NHTSA Complaint #10513182 — 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SEVERE CORROSION RECALL NOTICE. *SMD ..THE CONSUMER STATED HE CALLED THREE DEALERS TO HAVE THE RECALL PERFORMED. THE FIRST DEALER STATED THERE WERE NO APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE FOR AN INSPECTION, THE SECOND DEALER STATED THERE WERE NO MORE PARTS AVAILABLE AND THEY COULD NOT ORDER ANY MORE. THE THIRD DEALER STATED THEY COULD HELP AND THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT. HOWEVER, A FEW DAYS LATER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER REQUESTING HE RETURN THE LOANER VEHICLE, OR HE WOULD BE CHARGED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED AND NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, AND THEY WOULD CALL HIM WHEN THE RECALL WAS REVISED. ON MAY 9, 2012, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE GAS TANK WAS HANGING ON THE GROUND. THE REAR SUPPORT STRAP HAD RUSTED THROUGH. WHILE MAKING THE REPAIRS, THE CONSUMER NOTICED RUST FLAKES THE SIZE OF SOFTBALLS WERE FALLING OFF THE FRAME. ..UPDATED 08/01/13 *BF