2001 Toyota Tundra SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated while driving at various speeds on a bumpy road surface, the vehicle made abnormal sounds and the rear suspension shuddered and shifted to one side. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the front and rear shocks were replaced; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken back to the independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the subframe was severely corroded and had holes. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 09V444000 (Structure) however, the dealer had only sprayed a corrosion protection compound on the subframe. The failure mileage was approximately 187,149.

MY VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED UNDER A PREVIOUS RECALL FOR FRAME RUST, WITH A COATING, BUT IT IS APPARENT THAT TOYOTA DID NOT REPAIR ALL AREA'S AS TODAY DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY SHOCKMOUNT COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY, CAUSING ME TO ALMOST HIT SEVERAL CARS, AND PIECES OF THE MOUNT FLEW BEHIND ME INTO TRAFFIC. FROM THE OUTSIDE THIS TRUCK LOOKS TO BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE, HOWEVER THE TOW DRIVER LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SAID HE COULD NOT BELIEVE THE RUST DAMAGE. MY VEHICLE HAS NOW BEEN DEEMED UNSAFE AND NOT ROADWORTHY. MY FEAR IS HOW MANY UNSUSPECTING OWNERS ARE THERE THAT THOUGHT THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE CORRECTLY, AND COULD HAVE AN ACCIDENT THAT COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IF THESE GO UNTREATED, REPAIRED OR REPLACED. I WAS DRIVING ON THE MAIN OUTERBELT FREEWAY IN COLUMBUS, I-270 AT 60-65 MPH WHEN THE PART CAME OFF.

2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF THE FRAME AND SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. *LD *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR CROSS MEMBER WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED AND THE REAR SHOCK WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED UNDER AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS TREATED FOR RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000.

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN OCTOBER 2014 AND WAS INFORMED ABOUT A FRAME CORROSION ISSUE CAUSING FAILURES AND FAILURE TO PASS VT STATE INSPECTIONS BY A FAMILY FRIEND IN JANUARY. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND PROVIDED [XXX], THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WITH ALL VIN INFORMATION. HE LOOKED UP SERVICE RECORDS AND INFORMED ME THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A CORROSION APPLICATION APPLIED IN 2010 UNDER THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER REQUIRED. UNDER THE RECALL ACTION THAT WAS ALL REQUIRED BASED I MY VIN NUMBER. I DID ASK IF IT HAD ISSUES DISCOVERED WHAT WAS I TO DO, [XXX] TOLD ME TO CONTACT TOYOTA AGAIN IF THAT OCCURRED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED ON 27 MARCH, 2015 AT GROTON GARAGE, IN GROTON VT AND THE OWNER [XXX]. CONTACTED ME TO INFORM ME THAT IT COULD NOT BE INSPECTED DUE TO MULTIPLE FRAME CORROSION ISSUES THAT ARE FAILURES. HE ALSO KNEW OF THE RECALL ISSUE FOR FRAME CORROSION AND FAILURE AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT TOYOTA AGAIN. ON 30 MARCH I SPOKE WITH [XXX] WHO TOOK THE INFORMATION UPDATE THE DATA UNDER CASE # 1503303884 AND TOLD ME A SPECIALIST DEALING WITH THIS HIGH PROFILE ISSUE WOULD CONTACT ME WITHIN 1 BUSINESS DAY. I WAS CONTACTED THE NEXT DAY BY THORN WHO PULLED UP MY INFORMATION AND INFORMED ME THAT TOYOTA HAD COMPLETED THE FRAME APPLICATION IN 2010 AND THAT IS ALL THAT IS REQUIRED BY TOYOTA TO BE COMPLETED BY RECALL ACTION B0D. I INFORMED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE INSPECTED AFTER JUST PURCHASING DUE TO THE FRAME BEING CORRODED AND HE STATED TOYOTA RECALL ACTION WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. I DISAGREE AND CURRENTLY OWN A 2013 RAV AND WOULD NEVER HAD PURCHASED A TUNDRA IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS FRAME ISSUE. AS A RECENT RETIRED ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER, I FEEL THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TAKING CARE OF KNOWN ISSUE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TOYOTA NOT THOSE WHO PURCHASED THE VEHICLES UNKNOWINGLY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SUBFRAME PERFORATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. IN 2012, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V444000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE REMEDY CONSISTED OF SPRAYING A CORROSION PROTECTOR ONTO THE ENTIRE FRAME, WHICH FAILED TO PREVENT THE SUBFRAME CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 370,000.

ON APRIL 11 2013 I PURCHASED A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. MONTHS LATER WHILE CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURES AT A GAS STATION, I WAS SHOCKED TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FRAME ABOUT TWO INCHES ACROSS. I CALLED MY NEAREST TOYOTA DEALER, WOBURN FOREIGN MOTORS, AND SPOKE WITH NICOLE WHO RAN THE VIN NUMBER AND TOLD ME THAT JAFFARIAN TOYOTA IN HAVERHILL HAD INSPECTED THE TRUCK ON 20 APRIL 2012. THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT LOOK AT MY TRUCK. NEXT, I CALLED JAFFARIAN AND EXPLAINED THAT THE FRAME LOOKED TO ME AS IF IT COULD SNAP IN HALF, AND THAT I COULD NOT SEE HOW THAT MUCH RUST COULD OCCUR FROM WHEN THEY INSPECTED IT. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN THEN SAID THAT IF THEY HAD INSPECTED AND PASSED THE TRUCK THEN THEY WOULD HAVE APPLIED A PRESERVATIVE UNDERCOATING TO THE FRAME. I POINTED OUT THERE WAS NO SUCH PAINT OR UNDERCOATING ANYWHERE TO BE SEEN ON THE FRAME. HE TRIED TO GET ME BACK ON THE RECALL LIST, BUT FOUND OUT THAT HE COULD NOT. BEING MY ONLY VEHICLE FOR USE TO MAKE A LIVING, I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK UNTIL 11 APRIL 2015, WHEN THE FRAME SNAPPED IN HALF AS I WAS ENTERING MY DRIVEWAY. I HAD BEEN ON INTERSTATE 95 AT 65 MPH ONLY MINUTES EARLIER, WHEN I EXPECT THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL AND PROBABLY ROLLED OVER HAD THE FRAME SNAPPED THEN. IF THE VEHICLE WAS INDEED INSPECTED, THEN IT SEEMS EVIDENT THAT THE INSPECTOR WAS NEGLIGENT IN HIS DUTIES AND PASSED THE VEHICLE KNOWING THAT IT HAD SEVERE AND DANGEROUS CORROSION TO ITS CHASSIS. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AND HAVE ASKED THEM TO COVER THE COST OF TOWING MY TRUCK TO A DEALER, AND REPAIRING IT TO A SAFE, ROADWORTHY CONDITION UNDER THE TERMS OF THEIR ORIGINAL RECALL AND THEY HAVE REFUSED. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION AND RUST ON THE FRAME, REAR AXLE AND BRAKE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V444000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS: UNDERBODY SHIELDS). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFOMRED DUE TO THE STATE IN WHICH THE VHEICLE WAS HOUSED. THE DEALER THEN ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO HOLES IN THE FRAME THAT WOULD REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. THE BUMPER, GRILL, HOOD AND FENDER WERE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. I HAVE REPLACED FRONT LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM, REAR BRAKE PARTS AND OTHER PARTS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME OF THIS TRUCK. I HAVE SANDED, SCRAPED, PRIMED AND PAINTED THE FRAME OF MY TRUCK. I WASH THE FRAME AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK IN THE WINTER TIME. THE FRAME IS STILL RUSTING AWAY. THE REAR OF THE FRAME IS RUSTED AROUND THE SPARE TIRE MOUNT AND REAR FRAME RAILS. THE FRONT OF THE FRAME DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE MUCH RUST LOOKING FROM THE OUTSIDE, HOWEVER IF YOU LOOK INSIDE THE FRAME THERE IS HEAVY RUST. I HAVE TWO LARGE CHUNKS OF RUST THAT HAVE BEEN RETRIEVED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT FRAME. I HAVE SAVED THESE TWO LARGE CHUNKS NEEDED. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA MANY TIMES ON THIS MATTER, DATING BACK TO 2008. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS A RECALL, YET THIS RECALL IS ONLY FOR THE REAR CROSS MEMBER. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THERE WAS ONLY A RECALL FOR RUST PERFORATION (HOLE). THIS SEEMS STRANGE TO ME KNOWING THAT AS THE METAL IN THE FRAME DETERIORATES FROM CORROSION IT IS WEAKENED. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A HOLE IN THE FRAME TO MAKE IT WEAK. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR A NEW TRUCK. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE MY TRUCK LAST AS LONG AS ADVERTISED IN TOYOTA TV COMMERCIALS. "LEGENDARY RELIABILITY" MY TRUCK IS NOT THAT OLD AND ONLY HAD 80K MILES ON WHEN I FIRST FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA. THE BODY ON MY TRUCK IS ALMOST 100% RUST FREE. IF I HAD NOT CLEANED AND PAINTED MY FRAME THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE BEEN JUNK ALONG TIME AGO. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE TOYOTA TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH MORE THAN A ANTI CORROSION SPRAY AND HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER. *TR

2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING RUSTED FRAME *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE ONLY DISCOVERED THE FRAME RUST WHEN THE REAR LEAF SPRING BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING IN AUGUST 2009. *JB

2110 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH RUSTED, CORRODED, BROKEN LEAF SPRINGS, REAR CROSS MEMBER, DRIVE SHAFT LOOKS RUSTED AND CORRODED. BRAKES ARE BROKEN, ROTORS BROKEN. CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE. *TR

RUST AND EXCESSIVE CORROSION 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA RESULTING IN FRAME AND SUSPENSION COMPONENT WEAKNESS AND BROKEN LEAF SPRING. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP TRUCK, BOUGHT IN 2003, AND HAVE GARAGED IT FOR 85% OF ITS LIFE, SPRAYED AND CLEANED THE UNDERCARRIAGE ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 90K ON IT. THE FRAME DOES HAVE RUST THROUGHOUT. ESPECIALLY WHERE THE SUSPENSION SUPPORTS ARE LOCATED FROM FRONT TO BACK AND MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE HARDWARE THAT HOLDS THE BED TO THE FRAME AND THE WHOLE TRUCK TO THE FRAME IS RUSTED AND SOME OF THE THREADS OF THE FASTENERS ARE GONE. AM CONCERNED THAT IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR MY FAMILY AND ANYONE PASSING BY THE TRUCK WHILE IT IS IN MOTION. AM WONDERING WHAT THE OUT COME WILL BE. *TR

VEHICLE WAS SHAKING, FELT FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. MADE LOUD POPPING SOUND FROM REAREND OF VEHICLE WHEN ARTICULATING A TURN ON A HILL, OR ROAD BUMP. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAREND U-BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE REAREND TO THE LEAF SPRINGS WERE EXTREMELY LOOSE. THE REAR DRIVE AXLE WAS LITERALLY FALLING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD NO WORK DONE PERTAINING TO THE U BOLTS, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE CAME LOOSE. *TR

I HAVE TOYOTA TUNDRA 2001 WITH SEVERE FRAME RUST, REAR SHOCK MOUNT FRAME RUSTED OUT HOLES IN FRAME, BRAKE STABILIZER NOW UNATTACHED TO VEHICLE THE SPARE TIRE FELL OUT OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING DUE TO RUST PROBLEMS. I HAVE CONTACT TOYOTA SEVERAL TIMES THEY SAID I AM OUT OF LUCK. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT.. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY TUNDRA OWNER WITH THESE PROBLEMS TOYOTA IS NOT WILLING TO STAND BY US. CAN NOT REPLACE PARTS THE FRAME IA DEFECTIVE! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN MARCH 2001. RUST AND CORROSION WERE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE ON THE FRAME NEAR THE AXLE. RECENTLY, THE REAR LEAF SPRING BROKE IN HALF. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE ARE A FEW COMPLAINTS ON THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS IN PLACE AUTHORIZING THE DEALER TO MAKE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,200. UPDATED 09/23/09. *LJ UPDATED 09/23/09*JB