2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH HE NOTICED THAT THE CAP BEGAN TO RUB AGAINST THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE THE HE NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS CRACKED IN HALF. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE BRAKE LINES WERE DAMAGED BY RUST. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 135000. UPDATED 12/8/09 *CN UPDATED 12/09/09.*JB

I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE, I WAS TAKEN INTO THE GARAGE AND SHOWN THE FRAME OF MY TRUCK WAS EXTENSIVELY RUSTED. THE CROSS MEMBER IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK WAS RUSTING THROUGH. DEALER WAS CONTACTING TOYOTA AND I DID THE SAME. OPENED A CASE UP WITH TOYOTA. I WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY ARE DOING ABOUT THIS ALTHOUGH IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM THEY JUST RECALLED THE TACOMA'S FOR. WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DEALER. WAS TOLD TRUCK MAY BE UNSAFE. *TR

FUEL LINE ON DRIVER SIDE ON 2000 TUNDRA PERFORATED DUE TO RUST. NOTICED WHILE BRAKING ON DOWNGRADE PORTION OF LARGE HILL. VEHICLE STOPPED VERY POORLY, ALMOST RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. HAD TO PAY TO TOW AND REPLACE FUEL LINE ON VEHICLE. *TR

DURING ROUTINE TUNE-UP (TIRE ROTATION, OIL CHANGE, CHECK FLUIDS, ETC) MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME OF A SERIOUS RUST CONDITION AFFECTING THE FRAME OF MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE NOTED IT WAS SIMILAR TO TACOMAS HE HAD WORKED ON. I WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY. TOYOTA DISMISSED MY CONCERN BY SIMPLY STATING IT WAS 'OUT OF WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT. EXCELLENT CONDITION OTHERWISE. SIGNIFICANT RUST AFFECTING BRAKE LINES, LEAF SPRINGS, BALL JOINTS, TO NAME A FEW. *TR

I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA AND IT FAILED ITS ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION DUE TO A FRAME RUST ISSUE. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THAT DID THE INSPECTION AND FAILED THE TRUCK, I ASSUME, KNEW OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM AND THANK GOD, THOROUGHLY INSPECTED THE TRUCK'S FRAME. THEY FOUND A HOLE IN THE FRAME THAT CONCERNED THEM TO THE POINT THAT FAILED THE TRUCK'S STATE INSPECTION AND I ENDED UP PAYING $294.25 TO HAVE A FRAME PATCH WELDED IN TO PREVENT A FAILURE OF THE FRAME IN THE AREA OF THE RUSTED HOLE. I HAD THE TRUCK UNDERCOATED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE IN 2000 AND THAT UNDERCOATING IS BLISTERING OFF, AND HAS BEEN BLISTERING OFF FOR A FEW YEARS. THE UNDERCOATING WAS MAINTAINED UNDER A ZIEBART WARRANTY UNTIL 2005 WHEN ZIEBART CLOSED THE LOCAL FRANCHISES. THIS MEANS THE UNDERSIDE OF MY TRUCK HAS BEEN WITHOUT THE WARRANTED PROTECTION FOR ONLY FOUR YEARS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT A TRUCK, THAT HAS BEEN AS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AS MINE HAS BEEN, IS EXPERIENCING A FRAME RUST ISSUE TO THE LEVEL THAT IT FAILS A STATE INSPECTION !!!! THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK IS HEAVILY RUSTED DESPITE THE ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS I'VE TAKEN OF UNDERCOATING, MAINTAINING THE UNDERCOATING, AND RELIGIOUSLY SPRAYING THE EXCESSIVE SALT OFF OF THE VEHICLE IN THE WINTER MONTHS DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH EXPOSURE. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF MY TRUCK EVERY TIME I GET BEHIND ITS STEERING WHEEL NOW. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS, THAT IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT I WOULD BE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION OF SIGNIFICANCE, THE ENGINEERING SAFETY STANDARDS REQUIRED TO BE MET REGARDING FRAME STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY WILL BE GROSSLY COMPROMISED BY THE ROTTING FRAME AND WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OFFER THE DESIGNED PROTECTION THAT THE ENGINEERS CALCULATED. THE PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SAFETY BUFFER FOR ME AND MY PASSENGERS FROM THE EXTREME ENERGY FORCES EXPERIENCED DURING A LIFE THREATENING COLLISION WHEN WE'LL BE COUNTING ON IT WITH OUR LIVES. *TR

I FOUND HOLES IN THE FRAME OF MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA IN 2007 AND IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA. THEY SAID IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT TO WATCH IT AND IT WASN'T A BIG ISSUE TO HAVE A LITTLE RUST (THIS WAS DURING THE TACOMA RECALL). SEPT OF 2008 I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN AGAIN SINCE THE RUST WAS EVEN WORSE THEY SAID AGAIN NOT A BIG ISSUE BUT TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009 I WAS CHANGING THE OIL AND I SAW THAT THE FRONT SWAY BAR MOUNT HAD TOTALLY RUSTED THROUGH AND HAD FALLEN OFF - IMMEDIATELY CALLED TOYOTA CORP - THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. MY ISSUE IS THAT THEY HAVE TOLD ME ALL ALONG THAT THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL! BUT NOW ITS A SAFETY ISSUE ! IT HAS SINCE TAKEN OUT A POWER STEERING LINE AND THERE IS A BRAKE LINE THAT HAS BEEN RUPTURED AS WELL. NOW THAT THE TRUCK IS WORTH NOTHING I WANT TOYOTA TO HELP ME OUT. THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T AN ISSUE, I BELIEVED THEM, NOW MY TRUCK IS WORTHLESS! AND THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 130000 MILES ON IT! THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO ALL MY OTHER TOYOTA TRUCKS... *TR

1. MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA SRT HAS SERIOUS UNDERCARRIAGE RUST, AND LARGE PIECES OF METAL ARE BEGINNING TO FALL FROM THE FRAME. THE MAIN BEAMS OF THE FRAME ARE BEGINNING TOO DETERIORATE, ALSO THE BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND BRAKE FLUID IS BEGINNING TO SEEP THROUGH THE LINES. 2. RUSTED PIECES OF METAL RANDOMLY FALL FROM VEHICLE, AND COULD CAUSE DAMAGE OR SERIOUSLY INJURE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THE BRAKE LINES COULD RUPTURE FROM THE SEVERE DETERIORATION AND LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. 3. CURRENTLY I AM NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL I GET NEW BRAKE LINES, BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE EXCEPT RECALLING THE TRUCK. TOYOTA NEEDS TO RECALL THE TOYOTA TUNDRA BEFORE ANY MAJOR ACCIDENTS OCCUR AND SOME ONE IS FATALLY INJURED. *TR

1I HAVE OWNED MANY TOYOTA TRUCKS SINCE MY FIRST IN 1987. USUALLY THE BODY WOULD ROT RIGHT OFF THE CHASSIS. NOW THE CHASSIS ROTS RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER THE BODY! HIGHLIGHTS:I PURCHASED A 1984 TRUCK IN 1989 IT HAD A RUSTY BED AND I FIXED IT UP. I PURCHASED A NEW 1997 TACOMA IN SEPTEMBER OF 1996, THE TRUCK HAD FRAME ROT IN MARCH OF 2004, I DOCUMENTED MY COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA IN MARCH OF 2005 WITH TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.THE TOLD ME "THERE IS NO KNOWN FLAW WITH TACOMA FRAMES. I DISAGREED WITH THEM.I SOLD THE TRUCK IN MAY OF 2005 WITH 218000 MILES ON IT WITH A ROTTEN FRAME FOR ONLY $2000, HAD THE CHASSIS HELD UP I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME WHERE AROUND $7000 FOR THE TRUCK CONSIDERING IT SHOULD GO OVER 300,000 MILES AND IT STARTED OUT AS A $22,000 TRUCK. NOW I HAVE A 2000 TUNDRA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND JUST AS BEFORE TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. TELLS ME THE HAVE " NO KNOWN PROBLEM ". *TR

I WENT TO HYANNIS TOYOTA FOR WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND SERVICE MGR TOLD ME DON'T BOTHER BECAUSE FRAME IS ROTTED HE SAID NOT RECOMMENDED TO DRIVE. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT HAS A RUSTED OUT AND CRACKED REAR CROSS MEMBER IN THE FRAME. THE FRAME MEMBER HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE AND WHILE CHANGING REAR SHOCKS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER I NOTICED HOW RUSTED THE CROSS MEMBER AND THE REST OF THE FRAME IS, WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CROSS MEMBER IS CRACKING SO I NO LONGER HAVE THE TIRE UNDER THE TRUCK. A MECHANIC VERIFIED THIS WHILE HE WAS UNDER THE TRUCK REPLACING THE POWER STEERING RACK THAT ALSO RUSTED OUT .MY WIFE LOST THE POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAD NEVER SEEN THE POWER STEERING RACK RUST OUT OR THAT MUCH RUST ON THE FRAME OF A TRUCK WITH 88,000 ON IT AND THAT THE FRAME WOULD HAVE TO BE WELDED TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I HAVE FILED A CLAIM WITH TOYOTA ( CLAIM # 0910135009 ) AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE LOOKING IN TO IT. FROM WHAT I'VE HERD AND READ IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.I WOULD HATE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEONE LOST THEIR SPARE TIRE WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HEARD THAT 2000 AND 2001 TUNDRA FRAMES WERE MADE IN THE SAME PLACE THE TACOMAS WERE AND I DID RECEIVE A RECALL ON MY PREVIOUS TRUCK A 2000 TACOMA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR