2003 Toyota Tacoma

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER AND SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V542000 (TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,650. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME, SPARE TIRE CARRIER AND OIL PAN SHIELD WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO BECOME AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V542000 (TIRES). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 214,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 218,000. UPDATED 6/10/14*CN

TOYOTA HAS BLATANTLY STATED THEY PUT FAULTY FRAMES ON THEIR 2003 TACOMAS AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, THE FRAMES WOULD RUST BECAUSE OF COATING NOT BEING PUT ON PROPERLY. TOYOTA EVEN WON A LAWSUIT FROM THE COMPANY WHO MADE THE FRAMES. NOW, TOYOTA DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE GOOD ON THE RUSTED FRAMES ON THESE TACOMAS. OUR FRAME MAY NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE RUST AND IF IN THE EVENT, THIS FRAME CAUSES HARM TO MY FAMILY, A LAWSUIT WILL BE FILED BY ME AGAINST TOYOTA. AFTER MANY CONTACTS VIA EMAIL AND PHONE, TOYOTA STATES THAT WE DID NOT CONTACT THEM IN THE TIME FRAME THEY GAVE REGARDING THE FRAME PROBLEM. WELL, YOU ONLY CONTACT A COMPANY ABOUT SOMETHING WHEN THE PROBLEM IS BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND IN OUR CASE, WAS TOO LATE. THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A TIME FRAME PUT ON THIS AND THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL DONE ON ALL THESE FRAMES. WHEN A PERSON DIES FROM THESE RUSTED FRAMES BREAKING IN HALF WHILE DRIVING, THEN MAYBE SOMEONE WILL DO SOMETHING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE UNDER CARRIAGE WAS EXTREMELY RUSTED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

FRAME RUSTED/ CRACKED WOULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA DURING THE FIRST RECALL AND I WAS TOLD IT PASSED. DID NOT GO BACK FOR SUBSEQUENT RECALLS TO HAVE THE FRAME SPRAYED. CALLED TOYOTA WHEN THE TRUCK FAILED INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE FRAME SPRAYED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO FOR ME. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM OUTLASTED THE FRAME. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. *TR