1999 Toyota Tacoma

NOTICED MY TRUCK WAS LEAKING GAS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION IT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE TANK AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THE FRAME IS ROTTED OUT AROUND WHERE THE LEAF SPRING IS MOUNTED. MY TRUCK FRAME WAS INSPECTED BY TOYOTA YEARS AGO AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT PASSED. I KNOW ABOUT THE EXTENDED FRAME WARRANTY BUT JUST MY LUCK IT EXPIRED FOR MY TRUCK AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. I USUALLY DO A VISUAL OF THE FRAME WHEN I WASH MY TRUCK BUT DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I SHOULD DO I CAN'T DRIVE MY TRUCK THIS WAY. I KNOW TOYOTA IS GOING TO GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 1999 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X4 11/2013 AT A SMALL DEALERSHIP. I CHECKED THE VEHICLE OUT PRETTY GOOD BEFORE PURCHASE AND FOUND LITE SURFACE RUST ON FRAME AND THOUGHT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. 12/2014 I WAS WORKING ON EMERGENCY BRAKE, DO TO STICKING AND NOTICES A LARGE RUST HOLE AT THE REAR LEAF SPRING. I STARTED LOOKING ON THE INTERNET FOR LOCAL FRAME REPAIR COMPANY'S AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR TACOMA. I CALLED TOYOTA SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT ON FRAME RUST. I CALLED A LOCAL TOYOTA TO BUY A NEW FRAME, THEY TOLD ME THEY DON'T MANUFACTURE THAT YEAR ANYMORE. I TOOK IT TO A FRAME REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $2600 TO FIX THE REAR HALF SECTION OF THE FRAME AND TO REPLACE THE FRONT SECTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE WHOLE FRAME, IF THEY LOCATE ONE USED FROM OUT WEST AND REPAIR WOULD BE $6000. IT REALLY SEEMS THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE HERE AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THE FRAME. IF THEY RECALL THEY HAVE TO FIX ALL THE YEARS MENTIONED. *TR

THE TOYOTA TACOMA 1999 THAT I PURCHASED HAD A 15 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FRAME SUSCEPTIBLE TO RUST. THE WARRANTY ENDED ON 4/10/2014 BUT I DIDN'T PURCHASE THE VEHICLE UNTIL 7/27/2014. THE DEALER DID NOT DISCLOSE THE POOR FRAME CONDITION AND ALLOWED ME TO PURCHASE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE AT THE KBB VALUE. I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPAIR THE DEFECT OR BUY A NEW VEHICLE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NHTSA CAN DO? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT TOYOTA CAN BE ASKED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY BY ONE MORE YEAR? CAN THEY MAKE THIS AN ACTUAL RECALL INSTEAD OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. *TR

WE RECENTLY DISCOVERED A LARGE RUST HOLE IN THE FRAME IN FRONT OF THE REAR WHEEL OF OUR 1999 TOYOTA TACOMA. AFTER TALKING TO OUR MECHANIC ABOUT REPAIR, WE DISCOVERED THAT TOYOTA HAD ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR FRAME DUE ACCELERATED RUSTING OF THE FRAME AND MANUFACTURER DEFECT, BUT WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED. WE CONTACTED TOYOTA, AND THEY SAID THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ON JUNE 10, 2014. APPARENTLY, THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD BEEN CONTACTED, BUT NOT US. WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK ON 2/20/2013. OUR MECHANIC HAS WARNED AGAINST DRIVING THE VEHICLE DUE TO FRAME ROT. TOYOTA IS NOT WILLING TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH WE WERE UNAWARE OF IT AND NOT NOTIFIED. SO, WE NOW HAVE A VEHICLE THAT RUNS WELL AND IS IN GOOD SHAPE MECHANICALLY AND BODY-WISE, BUT WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT DRIVING IT SAFELY ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA TACOMA. AFTER GREASING THE DRIVE SHAFT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THREE RUST HOLES LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE AND REAR OF THE LEAF SPRING MOUNT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MAIN FRAME WAS FAULTY DUE TO RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE BUY BACK OFFER EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED . THE FRAME WAS REPLACED AND SPRAYED WITH RUST PROOFING. UPDATED 12/16/2014 *JS

WE JUST LEARNED RECENTLY ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THE TOYOTA FRAMES RUSTING OUT AND WHEN WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TOYOTA TO GET IT LOOKED AT THEY RESPONDED THAT THE 15 YEAR FRAME WARRANTY EXPIRED ON 5-27-2014. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED BY TOYOTA ABOUT THIS ISSUE, NOR WERE WE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN A FRIEND HAD AN ISSUE AND TOLD US ABOUT IT. IF TOYOTA WOULD HAVE NOTIFIED US WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE FRAME INSPECTED PRIOR TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD EXPIRING. THEY DID NOTIFY ME IN 2007 OR SO ABOUT A RECALL ON MY 1990 TOYOTA BUT NOT THIS ONE FOR MY 1999 WHICH IS VERY A SERIOUS ISSUE. *TR

TRUCK HAS PERFORATED RUST THROUGH THE FRAME. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE IMPACTING OLDER TOYOTA TACOMAS. I HAVE RECEIVED NO NOTICE OF ANY ISSUE FROM TOYOTA DESPITE HAVING A GOOD ADDRESS ON FILE, BUT AFTER CONTACTING TOYOTA, THEY HAVE INFORMED ME OF A 15 YEAR EXTENDED PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR PERFORATED FRAME RUST ISSUES ON THIS TRUCK. PER TOYOTA, THIS PROGRAM LAPSED TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO MY CALL. ONLINE RESEARCH AND LOCAL DEALERSHIP CONFIRMS, TOYOTA WAS BUYING THESE TRUCKS BACK AND PAYING 150% OF THE KBB EXCELLENT VALUE, IN ORDER TO SIMPLY CRUSH THE TRUCK AND MOVE ON. PER TOYOTA, SINCE I HAVE FOUND THE PROGRAM ON MY OWN AND AM CALLING TWO MONTHS LATE, THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION WHATSOEVER, EITHER REPAIR OR REPURCHASE. PER THE DEALER, THEY ARE GETTING MULTIPLE INQUIRES INTO THIS DUE TO PEOPLE NOT BEING AWARE OF THE PROGRAM. AT THIS TIME, THE FRAME IS SO DAMAGED DUE TO RUST THAT IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 02/11, FROM MY BROTHER. I HEARD ABOUT A RECALL AND CALLED BETTEN TOYOTA, NOW TOYOTA OF GRAND RAPIDS, BUT WAS TOLD THE VIN WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL. EARLY IN 2014, I NOTICED THE CAB CORNER HAD DROPPED DOWN. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND SAW THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. I CALLED TOYOTA OF GR; THEY TOLD ME TO CALL TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE. I CALLED TOYOTA'S MAIN OFFICE (CUSTOMER SERVICE); THEY ASSIGNED ME A CASE NUMBER AND TOLD ME TO BRING IT TO A LOCAL DEALER AND HAVE THEM CHECK IT. I BROUGHT IT TO TOYOTA OF GR WHERE THEIR MECHANIC DEEMED IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. TOYOTA OF GR SENT THIS REPORT TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE. ON 4/24/14 I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT "TOYOTA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON YOUR TACOMA FOR A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS WITH NO MILEAGE LIMITATION FROM THE VEHICLE'S IN SERVICE DATE, FOR PERFORATION OF THE VEHICLE'S FRAME CAUSED BY RUST CORROSION. BASED ON A RECENT INSPECTION OF YOUR TACOMA, IT APPEARS THAT THE FRAME IS INDEED PERFORATED. AS A RESULT, TOYOTA IS PREPARED TO REPURCHASE YOUR TACOMA." ON 4/25/14 I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A. INC. STATING THAT THEY WOULD REPURCHASE MY VEHICLE SUBJECT TO THE CONFIRMATION THAT MY VEHICLE COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. I WAS ASKED TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT ACCEPTING THEIR REPURCHASE AMOUNT AND SEND IT BACK TO THEM WITH A COPY OF THE TITLE. THIS WAS COMPLETED ON 4/28/14. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM TOYOTA 4/30/14 STATING THAT THE TRUCK DID NOT QUALIFY BECAUSE OF THE DATE IT WAS PUT INTO SERVICE. I FOUND OUT I MISSED IT BY FOUR MONTHS. IF THEY WOULD HAVE TOLD ME WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 3 YEARS EARLIER THAT IT DID QUALIFY, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AT THAT TIME. THEY HAD MY VIN BEFORE THEY SENT THE LETTER OUT ON 4/25/14 WHEN THEY SAID THEY WOULD BUY IT BACK. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WITH THIS SITUATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE LOCAL MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION, THE SUBFRAME WAS FOUND TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 310,000.