2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

SEVER RUST ON THE FRAME OF MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA INCLUDING BUMPER MOUNTS, LEAF SPRING MOUNTS, SPARE TIRE RACK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXAMINING HIS VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT HORN ON THE SUSPENSION WAS COVERED WITH RUST. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RUST PRESENT ON THE VEHICLE OR THE SUSPENSION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 88,293.

I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 EXTENDED CAB. THE FRAME IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION DUE TO LARGE CHUNKS OF RUST FALLING OFF IT AND SPRINGS ARE RUSTING IN THE SAME MANNER WHICH LEAVES ME FEARFUL FOR MYSELF AND ANY PASSENGERS SAFETY. EVERY TIME I GO FAR AN INSPECTION I HOLD MY BREATH FOR PASSING. I NOTICED THE EXCESSIVE RUSTING ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. I HAVE ROUGHLY 73,000 MILES ON THIS TRUCK AND IT'S BEEN GARAGE KEPT HERE IN HATFIELD MA SINCE OWNERSHIP. *TR

TOOK 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA TO HOWE MOTORS IN CLAREMONT, NH FOR EXCESSIVE RUST IN THE FRAME. HOWE MOTORS TOOK PICTURES, WROTE A FAILURE REPORT, AND SENT INFORMATION TO TOYOTA. *TR

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH SEVERE RUST THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FRAME, SEVERE FLAKING OF FRAME CAUSING NUMEROUS THIN SPOTS THROUGHOUT, HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE LINES A NUMBER OF TIMES, HAS ROTTED HOLE IN FRAME NEAR THE REAR TIRE AS WELL AS IN THE TRANSMISSION MOUNT, WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THIS. *TR

3.ON AUGUST 20TH, 2009 WHILE DRIVING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK ON NORTH FERRY STREET IN ALBANY, NEW YORK, AT SLOW SPEED, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BOTTOM BALL JOINT BROKE, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO BUCKLE WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE TIRE PROTRUDING OUTWARD. THE CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT THEN BROKE AT THE JOINT NEAR THE TRANSMISSION AND PULLED OUT. 4.THE TRUCK STOPPED IMMEDIATELY ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THESE ARE ACTIVE RAILROAD TRACKS. TWO PEOPLE WERE IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. 5.MY WIFE ENLISTED THE AID OF A REPAIR SHOP RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRACKS. ALL OF THEIR TOW TRUCKS WERE OUT ON CALLS, BUT THERE WAS A TRACTOR WITH A BUCKET AT THE SHOP. THEY LIFTED THE TUNDRA WITH THE BUCKET AND PULLED IT OFF THE TRACKS, DENTING THE FRONT HOOD IN THE PROCESS. ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER A TRAIN WENT BY ON THE TRACKS. 6.THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO NORTHWAY TOYOTA DEALER IN LATHAM AND INSPECTED. THERE WERE MULTIPLE AND EXTENSIVE RUST CAUSED PERFORATIONS ON THE FRAME. THE STABILIZER MOUNT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS RIPPED OFF THE FRAME DUE TO FAILURE CAUSED BY RUST. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE MOUNT WAS OFF BEFORE THE BALL JOINT BROKE AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE ULTIMATE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. *TR

SEVERE RUST ON FRAME. PASSENGER SIDE REAR ALMOST COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. SPARE TIRE CARRIER RUSTED OFF. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. I WAS RECENTLY STOPPED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST WHO STATED THAT MY SPARE TIRE WAS HANGING DOWN UNDER THE TRUCK. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO FIND THIS WAS TRUE. I JIGGLED THE TIRE AND IT FELL COMPLETELY OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. THE WINCH ASSEMBLY WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE WHEEL, BUT I CAN SEE THAT THE CROSSMEMBER THAT THE WINCH WOULD BE ATTACHED TO IS COMPLETELY ROTTED AWAY. MY TRUCK IS MAINTAINED AT A TOYOTA DEALER AND IS CURRENT ON ITS ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION. I HAD NEVER USED THE SPARE TIRE BEFORE, SO I HAD NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT THE CROSSMEMBER LOOKED LIKE BEHIND THE TIRE. I HAVE CLOSELY CHECKED THE REST OF THE FRAME ON THE TRUCK AND IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE RIM ON THE SPARE TIRE IS PAINTED STEEL AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE CROSSMEMBER SINCE THE TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED, YET THE RIM IS IN NEW CONDITION WITH NO RUST. I HAVE LOOKED ON LINE AND IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE CROSSMEMBERS ON THESE TRUCK FRAMES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A POTENTIALY VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION FOR OTHER MOTORISTS AND TUNDRA TRUCK OWNERS WHO ARE UNAWARE OF THE RUST HIDDEN BEHIND THEIR SPARE TIRE. IF THEY HAVE NEVER USED THEIR SPARE TIRE, THEN THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THIS CONDITION DEVELOPING. JUST PRIOR TO BEING STOPPED BY THE MOTORIST WHO ALERTED ME TO THE PROBLEM, I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 65 MPH! IMAGINE IF THE SPARE TIRE HAD FALLEN OUT AT THAT SPEED AND WAS TUMBLING OR BOUNCING INTO THE PATH OF OTHER MOTORISTS! SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. I DID GO TO THE TOYOTA WEBSITE AND TRY TO MAKE CONTACT. THE PERSON WHO CALLED ME BACK WAS POLITE, BUT SEEMED TO MISS THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE ABOUT THIS BEING A POSSIBLY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THEY ONLY STATED THAT TOYOTA ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY, THAT THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO LIVING IN THE NORTHEAST AND THAT REPAIRS ARE AT MY OWN EXPENSE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. I THINK THERE MAY BE MORE TUNDRAS LIKE MINE. I CAN SUPPLY PHOTOS. *TR

RUSTING AND ROTTING FRAME ON 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. *TR UPDATED 12/30/09 *BF THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FRAME BY THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. WHEN THE DEALER TAPPED/TOUCHED THE FRAME, IT FELL INTO PIECES. UPDATED 12/31/09 *JB

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 XCAB 4X4 HAS EXTREME FLAKING RUST ALL OVER FRAME, FRONT BUMPER TO REAR. BODY METAL IS FINE. PART OF FRAME IS BUCKLING/FLEXING, FRONT RIGHT STABILIZER MOUNT HAS SNAPPED OFF WITH NOTHING TO WELD TO. SEVERAL WELD AREAS HAVE WEAKENED OR LET GO. PROBLEM BECAME NOTICEABLE IN 2005 (AT 60,000 ODOMETER MILES). SLOWLY GOT WORSE. LOGGED CASE WITH TOYOTA IN 2008 WHEN FRAME BEGAN TO FLEX. NO PROGRAM TO HELP. SEVERELY WORSE IN 2009. UPDATED CASE WITH TOYOTA. STILL NO OFFER OF HELP OR REMEDY, JUST "WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT". NO LONGER ABLE TO SAFELY TOW, WILL SOON BE UNABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE. BODY LOOKS GREAT, BUT CHASSIS FRAME IS FLAKING TO NOTHING. *TR