2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND SPARE TIRE FELL OFF UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND ROLLED DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. TOOK TRUCK TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP BECAUSE A NEIGHBOR (WHO IS A SERVICE MANAGER) LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT WAS UNSAFE AND THE WHOLE BOTTOM WAS RUSTED OUT.. TOYOTA CLAIMED THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE THAT IT WAS JUST A RUSTED BOLT. TWO WEEKS LATER THE MUFFLER WAS LOUD SO WE TOOK IT TO A MIDAS DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC CALLED ME IN AND STATED THAT THE ISSUE WAS NOT THE MUFFLER THE BOLTS AND CLAMPS HAD ROTTED OUT AND HE NEEDED TO DRILL HOLES TO ATTACH NEW BOLTS. HE TOLD ME THAT THE BOLTS HOLDING THE JOINTS ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK WAS UNSAFE AND HE FELT THAT I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND DEFINITELY NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. SO NOW I HAVE HAD 2 PEOPLE CLAIM THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND THE TOYOTA DEALERS CLAIMS IT IS SAFE. THE WHOLE UNDERNEATH IS A BIG PILE OF RUST. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED WHEN THE TIRE FELL OF WHILE I WAS DOING 50 MILES AN HOUR. I WAS ALLOWING MY TEENAGE SON TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, BUT NOW IT SPENDS MOST OF ITS TIME SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH EXTENSIVE FRAME RUST. BOLTS ALL RUSTED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REPAIR. HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. *TR

SEVERELY RUSTED FRAME, HAS HOLES THROUGH IT. WHEN I TOUCHED THE FRAME, A BIG PIECE FELL OFF. *TR

I JUST RECENTLY TRADED IN MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA LIMITED AND GOT $8200 TRADE FOR IT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MINT SHAPE WITH ONLY 74,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE PICTURES ETC...I JUST TRADED IT FOR A 2009 COROLLA S. THE FRAME WAS SO ROTTED I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE IN TRADING IT IN. IT WAS JUST FALLING OFF IN CLUMPS OF RUST. THE BRAKE LINES AND BRAKES WORRIED ME TO MUCH AND WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN THE TACOMAS HAD THEIR RECALL. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE RUST ID STILL HAVE THAT TRUCK. JEFF POPP WORCESTER MA NOW I HAVE A 200 DOLLAR MORE CAR PAYMENT I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE. IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET RE EMBURSED FOR THE DIFFERENCE OF THIS REASON OF GETTING RID OF MY TUNDRA. THANK U. *TR

SIGNIFICANT FRAME RUST AND A RUSTED AND BROKEN LEAF SPRING ON A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA EXTENDED CAB TRUCK. *TR

I NOTICED THE SPARE TIRE DANGLING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WHEN I LOWERED THE TIRE I NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE CROSS BRACE HAD RUSTED OUT AND LEFT THE SPARE TIRE HELD BY A THIN RUSTED PIECE OF METAL. I REMOVED THE TIRE AND KEEP IT IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. IF THAT TIRE BROKE AWAY WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MILES AN HOUR, IT COULD EASILY HAVE KILLED SOMEONE. *TR

EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE FRAME OF MY TOYOTA TUNDRA HAS LED TO ME HAVING TO REPLACE MY CALIPERS ON MY FRONT BRAKES, A CORRODED PARKING BRAKE AND BOTH FRONT TIE RODS. AFTER SEEING THE REPORT ON MY LOCAL NEWS, I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. *TR

WHEN GOING TO GET MY 2009 STATE INSPECTION STICKER FROM MA. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA WOULD PROBABLY NOT PASS ANY FUTURE INSPECTIONS, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE FRAME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH HE STRUCK A POTHOLE, AND THEN THE SHOCK PUNCTURED THROUGH THE DRIVERS SIDE SHOCK MOUNT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE NOTICED CORROSION ON THE VEHICLES FRAME. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99,244. UPDATED 10/19/09 *CN THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE DANGER. UPDATED 10/19/09. *JB CONSUMER IS UPDATING INFORMATION. 10/20/09. *NJ ADDED SERVICE DEALER INFO. UPDATED 10/20/09

I READ TODAY THAT THE NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRAS FOR SEVERE FRAME CORROSION. I HAVE A 2000 TUNDRA THAT HAS SEVERE FRAME CORROSION. THE TRUCK HAS 215,000 MILES (ALL OF IT IN WISCONSIN). I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST. *TR DOUG SABATKE MONTICELLO WISCONSIN