Originally Posted by bigwhoop
My '08 Tacoma had the frame recall and a leaf spring recall, along with the fictitious brake pedal recall.
My leaf springs were replaced 2 weeks ago for free - at their cost of $1425.
I had the vehicle undercoated so my frame was mush better protected than most.
However, its obvious that Toyota used some inferior steel for the frame - most likely Chinese.
I've heard of a couple of Toyotas collapsing on the hoist.


DANA was responsible for the faulty frames.

http://www.reuters.com/article/retire-us-dana-idUSTRE70B7KZ20110112


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