I took my 2005 Tacoma to a
I took my 2005 Tacoma to a local dealer on November 11, 2015 for a handful of recalls. I live in Ohio, which is one of the regions covered in the frame corrosion campaign. The minor recalls wefe successfully addressed and the dealer told me that the frame needed to be replaced, but it would be seven to twelve months wait for parts. The dealer said it was safe to drive while waiting on parts. Really? It seems odd the frame is bad enough to replace, but still good enough for normal road service.
I was doing brake maintenance myself about a week before the dealer did the frame examination, and I noticed a crack starting in the frame just fore of where the tee in the rear wheel service brake hydraulic line is mounted to the frame. That is pretty scary looking! I asked to serivce check-in person to ask the mechanic to check the afea where I found the crack.
After reading this blog, it gives me a lot of aprehension about the upcoming frame replacement. I am considering taking the truck to a certified mechanic a few days before the frame repair and getting complete assessment of tne condition of eveything. There shouldn't be any reason to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars to pay for stuff the dealer breaks while doing the repair. If they have use 100 cans of PB Blaster to get the rusted parts lose, so be it. If I have a mechanic's report, that should give some amunition to use in arguing when/if the dealer claims some previously OK stuff needs replacing.