2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

MY TUNDRA 2003 SR5 ACCESSCAB 4X4 TRD. IT HAS RUSTED SO BAD THE LAST 5 YRS. IT WILL NO LONGER PASS HAWAII SAFETY INSPECTION. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK SINCE ABOUT 2007. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RUNNING TRUCK. ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. NEW BRAKES. BUT THE RUST HAS RUINED THE FRAME, TAILGATE AND BACK OF BED! HAVE NOT DRIVEN FOR A YEAR!

FROM 2001-2003 IS A FRAME RECALL ON THESE TUNDRA'S DUE TO MASSIVE RUST ISSUE. I WENT INTO MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP HERE IN NORFOLK, VA, AND THEY GAVE ME THE RUN AROUND SAYING I "MISSED THE WINDOW" FOR THIS ISSUE. THEN I CALLED CORPORTATE AND THEY GAVE ME A DIFFERENT REASON, SAYING THEY "APPLIED" ANTI-RUST SPRAY" IN 2016. WHICH IS NOT A THING. CLEARLY IT DID NOT WORK BECAUSE THERE ARE MASSIVE HOLES IN MY FRAME. I WOULD LIKE THEM TO OWN UP AND DO MY RECALL WHEN SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE THE EXACT SAME TRUCK AND GOT THEIRS DONE. I AM ACTIVE DUTY AS WELL, AND IT FRUSTRATES ME THAT THEY WOULD TREAT A VETERAN LIKE THIS. I BROUGHT UP MY SPARE TIRE LATCH BEING VERY RUSTED UNDERNEATH, WHICH THERE IS ALSO A RE-CALL FOR. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. 3 WEEKS LATER MY SPARE TIRE FLEW OFF FROM MY TRUCK, THANK GOODNESS NO ONE WAS INJURED.

RECALL ID U7BS-ZTW. TOOK IN FOR AIRBAG RECALL. INSPECTION OF FRAME. FRAME NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT LET ME HAVE MY TRUCK BACK.THEY GAVE ME A INFERIOR LOANER.. TOOK TRUCK IN FIRST WEEK OF S JANUARY.AS OF 3-5-21 THEY HAVE NO REPAIR SCHEDULE EITHER!. TRUCK IS AT TOYOTA OF MUNCIE IN. ALEC BAILY IS MY SERVICE MANAGER. ABAILY@TOYOTAOFMUNCIE. WORK ORDER NUMBER NC736011 AND NCOO1101. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SINCE FEBRUARY. SEVERE RUN AROUND. INCIDENT #S 210125000031, 210217000381,210304000232. NATIONAL REF#S 210250103,2103042076. IF IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

THE CROSS MEMBER ON MY 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA (PART NO. 51206) IS EXHIBITING EXTENSIVE AND PREMATURE RUST AND CORROSION AT BOTH CONNECTION POINTS WITH THE MAIN FRAME RAILS SUCH THAT THE MAIN FRAME RAILS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH, LEAVING MULTIPLE HOLES APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A QUARTER. THE CROSS MEMBER SUPPORTS THE FUEL TANK, AMONG OTHER COMPONENTS, AND THUS THE CORROSION POSES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE, WHICH IS OTHERWISE IN SATISFACTORY AND OPERATIONAL CONDITION, FAILED ITS ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION. TOYOTA PREVIOUSLY APPLIED A RUST INHIBITOR TO THE FRAME UNDER ITS LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS INTENDED TO REMEDY THE DEFECT, BUT SUCH APPLICATION FAILED TO PREVENT THE PREMATURE CORROSION AND TOYOTA HAS SINCE REFUSED TO REMEDY THE DEFECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PRIME TOYOTA - SACO (783 PORTLAND RD, SACO, ME 04072) FOR THE FREE TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUB-FRAME WAS EXTREMELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUB-FRAME RECEIVED A RUST INHIBITOR TREATMENT IN 2010 UNDER A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RUST INHIBITOR TREATMENT FAILED TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 172,000.

THE FRAME IS PREMATURELY SEVERELY ROTTEN AND CRUMBLING. THIS IS A MASSIVE SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO EVERY TUNDRA OWNERS ATTENTION. I HAVE HAD IT SPRAYED, BUT WAS ONLY DONE FOR THE BACK CROSSMEMBER BY TOYOTA. THE OTHER HALF IS READY FOR A CATASTROPHE IN DUE TIME. THERE MAY BE OTHERS IN MY SITUATION AND NO WAY IS A FRAME SUPPOSED TO CRUMBLE WITHOUT SITTING IN CONSTANT SALT. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP THE OTHER OWNERS AND MAKE THEM AWARE IF THEY HAVEN'T YET. THE FRAME WILL BUCKLE WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSE HARM TO OTHERS ON THE ROAD. MINE HAS PIECES AS BIG AS 12 BY 8 COME OFF. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP I HAVE WENT TO TOLD ME TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT SINCE THE RECALL HAS LAPSED.

TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO INSPECT THE FRAME AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. RECOMMENDED ME NOT TO DRIVE IT. AS THE FRAME WAS RUST AND HAD MULTIPLE RUST PERFORATIONS IN THE FRONT HALF OF THE FRAME

I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL ON THE FRAME IT WAS RUSTED. THEY SAID IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO THEY UNDERCOATED IT AND ALL THE UNDERCOAT FELL OFF. THEY DIDN'T UNDERCOAT THE WHOLE THING AND NOW IT'S RUSTING EVEN MORE. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

MY 2003 TUNDRA FRAME IS RUSTED AND CRACKING. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE LIMITED SERVICE CAMPAIGN (LSC) A0F.

SEAT BELTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND FRAYED WEBBING ALSO FEAR OF TIMING BELT GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING WITH FAMILY AND CAUSING ME AND MY FAMILY AND/ OR A ONCOMING VEHICLE TO WRECK AND HAVE SERIOUS INJURIES OR MULTIPLE DEATHS! *TR