rusted toyotas

vtcoyote · Jun 1, 2008

just wondering does anybody know where all those Tacoma's with the rusted frames are going?

i would love to pick up a cheap 'back roads only' pick up for hauling manure, and other other materials that would most likely ruin a truck very quickly.

dgl24087 · Jun 1, 2008

I'm sure they are destined for salvage yards. I saw a dually with 4 on a trailer going down the highway a few days ago, 2 large salvage yards about 4-5 miles away, in the direction he was driving. I'd be curious to know if there is a stipulation that the trucks are to be completely disassembled and the frames cut up or sold as scrap.

jbrumberg · Jun 1, 2008

dgl24087 said:
I'm sure they are destined for salvage yards. I saw a dually with 4 on a trailer going down the highway a few days ago, 2 large salvage yards about 4-5 miles away, in the direction he was driving. I'd be curious to know if there is a stipulation that the trucks are to be completely disassembled and the frames cut up or sold as scrap.

That is my understanding. My 2000 Tacoma is getting checked out tomorrow. Jay

Scooby074 · Jun 1, 2008

My bet is the only thing these Tacomas are going to see is the crusher. I think Toyota's doing this to limit future liability and the last thing they'd want is a bunch of broken framed trucks running around on or off road. Look no further than the Mazda / Cougar Ace incident that saw like 4000 brand new cars crushed!
Just my luck, my 96 Tacoma's frame is perfect.

I'd make $2000 over what i paid for it if the frame was gone.

jbrumberg · Jun 3, 2008

My 4WD 2000 Tacoma extended cab with 78K miles and in really good shape failed the inspection yesterday

and

. I am now renting at Toyota's expense (excepting gas)d a Ford F-150 with a Triton V-8. The truck's gas tank is 25 gallons

so you can figure out that it costs me ~$100 per fill up

. I am really ambivalent about this whole thing right now as I really liked my truck even if SWMBO and my two 90+ dogs could all travel with me at once, and I really do not have the energy to go researching trucks and dealing with salespeople

. It is my impression that the process takes about a month and is pretty "painless" if you stay with Toyotas. Jay

slowzuki · Jun 3, 2008

They are going to scrapyards with a totalled title, can't sell the frame or the cab with VIN. Ie you can not rebuild one.

Scooby074 · Jun 3, 2008

Jay, I'm curious about your trucks condition. My truck's body is perfect but my frame has some rust issues. Mostly its surface rust. No holes that i could find.

I haven't taken mine in yet (honestly I'm scared they'll find something wrong

). Ive followed the insrtuctions online, they basically say to whack certain parts of the frame with a hammer and see if it dents. I did that, but couldn't dent it.

Did you have any rust holes or breaks in your frame or was it body mounts? I'm just curious to see how damaged the frame has to be inorder for Toyoda to write it off.

Jason

Skyco · Jun 3, 2008

Shredder is my bet. I remember some years back GM had a whole bunch of S10 pickups that sat at a dock during a strike. They had some light rusting from sitting in the salt air. Rather than donating the blemished trucks to some charity (Red Cross maybe) to use they destroyed every one. A real shame. Apparently got a big writeoff.

IXLR8 · Jun 3, 2008

My co-worker has seen numerous loads of Tacoma's heading up his street to the junkyard. Supposidly they have the largest crusher in a 75 mile radius. I was told that they are crushing them, as is, they are not pulling any good parts off of them. My dealer is so backed up that the soonest I could get in for inspection was July 24th. He told me very few were failing, a different dealer is saying that 90% are failing, that between his two lots he has 250 Tacomas waiting 'disposal'.

mapmaker · Jun 4, 2008

Had my 2000 extended cab inspected on April 10th. They gave me a rental on the spot. The buy back price was almost 5K over what I bought the truck for in 2004. I bought a 08 double cab 4x4 v6 and my payments are less then what I was paying on the old used truck. Mine was one of about 300 parked at the dealer. I asked about stripping some parts off my old truck and was told that Toyota wanted all the trucks complete. Not sure why. In any event I could mot be happier with the deal I got.