[Shop-talk] Toyota Tacoma rust

[Randall]

> I wonder whether the local guys have the experience needed to do this
> "factory" work.

I don't see why it would be any worse on a pickup truck than on a Triumph;
and the Triumph guys seem to get through it.  Just unbolt everything
including the body, then bolt it all back onto the new frame.  But according
to a newspaper article I found, they expect less than 2% of all trucks to
exhibit the problem (which apparently is a lack of undercoating).
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/toyota-offers-to-buy-back-rusty-t
acomas/
So chances are only 1 in 50 that your truck will need a new frame.

I also don't understand why you are "disappointed" with Toyota ... do you
think they left off the coating on purpose?  Seems to me that they are going
overboard to ensure that the problem is rectified.

Ironically, the defective trucks were made at the plant in Fremont, CA,
which was a joint venture between Toyota and GM (according to the article
above).

-- Randall