NHTSA Complaint #10457859 — 2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA

DUE TO PREMATURE CORROSION (VEHICLE 4 YEARS OLD) PARKING BRAKE FAILED TO FUNCTION, FAILED NYS INSPECTION, WAS REPAIRED (03/14/2005). DUE TO PREMATURE CORROSION, SPRING BROKE, WAS REPAIRED (01/02/2008). POWER STEERING RACK ROTTED, HAD TO BE REPLACED. APPROX MILEAGE 150,000. FRONT SUSPENSION LINKS ROTTED OUT. CALLED TOYOTA (04/15/2009) VOICED OUR CONCERN FOR ROTTING FRAME, NO RECALL AT THAT TIME. THEY ISSUED A COMPLAINT #.TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION FOR THREE RECALLS, A0F, B0D, 90M ON 05/02/2012. INSPECTION NOT PROPERLY DONE, CHUNKS OF RUST STILL CAN BE FLAKED OFF, POSSIBLE HOLES BEHIND, BUT THEY SPRAYED CRC OVER TOP OF THE LOOSE SCALING, COVERING OVER THE PROBLEMS. WE HAD NO CHOICE IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH OUR PROPERTY. WE TOOK IT IN FOR AN INSPECTION. AFTER SAID INSPECTION, IF IT WOULD NOT GET A NEW FRAME, WE WOULD HAVE OPTED TO TAKE IT HOME, REMOVED ALL LOOSE SCALING PRIOR TO THE CRC BEING APPLIED. WE WERE NOT GIVEN ANY OPTIONS, OUR VEHICLE WAS ALREADY ON THE WAY TO THEIR COLLISION SHOP FOR THE WORK. THIS WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TWO THINGS; THE DEALERSHIP WOULD KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THERE WERE NO HOLES AND THE CRC WOULD STICK DIRECTLY TO THE FRAME MINIMIZING FUTURE CORROSION (THAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE RECALL AFTERALL) I CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE AND VOICED MY CONCERN WITH A SPRAY COVERING OVER THE PROBLEM, AND THE TRUCK NOT BEING SAFE. MY CASE IS STILL PENDING, BUT BASED ON THE INITIAL CALL BACK FROM THE CASE MANAGER, IT IS NOT LOOKING LIKE THERE WILL BE A RESOLUTION IN OUR FAVOR, WE WILL SEE. MY CONCERN IS, HOW MANY OF THESE TOYOTA DEALERS ARE NOT THOROUGHLY INSPECTING THESE TRUCKS, SPRAYING OVER THE PROBLEMS AND PUTTING THESE VEHICLES BACK ON THE ROADS. HOW SAFE IS THAT? *TR