recall... i dont know how true this is
05-16-2008, 08:08 PM
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recall... i dont know how true this is
I am copying this from someone I know on another board.
Ok...so i work at A-Reliable, we were bought out last year by LKQ which is world wide and well known in the automotive market. We were contacted by Toyota about a week ago and they are paying us 49.9 million dollars to do this for them, they are buying us all sorts of new equipment and supplies to get them this done as soon as possible and as fast and quietly as possible. I just had to share!
Toyota has chosen our company to do the procedures, Toyota has recalled every Tacoma produced from 1995 til present date, they are buying back the trucks from dealers, private owners, auto rebuilders, etc and destroying all of them. They are trying to keep this as quiet as possible, we will be receiving over 125,000 of these truck which will be spread over the entire US to all of the other LKQ yards and our included, we started getting a few in today, there are expected to be about 10,000 coming to our yard and we have 24 hours of the drop of date, to photograph them, drain them, crush them and photograph them again.
They are all being recalled, 4x2's 4x4's, extended cabs, regular cabs, all engine sizes, etc...the frame are rusting out completely on all of them, you can contact you local dealer about having
Toyota buy your truck back for what we have heard is a very decent fair market value for helping in getting them off the road.
Our yard manager picked the first one up to place it in the crusher and it buckled under its own weight...to show you guys who own these or know people still driving them what happens to them and why they are recalling them:
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Ok...so i work at A-Reliable, we were bought out last year by LKQ which is world wide and well known in the automotive market. We were contacted by Toyota about a week ago and they are paying us 49.9 million dollars to do this for them, they are buying us all sorts of new equipment and supplies to get them this done as soon as possible and as fast and quietly as possible. I just had to share!
Toyota has chosen our company to do the procedures, Toyota has recalled every Tacoma produced from 1995 til present date, they are buying back the trucks from dealers, private owners, auto rebuilders, etc and destroying all of them. They are trying to keep this as quiet as possible, we will be receiving over 125,000 of these truck which will be spread over the entire US to all of the other LKQ yards and our included, we started getting a few in today, there are expected to be about 10,000 coming to our yard and we have 24 hours of the drop of date, to photograph them, drain them, crush them and photograph them again.
They are all being recalled, 4x2's 4x4's, extended cabs, regular cabs, all engine sizes, etc...the frame are rusting out completely on all of them, you can contact you local dealer about having
Toyota buy your truck back for what we have heard is a very decent fair market value for helping in getting them off the road.
Our yard manager picked the first one up to place it in the crusher and it buckled under its own weight...to show you guys who own these or know people still driving them what happens to them and why they are recalling them:
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05-16-2008, 08:57 PM
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AFAIK it's not a recall, but a campaign to buy back rusty Tacomas. If your frame is rusty, they will pay top dollar for the truck. Then you can go buy a newer one.
05-16-2008, 10:15 PM
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it is a real Recall
However, the truck must be taken to Toyota, and determined to be structurally unsound/unsafe to be bought back.
So basically, if you live in the PNW where we are smart enough to NOT salt our roads, no recall for you.
However, the truck must be taken to Toyota, and determined to be structurally unsound/unsafe to be bought back.
So basically, if you live in the PNW where we are smart enough to NOT salt our roads, no recall for you.
05-17-2008, 05:58 AM
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yes this is real
Affects Tacomas only. My co-worker recently had his truck inspected at the dealership.
Like Death Cougar mentions-rust is (generally speaking) a non issue out West.
Contact your nearest dealership if you think you own a Tacoma with frame rust. It will be inspected and an offer made to you if so.
TTORA is a good tacoma owner forum
Affects Tacomas only. My co-worker recently had his truck inspected at the dealership.
Like Death Cougar mentions-rust is (generally speaking) a non issue out West.
Contact your nearest dealership if you think you own a Tacoma with frame rust. It will be inspected and an offer made to you if so.
TTORA is a good tacoma owner forum
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05-17-2008, 06:05 AM
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Have had several friends with trucks bought by toyota. They've gotten top dollar for some of the trucks. we use a lot of salt in VT. It is true and some guys are getting some nice new trucks out of it.
05-17-2008, 06:45 AM
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There is a sticky at the top about this.
Here's the link:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/a...s-read-139405/
More info over on TTORA (over 40 pages worth):
http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...ad.php?t=95993
Here's the link:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/a...s-read-139405/
More info over on TTORA (over 40 pages worth):
http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...ad.php?t=95993
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That is one of my best defenses. Whenever I say that I always get the response "gravel/sand is just abusive to our frames as salt it"...my frame is nice and black. I'm not going to say I don't have rust...cuz I do. Just nothing to worry about in the next 50 years
05-17-2008, 04:03 PM
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That was a good link, thanks. I posted a comment on it.
05-17-2008, 04:06 PM
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The Tacoma frames were made by Dana Corp (a US company). The 4runners are shipped over from Japan have no frame problems. This is clearly a problem with the supplier of the frames (Dana). My guess is that Toyota will be charging Dana for this buyback, or trying to.
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