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I got huge shock today when my 98 Toyota did not pass inspection. I am now the proud owner of a scrap heap! It only has 175k on a 4 cylinder.
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Is that one that was on the rust recall a few years back? I thought that year was included. My nephew had one. He took it in for the inspection. When they put it on the hoist to lift it, the frame completely broke. They gave him more money than he'd paid for it 5 years and 75k miles earlier. He came out great on it.
I don't think they ever called it a recall. They called it a buyback.
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OH oh oh oh what a feeling....Toyota!
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My truck was in that program. I did not get the buyback. I got a coating. Now I have nothing!
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I'd be back on Toyota, sounds like the place you took it to, gave you the cheapazz option...if it has expired, is this a frame that can be fixed by welding? you'd think a body shop could do something for ya....
I know my relatives in the south part of the State ( WVA) drive some real rattletraps and get them thru registration every year...
Glad I live where I don't have to deal with 'state inspection' where I live now...
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OH oh oh oh what a feeling....Toyota! GM owner LMFAO
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My truck was in that program. I did not get the buyback. I got a coating. Now I have nothing! Call Toyota in California and see what they can do, it was obviously not fixed correctly
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Sounds like the frame should have been replaced instead of treated. I'd be calling Toyota.
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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.
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OH oh oh oh what a feeling....Toyota! GM owner LMFAO A quick search shows hundreds of thousands of General Motors pickups recalled in the last five years. Just saying.............
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From my understanding, there was no problem with the steel used in the frame. The problem was that the supplier who made the frames did not do the metal rust treatment to spec and it was not identified until frames starting rusting out years after production. My truck has had the frame and spring recalls done but I have no complaints after 8 yrs/160K miles with nothing but routine maintenance. I was glad for the new springs as I had overloaded the old ones a few times and they were showing their age.
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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. $1425 to replace rear springs? Holy mackeral! Someone is getting screwed. You can buy a new pair for under $250 and it only take a couple of hours to change them at home in the driveway. A shop with a hoist and good jacks can do it even faster.
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I'm guessing that is a Toyota shop price. I had a broken leaf in one of my rear shocks on my '95 taco, so for chits and giggles I called toyota to get a price on "just" the shocks.
IIRC, it was right at $800. That didn't include my cost for a 6 hr round trip to get them. Add 2.5 hours of shop time each (5 hrs total) @ $125 per hour and one gets close.
Like I said - chits and giggles. Obviously not the route I selected.
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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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Guys where I live drive the old Toyotas with the bullet proof 4 cyl from the early to late '80's. One guy said his was "plated". When I asked him what he meant, they take those rusty frames (before they are too far gone) and weld small metal plates all along the frame. Trucks that are "plated" ride like a brick, but they are able to use them locally and for hunting.
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I got a new frame on my 2001 Tundra, the cost was north of 11K. They also replaced the exhaust, brake lines and radiator. It is really like a new truck.
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That's why the buyback. It costs too much to replace a frame.
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That's why the buyback. It costs too much to replace a frame. I am not sure why they paid for a new frame on a 12 year old truck. Naturally I am happy, but I still give Toyota credit for fully fixing a subcontractors mistake. I heard that "division" of Dana went out of business so Toyota footed the bill. Local Toyota dealers are constantly replacing frames here in PA. I heard buy backs were slanted to Tacomas more than Tundras. I was told this was due to the unavailability of Tacoma frames.
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I earlier mentioned that my nephew got a great deal on a buy back. He lived in NY but had driven it to Tacoma, WA to visit his parents. He got word of the problem while there and took it to a Tacoma dealer to have it checked. That's where it broke. They paid him immediately and he headed back to NY a couple days later with a near-new pickup.
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Trucks that are "plated" ride like a brick... I've never driven a brick.
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