1998 TOYOTA TACOMA User Comment / Complaint

Tl contact owns a 1998 toyota tacoma. the frame of the vehicle is rusted and corroded where the rear springs hook to the frame. the contact has taken the vehicle to toyota three times and they have given him the run around. he was initially informed that toyota would make a one hundred percent repair. then he was informed that they would make a fifty percent repair. the dealer finally stated that he would be responsible for the repairs. the cost for a short term repair was over $2,500. he took the vehicle to an inspection agency and was informed that toyota's remedy would have only been temporary. toyota offered to purchase the vehicle after the repair for half the market value. the vehicle could not pass inspection. the contact has photos of the vehicle and also of how toyota was going to repair the vehicle. the current mileage was 80,000 and failure mileage was 78,000.