NHTSA Complaint #10937616 — 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE SERVICED UNDER AN UNKNOWN RECALL, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLES FRAME WAS MODERATELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TECHNICIAN SERVICED THE VEHICLE WITH AN ADHESIVE ON TOP OF THE CORRODED FRAME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SIX YEARS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN 09V444000 (STRUCTURE) BUT THETECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF CORROSION AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SERVICED UNDER THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,913.