Disposable Tundra's

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

No, there were some cases of frame failure at one of the weld points.

JC

Hmmmmm..... that would do it.....

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

No, there were some cases of frame failure at one of the weld points.



I didn't believe it myself when they handed me a check, but then again, they bought me a new truck and you didn't, so fuck you.

JC

Frames cracking is a saftey issue. I can assure you the government forced them to repurchase or fix certain vehicles and not of Toyotas "good will". I've seen it many many times with Japanese OEMs. Your vehicle prolly costs more to repair then to just buy the vehicle outright.

[Rangerscott]

Had a guy on my 4x4 get a new pickup because of his Toyota pickup frame rusting out.

[Rsv1000R]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Cheap tinscrap IMO.

While my frame hasn't broken in two, my GMC truck has horrible rust.
The bolt heads on the transfer case have swelled up so much they look round.
I've had to replace all of the brakelines
The fuel lines are as bad as the brakelines, it just hasn't split yet.
I can't remove the fuel filter, see above. But it's only 10k miles past the 30k change interval (for the math impaired that's 40k miles on it).
The factory rotors lasted about 1 winter before they pitted so bad chunks started flaking off of them.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Frames cracking is a saftey issue. I can assure you the government forced them to repurchase or fix certain vehicles and not of Toyotas "good will". I've seen it many many times with Japanese OEMs. Your vehicle prolly costs more to repair then to just buy the vehicle outright.

That may well be, but I doubt the government forced them to buy it back at 1.5 times retail blue book, and throw in a rental car and a cash inventive to repurchase one of their vehicles.

Rsv, you get any letters offering to fix or replace your GMC?

No, didn't think so.

I guess brake lines aren't a safety issue.

JC

[Rsv1000R]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

That may well be, but I doubt the government forced them to buy it back at 1.5 times retail blue book, and throw in a rental car and a cash inventive to repurchase one of their vehicles.

Rsv, you get any letters offering to fix or replace your GMC?

No, didn't think so.

I guess brake lines aren't a safety issue.

JC

Hell no, But to be fair I never complained about the brake lines it was well out of warranty. On the other hand I did complain about the rust after about 3-4 years, and I was told it was normal for my part of the country.

What pisses me off, is that for a few hundred $'s in better metal that I'd gladly pay, it doesn't have to be this way.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by BobTheBiker

you ever been to a carwash that washes the underside as well? those help I think. fuck, if you live in a northern state wehre you see salt on the road, spring for teh extra money when you buy a vehicle and get the underside coated in rhino liner or something. I aint sure if they cover frames with that shit, but I'd think it'd sure help.

Originally Posted by Particle Man

every car I've owned was undercoated. I regularly get 150,000+ miles out of each vehicle.

Originally Posted by Rsv1000R

They don't, and for the most part undercoatings barely offered anymore, mostly because it didn't seem to help all that much.

You can't wash it enough to keep it off during the winter, cause as soon as your drive it it kicks up salt again, and it does this until the spring rains wash it off the roads. As well as it's a real bitch to have your door freeze shut after you wash your car in the middle of winter.

I had my Maxima undercoated when I bought it new in 97. 12 years and 127K miles later I have zero rust. Living in MI I see American cars looking like rusted out shit boxes in less than 10 years. Undercoating and frequent under body cleanings in the winter will substantially increase the life of your vehicle.

[Rsv1000R]

My wifes 8 yr old Jeep which wasn't undercoated either looked a lot better than my GMC at 8 years.

So while UC might have helped the Maxima, it could have just been better metal.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Rsv1000R

My wifes 8 yr old Jeep which wasn't undercoated either looked a lot better than my GMC at 8 years.

So while UC might have helped the Maxima, it could have just been better metal.

True, I see lots of old Maximas still on the road and they too are pretty much rust free.

[RCM78]

This is a known issue on tacoma's. Toyota has a program going right now if your taco falls within a certain vin range and has enough rust on the frame they will buy it back for 1.5X the book value.

Looks like they have the same problem with the tundras of the same time frame.