Toyota Tacoma Frame Rust Repair
When we inspect the damage it is usually located from the center of the frame rails to the rear leaf spring front mounting bracket area.
Toyota tacoma frame rust repair. Proudly made in the usa from cold rolled steel assembled and welded by our aws certified welders. Our 01 toyota tacoma was a daily driven vehicle that suffered from a triple whammy cocktail of rust promoters. Toyota agreed to a massive 3 4 billion settlement for owners of the 2005 2010 tacoma 2007 2008 tundra and 2005 2008 sequoia. It spent its 325 000 miles of existence in.
Toyota conducted extensive frame repairs and extended the frame corrosion warranty by 15 years summary. Safetcap kits are designed to be functional repair sections for your vehicles frame engineered through best practices in our auto rust tech facility. As many as 225 000 steel frames under toyota tacoma and tundra pickups and sequoia suvs may need to be replaced says a lawyer who helped settle a class action lawsuit against toyota over the. Toyota tacoma rotted frame fix.
For all practical purposes my tacoma has stage iv car cancer and is not long for this world. It was another significant event in the toyota tacoma frame rust recall. The settlement includes the cost of inspections 60 per vehicle the application of corrosion resistant compounds n a and in some cases a complete frame replacement 15 000 per vehicle. Tacoma s generally rust through in the same areas.
The good news we have access to repair kits that allow us to save the vehicle from going to the salvage yard. There is no repair that would be cost effective. This episode shows welding of the rear section on the truck to remove all. There is essentially no rust anywhere on the body but the frame is corroding rapidly.