2003 Toyota Tundra Other Problems

Your 2003 Toyota Tundra was treated with a corrosion-resistant coating as part of a frame rust recall in March 2012, but by May 2013, the spare tire carrier rusted severely and fell off the truck. Despite Toyota's inspection confirming no rust damage before treatment, corrosion continued and caused a structural component to fail shortly after the repair. The issue raises concerns about whether the corrosion protection treatment was actually effective at stopping rust damage over time. This may require removing and replacing the spare tire carrier, and potentially having the frame re-treated with a more effective corrosion protection product.

Your 2003 Toyota Tundra's frame has rusted through, which is a structural integrity issue. Toyota has declined to help with this problem. Frame rust can affect your vehicle's safety and structural stability.

Your Tundra's frame has developed significant rust, particularly on the rear cross member, despite being part of Toyota's extended service campaign for 2000-2003 models (tracking code BXD). With only 150,000 miles on the vehicle and a clean title, you're requesting that Toyota authorize a full frame replacement to address the extensive corrosion damage. This would likely involve removing the old corroded frame and installing a new one.

Your Toyota Tundra is subject to a recall involving the frame cross member, but you've contacted multiple Toyota dealerships and they have refused to perform the recall service for you. This is a safety-related recall that Toyota should address at no cost to you.

The truck frame has failed due to rust. Dealer only inspected but did not clear the warranty recall because of liability. They refused to do the recall. The truck seems unsafe to drive but they said there is nothing they can do. I don't feel safe driving it or selling it to endanger someone else. The dealer confirmed the truck frame is rusted beyond repair. I was not aware how bad the frame was rusted until the dealer showed me.

I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL ON THE FRAME IT WAS RUSTED. THEY SAID IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO THEY UNDERCOATED IT AND ALL THE UNDERCOAT FELL OFF. THEY DIDN'T UNDERCOAT THE WHOLE THING AND NOW IT'S RUSTING EVEN MORE. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THE FRAME IS ROTTING PREMATURELY. THERE IS MULTIPLE HOLE DEVELOPING IN A COUPLE SPOTS OF THE FRAME. VEHICLE WAS AT THE GARAGE FOR A BRAKE JOB AND WHILE ON THE LIFT THE MECHANIC NOTED THE FRAME ROT.

REAR DIFFERENTIAL RUSTED THROUGH AND FLUID LEAKED OUT.

EVERY TIME I GO ON A TRIP THAT REQUIRES THE TRUCK TO BE RUNNING FOR LONGER THEN 20 MIN OR SO IT BEGINS TO MAKE A REALLY LOUD GRINDING CLUNKING SOUND AND YOU CAN FEEL IT. IT'S SEEMINGLY COMING FROM THE BACK AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVING OF THE TIRES. MY BUDDY THINKS IT IS THE TRANSMISSION BOX AND THAT IT IS STUCK BETWEEN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND REG. IT ALSO WON'T GO OUT OF FOUR LOT AND FOUR HI WHEN I WANT IT TO.

WE SENT OUR TRUCK FOR THE INSURANCE (PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE) COMPANY TO THE GARAGE FOR AN ALIGNMENT AND THEY TOLD US THE FRONT/RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRAME IS BROKE. MAKING THE TRUCK UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

MY TRUCK'S FRAME HAS LARGE, MAJOR RUST PERFORATION HOLES ALL OVER THE FRAME AND WILL SOON NEED REPLACEMENT. I FEEL THAT THIS WILL SOON BE A SAFETY FACTOR, AS THE FRAME IS THE ONLY PART OF THE VEHICLE THAT HOLDS THE TRUCK IN ONE PIECE WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I'M AFRAID MY FRAME WILL NOT PROTECT ME IN A COLLISION AND THAT MY TRUCK MAY SNAP IN HALF DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. TOYOTA CORPORATE HAD ME IMMEDIATELY BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO MY LOCAL DEALER FOR A FRAME INSPECTION AND THE RUST PERFORATION WAS NOTED AND VERIFIED, BUT TOYOTA CORPORATE WILL NOT REPLACE MY FRAME BECAUSE THE AREAS SPECIFIED IN THEIR CURRENT OPEN RECALLS AREN'T AS RUSTED AS WHAT WOULD BE NORMALLY DEEMED QUALIFIED FOR FRAME REPLACEMENT. THE CONDITION OF MY FRAME IS TERRIBLE AND MAY BE CONSIDERED MORE DANGEROUS SOON, COMPARED TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THE FRAME CONCERNS OF THE CURRENT RECALLS.

VEHICLE WAS ON RECALL FOR RUSTED FRAME, TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, FOR 2000-2004 AND 2007 MODELS. WE BROUGHT TRUCK IN, THEY SAID IT WASNT BAD ENOUGH FOR A NEW FRAME, AND DID THE COATING. WE GOT HOME AND SAW THAT THE COATING DIDN'T COVER ALL IT SHOULD HAVE. WE BROUGHT IT BACK A SECOND TIME. APPARENTLY IT WASN'T DONE PROPERLY AS A STABILIZER BAR IS RUSTED CLEAN THROUGH AND IS HANGING ON BY A THREAD. WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED AT A DEALERSHIP. WHAT RECOURSE DO WE HAVE? CAN WE GET THEM TO REPLACE THE FRAME NOW? THEY HAD IT IN THEIR HANDS TWICE AND DIDN'T COAT IT WELL ENOUGH TO KEEP IT SAFE. NOW I NEED A NEW FRAME. OTHERWISE THE TRUCK IS IN GREAT CONDITION, AND WE MAINTAIN IT AND CARE FOR IT PROPERLY.

MY 2003 TUNDRA FRAME IN 2009 WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN OK CONDITION ,THAT IS A RESULT OF LOW MILES , THE FRAME IS NOW 6 YEARS OLD WITH VISIBLE RUST AS I MENTIONED TO MY FALMOUTH TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER ,WITH THAT I GOT A RUST PREVENTATIVE COMPOUND . THIS COMPOUND WAS TO STOP THE RUST , I WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS IF THAT WAS THE CASE , NOW JANUARY 2017 WITH JUST 98000 MILES AND COSMETICALLY A CLEAN TRUCK WITH MY EXPECTATIONS ONLY 1/3 USED , THE NEXT 200,000 MILES I EXPECTED TO PUT ON THIS TRUCK WILL NOT HAPPEN AS FALMOUTH TOYOTA SHOWS ME THE FRAME WORK AROUND THE GAS TANK BRACKETS IS READY TO FAIL ALONG WITH OTHER VISIBLE HOLES AND CRACKS IN OTHER PORTIONS OF THE FRAME , WHY AM I NOT PROTECTED ? IT'S A KNOWN FAILURE AND ALL FAMES SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED NOT A SELECTED FEW , PLEASE I WANT RESULTS . I WAS SOLD ON TOYOTA WHEN THEY ADVERTISED A TRUCK OR CAR STOPPING ON A BRIDGE AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE ODOMETER AT 500,000 , MY GUESS IS THAT IS A THING OF THE PAST AS THEY MADE THERE BILLIONS OF.

IN NOVEMBER 2011, OUR 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA WAS TAKEN IN TO SHEPARDS TOYOTA IN ROCKLAND, ME WHERE THEY SPRAYED "CORROSION TREATMENT" ONTO THE FRAME TO TRY AND ADDRESS THEIR DEFECTIVE FRAME ISSUES ON THIS PRODUCT (THIS WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY). THIS "CORROSION TREATMENT" PRODUCT FAILED AND FLAKED OFF WITHIN A YEAR. WHEN WE TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO SHEPARDS, WE WERE TOLD THAT TOYOTA HAD CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT PRODUCT, AS THEY HAD FOUND THAT THE ORIGINAL "CORROSION TREATMENT" PRODUCT THEY WERE USING WAS FAILING. HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT RE-DO OUR TRUCK, SAYING THAT THEY HAD MET THE "MINIMUM FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS" BY DOING THE TREATMENT IN 2011. WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TOLD BY OUR MECHANIC THAT THE FRAME WILL LIKELY NOT PASS INSPECTION NEXT YEAR, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RUSTING ON THE FRAME. WE ONLY HAVE 100,670 MILES ON THIS TRUCK, AND HAD HOPED TO HAVE A USABLE TRUCK FOR MANY MORE MILES TO COME. I CONTACTED TOYOTA SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, TRYING TO GET THEM TO HELP FIX THIS ISSUE. TOYOTA IS TELLING US THAT BECAUSE THEY DID THE "CORROSION TREATMENT" IN 2011, THAT THEY "MET THE MINIMUM FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS" TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO HELP US ANY FURTHER, AND WILL NOT DO SO. IF THE TREATMENT HAD WORKED, THEN I WOULD HAVE NO ARGUMENT. THEIR "FIX" WAS NOT A FIX - IN FACT, WITHIN A YEAR, THEY HAD SWITCHED OVER TO USING A DIFFERENT PRODUCT, AS THEY'D DISCOVERED THAT THIS ORIGINAL PRODUCT WAS FAILING. THINK OF ALL OF US WHO WERE BEING RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS AND GETTING OUR TRUCKS IN EARLY FOR TREATMENT ONCE WORD GOT OUT ABOUT THE FRAME ISSUES, AND WHO WERE GIVEN THE TREATMENT THAT WAS DOOMED TO FAIL. IT IS SO NOT FAIR. OUR CASE NUMBER WITH THEM IS [XXX]. DURING THE WORK DAY, I'M MOST EASILY REACHED BY E-MAIL. I AM NOT AT THE HOME PHONE UNTIL AFTER 4PM MOST DAYS. SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).? *JB

GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTED SO BAD THAT GAS TANK FELL DOWN.

I HAVE READ THE RECALLS FOR TOYOTA TUNDRAS 2003 MODELS WHICH DOESN'T REFLECT IN MY AREA WHERE I RESIDE, GUAM. DOES THESE RECALLS ALSO PERTAIN TO GUAM, SINCE THE ISLAND IS SURROUNDED BY SALT AIR AND SALT WATER? IF IT DOES, HOW DO I GO ABOUT IN FIXING OR REMEDING THE SITUATION? THANK YOU.

THE 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA ACCESS CAB TRUCK IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE LATCH CARSEAT SYSTEM. THE TOP HOOK ON THE TRUCK IS LARGER IN SIZE THAN THE HOOKS ON THE CARSEATS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO INSTALL A CARSEAT IN EITHER THE RIGHT OR LEFT POSITION IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE TUNDRA. I COMPLAINED TO TOYOTA AND THE DID REDESIGN THE 2004 TUNDRA TO BE COMPATIBLE BUT DID NOT OFFER A SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 TUNDRA. MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP MADE A MODIFIED TETHER FOR MY CHILD'S CARSEAT WITH A LARGER HOOK ATTACHED THAT WOULD FIT THE TUNDRA HOOK. TOYOTA AS A MANUFACTURE DID NOT PROVIDE A SOLUTION HOWEVER. *JB