2006 Toyota Tacoma

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO PAINT THE VEHICLE AS A TEMPORARY REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 09/07/2011 *LN *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE FRAME AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE RUST YET THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RUST BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 32,900 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23,400. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRAME BEGAN TO RUST WITHIN THREE YEARS OF PURCHASE. UPDATED 09/19/11

I OWN A 2006 TACOMA TRD SPORT WITH 67000 MILES THAT I BOUGHT WITH 39000 MILES ON IT. I FANATICALY TAKE CARE OF THIS VEHICLE, GOING AS FAR AS CRAWLING UNDER IT TO WASH THE FRAME. WHEN DOING THIS I NOTICED THAT WHEREVER THERE IS A WELD OR FLAT SURFACE THAT THE PAINT IS MISSING AND THERE IS RUST. I HAVE READ IN MANY ARTICLES THAT THESE FRAMES AS WELL AS PREVIOUS GENERATION TACOMAS WERE MADE BY DANA AND THAT THERE WERE SEVERE SAFETY ISSUES DUE TO CORROSION IN EARLIER ONES. WHY DIDN'T TOYOTA CORRECT THESE ISSUE ON NEWER MODELS? I HAVE ALSO READ THAT TOYOTA WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE UNTILL THERE IS PERFORATION. WHEN THE FRAME REACHES THE PERFORATION POINT IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. MY TRUCK ISN'T YET AT THAT STAGE SO I'M EXPECTING TOYOTA TO DO NOTHING FOR ME. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. IT IS WASHED REGULARLY AND ALL MANUFACTURER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMED. EVERY YEAR I TAKE THE TIME TO DO THROUGH INSPECTION UNDERNEATH TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. LAST SUMMER WHEN FLUSHING OUT FRAME TUBES WITH A GARDEN HOSE I NOTICED LARGE FLAKES OF RUST BEING FLUSHED OUT THROUGH THE DRAIN HOLES. I ALSO NOTED SIGNIFICANT RUST ON MANY AREAS OF THE FRAME. THIS SUMMER I CAN SEE THE PROBLEM IS GETTING SEVERELY WORSE. BRACKETS AND MOUNTS ARE BECOMING SEVERELY RUSTED. FRAME IS BEGINNING TO FLAKE. SKID PLAT IS NEARLY RUSTED THROUGH. AT THE MASS INSPECTION THE INSPECTOR TOLD ME THE TRUCK FRAME IS RUSTING FAST AND I NEEDED TO BE CONCERNED. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD! THE BODY IS PERFECT. BUT THE FRAME IS CRUMBLING! I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MY DEALER. HE SAID MANY 2005 MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM AND TOYOTA WAS REPLACING THE FRAMES. THEY DID AN INSPECTION AND SAID MY PROBLEM IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE 05S. BUT THEY DID THINK TOYOTA WAS GOING TO REPAIR THE 06 MODELS. PLEASE HELP. I NEED AT LEAST 4 MORE YEARS FROM THIS TRUCK. AND I LOOKED AT TRADING, BUT THE DEALER SAID WITH THE RUST MY CURRENT VEHICLE IS NOT WORTH MUCH ON A TRADE. *TR

I AM ORIGINAL OWNER OF 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA, CURRENTLY HAS 41,000 MILES. BEGAN TO NOTICE A LITTLE SURFACE RUST ON THE FRAME AROUND 20,000 MILES AT WHICH TIME I POINTED OUT TO SERVICE DEPT AT DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. WAS TOLD THAT SHOULD NOT GET ANY WORSE, AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO WORK ABOUT. SINCE THIS TIME RUST HAS GOTTEN CONSIDERABLY WORSE, EACH TIME I TRY TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE AT TOYOTA OR DEALERSHIP I AM GIVEN RUN AROUND,COLD SHOULDER. I HAVE RESEARCHED SEVERAL LEGITIMATE AND REPUTABLE SOURCES AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS, POSSIBLY THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS OF FRAME RUST ON 2005 AND NEWER TACOMAS. PLEASE, SOMEONE HELP! MY FAMILY NEEDS THIS TRUCK TO LAST. THIS COMES DOWN TO SIMPLY DOING THE RIGHT THING, BEING HONEST, AND FAIR. *TR

WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE IN THE ENGINE AREA, WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. TOOK IT TO OUR MECHANIC, AND HE FOUND A LOOSE FAN SHROUD AND TIGHTENED IT UP. TWO WEEKS LATER THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING. WE TOWED THE 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB TO THE DEALERSHIP WE BOUGHT THE CAR FROM, AND THEY FINALLY TOLD US THE FRAME WAS BROKEN UNDER THE ENGINE AREA, RIGHT NEXT TO THE POWER STEERING. THEY TOLD US $14,000 TO FIX THE TRUCK. THEY SAID WE NEED A FULL FRAME REPLACEMENT. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 71,000 MILES. IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED...TOYOTA OFFERED TO PAY 1/2 OF THE FRAME COST, WHICH THEY SAID IS $9800, NOT INCLUDING THE 40 HOURS @$40/HR OF LABOR THEY WANT TO CHARGE TO REPLACE IT. THEY WILL NOT TELL ME WHY MY FRAME IS BROKEN. I HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO AN DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOP, FOR ANOTHER ESTIMATE, WHICH THE DEALERSHIP HASN'T EVEN GIVEN ME THEIR WRITTEN ESTIMATE. WHEN I ASKED FOR IT THEY MADE UP AN EXCUSE ON WHY I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE SERVICE REP. TO ACCESS MY ACCOUNT TO PRINT IT OUT FOR ME, THIS IS WHEN I REMOVED MY TRUCK LAST WEEK AFTER, THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE THE DEAL OR GET MY TRUCK OFF THEIR PROPERTY OR THEY WOULD STARTING CHARGING ME FEES. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR THREE WEEKS NOW, I HAVE HAD NO LOANER, AND NOW HELP FROM TOYOTA OR THE DEALER. MY HUSBAND COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, WHEN HE LOST POWER STEERING, THIS IS A DEFECTIVE FRAME, AND DUE TO IT BREAKING, IT CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO GO OUT. WE HAVE NO TRUCK NOW, AND STILL OWE OVER $10,000 FOR THIS BROKEN, DEFECTIVE ONE. *TR

2006 TOYOTA TACOMA TAILGATE IS DANGEROUSLY WEAK, AND IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT WHAT MOST CONSIDER NORMAL WEIGHT FOR A TRUCK TAILGATE. ALTHOUGH SUBSTANDARD DESIGN MAY BE CONSIDERED "BUYER BEWARE", TRUCK BUYERS EXPECT A TAILGATE TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF NORMAL TRUCK USE ACTIVITIES. TOYOTA PROVIDES NO WARNING OR CAUTION ANYWHERE THAT THE TAILGATE IS OF INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO PERFORM NORMAL 1/2-TON TRUCK DUTIES, AND TYPICALLY (PER INTERNET FORUM THREADS) TELLS THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT IT IS THEIR PROBLEM AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY USE THE TAILGATE FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN HIDING THE INSIDE OF THE BED. SINCE TOYOTA HAS PRODUCED A SUBSTANDARD DESIGNED PART, THEY SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED A VISUAL WARNING ON THE PART TO ALERT CUSTOMERS TO THE DANGER THEIR PRODUCT IMPOSES IF USED IN A TRADITIONAL MANNER. SINCE THEY DID NOT DO SO, THEY SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE TO PROVIDE A REDESIGNED PART TO THEIR CUSTOMERS OR FULL RESTITUTION FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE VEHICLES. A GOOGLE OR SIMILAR INTERNET SEARCH ON "TACOMA TAILGATE FORUM" WILL SUBSTANTIATE MY STATEMENTS BEYOND MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE TAILGATE BENDING. *TR

I AM WRITING TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. IN JANUARY 2010 WHILE I WAS HAVING NEW TIRES INSTALLED ON MY TRUCK I NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUST AND LARGE AREAS OF METAL FLAKING OFF OF THE FRAME, CROSSMEMBERS AND FACTORY INSTALLED TRAILER HITCH OF MY TRUCK. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS DISCOVERY I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT TOYOTA HAD INSTITUTED A CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR OWNERS OF 1995-2004 TACOMAS ADDRESSING THIS EXACT ISSUE. ON JANUARY 15, 2010 I TOOK MY TRUCK TO GATEWAY TOYOTA IN TOM'S RIVER NJ, THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT MY THEN NEW TRUCK IN 2006 AND HAD THEIR SERVICE MANAGER INSPECT MY TRUCK. I WAS PRESENT DURING THIS INSPECTION AND I POINTED OUT THE LARGE ARREARS OF RUST AND FLAKING METAL ON MY FRAME, CROSSMEMBERS AND TRAILER HITCH TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO TOLD ME THAT UNLESS MY FRAME HAD ACTUAL HOLES IN IT CAUSED BY RUST NOTHING COULD OR WOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THE OBVIOUS CORROSION OF THESE VITAL COMPONENTS. THIS RUST PROBLEM IS AN ISSUE THAT TOYOTA HAS BEEN AVOIDING DEALING WITH FOR MANY YEARS AND I FEEL THAT IGNORING THIS ISSUE IS AFFECTING THE SAFETY AND VALUE OF MY TRUCK. IT IS BEYOND LOGIC FOR TOYOTA TO ASSIST OWNERS OF OLDER VEHICLES AND IGNORE OWNERS OF NEWER AND MUCH MORE VALUABLE VEHICLES WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE INSTITUTE A RECALL OF ALL TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCKS REGARDLESS OF YEAR OF MANUFACTURE BEFORE SERIOUS AND POSSIBLY DEADLY INCIDENTS OCCUR DUE TO COMPROMISED STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THESE SUBSTANDARD AND RUST PRONE FRAMES. . THANK YOU. *TR

STARTING IN MARCH 2009, CAST ALUMINUM WHEELS HAVE PAINT BUBBLING AND SURFACE CORROSION. CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE STATING OUT OF WARRANTY CONDITION. A PROFESSIONAL WHEEL RECONDITIONER HAS STATED THAT IF EVEN IF REPAINTED IT WOULD RETURN SINCE THE CORROSION IS EMBEDDED INTO THE METAL. MY OPINION IS THAT OVER TIME, SURFACE CORROSION CAN LEAD TO WEAKENING OF THE WHEEL STRUCTURE POTENTIALLY CAUSING FAILURE AND SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

THE FRAME OF MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA IS SEVERELY RUSTED AT ALL WELDS AND CONNECTIONS. SINCE THE CAR IS GARAGED 95% OF THE TIME AND THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 12,000 MILES ON IT AND SINCE I WASH IT REGULARLY IT MAKES EVEN LESS SENSE. I'VE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED IT WAS SEVERELY RUSTED BUT NOT YET "PERFORATED"--THE CRITERIA FOR THE WARRANTY TO KICK IN. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME IT WAS THE WORST HE'D SEEN. I'VE CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE IN CALIFORNIA AND HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO THE LADY IN CHARGE OF THE PREVIOUS RECALL FOR RUSTED TOYOTA TACOMA FRAMES THAT ENDED WITH THE 2002 MODEL. SHE TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD OR WOULD DO. I WAS TOLD I'D HAVE TO HAVE A BODY SHOP CLEAN THE RUST AREAS, TREAT THEM WITH A RUST NEUTRALIZER (SIC?) AND THEN RE-PAINT THEM. I AM A FANATIC ABOUT CAR CLEANLINESS AND EVEN HAVE A SPOTLESS ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT ALL TIMES. THE PREVIOUS TACOMA FRAME RECALL WAS FROM 1998 - 2002 AND TOYOTA REPLACED FRAMES AND ENTIRE VEHICLES. THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I'VE LOGGED ONTO THE TACOMA YAHOO CHAT GROUP AND FOUND NUMEROUS TACOMA OWNERS OF LATER MODEL TRUCKS COMPLAINING OF THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. *TR