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Clearly you need to get some 33's on that thing so you can't even fit your spare tire under there...

 

I finally got my spare out of the bed, too




but yeah I got the spare tire recall done a couple years ago, but after getting 33s my spare wouldn't fit under the bed

 

Ive been carrying my spare in the bed since 2015. It’s not so bad.
I put a 2nd gas tank from a 1990 Ford F-150 in the spare tire location.

 

why is there a recall on that?

 

what else?

rust

 

is this problem just for year specific Tacomas?

 

OP what year is your Tacoma? Mine's a 2001 and I never got that recall. Maybe it's a regional thing?

 

me either! and the 1-800 customer care checked recently and there are no open recalls
so i am terribly confused yet again

 

My 04 had it. I think it was later model 1st gens

 

Like the frame recall (I know it's not actually a recall), it's likely regional, maybe specific years. I dunno. I've never really bothered to look into it because mine isn't a rusty mess.

So if yours is a rusty pile, might be worth contacting Toyota about it, otherwise it's not one of those recalls (like ball joints) that needs to happen regardless of what it looks like.

It's an 18 year old truck, so probably a 2001... if I did my maths right.

 

just surface spots and stuff basically so far, i am trying to clean up but it is being a terrible PITA to do so
they told me no open recalls on my truck last time i called but I have about had it with this funny business

 

Carrying a spare tire in the factory spare tire undercarriage is overrated -

Are we going to see another thread on replacing the spare tire carrier under your truck to match the rope hooks?

@paetersen pics of said truck?

 

does the bed need to be removed to replace that?
i have only lowered the spare once just the other week to check it

 

they only replaced it because it was a liability if the spare tire ever fell off. Toyota doesn't seem to give a shit if your frame rusts in half though. You have to live in a certain state and be within their warranty period to get that.

 

i need to show them some pics of what i found was actually on the roads here very recently, and see what they have to say

 

Not at all.

The 2 bars are held by 2x10-12mm bolts each if I recall correctly; you can remove that within a few minutes.

The part that holds the steel cable is bolted in as well. If your truck is a 5 lug, you'll want to lift it up to get underneath and undo everything; if your truck is lifted, just get underneath and go to town.

That's the one thing I love about having a lift; unless the wheels need to come off, I don't have to bother with a jack.

 

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Nice! Glad to see that they still care about their customers. New or old.

And a 33” tire will fit under there with a little trimming. Mines been hanging under there for years.

 

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