Originally Posted By: 02SE
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Originally Posted By: 02SE
The frames that rusted prematurely on Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia models were improperly made by Dana Corp, for Toyota.
Toyota didn't specify that they be protected against corrosion, so Dana holdings didn't make them as such.
Wrong. Dana Corp failed to make the frames correctly. That is why Toyota won a multi-million dollar settlement against Dana Corp.
...and Toyota failed to use proper sampling for complete inspections of a random selection of these supplier parts and simply built them into new pickups instead including the Tundra that some believe to be so much superior to those Dodge, Chevy and Ford pickups that don't have their frames rusting in half in less than ten years.
Dana isn't the only bad actor in this whole sad episode.
Toyota shares a major part of the blame.
If I owned one of these trucks and it experienced dangerous structural rust in less than a decade's use, I know that it would be my last Toyota product.
People buy Toyota trucks thinking that they're getting a better built, more reliable and durable truck than the American nameplates deliver.
Apparently not.