2000 Toyota Tundra Rust Recall
Recalls are free repairs initiated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or Toyota itself for a widespread safety problem.
2000 toyota tundra rust recall. The vehicle was taken to lynch Toyota of manchester CT where it was confirmed that the vehicle was unsafe to drive. Just purchased a 2000 Toyota Tundra SR5 4x4 with V8 frame is in pretty rough shape. I cant affort to put a new bed on it and not willing to spend 1-2k to have a body shop try to fix it and I know it will eventually come back anyways.
I noticed a small hole in the frame of the pickup underneath motor. The company had to recall thousands of Toyota Tundra models of 2000-2003 sold in the US because of frame rust. Average failure mileage is 67700 miles.
Search for Frame Rust Recall only pulls up older threads about the 1st recall. This is a record of safety issues for vehicles of this year make model and trim. Back in March Toyota expanded its frame-related recall campaign for the 2000-2003 Tundra as affected trucks arrived in droves across the nation with significant amounts of frame oxidation.
My pickup is a 2004 Tundra that has only 200000 km on the odometer and the body is in excellent shape. Radiator leaks after 251k miles requiring a new unit. 32 lift visor 2857516 eibach pro-truck Cvj axles custom lighting.
I had it inspected for the recall in 2012 and was told it passed inspection now it is completely rusted through in multiple places cross member is cracked cannot support spare tire much less the rest of the vehicle safely. I now have a hole the size of a softball in the frame that is rusted through in two locations. Called Toyota dealer and they advised that the full frame recall expired in 2012 however the recall for the cross member under the bed was still active.
Toyota Tundra was the second full-size pickup truck built by a Japanese manufacturer and the first full-size pickup to be built in North America from a Japanese manufacturer. The vehicle identification number tells you if your car is affected. Having a similar issue with 2002 Tundra I purchased new only 106k miles on it all in good shape except frame is rusted out.