Check your frames.

[TTO5]

As an assistant service manager at a toyota dealer here in nj I decided to do some rust prevention to my frame. With all the tundra sequoia and tacoma frames we are replacing I started examining my frame on my 2000 cruiser. Overall not too bad. I bought some rust encapsulater paint from eastwood company and got to work. I dropped my spare tire down for better access to the rear axle area. To my surprise I found a spot on the cross member just above the rear axle. This is the cross member that locates the upper suspension bar on the passenger side of the rearend. I started poking gently at the spot and it started crumbling. I coated it with the paint after getting all the loose stuff off. Just an fyi to pay attention to that area. Maybe if enough of us have an issue in this same spot we can start complaining to toyota corporate. We failed 21 tacomas this week alone for frame rust holes and they will all be getting new frames. I know are trucks are older but with the initial cost of the landcruiser verses the tacomas tundra and sequoia maybe we can make an impact. Just a thought. It would be excellent if we could get new frames for our cherished rides. Start checking your frames and start calling toyota. The phone number us 1800 331 4331.

I have a picture of the spot but not sure how to post it here using the ih8 mud app

The spot I found is on the drivers side of that cross member near where it meets up with the frame rail on the bottom surface

 

[r3run33]

post some pics; I am also from the rust belt area and its a constant challenge to keep up with rust. hat product did you use? I got some stuff from Eastwood company.

 

[stonepa]

21 in a week? What's the turnaround time to get the work done?

 

[TTO5]

I use eastwood rust encapsulater paint. Going to take a month or so to get the parts. We can swap the frames in a day and a half

 

[OGBeno]

Maybe if enough of us have an issue in this same spot we can start complaining to toyota corporate. We failed 21 tacomas this week alone for frame rust holes and they will all be getting new frames.

Not gonna happen.

These are not apples to apples comparisons.

There is a reason for the Tundra/Tacoma recalls: Dana manufactured the frames for Toyota and QC was not followed as requested by Toyota supplier agreement.

Land Cruiser frames are manufactured internally in Japan.

 

[SmoothLC]

Thanks for the tip @TTO5 - I've been meaning to do some rustproofing with Eastwood for a couple years now but keep getting sidetracked.

 

[TTO5]

Yes I am aware of the Dana made frames vs our Japanese produced vehicles. I agree we won't see any help.

 

[mcgaskins]

Even the far newer 200 series have had some considerable rust issues particularly in the Northeast, so I think the road/salt conditions are more to blame for the problems than anything. My 100 is 16 years now and has no rust anywhere, and I think that's nearly entirely due to spending time in places where the roads aren't salted. At any rate, the newest 100 on the road is nearly 8 years old, so I can't imagine them starting a campaign to fix rust issues on them considering it isn't a widespread problem affecting the vast majority of 100s.

 

[TXLX100]

Working at a Lexus dealer, the only significant rust I saw on vehicles was from up north, or vehicles operating in coastal environments.

 

[brevitything]

My LX lived its life in Ohio, but the corrosion is really minimal, even though it is getting ready to turn over 170k miles. I feel fortunate, my 1995 Jeep Wrangler did not handle the road salt as well. The frame is fine, but the brake lines, fuel lines, body mounts etcetera were pretty bad before I rebuilt them.

I'm sorry to hear of the rust issue man! Sounds like you have caught the rust before it got carried away.

 

[Perkjames]

I just picked up an '04 TLC in Florida with 31k miles. I had the underside treated for surface rust and undercoated (it was very clean as it had never seen a winter) at Ziebart. I had done the same thing with my '02 Toyota Sequoia. It lived in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh... heavy salt areas. When the Sequoia was inspected by the local Toyota dealer earlier this year they were very surprised that not only wasn't a rust through issue, but there was not surface rust either. To be fair, I had the truck touched up every year for about $50. I know that some folks have a hard time time believing in Ziebart... but it did work for me. Hoping that I have the same success with my TLC not that we are facing another cold Pittsburgh winter.

Good luck with your vehicle... i hate rust. Once you get it... ridding yourself of it takes some doing.

JP