Disposable Tundra's

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Prolly cause there were some cases of fire or something..lol

No, there were some cases of frame failure at one of the weld points.

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

I would venture to say you made all that ish up.

I didn't believe it myself when they handed me a check, but then again, they bought me a new truck and you didn't, so fuck you.

JC

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

No, there were some cases of frame failure at one of the weld points.

JC

Hmmmmm..... that would do it.....

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

No, there were some cases of frame failure at one of the weld points.



I didn't believe it myself when they handed me a check, but then again, they bought me a new truck and you didn't, so fuck you.

JC

Frames cracking is a saftey issue. I can assure you the government forced them to repurchase or fix certain vehicles and not of Toyotas "good will". I've seen it many many times with Japanese OEMs. Your vehicle prolly costs more to repair then to just buy the vehicle outright.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Frames cracking is a saftey issue. I can assure you the government forced them to repurchase or fix certain vehicles and not of Toyotas "good will". I've seen it many many times with Japanese OEMs. Your vehicle prolly costs more to repair then to just buy the vehicle outright.

That may well be, but I doubt the government forced them to buy it back at 1.5 times retail blue book, and throw in a rental car and a cash inventive to repurchase one of their vehicles.

Rsv, you get any letters offering to fix or replace your GMC?

No, didn't think so.

I guess brake lines aren't a safety issue.

JC

[Rsv1000R]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

That may well be, but I doubt the government forced them to buy it back at 1.5 times retail blue book, and throw in a rental car and a cash inventive to repurchase one of their vehicles.

Rsv, you get any letters offering to fix or replace your GMC?

No, didn't think so.

I guess brake lines aren't a safety issue.

JC

Hell no, But to be fair I never complained about the brake lines it was well out of warranty. On the other hand I did complain about the rust after about 3-4 years, and I was told it was normal for my part of the country.

What pisses me off, is that for a few hundred $'s in better metal that I'd gladly pay, it doesn't have to be this way.

[RCM78]

This is a known issue on tacoma's. Toyota has a program going right now if your taco falls within a certain vin range and has enough rust on the frame they will buy it back for 1.5X the book value.

Looks like they have the same problem with the tundras of the same time frame.