2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA TRUCK MY FRAME IS RUSTING AWAY, IT IS RUSTED AT ALL THE MOUNTING POINTS AND IS FLAKING AWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FRAME WAS ROTTING. THE DEALER FOUND LARGE HOLES IN THE FRAME AND WILL NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT IS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND BELIEVES THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 82,000. UPDATED 08/04/09 *BF UPDATED 08/05/09.*JB

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT I BROUGHT IN 2005 WHEN I WAS IN NY. I HAVE MOVED TO CT SINCE. I WAS HAVING MY REAR BRAKES ADJUSTED 2 YEARS AGO WHEN MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY REAR END HOUSING WAS LEAKING GEAR OIL. I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE REAR END HOUSING COSTING ME $1,500. LAST WEEK I WAS HAVING THE FRONT BRAKES REPLACED AND SAME MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY FRAME BEHIND THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS RUSTED THROUGH. I KNOW THAT THE 2000 TACOMAS WERE INVOLVED IN A RECALL ABOUT RUSTED FRAMES. I ALSO KNOW THAT THE 2000 TUNDRA AND 2000 TACOMA HAVE THE SAME FRAME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TOYOTA CAN HAVE A RECALL FOR ONE MODEL AND NO RECALL FOR ANOTHER MODEL EITHER THOUGH BOTH MODELS HAVE THE SAME FAULTY PART????????? *TR

EXTENSIVE FRAME RUST ON THE WELL MAINTAINED TRUCK. IT IS MECHANICALLY EXCELLENT. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS RIDDLED WITH PERFORATIONS END-TO-END. THE SPARE TIRE SUPPORT RUSTED THROUGH AND THE WHEEL FELL OFF ON THE HIGHWAY SOMEWHERE (I HOPE IT DIDN'T CAUSE DAMAGE). I HOPE NHTSA WILL ASK TOYOTA TO STEP UP ON THIS. MY LOCAL INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TOOK A LOOK AT THE FRAME ON THE LIFT AND ESSENTIALLY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE EXHAUST SYSTEM BECAUSE THE FRAME IS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. IT WILL NOT PASS ANOTHER INSPECTION WITHOUT A FRAME REBUILD. THE BODY IS FINE. *TR

I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA AND IT HAS EXCESSIVE RUST AND CORROSION ON THE FRAME OF VEHICLE. BODY OF THE VEHICLE HAS NO RUST. VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED, IN OTHERWISE GREAT SHAPE. LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER INDICATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND TO CONTACT TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS. CONTACTED TOYOTA ABOUT THE PROBLEM (4/08) AND RECEIVED A RESPONSE THAT MY CORROSION WARRANTY RAN OUT 9/05 AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. THEY INDICATED THEY LOGGED THE INCIDENT AND THAT WAS IT. CONCERN IS THAT VARIOUS IMPORTANT POINTS OF FRAME STRUCTURE ARE RUSTING VERY BAD. I.E. LEAF SPRING SUPPORTS, BODY MOUNTS. THIS IS MY NEWEST VEHICLE AND BY FAR HAS THE WORST RUST. AFTER TOYOTA INDICATED THEY COULD NOT HELP ME I DID TRY TO PAINT AND COAT THE FRAME FOR PROTECTION. THIS DID NOT HELP AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AT THE SAME RATE WITH LITTLE EVIDENCE ANYTHING HAS EVER BEEN DONE TO STOP THE ISSUE. *TR UPDATED IVOQ 11/03/1

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA WHICH I JUST TOOK FOR MY ANNUAL MASSACHUSETTS VEHICLE SAFETY AND EMISSIONS INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD BY THE INSPECTION STATION THAT MY VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE FRAME AND THAT IT MARGINALLY PASSES THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. ALSO THEY INDICATED THAT IT WILL MOST LIKELY FAIL THE INSPECTION IN 2010. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA 4X4. I LIVE IN N.H PLUS I'M THE ONLY OWNER ON THIS TRUCK PLUS I HAVE IT SERVICE WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. MY PROBLEM LIKE EVERYONE THAT HAS ONE OF THIS TRUCK OF THAT YEAR. IT'S FRAME IS ALL RUSTED OUT ON ME THE FRAME IS GOING TO RUST OUT BEFORE THE BODY PARTS ARE THAT IS PRETTY DAME BAD FOR EXPENSIVE TRUCK WHICH SHOULD LAST LOT LONGER AND THIS. THE MOTOR STILL HAVE A LOT OF LIFE TO IT AND ONLY HAS 115000 MILES ON IT. I HOPE TOYOTA WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS LIKE A RECALL WHICH THEY SHOULD IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE COME BACK TO BUY AND THEY WILL SEE HOW TOYOTA KEEPS THERE PEOPLE HAPPY. I NOW IT COST THEM A LOT FROM THE LAST RECALL ON THERE TRUCK.BUT A RECALL IS A RECALL PLUS SAFELY FIRST AND HOW GOOD THEY STAND BEHIND THERE WORDS ON THEIR CARS AND TRUCK. AS FOR ME THAT ALL I BROUGHT WAS TOYOTA AND I LOVE THERE ITEMS. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AS FOR THE TRUCK I HAVE THAT IT RUSTED OUT ON THE FRAME WHICH SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AT ALL WE PAY LOT OF MONEY AND WE SHOULD GET MANY YEARS AND LIFE OUT OF THE TRUCK OWNERS. SO I'M SAYING THIS AND SUPPORTING ALL OTHER TOYOTA TUNDRA THAT FRAMES IS RUSTING OUT BEFORE THERE TIME SHOULD BE.PLEASE HELP US OWNERS TOYOTA STAND BEHIND YOUR WORDS. *TR

I DROPPED OFF MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DOES NOT WORK FOR TOYOTA BUT AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE. I ASKED HIM TO REPLACE MY DAMAGED REAR BUMPER WITH ONE I PURCHASED THROUGH THE INTERNET AND ALSO INSTALL A TOW HITCH. INTO THE JOB HE REALIZED THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS ROTTED AREAS THROUGHOUT THE FRAME AND THAT THE BUMPER AND HITCH COULD NOT BE SECURED SAFELY WITHOUT REPLACING THE ROTTED SUPPORT SYSTEM. THESE PARTS WILL COST ME A HUGE AMOUNT AND I FEEL THIS IS ALL DUE TO TOYOTA'S SUB-STANDARD STEEL TREATMENT. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA EXT. CAB SR5 4X4 WITH 105,000K ON IT. EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD INSIDE AND OUT AND RUNS FLAWLESSLY. THE DAY AFTER I BOUGHT IT HOWEVER, I NOTICED SOME MINOR RUST ON THE FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS, WHICH LED ME TO LOOK AT THE UNDERCARRIAGE. I FOUND SEVERAL PARTS OF THE FRAME TO BE SEVERELY RUSTED WITH 1-2 INCH LONG AND 1/8 INCH THICK PIECES CRACKING OFF THE FRAME SURFACE. THE FRAME IS VERY THIN IN MANY AREAS AND I'M NOT SURE HOW TO REPAIR. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM AND WILL HAVE THE FRAME INSPECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR

I'VE OWNED MY 2000 TUNDRA SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PASSENGER SIDE MANIFOLD. I HAVE 172K ON THE VEHICLE, AND WAS GETTING THE EXHAUST REPAIRED, WHEN THE MECHANIC TOOK OFF THE FRONT TIRE AND TOLD ME I HAD A BIG RUST HOLE IN THE FRONT SECTION OF THE FRAME . WE THEN INSPECTED THE FRAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE FRAME HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY THRU IN SPOTS WHEN TAPPED WITH A HAMMER. SINCE I USE THIS VEHICLE FOR A BUSINESS I STARTED LAST YEAR, AND TOW EQUIPMENT FOR WORK, I MUST PURCHASE A VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. THIS VEHICLE RAN FINE AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FRAME WOULD HAVE LASTED AT LEAST 5 MORE YEARS. AFTER READING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED WITH THE TACOMAS. *TR