Frame rust recall

I had to purchase the part. Bought it from the dealership (save me a 1hr round trip delivery)

 

They should replace it with the frame you’d think!
I didn’t even try just threw it in the cab with the rest.
Guy that did mine coated all the exposed threads in red and tacky.
Coated all the internals and siliconed all the seems.
Pretty happy with mine it’s like new!

 

I just got my 2010 Pre-runner Access cab in manual transmission two weeks ago and it is in good condition but has been used hard. The truck was my little brother's who unexpectedly passed away so I plan to keep it for the long haul even if it isn't my daily driver at some point. All that said that I was already planning to put some time and money into it to make it as suitable as possible for my daily driver as long as possible.

Coming across this thread has peaked my interest in hoping I can get some of the work I was planning to do anyways included in a potential frame replacement. The truck was kept in west Texas so I will not be surprised if there is no rust found, but I will do my due diligence as mentioned in earlier comments to give the best chance possible for replacement.

I read on the class action suit that owners at December 2, 2016 are eligible, which is not the case for me or my brother, but I am curious how ownership history is checked. Has anyone encountered this?

Also, I am in South Carolina, has anyone in the upstate had a good experience with a dealer while undergoing this?

 

I bought my truck in August 2018, and took it in for the frame inspection the same week. They didn't care about ownership history at all

 

On the home stretch. I'll have it back Monday.

 

My goes in Monday...

 

Congrats to you both!
Still waiting for my frame to even come in...but it's only been 3 weeks...

 

I've been waiting since the end of January

 

Mine qualified on the 6th of February after corporate got involved. The 31st of January was my last day. The special ordered parts kits took the longest. The frame arrived in about 5wks.

 

Frame is finally in! They said they will start working on it this week!

 

Is your's done now? If so how did it all turn out for you?

 

Ooooohhhh where do I begin....

They first tried to give it back to me with a major misfire and a loose pin at the ECU plug was to blame. They called me up said it's ready, nope not this time. Then it was a loose pin at another plug. It took 3 times for them to fix a problem that wasn't there when I dropped it off. Problems caused by someone being too rough with the plugs that need to be unplugged to remove the cab from the frame etc.


Finally they got it right, drove it home and 2 days later the truck starts to pull to the right. They didn't torque down the nut eccentric on the lower control arm and now I've got a flattened cam tab on a brand new frame.

 

Wow! Sorry to hear that. I hope all is good now!

 

Just got mine done. Was suprised that Toyota covered everything. Didnt have to pay a penny, even got a rental for the whole time. I was pretty satisfied with the whole experience.

 

So the dealer told me that they have to charge me 3 hours labor to take off and compress the old springs off the old struts to put on the new 5100 struts. $135 an hour. Sounds excessive! Anybody have an idea of how long that should really take?

 

2 shocks removal and reinstalled, I can see an hour at least, no more than 2 imo. Realistically an hour but I see see it running up to 1.5 and they'll charge you for 2. They've already got them off the truck so they may also be trying to charge you labor on the install removal from vehicle also, not just the spring swap from struts to struts.

 

Well the uninstall and reinstall of the struts should be free, covered under the frame recall. So I guess I'm only looking for the amount of time you think it should take to compress the old spring onto the new struts

 

Sorry I some how left that part out of my first sentence.

It should read "2 shocks with coil spring removal and reinstall, I can see an hour at least, no more than 2 imo."

It's pretty much a 20-30min job per strut. unless they're using a Chinese mouse trap spring compressor, they just have to insert the assembled strut, compress the spring, remove top hat, swap out the old strut, in goes the new one reinstall the top hat and reseat the coil spring. Bam 1 done in less than 30min, but that's just me.

 

Yeah, sounds excessive. I can do it in 30-45 minutes per side with one of those suicide spring compressors. It should take a pro with a real spring compressor less than an hour to do both sides.