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Frame is rusted underneath. Car looks and drives perfectly. I crawled under and the entire frame is rusted. I purchased from a dealer two weeks ago. It had 2 owners and less than 100000 miles.
I bought my 2007 Toyota fj brand new from the dealer, a year later I brought to the attention of my dealership that the underside of my vehicle was showing signs of rust. I was told that it was just surface rust nothing to worry about. My vehicle was kept in the garage and driven very little on a yearly basis due to the fact that I have other vehicles to drive. I didn't pay much attention throughout the years until I had to go underneath the vehicle to investigating rattling noises, when I went underneath the site was disgusting rust was everywhere serious rust. I went to Toyota this winter they put it on a lift and took photographs that were to be sent in to Toyota headquarters for analysis they pretty much told me at the dealership that I was on my own. Although there have been recalls on other Toyota vehicles because of chassis or body rust issues nothing on my Fj cruiser, I have spoken to other Fj cruiser owners in some but not all are afraid to drive their vehicles due to safety concerns would you please look into this severe negligence on the part of Toyota thank you.
Quoting Toyota exactly, ' tech inspected found frame rotting away were left rear body mount meets frame, customer was advised to speak to Toyota North America customer service.'
The rust on the frame is mind blowing. Rust holes in frame and gas tank straps, and suspension parts. This is dangers and someone can be injured or dead.
I am experiencing sever rust, especially on the underside of my 2007 Toyota Fj cruiser. This has caused the exhaust mounts to break, the loss of the skid plate which deteriorated as parts of it were trying to hang on and even my gas tank straps broke! the exhaust broke while I was driving around town for work but I was able to safely pull over and have a colleague temporarily reattach it. The skid plate happened over time until it was in pieces and had to be removed the rest of the way and the gas tank strap happened on a road trip in northern Michigan and we were able to ratchet strap it back in place for the rest of the time.
Frame rust on this vehicle is overwhelming. It is corroding extensively, even having taken steps to treat it and prevent further disintegration. Having descaled the frame and many components and treating everything with a rust conversion product and sealer, much of it is still coming back through. This is even after avoiding driving under any negative weather conditions. There are many places that the rust is just eating its way back through again. There are individual parts that could be broken off by hand due to the rust. Although it seems to be fairly stable at the moment, I am unsure how long the frame and structure may stay intact before there is a major malfunction. This includes the gas tank strap that is rusting through as well.
Rust has decimated the frame of this vehicle resulting in the control arm mount to break away from the frame of the vehicle. The control arm is completely in tact. The part that broke is irreparable because it is the frame itself. No welding/body shop will touch it because they deem it unsafe even if welded back to rest of frame. It is being recommended not to attempt a repair and to install a new frame. Fortunately, this broke in a parking lot instead of on the highway where an accident would have happened or worse. Frame rust has been a problem with Toyota trucks as I understand but to have a frame actually break is absurd.
The frame on my 2007 Fj cruiser is in bad shape. Multiple areas of bad exfoliation corrosion, flaking off in large chunks nearly every part of the frame. Body is in perfect condition but the frame is terrible.
Canadian vehicle, frame is rusted with many brackets and mounts beginning to fail including fuel line guides, gas tank straps, skid plates and mounts, sub frames becoming flimsy was driving down a bumpy road and the rear gas tank strap broke dropping the tank to the ground disconnecting the fuel pump and leaving the vehicle inoperable
I bought a 2007 Toyota Fj cruiser and the body was in perfect shape couple months go by and I took it to my mechanic and he points out how I have a hole in my frame and as well and a hole where the welds to the frames are as well
I came back from a trip from Florida driving and a wheel bearing went bad and I took it to a mechanic when I got back and he showed me more frame rust that connects to the lower control arm
My frame has rusted tremendously to what I feel is a dangerous degree. There are holes through some frame rails and also some near the suspension mounting points. My fuel tank straps rusted to the point one rusted through and broke, the fuel tank was then hanging down close to the ground. Not many miles have been driven per year on this vehicle.
My Fj cruiser frame is rotting from the inside out, the gas tank mounting strap has broken and due to frame rust, the mounting point has failed and broken off the frame. The rear body mounts are deteriorating as is the rear frame cross members. Due to the frame ruat and gas strap mounting point failing, the dealer cannot repair. This is a safety issue as the gas tank cannot be correctly mounted. Of the 2nd gas tank strap fails, the gas tank may fall out. I have seen several bodyshops that are surprised at the age of the vehicle and the amount of frame rot present.
The rear driver's side lower control arm bracket (oem welded to the frame) broke off due to excessive rotting (photos attached). This broke off while the vehicle was in motion at 30-35mph. The vehicle shifted to the side and made it unstable and uncontrollable for several seconds while I applied the brakes. I had both of my children in the vehicle at the time and I am certain that if I was traveling at a higher rate of speed it would have cause the vehicle to be out of control even worse and more so if I was in a turn. I have come to discover that many Fj cruisers are suffering from the same rotting issue and that Toyota has a history of frame rot issues on other models that have since been recalled for replacement. In my opinion based on my experience, if this happened to my fj then it will happened to many others and someone will get seriously hurt or killed.
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- Parsons, WV, USA