2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECK WITH AN AUTHORIZED DEALER HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRAME WAS ROTTEN. THE DEALER STATED QUOTED A PRICE OF $8000-$9000 TO REPLACE THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN DRIVABLE CONDITION AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 94,000.

UPON BRINGING MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN TO TOYOTA FOR A OIL CHANGE, THE SERVICE MANAGE INSTRUCTED ME THAT THE FRAME ON MY TRUCK WAS RUSTED. HE ALSO ADVISED ME THAT MY TRUCK MAY BE UNSAFE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. I CHECKED AND SAW YOU HAVE AN OPEN INVESTIGATION PE09-049. *TR

FRAME RUSTING ON 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CHUNKS OF METAL ARE PEELING OFF THE FRAME. *TR

OWN A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA: RUSTED FRAME THAT IS BARELY SUPPORTING FUEL TANK AND SPARE TIRE; (REPLACED RACK & PINION (STEERING) DUE TO RUST IN 2008); RUSTED REAR SPRING MOUNTS; RUST COMES OFF IN 1/8 INCH CHUNKS; WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE--IT'S TOO DANGEROUS; PICTURES ARE WITH BERNARDI TOYOTA, FRAMINGHAM, MA; ALL PROBLEMS RELATE TO RUSTED FRAME. *TR

WHEN I PURCHASED A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA 2 YEARS AGO, MY MECHANIC CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND IT MECHANICALLY SOUND WITH MINIMAL FRAME RUST. TWO WEEKS AGO I BROUGHT IT TO THE SAME MECHANIC FOR MY 3,000 MILE OIL CHANGE. IT NOW HAS 73,000 MILES ON IT. HE DISCOVERED THE FRAME WAS BADLY RUSTED. HE CHECKED THE INTERNET AND TOLD ME THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL OF THE 2000 AND 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE SUGGESTED THAT I BRING IT TO A TOYOTA DEALER. I DID SO AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRUCK HAD BADLY RUSTED FRAME RAILS AND ONE CROSS FRAME BRACKET WAS TOTALLY RUSTED THROUGH. THE DEALER ADVISED ME TO CONTACT TOYOTA CORPORATE. I DID SO, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND, THEREFORE, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. WORTHY OF NOTE IS THAT MY SECOND VEHICLE, A 1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER WITH 89,000 MILES, HAS INSIGNIFICANT RUST. *TR

MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 4WD PICKUP FRAME IS RUSTING TO THE POINT THAT IT SOON WILL RUST THROUGH NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR LEAF SPRING MOUNT POINT. IT ONLY HAS 112,000 MILES AND HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN WINTER FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. I HAVE CALLED TOYOTA AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AS WELL, BUT THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT TUNDRA FRAME RUSTING AT THIS TIME. *TR

OUR 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA (WITH ~60,000 MILES) WAS PARKED IT IN MY RELATIVES DRIVEWAY ON 10/18/09. WHEN WE WENT TO DRIVE IT OUT OF MY AUNT'S DRIVEWAY ON 10/18/09, SHE STARTED YELLING, "STOP, SOMETHING IS LEAKING!" LOOKED AT THE FRONT DRIVERS BRAKE LINE AND SAW A HOLE THAT WAS PUSHING OUT BRAKE FLUID WITH HIGH PRESSURE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THANKFULLY, THE BRAKES FAILED IN THE DRIVEWAY INSTEAD OF ON ROUTE 2 BETWEEN ALBANY, NY AND MASSACHUSETTS. IF THEY FAILED ON THE DRIVE, MY HUSBAND WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN KILLED ON THE MOUNTAINOUS ROAD. CAREFULLY DROVE THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, LIA TOYOTA OF COLONIE ON 10/18/09. TOLD THEM ABOUT THE BROKEN BRAKE LINE AND ASKED FOR A FRAME INSPECTION TO BE DONE FIRST, AS WE DID NOT WANT TO PUT MONEY INTO THE TRUCK IF THE FRAME HAD ISSUES. ON 10/26/09, WE FINALLY RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE FOR THE WORK AND DOCUMENTATION STATING "THE FRAME HAS NORMAL RUST WEAR FOR THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE" AND "THE FRAME HAS NO PERFORATION AT THIS TIME". THE ESTIMATE SAID THAT THE FRONT DRIVER BRAKE LINES AND JUNCTION BOX WERE RUSTED THROUGH. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PIVOT WAS RUSTED & SEIZED ON BOTH SIDES AND COMPLETELY INOPERABLE, AND THE FRONT SWAY BAR LINK WAS RUSTED THROUGH. SINCE WE WERE TOLD BY LIA TOYOTA OF COLONIE THAT THE FRAME WAS INTACT (NO HOLES) WE AUTHORIZED THE WORK. WE PICKED UP OUR REPAIRED TUNDRA ON 11/02/09 AND KEPT THE OLD PARTS. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD THE CAR AND NEEDED ADJUSTMENT, SO THE FOLLOWING DAY, 11/3/09, WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL DEALER, COLONIAL TOYOTA OF MILFORD. WE ASKED FOR A BRAKE ADJUSTMENT AND A FRAME INSPECTION. THE NEXT DAY, 11/04/09, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM COLONIAL TOYOTA, SAYING THAT OUR TUNDRA FRAME HAD HOLES IN IT AND WE "SHOULD NOT PUT ANOTHER DIME INTO IT" AND "IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE". COLONIAL SERVICE TOOK PICTURES OF THE PERFORATED FRAME AND CALLED THE TOYOTA REPS, WHO CAME AND LOOKED AT OUR TUNDRA. ON 11/10/09, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT TOYOTA DECLINED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE OUR FRAME. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA FRAME RUST SAFETY ISSUE I COULD NOT HAVE THE FRONT BUMPER REPLACED DUE TO EXTENSIVE RUST DAMAGE. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY RECOMMENDED A FRAME INSPECTION AND CHARGED $98 DOLLARS TO TELL ME THAT THERE WAS PERFORATED RUST AT 9 DIFFERENT INSPECTION POINT AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND I CONTACTED THE "TOYOTA EXPERIENCE" AND THEN OPENED A CASE ONLY TO TELL ME THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE SINCE THIS IS THE SAME MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT THEY ADMITTED TO ON THE TACOMA THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT ON THE TUNDRA. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA RUST ISSUES. CRACKED FRAME DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST, BOTH CAB MOUNTS ARE RUSTED COMPLETELY, AND COLLAPSED. CAB IS NOW RESTING ON BED. CROSS MEMBERS ARE RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. HAD TO REMOVE SPARE TIRE SO IT WOULDN'T FALL FROM THE TRUCK. *TR

SEVERE FRAME RUST DAMAGE TO MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. I AM TOLD NOT TO DRIVE IT BY THE DEALER. *TR