I've been spending countless hours, too many ... reading great posts and trying to educate myself about the choices I need to make in deciding which Tacoma is the right one for me.. Ive started to focus more on the 2001-2008 vintage.However, just stumbled on the recall for frame rust that effected this era of Tacomas. Can anyone speak to this issue or direct me to somewhere on the expedition portal where this was discussed in the past. Hate to rule this gen of Tacomas out <in my price range> Thoughts? Thanks.
Tacoma frame rust question
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toylandcruiser
Expedition Leader
Small numbers were actually effected. They don't rust any worse than anything else. Others just can't admit they have a problem.
surlydiesel
Adventurer
This has been covered by other forums pretty thoroughly but I'll add my 2 cents. I had my 98 Tacoma bought back by Toyota. The passenger side frame rail was crumbling. I had no rust on the truck anywhere but the rear bumper. I had no idea the frame was gone.
Fast forward, I had a 2001 that had the frame replaced in 2012 by Toyota and I just traded it in on a 2006 that already has a new frame under it. If you live in the "rust belt", do not buy a Tacoma unless it either has a new frame already, has a very clean rust free frame or you buy one with an existing undercoating done by Toyota, which means that truck will get a new frame in the future if it fails. If I lived in Florida, I would not be worried unless the truck came from Vermont originally. If it lived its whole life in the south, I would certainly look the frame over carefully, hit it with a hammer a few times in a few places but would worry much less.
Anything on the used market here in NJ is a rust bucket. Just depends how rusty. I jumped on the 2006 truck because it had a new frame and only 73k on it. Brand new truck basically.
-jorge
Fast forward, I had a 2001 that had the frame replaced in 2012 by Toyota and I just traded it in on a 2006 that already has a new frame under it. If you live in the "rust belt", do not buy a Tacoma unless it either has a new frame already, has a very clean rust free frame or you buy one with an existing undercoating done by Toyota, which means that truck will get a new frame in the future if it fails. If I lived in Florida, I would not be worried unless the truck came from Vermont originally. If it lived its whole life in the south, I would certainly look the frame over carefully, hit it with a hammer a few times in a few places but would worry much less.
Anything on the used market here in NJ is a rust bucket. Just depends how rusty. I jumped on the 2006 truck because it had a new frame and only 73k on it. Brand new truck basically.
-jorge
