Toyota to buy back and crush EVERY Tocoma built since 1995 ???
05-16-2008, 11:41 PM
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Toyota to buy back and crush EVERY Tocoma built since 1995 ???
Read this in another forum. Could this be for real?
Another member chimed in with:
I would call :BS: (where's the BS smiley?) BUT I once owned an '83 Toyota 4x4. Awesome little truck that I loved. It would not die but the frame did rust to where it was actually folding in on itself. I took it to a welder to add metal to the frame but he wouldn't touch it; but he did tell me it was a known problem. I ended up selling it to some hunters that were only going to use it for offroad.
Now, no they aren't saying they are going as far back as 1983 like my old 4x4, but still, this would cost Toyota a fortune if it is true.
Anyone else hear of this?
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:
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:
For the record;
Dealer Communication Letter (From Toyota Corp to all Dealers)
http://www.showstop.org/images/truck...munication.pdf
Warranty Policy Bulletin #POL08-03 (Details about what is covered and VIN ranges)
http://www.showstop.org/images/truck...nty-policy.pdf
Vehicle Inspection Procedure
http://www.showstop.org/images/truck...inspection.pdf
and with that said...
I signed my truck over to ISG last weekend, handed them my title and they slid the $15,274.50 check across the table to me...
My truck was a 1999 Tacoma X-Cab 2.7L 4x4 Auto w/177,000 miles, not a single body panel left undented, leaking tranny/t-case seals, busted cv-boots, and a cracked head after 6 winters of pushing my 6.5' Fisher blade... Since I could not drive it because I was in the middle of a head rebuild, I had it towed to the dealer on March 24th...
Since my daily driver Tacoma is now officially gone it was replaced with the Z28 below that Toyota paid for...
2002 LS1 powered Z28 w/35,000 miles traded in by the original owners who could no longer get in and out of it because they were 80 years old...
I still needed a truck, since camper towing, hauling tools and the 2x4/plywood transport capabilites suck with a Camaro, I purchased this SD two days ago for $17,500...
2001 F350 4x4 XLT Lariat.
Dealer Communication Letter (From Toyota Corp to all Dealers)
http://www.showstop.org/images/truck...munication.pdf
Warranty Policy Bulletin #POL08-03 (Details about what is covered and VIN ranges)
http://www.showstop.org/images/truck...nty-policy.pdf
Vehicle Inspection Procedure
http://www.showstop.org/images/truck...inspection.pdf
and with that said...
I signed my truck over to ISG last weekend, handed them my title and they slid the $15,274.50 check across the table to me...
My truck was a 1999 Tacoma X-Cab 2.7L 4x4 Auto w/177,000 miles, not a single body panel left undented, leaking tranny/t-case seals, busted cv-boots, and a cracked head after 6 winters of pushing my 6.5' Fisher blade... Since I could not drive it because I was in the middle of a head rebuild, I had it towed to the dealer on March 24th...
Since my daily driver Tacoma is now officially gone it was replaced with the Z28 below that Toyota paid for...
2002 LS1 powered Z28 w/35,000 miles traded in by the original owners who could no longer get in and out of it because they were 80 years old...
I still needed a truck, since camper towing, hauling tools and the 2x4/plywood transport capabilites suck with a Camaro, I purchased this SD two days ago for $17,500...
2001 F350 4x4 XLT Lariat.
Now, no they aren't saying they are going as far back as 1983 like my old 4x4, but still, this would cost Toyota a fortune if it is true.
Anyone else hear of this?
05-16-2008, 11:51 PM
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Wasn't it the Tacoma that survived a building implosion on TopSpeed...these things are built to last,
05-17-2008, 01:16 AM
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Toyota IS buying them back and crushing some, i didnt know it was on such a large scale though
05-17-2008, 06:05 AM
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Hard to tell, seems like either a very elaborate hoax or something really huge.... highly skeptical. So all of a sudden Tacomas will disappear from the world entirely without any wondering about it? Suuuuure.
Toyota has to put out an official stop to this rumor and someone's gotta try this.... otherwise I don't believe it.
Which forum, and how come the links don't work?
Toyota has to put out an official stop to this rumor and someone's gotta try this.... otherwise I don't believe it.
Which forum, and how come the links don't work?
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05-17-2008, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by I Go To Costco
Which forum, and how come the links don't work?
Your right, the links didn't work
They are PDF's, did I need a special tag to post them?The links work in the forum page above.
Originally Posted by Infamous425
i read it in another forum also. i think its true, there are dealers out buying used ones to cash in
Originally Posted by phile
Wasn't it the Tacoma that survived a building implosion on TopSpeed...these things are built to last.
05-17-2008, 09:48 AM
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It's 
It's not every tacoma since 1995, It's limited to 95-00 tacomas, and toyota is only buying or fixing some at their discretion...
Here's the link to the official press release:
http://www.toyota.com/pdfs/TacomaCus...ortProgram.pdf
Took me 15 seconds to find it... (toyota.com, enter frame in search box, done)...
I fucking hate internet rumors that can be cleared up in 15 seconds with a simple search...
It's not every tacoma since 1995, It's limited to 95-00 tacomas, and toyota is only buying or fixing some at their discretion...Here's the link to the official press release:
http://www.toyota.com/pdfs/TacomaCus...ortProgram.pdf
Took me 15 seconds to find it... (toyota.com, enter frame in search box, done)...
I fucking hate internet rumors that can be cleared up in 15 seconds with a simple search...
05-17-2008, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by I Go To Costco
Which forum, and how come the links don't work?
Links are here:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st...html#post82768
You can't quote the post to get the full links unless you register, and I'm not going to cut and paste 'em one by one (click on link and copy the url from the address bar).
05-18-2008, 12:04 AM
#14
Drifting
its not total BS.
there's quite a few that toyota has built that are stuck with this problem. in order to prevent lawsuits, they have to buy back all tacomas with this problem. there is a big percentage of tacomas out there with the rust problem that builds up between the cab and trunk bed and there's no fix for it, so they must be bought back to get crushed.
there's quite a few that toyota has built that are stuck with this problem. in order to prevent lawsuits, they have to buy back all tacomas with this problem. there is a big percentage of tacomas out there with the rust problem that builds up between the cab and trunk bed and there's no fix for it, so they must be bought back to get crushed.
05-18-2008, 12:06 AM
#15
Drifting
also, there are quite a few toyota techs local from me that are looking for these tacoma's that are on sale and flipping them back to their dealers.
they buy the ones on sale and then selling it back to the dealer to make a little change out of them. so im pretty sure this is true.
they buy the ones on sale and then selling it back to the dealer to make a little change out of them. so im pretty sure this is true.
05-18-2008, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by aaronnn
the rust problem that builds up between the cab and trunk bed and there's no fix for it, so they must be bought back to get crushed.
http://www.toyota.com/pdfs/TacomaCus...ortProgram.pdf
They are going to repair some of them...
Upon confirmation of rust perforation, Toyota will, at its option, repair or repurchase the vehicle.
05-18-2008, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by aaronnn
also, there are quite a few toyota techs local from me that are looking for these tacoma's that are on sale and flipping them back to their dealers.
they buy the ones on sale and then selling it back to the dealer to make a little change out of them. so im pretty sure this is true.
they buy the ones on sale and then selling it back to the dealer to make a little change out of them. so im pretty sure this is true.
<=== would like to find a decent 81-83 4x4
05-18-2008, 10:19 AM
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luvs redheads!
I owned a 92 and the frame was rusting out as is typical. I figured once the tacomas were being built stateside(what year?) that this would not be an issue. The fact is the steel is cheap japanese "remming" steel which rust and comes off in layers making the frame weak. Think titanic...
Anyways this is sad to hear. But I am glad they are admitting there faults unlike ford etc.
Anyways this is sad to hear. But I am glad they are admitting there faults unlike ford etc.
05-18-2008, 10:20 AM
#19
I checked craigslist hoping I'd be able to make a quick buck.... but since it looks like they're repairing some of them.... eh
05-20-2008, 10:40 AM
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'Big Daddy Diggler'
Whats sad is that people knock American Car manufacturers for squeaks and rattles, yet they stand by Toyota even when it puts out a shit product. Granted, Toyota is doing something about it, they still need to get the quality back in line instead of resting on their laurels.
05-20-2008, 10:40 PM
#21
Three Wheelin'
Originally Posted by bigman
Whats sad is that people knock American Car manufacturers for squeaks and rattles, yet they stand by Toyota even when it puts out a shit product. Granted, Toyota is doing something about it, they still need to get the quality back in line instead of resting on their laurels.
Ford and GM to a lesser extent would gladly watch their product than even bother to inspect, much less recall and offer to buy the vehicle back.
Explorer-Firestone fiasco anyone?
Puh-lease. F'ing American car companies can't even begin to "think" about competiting with Toyota quality wise. Yes, they obviously screwed up in certain models, but their willing to fix their mistake, and in a big way. Owners have nothing to complain about - they'll get a handsome cheque, which they can use to a future vehicle purchase of THEIR choice. If anything, this will make more buyers go for Toyota.
Good luck getting a domestic manufacturer to do that.
05-21-2008, 03:50 AM
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Originally Posted by vishnus11
Please lets not even start with this absolute BS.
Ford and GM to a lesser extent would gladly watch their product than even bother to inspect, much less recall and offer to buy the vehicle back.
Explorer-Firestone fiasco anyone?
Puh-lease. F'ing American car companies can't even begin to "think" about competiting with Toyota quality wise. Yes, they obviously screwed up in certain models, but their willing to fix their mistake, and in a big way. Owners have nothing to complain about - they'll get a handsome cheque, which they can use to a future vehicle purchase of THEIR choice. If anything, this will make more buyers go for Toyota.
Good luck getting a domestic manufacturer to do that.
Ford and GM to a lesser extent would gladly watch their product than even bother to inspect, much less recall and offer to buy the vehicle back.
Explorer-Firestone fiasco anyone?
Puh-lease. F'ing American car companies can't even begin to "think" about competiting with Toyota quality wise. Yes, they obviously screwed up in certain models, but their willing to fix their mistake, and in a big way. Owners have nothing to complain about - they'll get a handsome cheque, which they can use to a future vehicle purchase of THEIR choice. If anything, this will make more buyers go for Toyota.
Good luck getting a domestic manufacturer to do that.
GM recalls of late have included free repairs... HHR headliner, 3.8L SC V6, etc. what more could you ask for? Its not often that recalls include a check towards a new vehicle. Your post would make sense.... if GM didn't issue recalls at all. This Toyota frame rusting issue is bigger than just a headliner issue.... a number of these Tacomas are no longer safe to drive, which is why they are crushing them. The frame could buckle at the section where the cab meets the bed and wouldn't be good news in the event of an accident.
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