NHTSA Complaint #10839299 — 2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER

TOOK MY 2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER TO A MECHANIC AFTER NOTICING THE FRAME LOOKED LIKE IT WAS RUSTED THROUGH IN ONE AREA. MECHANIC SAID THE FRAME WAS SERIOUSLY ROTTED THROUGH IN MANY AREAS AND COULD NOT BE FIXED. HE SAID IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND TOLD ME I'D BE CRAZY TO DRIVE IT DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAD JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE 1 MONTH AGO WITH 146,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS CONSIDERED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. UNBELIEVABLE THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THE 4RUNNER FOR THIS PROBLEM YET TOYOTA TRUCKS WITH THE SAME FRAME PROBLEM HAVE HAD RECALLS AND BUY BACK OFFERS. IS TOYOTA WAITING FOR DEATHS TO OCCUR? I HAVE PURCHASED 2 TOYOTA VEHICLES PRIOR TO THIS 4RUNNER. I TRUSTED THE NAME TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST & MOST RELIABLE. I AM MORTIFIED TO KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WITH ROTTED FRAMES, QUITE POSSIBLY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN THEM, THAT COULD RESULT IN A DEATH IF THE FRAME GIVES OUT WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY NHTSA AND HELP TO GET THE TOYOTA 4RUNNER RECALLED FOR THIS ROTTED FRAME PROBLEM. IT IS TRULY A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH!! SHAME ON TOYOTA FOR MAKING LIGHT OF THE PROBLEM. MY TRUST IN THE TOYOTA NAME IS FOREVER TARNISHED. I, LIKE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE POSTED ON HERE, WILL BE WAITING FOR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO OCCUR. I CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER SELL THIS TO SOMEONE ELSE KNOWING THEY COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIE DUE TO THE FRAME FAILING WHILE DRIVING. *TR