1999 Toyota Tacoma Other Problems

Your truck's frame is severely rusted and broken, creating a safety hazard. The dealer told you that the frame recall has expired and they won't cover the repair under warranty. You'll likely need to pay out-of-pocket for frame repair or replacement, which typically involves a professional inspection and structural welding or full frame replacement.

You noticed a metal strip hanging from underneath your truck and discovered the frame was heavily rusted. After inspection, you determined the truck wasn't safe to drive due to frame damage. You had the frame inspected at a Toyota dealer in 2009 and were told it was fine, but by 2016 the rust damage became severe, leaving you unable to use the truck for hauling and projects. Frame repair or replacement may be required to address the structural rust damage.

Your truck was recalled for frame corrosion and inspected at a Toyota dealer in November 2011, where it was deemed acceptable. However, when you had it inspected again in May 2018, it failed inspection because the frame corrosion had worsened significantly and was nearly rusted through. This suggests the frame damage progressed substantially between the two inspections despite the earlier clearance.

Your truck's frame has started rusting heavily over the last 6 months, even though it was in good condition during Toyota's previous frame recall period. You've contacted a Toyota dealership but haven't been able to get help with the issue. The frame rust appears to be developing from underneath the vehicle.

Your truck's frame has developed rust. This is a structural integrity concern that should be inspected by a professional to determine the extent of the damage and whether repairs or replacement sections are needed.

I HAVE HAD A 1997 TOYOTA TACOMA AND THE FRAME BROKE. NOW I HAVE A 1999 TOYOTA TACOMA AND THE FRAME HAS BROKEN BECAUSE OF RUST. WE WANT TO KNOW IF THE TOYOTA IS STANDING BY AND REPAIRING OR IF THEY ARE GIVING COMPENSATION FOR THIS ISSUE. HOW DO WE FIND OUT ABOUT THIS? THE TRUCK LOOKS VERY NICE. EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS AND LOOKS LIKE NOTHING IS WRONG. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DEFECTIVE.

MY TRUCK FRAME HAD A RECALL AND TOYOTA TOLD ME IT WAS SOLID. I HAD IT RUSTPROOFED AND TODAY WHILE DRIVING HOME ON THE BACK ROAD WITH MY DOGS IN THE TRUCK MY LEAF SPRING FELL OFF THE FRAME DUE TO A ROTTED FRAME. IF I HAD BEEN ON A HIGHWAY DOING 60, I WOULD NOT BE WRITING YOU. HAD TO HAVE IT BROUGHT HOME ON A FLAT BED TRUCK AND CALL FOR A RIDE FOR ME AND THE DOGS. DISGUSTING! THEY STILL ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE FRAMES ON NEWER MODELS AND ARE NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH ME TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM.

TAKATA RECALL.

1999 TOYOTA TACOMA THAT I BOUGHT DROVE A AROUND FOR A YEAR ONLY HAS 160XXX. THE FRAME CRACK THROUGH ON PASSENGER SIDE IN BETWEEN LEAF HANGERS. THEN ON THE DRIVERS FRONT LEAF HANGER TO FIRST BODY MOUNT IS MISSING 26 INCHES OF THE FRAME FROM CORROSION. UN SAFE TO DRIVE.

FRAME HAS HOLES. VEHICLE WAS OK UNTIL THIS YEAR. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. TOYOTA WILL DO NOTHING

THIS 1999 TOYOTA TACOMA FRAME IS COMPLETELY CORRODED AND CRACKED. VEHICLE IS ESSENTIALLY USELESS, NEARLY VALUELESS, AND A FINANCIAL AND SAFETY LIABILITY. WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TACOMA TO NORTHERN NEW YORK FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THE FRAME WAS IN NEARLY MINT CONDITION, AS WAS THE REST OF THE TRUCK. FOUR AND A HALF YEARS LATER THE FRAME IS COMPLETELY ROTTEN WITH RUST WHILE THE REST OF THE TRUCK IS IN GREAT CONDITION. THERE IS NO OUTWARD INDICATION THAT THE TRUCK IS READY TO CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL AT ANY MOMENT. THE EXTREMELY POOR CORROSION RESISTANCE OF THESE TOYOTA FRAMES IS AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK TO AMERICAN CONSUMERS. THIS POSES A RISK TO MY FAMILY'S SAFETY AND THE PUBLIC'S AS WELL. THIS ALSO REPRESENTS A FINANCIAL LIABILITY. TOYOTA PICKUPS ARE VALUED IN THE MARKETPLACE AS A TOP TIER VEHICLE, BUT IN REALITY HAVE A NEGATIVE VALUE. I AND OTHERS HAVE EACH LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THIS INVESTMENT WHILE TOYOTA IS ONE OF THE MOST PROFITABLE AUTO MAKERS IN THE WORLD. I DEMAND THAT WE PROTECT CONSUMERS FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE AND PRESSURE TOYOTA TO RECALL AND NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE RISKS WITH THESE PICKUP FRAMES.

I BOUGHT A 1999 TOYOTA TACOMA FROM A PRIVATE PARTY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WHEN I WENT TO REGISTER THE VEHICLE THE TITLE CAME BACK AS A "REBUILD". JUST RECENTLY I GOT A RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA CORPORATE WITH THE VIN OF MY VEHICLE PRINTED ON IT TELLING ME THAT THERE IS A BUY BACK FOR VEHICLES OF MY YEAR AND VIN. I CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE ABOUT A MONTH BACK AND ENDED UP SPEAKING WITH A CASE MANAGER CONCERNING THE BUY BACK/RECALL NOTICE AND INQUIRED IF I WAS COVERED UNDER THIS NOTICE THAT I RECEIVED AS MY TITLE WAS A "REBUILD". IN MAINE THERE IS A SALVAGE TITLE AND ALSO A REBUILD TITLE WHICH ARE NOT THE SAME THING. MY REBUILD TITLE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FRAME BEING DAMAGED OR REPLACED AND IT IS THE SAME ONE THIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITH. THE TRUCK LOOKS ALMOST NEW. THERE IS NO RUST ANYWHERE ON THIS VEHICLE EXCEPT WHERE THE FRAME IS ROTTED TO THE POINT THE VEHICLE IS PROBABLY UNSAFE. THE RUST STARTS JUST IN FRONT OF THE SPRING SHACKLE SUPPORTS AND RUNS ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET ON BOTH SIDES OF FRAME. THE TOYOTA REP STATED IT WAS NOT COVERED AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE TITLE. I INFORMED THE MAN AT TOYOTA THAT THIS VEHICLE MAY HAVE A REBUILD TITLE BUT THE FRAME ROTTING OUT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE THAT CREATED THE REBUILD TITLE BUT WAS STILL A RESULT OF TOYOTA USING INFERIOR MATERIALS WHEN DANA MANUFACTURED THE FRAME FOR TOYOTA. THE CASE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD ALREADY HAD THAT VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE I BOUGHT IT AND WAS DENIED WARRANTY COVERAGE DUE TO THE TITLE BEING A "REBUILD". I THEN ASKED HIM, IF THEY ALREADY KNEW THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD ALREADY BEEN DENIED CLAIM UNDER THE RECALL PROGRAM, "WHY DID THEY SEND ME THE NOTICE WITH THE SAME VIN INFORMING ME OF THE RECALL?" HE DID NOT HAVE A VALID ANSWER FOR THAT QUESTION.

ON 02/12/09 AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED, FOUND, PHOTOGRAPHED AND DOCUMENTED RUST PERFORATION ON THE FRAME OF MY 1999 TRUCK WITH ONLY 72,000 MILES. THE TRUCK WAS IN PRISTINE CONDITION OTHERWISE. A PREVIOUS INDEPENDENT WELDER/HITCH INSTALLED DECLARED THE FRAME TOO THIN AND WEAK TO INSTALL ANY KIND OF TRAILER HITCH ON THE BACK AND THERE WAS MASSIVE PUFFY, SWOLLEN, FLAKY, RUSTY AREAS TO THE FRAME ONLY VISIBLE UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED THE E-MAILED PICTURED FROM THE DEALER AND DENIED COVERAGE UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND THE PLATINUM VEHICLE SERVICE AGREEMENT, TAT COST $ 1,175. THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED THE DECISION WAS TOTALLY MADE BY THE MANUFACTURER BASED ON THE FEW E-MAILED PICTURED, HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, AND FURTHER, HE HAD SEEN LESS RUSTY FRAMES THAN MINE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY AND BOUGH BACK UNDER THE RECALL PROGRAM. I WAS SENT BACK ON THE ROAD TO DEAL WITH THE FRAME MYSELF AND I IMMEDIATELY WROTE TWO LETTER PLEADING THE MANUFACTURER FOR ANOTHER INSPECTION AT ANOTHER DEALER. I WAS DENIED THAT REQUEST. MEANWHILE, TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS ADVISED ME NOT TO DRIVE IT. I MOSTLY PARK THE TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY AND TRIED NOT TO THINK ABOUT THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND INSURANCE THAT CONTINUE. THE REGISTRATION EXPIRED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I DID NOT RENEW IT UNTIL THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION RULES REQUIRED IT. ON 10/13/10, I DROVE MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS INSPECTED AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THE CORPORATION WOULD BUY IT BACK UNDER THE RECALL. THIS TIME THERE COULD BE NO MISTAKE WITH PICTURED, BECAUSE THIS TIME HOLES EXISTED AND THERE WAS NO STEEL LEFT IN THE AREAS. MY TRUCK REMAINS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND MAYBE THE NHTSA SHOULD INSPECT IT TO SEE HOW A VEHICLE HAS TO BE BEFORE THE CORPORATION WILL DO ANYTHING. UPDATED 01/20/11 *BF

1999 TOYOTA TACOMA. S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING- LETTER FROM REGARDING TOYOTA PROBLEMS *TGW

MY SON WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK IN MARCH. HE LOST CONTROL AND TOTALED THE TRUCK. I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON TOYOTA TACOMA FOR RUSTED FRAMES. I WAS TOLD THE FRAME WAS BENT AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THEREFORE I THOUGHT THAT THE RUSTED FRAME MAY HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. I CALLED THE TOYOTA DEALER AND WAS TOLD BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND NO LONGER REGISTERED IT WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE RECALL. THE FRAME IS BADLY RUSTED AND MAY HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT, BUT BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER DRIVABLE THE DEALER WILL NOT INSPECT IT FOR THE RUSTED FRAME SO I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE RECALL. *TR