[Toasted Coastie]

Bumping an old thread:

My brother-in-law had his 2000 Tundra at Nashua Toyota on Tuesday. He is friends with the service manager there. So here is the scoop. The Japanese have come in to the dealership and are researching the effects of the New England winter on Tundras. This is to find out if the same buyback program needs to take place. The dealership gave him a loaner for the day and paid him a c note to keep his truck for research for the day.

The results? The dealership would not tell him. He said they are keeping it pretty hush hush there. However, He said his steering column is rusted out, a sway bar had snapped and the radiator was rotted out. The breaks also need to be replaced. Dave (my b-i-l) takes great care of his truck. Seriously. His truck just turned 100k.

I have a 2000 myself, and have a ton of rust and rot. I like to think that I have taken good care of my truck, but it sure doesn't look that way underneath. I tow a 24ft camper with it now, and will have to stop, as I am now more concerned than ever about my truck. Looks like she will meet her maker soon. She just turned 135K.

I guess this is going to become a "let's wait and see" game. Toyota of Nashua has hundreds of Tacomas that they have had to buy back. They have had to lease parking lots from other companies, and there are Tacos everywhere.