Frame rust recall

Just had my 2006 Tacoma at the dealer today. They inspected the frame and put on the recalled leaf springs. They said that they submitted a case for the frame to Toyota. Does anyone know how long that takes to get approved?

 

Mine took a week and this past Friday the frame came in. I brought it in Saturday and they gave me a Rav4 and said it will take about 4 to 5 days.

 

Doesn't seem to go through...... had the truck checked out last year and a ok. I do have sliders on, so not sure if toyota would ever do anything....

 

What year is it?

 

2006

 

Hopefully it will fail the hammer test

 

I used a screwdriver pretty good and it seems the under layer is pretty good.....


So let's hope it fails the second time. I bet they do give me shit about my weld on sliders, but they are welder on over a foot away from this spot

 

Are the frame rails separating?

 

So the picture I posted seems like they are.

The frame does have some degradation by the leaf springs where the frame comes together in multiple parts

 

If there is a 10mm gap between the layers it might fail.

 

So if the flaky layer is 10mm away from the inner layer it could fail

 

I have been told that. It is a safety structural issue.Some have been passed while others failed.

 

Have an appointment for October 10, now to decide to paint it temporarily to stop any more rust

 

I would want it to rust out now. Don't hide it

 

That's a 15 year old frame. Looks great man.

 

So on closer inspection the rusted part does go through to the inside of the frame.

 

Also has anyone gotten a frame replaced where they had weld on sliders?

 

DON'T PAINT IT! At this point, encourage the rust to make sure it fails. Get a new frame and A arms and associated parts and enjoy life.

 

I had a 10mm hole the last time I went to get my leaf springs swapped out for that recall, and they told me at the time that I was S.O.L. because the class action lawsuit had not happened yet. So what happens now, will they inspect my frame again for free, as I still do not understand what the outcome of the lawsuit was?

Also, if my frame meets the requirements to be replaced, what happens to all the other parts that they take off to do this? Will they put a bunch of rusty parts back on the new frame or will they replace any of these parts? Is this free or do I have to pay for the new parts?

 

Same inspection, you wooo fail, they may put you in a rental truck.

You get a whole bunch of new stuff, the only major components that will still be rusty is the trailer hitch and exhaust.

Also any parts that need replaced that aren’t because of the recall you have to cover, but some dealers are paying for them. Example being my steering rack leaked, so I picked up a really good reman’d to swap in.