2001 Toyota Tacoma Other Problems

Your truck's frame has significant rust damage with large holes that could potentially cause structural failure. This is a serious issue that needs professional inspection right away to assess whether the frame is still safe to drive.

Your truck's frame has developed severe rust that has corroded through the metal in some areas—you can push your finger through it. This creates a safety concern while driving since the frame is critical to your vehicle's structural integrity. Toyota's dealership and corporate office have stated the vehicle isn't covered under any warranty or recall for this issue, and the truck likely won't pass state inspection. Addressing this would typically require frame replacement or professional rust repair treatment.

THE TRUCK WAS BROKEN BY THE HALF WHERE THE LOADING PART BEGINS.

2001 TACOMA. THE 15 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY IS NOT ENOUGH; IT SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL/INSPECTION WITH NO TIME LIMITATIONS. FRAMES ARE VISIBLY RUSTING THROUGH AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES, BUT THE FRAMES ARE DEFECTIVE PRIOR TO THAT AND OWNERS DON'T REALIZE IT BECAUSE NO RECALL WAS EVER ISSUED AND ANY VISIBLE INSPECTION DOESN'T REVEAL THE PROBLEM. I KNOW NOW THAT MY FRAME WAS DEFECTIVE DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD BUT IT DIDN'T BECOME 'VISIBLE' UNTIL AFTER 16 YEARS. TOYOTA HAS TRIED TO SWEEP THIS UNDER THE RUG BY DOING AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE TO EASE THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ON LIFE-THREATENING FRAMES THAT DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT BECAUSE THE FRAME IS SOMETHING AN AVERAGE PERSON DOESN'T TEND TO CHECK? AN OFFICIAL 'RECALL' NOTICE WOULD GET THOSE TRUCKS IN THE SHOP FOR INSPECTION.

REAR FRAME IS RUSTED OUT AND BRAKING INTO PIECES. I CALLED TOYOTA AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE RUSTED PARTS. THEY TOLD ME THE RECALL HAS EXPIRED AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR IT

THERE WAS A RECALL ON TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCKS REGARDING FRAME RUST FOR YEARS 1996 TO 2004 I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO MARION TOYOTA FOR INSPECTION AND THEY SAID THAT THE FRAME WAS OK AND THEY SPRAYED IT WITH A RUST COATING COMPOUND. WHEN I GOT HOME I INSPECTED THE WORK AND FOUND THAT THEY SPRAYED OVER A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MUD THAT WAS ON THE FRAME (SEE PICTURES) I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK. MARION TOYOTA CALLED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CHICAGO. THEY SORT OF "CLEANED" OFF THE MUD AND RESPRAYED THE FRAME. THERE WAS STILL MUD UNDERNEATH THE SPRAY. THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE TRUCK AND TOLD ME THAT IT DID NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY RECALL REPLACEMENT. I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF TOYOTA BUT TO NO AVAIL. WITHIN THE LAST YEAR THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. THE FRONT BUMPER JUST FELL OFF. THE FRAME IS FLAKING RUST AND CORRODING AT JOINTS. MARION TOYOTA BASICALLY JUST SPRAYED OVER MUD TO SEAL THE FRAME.

2001 TACOMA, TOOK IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY COULDN'T LIFT THE TRUCK. THE FRAME WAS RUSTED THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES. GOING ON LINE IT APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA TACOMA'S. TOYOTA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT OR TOWING ANYTHING AS THE FRAME IS TOTALLY GONE AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE IS HAVING ANY LUCK WITH TOYOTA ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. SAD THAT SOMEONE MAY HAVE TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THEY WILL STEP UP.

ORROSION OF THE PLATE COULD CAUSE IT TO BREAK, WHICH COULD RESULT IN DETACHMENT OF THE SPARE TIRE FROM THE VEHICLE. DETACHMENT OF THE SPARE TIRE COULD RESULT IN A ROAD HAZARD WHICH MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2001 THROUGH 2004 TACOMA LIGHT TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 28, 2000, THROUGH AUGUST 27, 2004, AND ORIGINALLY SOLD, OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED, IN THE FOLLOWING COLD CLIMATE STATES WITH HIGH ROAD SALT USAGE: CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE SPARE TIRE IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES IS LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND HELD BY A SPARE TIRE CARRIER. VEHICLE IS RUSTED UNDERCARRIGE.

LAST MONTH WHILE DRIVING MY TOYOTA TACOMA A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. TO MY DISMAY, THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK MOUNT PULLED FREE FROM THE FRAME DUE TO RUST THAT WAS TO HAVE BE CORRECTED AT MY DEALERSHIP UNDER THE TOYOTA TRUCK FRAME RECALL. I BROUGHT IT TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS TOYOTA'S CHOICE TO EITHER UNDERCOAT OR REPLACE THE FRAME. MY VEHICLE WAS UNDERCOATED. UNFORTUNATELY I NOW HAVE AN UNSAFE, NON-DRIVEABLE AND UNSALABLE VEHICLE. TOYOTA SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH VEHICLES THEY REPAIR CORRECTLY AND WHICH THEY COVERUP WITH UNDERCOATING. I APPEAL TO THE NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AS RUST IS BLISTERING OUT FROM MULTIPLE AREAS UNDER THE UNDERCOATING. PLEASE HELP!

2001 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X4 BOUGHT NEW AND HAS 186,000 MILES AND THE FRAME IS ALMOST BROKE COMPLETELY INTO. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. TOYOTA CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT ABOUT SENDING ME ONE BUT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ONE. SO I MUST SAY THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED APPROXIMATELY 4 OR 5 NEW ONES AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WE HAVE OWNED PROBABLY 9 OR 10 USED ONES. I'M TRYING TO GET SOME HELP ON GETTING THIS RESOLVED. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE TOYOTA PROMISES TO STAND BEHIND THEIR WORD, SO WHY CAN I NOT GET ANY HELP. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT BREAKS COMPLETELY INTO AND CAUSES ME TO GET HURT OR MAYBE KILLED OR HURT SOMEONE OR CAUSING DEATH TO SOMEONE. THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT. I CAN'T WORK ANYMORE AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET THIS FIXED, AND I AM GOING TO LET EVERYONE KNOW EXACTLY HOW GOOD TOYOTAS HAVE BECOME. WOULD YOU WANT TO BUY THIS VEHICLE, NO ABSOLUTELY NOT. BY LOOKING AT THIS TRUCK YOU WOULD NEVER EXPECT ANYTHING TO BE WRONG WITH IT. I AM TRULY EXPECTING SOME HELP WITH THIS MATTER. THANK YOU

TAKATA RECALL OCT.2014 OUR TRUCK WOULDN'T PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE FRAME RUSTED OUT. THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF ON THE HIGHWAY, SO WE KNEW WE HAD A PROBLEM. WE CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE RECALL ENDED AND THAT WE HAD BEEN SENT A PAPER IN 2010( THE YEAR WE MOVED) THEY TOLD US THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE SPARE TIRE BECAUSE WE HAD TO STILL HAVE THE TIRE. SO WE HAD TO FIND SOME TO WELD AND DO THE WORK OURSELVES TO GET IT INSPECTED.

CRACKED RUSTED FRAME

2001 TOYOTA TACOMA WAS RECALLED IN 2011 DUE TO RUST/CORROSION OF THE VEHICLE FRAME. WE PROMPTLY FOLLOWED ALL RECALL INSTRUCTIONS AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER IN RESPONSE TO THE RECALL. TOYOTA TREATED THE FRAME WITH A SOLUTION AND WE WERE ADVISED THE THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. THE VEHICLE FRAME RECENTLY COLLAPSED / BROKE IN TWO. I NOTIFIED TOYOTA OF THE ISSUE AND WAS ASSIGNED A CASE #1606222761. I WAS NOTIFIED TODAY BY TOYOTA AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE FRAME WARRANTY HAD BEEN EXTENDED BUT THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED 11/7/2015. THEY ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO APPEAL PROCESS AND NO SOLUTION. THE VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVEABLE ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IS IS PERFECT RUNNING ORDER AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION (OTHER THAN A BROKEN FRAME). THE BROKEN FRAME WAS NOT A RESULT OF ABUSE OR A SPECIFIC MOMENT IN TIME - IT JUST COLLAPSED DUE TO CORROSION - THE VERY ISSUE OF THE 2011 RECALL THAT WE WERE TOLD HAD BEEN RESOLVED.

FRAME RECALL. TOYOTA CLAIMS THAT THEY SENT A RECALL NOTICE WHICH I NEVER GOT. WHEN CALLED THEY SAID THAT THE TIME PERIOD TO HAVE REPAIRS DONE WAS EXPIRED

TRUCK RECALL DUE TO FRAME RUST. TOYOTA WAS CALLED, THEY SAID THEY MAILED A RECALL LETTER BUT I DIDN'T GET THE NOTICE. THEY ALSO SAID IT WAS OUTSIDE THE TIME LIMIT TO HAVE ANY REPAIRS DONE AND THAT THEY WOULDN'T HONOR THE RECALL ON MY TRUCK

TOYOTA TACOMA 2001 HAS SEVERE FRAME AND SUSPENSION CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, AND WITHOUT EVEN INSPECTING THE TRUCK, I WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT TOYOTA CORP OFFICE, WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE YET. BUT WILL DO TODAY. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC TO GET HIS OPINION...HE ADVISED THAT IT WAS SEVERE AND WOULD NOT PASS ANY INSPECTION.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK WE HEARD A RUBBING AND CLANKING NOISE. THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER SUPPORT ,ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY ALONG WITH THE FRAME AND IS NOW RESTING AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK BED. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TOYOTA DEALER WHO INFORMED US THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME IS PERFORATED WITH HOLES, THE FRAME ON THE DRIVERS FRONT IS EXTREMELY DAMAGED AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. WE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND WERE TOLD THEY WILL DO NOTHING BECAUSE THE FRAME IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 46 DAYS.

INSPECTION FAILED. TOLD FRAME RUSTED BADLY AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CONTACTED TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING.

MY FRAME IS ROTTED OUT AND THE BED IS UP AGAINST THE CAB. CAN NOT DRIVE IT NOW. HAVEN'T DROVE IT SINCE OCTOBER 2013 DUE TO BRAIN CANCER.

THE ENGINE REVED UP AS IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK PRESSED DOWN. THERE WAS NO FLOOR MAT IN THE WAY. I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND PULL OVER. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON, THE RPMS WERE STILL EXTREMELY HIGH, SO I HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR OVER 5 MINUTES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES SINCE THEN. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO A MECHANIC WHO CAN NOT GET IT TO REPEAT FOR HIM. THIS IS VERY SCARY. THE GOOD THING IS THAT THIS IS A STANDARD TRANSMISSION, SO NEUTRAL IS EASY. IT IS VERY UNSAFE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT HAPPENS.

MY SON WAS DRIVING NORTH ON I45 FROM HUNTSVILLE, TX TO FORT WORTH, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 PM. HE WAS DRVING APPROXIMATELY 70-75 MPH NEAR MM159 WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD THUD NOISE COME FROM UNDER HIS TRUCK. HE IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED FLAMES COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. THE FLAMES ENGULFED THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND UNDER THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED A BURN TO THE LOWER PORTION OF HIS LEFT LEG. SECONDS AFTER HE EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE ENTIRE TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. A TEXAS STATE TROOPER WAS PASSING SHORTLY AFTER MY SON EXITED THE VEHICLE AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PARAMEDICS. (PHOTOS TAKEN).

THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE UNDER NEATH TIRE RACK TO BE FIXED. IT APPARENTLY HAS RUSTED AWAY. I HAVE CASE 1411181385 WITH TOYOTA. THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE TIRE RACK BECAUSE THE REST OF THE FRAME IS RUSTED AWAY AS WELL. *JS

I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE, AND WHEN I NOTIFIED TOYOTA THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER HONOR THE RECALL, UNLESS I HAD GONE IN FOR SOME KIND OF UNDERLAYMENT. I NEVER WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS, AND SINCE THE VEHICLE WILL BE CONSIDERED UNSAFE I FEEL THAT THEY TOYTA SHOULD TAKECARE OF THIS ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE IS A LIMITATION ON SAFETY HAZARDS FOR VEHICLES. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING UP A MOUNTAIN, THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME WAS SLOW, I BRAKED TO SLOW, BUT THE TRUCK DID NOT SLOW DOWN. I PUSHED HARDER ON THE BRAKE, BUT THE TRUCK STILL DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PULL OFF, A DROP OFF ON THE RIGHT AND TRAFFIC ON THE LEFT COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. I KEPT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD PUSH IT, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. THERE WAS A PARKING AREA AT THE TOP AND I TURNED INTO THAT AREA. MY HUSBAND QUICKLY TURNED OFF THE KEY AND WE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. WE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND MY HUSBAND RAISED THE HOOD. SEVERAL MEN STOPPED TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP. WHILE THE TRUCK WAS SITTING THERE, WITH THE GEAR SHIFT IN PARK, MY HUSBAND STARTED THE ENGINE A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE ENGINE RACED AT FULL SPEED. MY HUSBAND DID NOT HAVE HIS FOOT NEAR EITHER PEDAL. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE FLOOR NEAR THE PEDALS. A TOW TRUCK CAME AND PICKED UP THE TRUCK, IT WAS TAKEN TO THE OWNER'S LOCATION AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISCONNECTED. THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY THEN. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS CHECKED, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK.

DRIVING MY 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA IT QUICKLY WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE REAR OF THE TRUCK, SPINNING IT IN 2 RAPID CIRCLES, HITTIG THE FREEWAY METAL GUARD RAIING, TEN STOPPED FACING TE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

DASH IS SPLITTING AND IS NOISY. *SLC

DASH IS SPLITTING AND IS NOISY. *SLC