can anyone answer this?

has anyone had a older tacoma around 1996 to 2000 that the part on the frame were the leaf springs attach break from rust?

 

I'm sure someone has. That's one of the weakest parts of the frame.

 

ill put a pic up soon to show u wat im talkin about

 

Well....

A girl I work with - her SON has a 99 and the frame broke through.

I don't know exactly where it broke but they had it towed to Toyota and he got $11.500 for it under the frame rust warrantee deal.

 

i didnt buy it from west virgana but i found some old checks from there in my truck so im guessing thats why its rusting so bad cause their is alot of salt from the snow and stuff up there

 

98tacoma27 had a 98 that was bought back due to rust. he's the only one i know of for sure on here that had his bought back...but that's because i know him. im sure there are others on here that had their trucks bought back.

 

my toyota dealer told me that it wouldnt be bought back because the buyback only covers welds


but i know they are liars and lie to me all the time, next week im taking out a personal add in the paper to open awareness to the public

ie: they "cant" tell me what kind of transmission filter i need because i have to get it flushed rather than dropping the pan (a 1st gen) and refuse to tell unless i let them flush it

that the frame recall will not be upheld at that dealership

any other toyota recall is not accepted at that dealership

and many more

 

they have 2 diff trannies, tried to call so i could find what filter to get

 

You don't have a tranny filter I don't think. IIRC it's just a screen that you can rinse the crap off of and just replace the screen afterwards.

 

1999Tacoma i live in St. Albans, WV and they dump tons of salt on the roads here in the winter. My local toyota dealer had hundreds of toys they bought back due to frame rust. There would be about 50 at a time lined up before they would send them off to get crushed. It made me cry everytime i drove by but peope did get ridicous amounts for their trade ins. So your truck prolly did come from here.

 

drop the pan....remove the "filter" and spray it really good with brake cleaner....then put back in. you dont have to replace it.

dealerships are dipshits.