2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA Complaints

DRIVING AT 50 MPH, ENGINE LOSSES POWER LIKE FUEL IS CUT OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, THROTTLE PEDAL HAS NO RESPONSE UNTIL 3/4 DOWN . VERY DANGEROUS AS I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK. I WAS TOLD IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. CLEARED CODE & HAPPENED AGAIN 2 DAYS LATER, THIS TIME AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP. VEHICLE STALLED & WOULD NOT RESTART - SAME CODE - P1121

RECALL FOR UNDERCARRIAGE, ACCORDING TO SERVICE PERSONAL MY TRUCK DID NOT MEET CRITERIA TO BE REPLACED SO ALL THAT WAS DONE WAS SAND OFF RUST AND REPAINT. SO NOW WENT FOR INSPECTION AND IT WILL NOT PASS IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. SO THIS WAS PURE NEGLIGENCE ON YOUR PART TO NOT FIX IT PROPERLY SO AT THIS TIME I HAVE THE BACKING OF MY MECHANIC TO PURSUE THIS ISSUE TO SEE THAT MY TRUCK GET A NEW UNDERCARRIAGE WHICH IT SHOULD HAD FROM THE START.

THE FRAME HAS DEVELOPED RUST HOLES LARGER THAN QUARTER SIZED IN MULTIPLE PLACES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE LOWER BALL JOINT SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE LOWER BALL JOINT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AT 800-331-4331 AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. CASE NUMBER: 1709200106 WAS PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 247,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE SPARE TIRE, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE TIRE AND REALIZED THAT THE TIRE HAD FALLEN OFF AND THE REAR CROSS MEMBER WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MENDENHALL AUTO CENTER (8725 MALLARD STREET, JUNEAU, AK 99801) AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR CROSS MEMBER WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED AND NO LONGER STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V444000 (STRUCTURE) DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING REGISTERED IN ALASKA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. UPDATED 11/02/17*LJ *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS SEVERE RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LYNCH TOYOTA OF MANCHESTER, CT WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED IN 2014 PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V444000 (STRUCTURE), BUT NO SERVICE WAS PERFORMED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF RUST AT THAT TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,000. *JS

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA FRAM RUSTED THROUGH IN 3 AREAS. TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HELP WITH THIS

I HAVE TRIED TO GET TOYOTA TO REPLACE MY FRAME FOR ABOUT MAYBE SIX YEARS. I HAVE TAKEN AND HAD THE TREATMENT AROUND THE SPARE TIRE ON THE FRAME TREATED, AND OVER A COUPLE OF YEAR ALL OF THE BLACK COLORED TREATMENT JUST FEEL OFF ON MY DRIVEWAY IN CHARLESTON WV WHERE I LIVED AT THE TIME. I WENT BACK TO LOVE LEXUS AND TOYOTA TO HAVE MY FRAME CHECKED TO SEE IF THEY COULD REPLACE IT ACCORDING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE 2000-2003 TUNDRA TRUCKS.LOVES SAID MY FRAME LOOKED OK TO THEM AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING AT THAT TIME. THIS WAS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. NOW MY LEFT FRONT SIDE OF MY FRAME HAS A HOLE IN THE UNDER NEATH SIDE OF THE FRAME AND THE STRUT BAR IS RIPPING AWAY FROM THE FRAME...I CALLED AND TALKED TO ALEXUS, AND AL , AND A HIGHER UP MAN IN THE COMPANY NAMED ROB, THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME BETTER I.D. THAN THAT, I TOLD HIM THIS STORY AS I'M SURE HIS UNDERLING AL DID, THAT IS WHY ROB CALLED ME ON AUG 22ND AND TOLD ME THERE WERE NO AVENUES THAT HE (ROB) COULD SEE TO HELP ME.THEN I SAID WOULD HE HELP ME TRADE FOR A NEWER TRUCK AND HE (ROB) SAID THAT WOULD BE UP TO ME TO DO. MY TUNDRA IS UNDRIVEABLE AND I THINK TOYOTA SHOULD FIX IT IN THE DEAL THAT WAS MADE FOR THE 2000 TO 2003 TOYOYA TUNDRA TRUCKS. WHAT DO I DO TO GET SOME HELP. WALK TO WHRE I WANT TO GO? I AM ON DISABILITY AND I HAVE VERY BAD CONDITIONS, AND I DON'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO BUY A VEHICLE. I THINK IF MY VEHICLE MEETS THEIR SPECS FOR REPAIR MY TRUCK SHOULD BE FIXED!!!! I TRIED TO FIND OUT THE LAWYERS WHO WON OR SETTLED THIS CASE AND COULD NOT FIND ANY HELP IN DOING THIS? HELP FROM TONY OF HUNTINGTON WV. THANK YOU.

FRAME RECALL - THE FRAME ORIGINALLY RECEIVED THE CRC COATING FROM KERRY TOYOTA DURING THE FRAME RECALL (UNKNOWN RECALL NUMBER AND TIME OF APPLICATION). THE COATING HAS FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE STEERING RACK MOUNTS HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME DUE TO RUST. THE BOLT AND MOUNTING POINT ARE STILL TOGETHER, BUT BROKEN FROM THE CROSSMEMBER. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THERE WAS A SUDDEN CHANGE IN HOW THE STEERING WAS OPERATING. IT WAS CAUSING ME TO WONDER AROUND IN MY LINE. I FELT I HAD VERY LITTLE CONTROL ON THE STEERING. ONCE I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK, IT WAS APPARENT AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. THERE IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT RUST DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT FRAME ASSEMBLY WHERE THE MAIN CROSS MEMBER IS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. THIS IS ALSO WHERE MAIN SUSPENSION COMPONENTS MOUNT TO THE FRAME. I BELIEVE THE CRC COATING HAS DONE NOTHING TO PREVENT THE RUST FROM DESTROYING THE FRAME AS IT WAS DESTROYED FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THERE ARE OTHER SUB CROSS MEMBERS SUFFERING THE SAME RUST DAMAGE ALONG THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. THERE ARE TWO MOUNTS WHERE THERE IS COMPLETE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE FRAME AND CROSSMEMBER.

I HAVE RUST HOLES IN THE FRONT SECTION OF MY TRUCK FRAME. TOYOTA REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ONLY APPEAR TO COVER THE REAR PART OF THE FRAME. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND COULD CAUSE A LIFE SAFETY CONDITION WHEN THE FRAME FAILS.