So got under the truck today to do some maintenance and those little rust holes that needed attention last year have grown over the long winter in vermont. My rear lower control arm mounts are severely rusted and now i'm wondering what to do. If it was a tacoma ..toyota would buy it back..but i havent heard anything about them buying 4runners...has anyone else had any issues like this with thier 4runner frames? Mainly new england folks..we get the salt damage.

 

tried using facebook to host images ..not working...u guys really need to see pics of this..its scary bad...glad i powerwashed the undercarraige today or i might have missed it under the dirt and mud....i'm kind of a newb..but not entirely...whats the popular hostign site on here? i figured FB would work.

 

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aha ..got it..thnks for the pm habanero!

 

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Oof! No problem but I'm not sure I wanted to see that!

 

From what i hear the 4Runner frames came from Japan the Tacoma frames came from Dana who has since closed the doors .

That does not look all that bad yet and should be easy to repair if you have the tools and know how..To have someone else repair it that could get down right expensive.

That liquid Brine they put on the roads is brutal

 

If you might have missed that without washing it, I'd say the problem is not Toyota's. Dirt, mud, diy rubber undercoating and paintjobs over rust all just accelerate rusting.

 

Wow man that's bad.
There are welders out there that can fix frame rot. If not your gonna have to find a new frame.

 

That frame is toast. You could pick up a clean replacement from a wrecking yard.

 

I Have a 1996 4runner limited and my frame looks the same way.

 

wow thats scary looking ..

 

wow you move quick i just saw harlingen .. now corpus ..

and really your frames that bad also .. being in texas.

 

Being in the Salt belt that is quite normal.

You people in Texas driving in the Saltwater ???. Or through brackish creeks

does not faze me the thing is you will be hard pressed to find a replacement frame in any yard .

That is why i pretty much just repair them . After the first couple it becomes easy .

I have two in the garage right now and two outside to strip for parts. Just waiting for the weather to cool down.

If anyone has questions feel free to PM me

 

damn, i feel like im looking at my old jeep hah. my 98 doesnt have any rust and i hope i dont get some anytime soon. Is this from living up north with all the salt on the roads and stuff?

 

Same thing here. In the same exact spot.
File a complaint here @ NHTSA and get a campaign started.
Apparently Toyota is not going to step up and fix the issues unless they have enough complaints and the government feels that there are enough incidents to pose as a safety concern.

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/

Look on the Left hand column and click "File a Complaint"

I've started a thread here to see if Toyota will be forced to do something by the government.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/f.../#post51799927

 

My best recommendation to determine if your frame is actually rusting from the inside out is to probe inside the access holes (both sides) that are found along the frame rail and/or run a compressed air line inside to see if any big chunks of rust come flying out.
My frame looked totally fine until I further examined it. Major scaling on the inside. Outside looks perfect. Well, it seems that the inside rotted so bad that my inner frame rail on the passenger side near the rear track arm had almost rotted through. It is soft like a sponge, but yet the factory Toyota frame paint held it together. Poking it with my finger and it all crumbled revealing quite a few holes.