2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE EXTREMELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SPARE TIME COMPARTMENT WAS ALSO EXTREMELY CORRODED. (YOUNG TOYOTA (1945 MAIN ST, LOGAN, UT 84341) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 240,000.

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA FRAME RAILS THAT GO FROM FRONT TO BACK, BACK TO FRONT RUSTED NEARLY IN HALF MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE RUST IS NOT JUST THE ISSUE WITH THE CROSSMEMBER. VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN, IT IT NOT SAFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO BE STOPPED. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE SHIFTER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE GEAR SELECTOR WOULD NOT MOVE TO THE DESIRED GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE RUST, AND THAT THE BRAKE LINE AND SHIFTER CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. GRAHAM TOYOTA (1515 W 4TH ST, MANSFIELD, OH 44906, (419) 529-1800) WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

TRUCK WAS BROUGHT IN FOR FRAME RECALL, HAD SOME RUST CORROSION PUT ON IT. WAS A BAND AID ON THE PROBLEM FRAME IS RUSTED BADLY AS WELL AS SUSPENSION PARTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN RECALL NOTICE REGARDING FRAME CORROSION. THE REMEDY FOR THE RECALL STATED THAT FOR FRAMES THAT WERE SEVERELY CORRODED, THEY WOULD BE REPLACED. IN CASES WHERE REPLACEMENT WAS NOT NEEDED, THE FRAMES WOULD BE UNDERCOATED IN ORDER TO PREVENT CORROSION. SHOTTENKIRK TOYOTA QUINCY (LOCATED AT 5333 BROADWAY ST, QUINCY, IL 62305, 217-929-9852) DID NOT PERFORM EITHER REMEDY REFERENCED IN THE RECALL. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING AN ALIGNMENT PERFORMED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT CALLED SHOTTENKIRK TOYOTA AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE FRAME BECAUSE THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DEEMED COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PERFORM THE REMEDY FOR THE RECALL DUE TO THE TIME LIMITATION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000. *TR

THE TRUCK IS IN AWESOME CONDITION EXCEPT THE FRAME. TOYOTA HAS REPLACED THE FRAMES IN OTHER TRUCKS IN THE PAST BUT ARE UNWILLING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ONE I OWN. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING IT, AND DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF IT BECAUSE OF ITS ONE NEGATIVE THING . I'M GOING TO INCLUDE SOME PHOTOS SO YOU CAN JUDGE IF YOU WISH. IF THEIR IS ANYTHING YOUR COMPANY DO TO HELP ME, IT'LL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I HAVE REACH OUT TO TOYOTA IN THE PAST AND ALL THEY'VE SAID WAS THAT THEIR IS NO RECALL ON THE TRUCK ANYMORE. ITS VERY SAD BECAUSE THEIR IS PLENTY OF THESE TRUCKS OUT THERE, AND ARE VERY UNSAFE TO THE OWNER AND PEDESTRIANS AROUND US. THEY SHOULD RECALL CERTAIN ONES LIKE THE ONE I OWN ON ACCOUNT OF ITS CONDITION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

FRAME RUST SO BAD TRUCK WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. THIS CONDITION FOUND ON ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION. FROM PICS MECHANIC TOOK, I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE. SOME ATTACHMENT BRACKETS/BARS NOT EVEN CONNECTED AND RUSTED COMPLETELY IN HALF. I CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE NOR ANY TYPE OF BUY BACK PROGRAM FOR IT. SAD THAT THIS TRUCK WAS NOT REPAIRED AS THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2000-2003 TUNDRAS AND NOW I AM STUCK WITH A VEHICLE THAT TOYOTA WILL NOT REPAIR DUE TO AGE. SEEMS THIS REPAIR WORK SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANY CONSUMER WHO OWNS THE VEHICLE IF THE RECALL WORK HAS NEVER BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE? I AM JUST SECOND OWNER OF VEHICLE AND HAVE ONLY OWNED THE VEHICLE JUST OVER A YEAR. ALTHOUGH HIGH MILEAGE, THIS TRUCK RUNS AND LOOKS GREAT.

FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL OR LACK THEREOF. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL FOR TOYOTA TUNDRAS YEAR 2002-2004 BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE 2000-2001 THAT HAVE LOWER BALL JOINTS OF THE SAME DESIGN. MINE FAILED AND SO HAVE SEVERAL OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE REPORTED THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIRS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER FAILED LOWER BALL JOINT. I HAVE ATTACHED A PHOTO OF THE RESULT OF WHAT A FAILED BALL JOINT LOOKS LIKE AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT IMAGE WITH THE HYPOTHETICAL OF TRAVELING 65-70 MPH THE DAMAGE CAN THEN ESCALATE TO CATASTROPHIC OR EVEN DEATH. NOT ONLY FOR PASSENGERS BUT FOR OTHERS TRAVELING THE SAME ROAD. WHEN THE BALL JOINT FAILED I WAS LUCKILY TRAVELING 25-30 MPH TO GET ON TO THE FREEWAY, BUT IT FAILED BEFORE I WAS AT FULL HIGHWAY SPEED. I SPOKE TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP HERE AND THEY CLAIM THAT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT INCLUDE 2000-2001 YEAR TUNDRA'S, WHICH IS CONCLUSIVE OF THE RESEARCH I DID PREVIOUSLY. I ALSO CHECKED ON THE DESIGN OF THE BALL JOINTS AND THE DESIGN IS IDENTICAL BETWEEN 2000-2002. YET THE DEALER REFUSES TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIR TO THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY THE FAULTY LOWER BALL JOINT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED BY RELIABLE TOYOTA (LOCATED AT 3521 E SUNSHINE ST, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65809, (417) 459-4400), RUST WAS DISCOVERED ALL OVER THE ENTIRE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED. THE RUST WAS STARTING TO FALL OFF ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE CONTACT'S GARAGE. THE CONTACT WAS WORRIED ABOUT CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. LARRY H. MILLER TOYOTA MURRAY (5650 STATE ST, MURRAY, UT 84107, (801) 590-0640) STATED TEN YEARS AGO THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL AND DID NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER SENT THE CONTACT A LETTER STATING THERE WAS A RUST ISSUE WITH THE FRAME AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.