It seems Toyota does still care about its customers. Too bad they're blaming an engineering flaw on road salt, but hey, at least they're doing something good!
Engineering flaw:
Not enough adequate drainage was built into the frame near the gas tank. Water gets in there and has no real way to get out. This is turn results in a nice chunk of your frame rotting away.
Sucks that they didn't engineer things better then they did. Wonder if it would be worth the hassle of drilling a couple of small holes in yourself to add in the drainage.
Sucks that they didn't engineer things better then they did. Wonder if it would be worth the hassle of drilling a couple of small holes in yourself to add in the drainage.
According to the article, these are 1995 - 2000 Tacomas.
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'06 DC SB Sport, V6, AT, 4X4, MB Gunner 6's, Bridgestone AT, 285/75/16, 884s w/top plate spacer & 1.5" blocks in rear. TSB rear springs... R. I. P.
Time to go buy a '95-'00 tacoma with a rusted out frame for pennies...
Marc M
Yup. It would be a lot of work to fix the frame due to the spot that's rotting out, but, for a few 1000$ you could probably buy a truck that would last another 10 years after the frame was fixed.
Unfortunately fixing the frame would involve removing the cab, which sadly isn't an easy task.
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