Mr. Jones

http://blog.lexus.com/2008/03/living-up-to-ou.html#more

NeverSatisfied

Thanks for the link! Forwarded to a friend who has a Tacoma!

excluesive

iTrader: (10)

thats the kind of thing i look for in a car manufacturer

TRDFantasy

Great work by Toyota, definitely great to see that they going above and beyond and extending warranties on such old models.

f=ma

schaweeet!

UberNoob

awesome

so i should look for an used Tacoma that has its frame rusting and buy it for dirt cheap
then take it to toyota to have it fixed then resell it?

MadMax96

Whoa - this is a pretty sweet deal. My friend has '96 that is his daily driver (purchased new) with over 160k miles. Being here in Illinois I bet he has some rust on it somewhere...

ES350Bob

That is one way of looking at it, the other is the original buyer paid for corrosion measures and seems in some cases did not get what they paid for as it was not applied to the vehicle.

This is going to come up with the ES350 down the road as well.

Seems some applicator robots need to be on an episode of ...

... When Good Robots Go Bad...

TRDFantasy

Nobody is perfect, and it's silly to expect that from any automaker. Any other automaker, including Honda does not go to this level. Many 1990s Hondas have rust and corrosion problems, yet I don't see Honda extending warranties to vehicles that old.

For any automaker, extending warranties for vehicles as old as 13 years is certainly going above and beyond.

bizzy928

This is a great gesture!

I am sure Toyota has done the necessary cost benefit analysis taking into account # of vehicles still on the road, % of people who will take the buy back, etc etc. If this were say, the 1995-2000MY Corolla's, I don't think there would be such a response.

Its all about the bottom line.

f=ma

yeah kinda looks like toyota is covering its ***, but its still schaaweeet!

ES350Bob

Frames and/or springs on vehicles should not be rusting through to point of failure in that time frame no matter whether a car maker is perfect or not. 2005 owners are upset over frame rust through though not sure what will be done for 05 owners not mentioned in this.

Also do not know what will be done for ES350 owners down the road.

I do not know what Honda as you mentioned or any other manufacturer would do in this circumstance, but it is the ethical thing to compensate under these circumstances of premature rust through of something as vital as a vehicle frame IMO.

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f1200e2

http://forums.caranddriver.com/auto/...cending&page=1

TRDFantasy

I see what you're saying but think for a minute from another point of view. GM, Ford, and Chrysler trucks also have seen severe rust problems in areas where there are harsh environmental conditions like heavy salt use on the roadways during winter. IIRC, none of the Big Three American automakers have extended warranties for rust or compensated those with severe rust problems.

Yes it's the ethical thing to do, and I'm glad that Toyota is doing it. If Honda or any other automaker had done this, I would be giving kudos to them as well.