Body Cab Type: Extra/Super/ Quad/Double/King/Extended
Body Class: Pickup
Displacement CC: 2700.0
Displacement CI: 164.76410905577
Displacement L: 2.7
Drive Type: 4WD/4-Wheel Drive/4x4
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 159
Engine KW: 118.5663
Engine Model: 2TR-FE
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: TOYOTA
Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, CALIFORNIA, INC.
Manufacturer Id: 1063
Model: Tacoma
Model Year: 2009
Note: Cab: Extra
Plant City: Fremont
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: California
Series: TRN240L/TRN245L/GRN245L
Trim: Deluxe
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Wheel Base Type: Long
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
NO-ONE HAS BEEN HURT, INJURED OR KILLED TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, YET. THE TOYOTA CORPORATION IS OFFERING A BUY BACK OF 1995-2000 TACOMAS DUE TO FRAME "FAILURE" AND MANUFACTURER ISSUES WITH THE FRAMES ON THE TRUCKS BUILT IN THOSE YEARS. WE TOOK OUR 2001 TOYOTA TACOMA THAT WAS MANUFACTURED IN OCT. OF 2000, TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSED TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT IN THE BUY BACK RANGE. THE FRAME WAS EXTREMELY RUSTY AND BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD ABOUT THE "BUY BACK" WE WANTED IT LOOKED AT SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE OCT. 2000 MANUFACTURE DATE. WE CONTACTED A LEMON LAW LAWYER AND THEY SAID WE HAVE A CASE, AND GAVE US TOYOTA'S CORPORATE NUMBER. WE WERE TOLD BY TOYOTA THAT IT WOULD BE SENT THROUGH A CLAIMS PROCESS AND THEY WANTED US TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE FRAME LOOKED AT. AT THE APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE TECH LOOKED AT THE FRAME AND SAID THAT A TOYOTA FIELD REPRESENTATIVE WOULD NEED TO BE BROUGHT IN DUE TO THE CONCERNS HE HAD. THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE CAME IN FROM CALIFORNIA AND LOOKED AT THE FRAME. HE TAPPED IT WITH A HAMMER IN A FEW PLACES AND IT WENT THROUGH. THEY TOLD US WE COULD NOT HAVE OUR TACOMA BACK AS IT WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION ANY MORE AND ARRANGED A RENTAL. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD GET 150% OF THE RETAIL PRICE FOR BUY BACK BY ONE OF THE TOYOTA EMPLOYEES. WE WERE TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP BY THE REPRESENTATIVES TO KEEP QUIET AND NOT TELL ANYONE ELSE ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH OUR TACOMA, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS ODD. A MONTH LATER, WE RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM TOYOTA SAYING THAT THEY WOULD GIVE US ONLY 12,000 DOLLARS FOR A TRUCK THAT BY THEIR OWN STANDARDS OF 150% OF RETAIL, THOUGH IT WAS THE 2001 MODEL YEAR, WAS WORTH OVER $19,700. THEY TOLD US THAT IT WAS THEIR FINAL LOCKED IN NUMBER AND THAT IT WAS TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. WE TOLD TOYOTA THAT IT WAS TERRIBLE THAT THEY WOULD TREAT US THIS WAY AND TOLD THEM THEY WOULD HEAR FROM A LAWYER IN SOME CAPACITY. WE HAVE REPORTED OUR EXPERIENCE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK STATE ... (CONTINUED). *TR
2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE PLASTIC HOUSING/PLASTIC LENS COVERING THE AMBER DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS AND THE CLEAR FOG LIGHTS ARE BURNED, MELTED, CRACKED AND BROKEN. THIS IS NOT DUE TO ANY FRONT END COLLISION BUT DUE TO THE EXTREME HEAT GENERATED BY THE ORIGINAL FACTORY-INSTALLED LIGHT BULBS. THE LIGHTS ARE GENERATING SO MUCH HEAT THAT THEY ARE MELTING, BURNING AND CRACKING THE PLASTIC HOUSING WHICH THEN BREAKS UNDER DRIVING STRESS. COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN OFF THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. EITHER THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS MUST BE ON OR THE HEADLIGHTS MUST BE ON. THEREFORE, THE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO BURN THE PLASTIC HOUSING. TOYOTA WILL NOT COMPLETELY COVER THE COST TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE LIGHT SYSTEMS STATING THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IS ONE YEAR OUT OF THE 3 YEARS MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR OVERNIGHT BUT IS THE RESULT OF 4 YEARS OF USE. THE LENS HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE OVER TIME. BECAUSE THE LENS ARE BURNED, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT A FIRE COULD OCCUR. *TR