Toyota Tundra Rust Recall

Toyota is recalling 73000 Tundra trucks for step bumpers that may break when stepped on.

Toyota tundra rust recall. Toyota has had a series of problems with rusting frames including a 2009 recall of 110000 of its Tundra trucks. He told us to keep an eye out for a possible recall of the entire frame as these frames are defective his words-not mine and ran a test on our frame. You have until July 31 2015 to have the vehicle inspected.

Hot Cars said that the frames were not properly treated in the beginning and mainly became damaged in the rear. Affected are 2016-2017 Toyota Tundra trucks equipped with rear step bumpers made of resin with resin reinforcement brackets at the corners. The first was a TSB with covered the entire frame for rust holes but this expired in 2012.

NHTSAs investigation found that 00-03 Tundra spare tires which are mounted to the rear cross-member were falling off due to frame rust. Owners of several truck models over the issue of frame rust protection Reuters reports. 2006 Toyota Tundra truck bed started rusting several years ago.

As we all know this was actually from the use of sub standard steel in the manufacturing process. While its important to replace the rear cross member many owners have related stories to us of Tundras that can not be aligned broken suspension mounts and a myriad of minor problems that are symptomatic of a rusted frame. Nov 14 2016.

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. Toyota had two. Toyota Frame Rust CRC spray FAIL.

But the Toyota Tundra and Sequoia also had rust issues around this time. Toyota received criticism for its initially. The complete details of all recalls are listed below along with what they cover.