Toyota banishes the Tacoma?

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

and that my friends is why you buy american made vehicles. (not ford)

 

[GI 10+ year member]

oh wait mines 2001 so im safe right?

Hah, talk about cutting it close.

 

[rippinitup7 10+ year member]

oh wait mines 2001 so im safe right?

no, take it to the nearest scrap yard asap. you'll be saving your life in the process.

 

[mepratt1234@cha 10+ year member]

This thread is not all true.

Yes, they are buying back SOME '95-'00, but only some.

They had a problem with rust that could eventually cause some failures. They will not be buying back ALL however. You must take it to your local Toyota dealership to have them inspect it. Good news if this concerns you, they buy back for 1.5X blue book value or fix it.

Here is one link to what can happen: http://www.tankota.net/Misc/Bentframe/framebent.htm

Another: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/07/toyota-extends-rust-warranty-on-older-tacoma-pickups-to-15-years/

 

[DD_Dave 10+ year member]

I wish they'd buy back my Tacoma....

 

[GnFnRs 10+ year member]

only have owned ford trucks since i been driving.21 yrs now.best vehicles of all my buddy's

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

and that my friends is why you buy american made vehicles. (not ford)
I'd ONLY go american if I needed a full size truck, otherwise I stay far away.b

 

[1991Brougham 10+ year member]

Best vehicle I ever drove was a 2001 Ford F-250 with the V-10 that belonged to a friend of mine. We have these 45 MPH curves on US 101 between Reedsport and Florence. The truck took them at 70 MPH effortlessly. For comfort, it was better than my Cadillac. Power-wise it was like the Good Old Days when we had a 460 under the hood. Tons of interior room, easy to drive, loaded with all the goodies, this was no mere stripper truck, it was a Real McCoy of a vehicle! Built like a Russian tank and solid as Fort Knox, Ford got my vote for The Truck To Buy if you went big.

On the other hand you couldn't give me an intermediate American-made truck. That is what makes Toyota's problems with the Tacoma so surprising. The Japanese always did well at the smaller stuff it seemed. I have seen some of their vehicles from the 1980's and earlier rust out on the Oregon coast, where salinity is high, but by and large their smaller vehicles held together well.

If you want big, you buy American. We still build the best big stuff on the planet. If you want intermediate, small or micro, you go Japanese. That's been their strength for decades. Seeing how Toyota is responding to the problem shows just where their corporate head is at and they see things in the long run. Toyota wants to be the #1 manufacturer of vehicles in the world and with a combination of good vehicles as well as a willingness to step up when Things Go Wrong, they will hit that mark and keep it for a long time.

Rick

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

Best vehicle I ever drove was a 2001 Ford F-250 with the V-10 that belonged to a friend of mine. We have these 45 MPH curves on US 101 between Reedsport and Florence. The truck took them at 70 MPH effortlessly. For comfort, it was better than my Cadillac. Power-wise it was like the Good Old Days when we had a 460 under the hood. Tons of interior room, easy to drive, loaded with all the goodies, this was no mere stripper truck, it was a Real McCoy of a vehicle! Built like a Russian tank and solid as Fort Knox, Ford got my vote for The Truck To Buy if you went big.
On the other hand you couldn't give me an intermediate American-made truck. That is what makes Toyota's problems with the Tacoma so surprising. The Japanese always did well at the smaller stuff it seemed. I have seen some of their vehicles from the 1980's and earlier rust out on the Oregon coast, where salinity is high, but by and large their smaller vehicles held together well.

If you want big, you buy American. We still build the best big stuff on the planet. If you want intermediate, small or micro, you go Japanese. That's been their strength for decades. Seeing how Toyota is responding to the problem shows just where their corporate head is at and they see things in the long run. Toyota wants to be the #1 manufacturer of vehicles in the world and with a combination of good vehicles as well as a willingness to step up when Things Go Wrong, they will hit that mark and keep it for a long time.

Rick

Sums everything up pretty **** well.

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[R05Nismo 10+ year member]

LOL. Glad I bought a Nissan //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

X2

I have an 05 Frontier and my buddy has an 05 Tacoma. I have nothing bad to say about it. Great truck but he paid about 4K more than I did.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I'd ONLY go american if I needed a full size truck, otherwise I stay far away.b

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m sure your reasonings are for the false notions of reliability and quality //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[Spooby 10+ year member]

****. So I guess I can't unload my 2001 PreRunner?

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

i love my tacoma. wouldnt buy anything else. All my friends have problems with their domestic trucks and my tacoma has never had anything go wrong.

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

interesting....my grandfather has 2 tacomas, a 97 i think and an 06...have to share that with him...

 

[2wheeler 10+ year member]

I'm sure there are some lawsuits past and pending that motivated Toyota on this issue, but I'm still impressed that they are willing to do a buyback. Many manufacturers would just deny the problem and quietly payoff any injuries/deaths.

I have an 04 Tacoma 4x4 doublecab that has been completely troublefree in the 4 years I've owned it, and I work the sh!t out of the little thing.