WE JUST KEPT DRIVING AFTER CHECKING THAT ALL WAS OK. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED AND THE MECHANIC CALLED ME TO SAY THE BRAKE LINES AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE STATED HE CANNOT DO THE WORK DUE TO THE FACT THE TRUCK IS RUSTED BEYOND REPAIR AND HE FELT UNSAFE TO WORK UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK FOR FEAR OF IT FALLING ON HIM. I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TRUCK FOR RUSTED FRAME ISSUES AND THE WINDOW TO RESPOND WAS MISSED DUE TO PERSONAL REASONS INVOLVING CARE OF A SINCE DECEASED MOTHER. I TRIED TO TALK TO TOYOTA BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS I WAS TOO LATE EVEN THOUGH THE RUSTED FRAME IS ONLY WORSENING WITH TIME DUE TO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS A MANUFACTURING FLAW WITH THE METHOD THESE TRUCKS WERE PRODUCED.

THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL COVER PLATE IS LEAKING GEAR OIL. THE COVER PLATE IS FIXED IN PLACE NOT BOLTED ON. THE EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY IS THE PROBLEM. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY. THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL FOR TOYOTA TACOMAS SO I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM WITHOUT A RECALL INITIATED BY NHTSA. SHOULD THIS COVER PLATE TOTALLY FAIL WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY THE RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL THE RESULTING ACCIDENT MAY CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE FOR THIS VEHICLE AND OTHER VEHICLES TRAVELING ON THE SAME HIGHWAY.

MY TOYOTA TUNDRA HAS SEVER FRAME RUST AND WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. THE TRUCK HAS 173,000 MILES ON IT AND I JUST GOT IT PAID OFF AND WILL NOW HAVE TO JUNK IT.