Problems with 2000 Toyota 4Runner SUSPENSION

My 2000 toyota 4runner with 180,000 miles on the car, has abundant amount of rust. being a daily driver it is near the point that it is unsafe to drive. the frame is completely rotted. deemed unsafe to drive any further. as a solid running car, it would be a waste of money to junk the car.

Rusted frame my 2000 4runner suffered structural damage when the frame broke away from the rear control link support brackets while driving. the rear of the vehile became unstable and hard to control. we could not drive vehicle and had to have it towed to a garage. we are trying to determine if the frame can be repaired not. i called a toyota representative and they would not help because there was only a recall on pickup trucks of these years and not 4runners. this is a vehicle that was garage kept for a good portion of its life. i religiously wash my undercarriage throughout the winter months in pa. i have owned 11 toyotas in my driving life, i am 55. several of my vehicles went over 300,000 miles and i have never had a frame rusting problem up untill this one. the body on this truck does not have a speck of rust anywhere but the frame is disintegrating. i find it sad that toyota will not acknowledge that there is a problem with these and fix them.

Rusted frame, my 2000 4runner suffered structural damage when the frame broke away from the rear control link support brackets while driving. the rear of the vehicle became unstable and hard to control. we could not drive vehicle and had to have it towed to a garage. we are trying to determine if the frame can be repaired not. i called a toyota representative and they would not help because there was only a recall on pickup trucks of these years and not 4runners. this is a vehicle that was garage kept for a good portion of its life. i religiously wash my undercarriage throughout the winter months in pa. i have owned 11 toyotas in my driving life, i am 55. several of my vehicles went over 300,000 miles and i have never had a frame rusting problem up until this one. the body on this truck does not have a speck of rust anywhere but the frame is disintegrating. i find it sad that toyota will not acknowledge that there is a problem with these and fix them.

Rusted frame, my 2000 4runner suffered structural damage when the frame broke away from the rear control link support brackets while driving. the rear of the vehicle became unstable and hard to control. we could not drive vehicle and had to have it towed to a garage. we are trying to determine if the frame can be repaired not. i called a toyota representative and they would not help because there was only a recall on pickup trucks of these years and not 4runners. this is a vehicle that was garage kept for a good portion of its life. i religiously wash my undercarriage throughout the winter months in pa. i have owned 11 toyotas in my driving life, i am 55. several of my vehicles went over 300,000 miles and i have never had a frame rusting problem up until this one. the body on this truck does not have a speck of rust anywhere but the frame is disintegrating. i find it sad that toyota will not acknowledge that there is a problem with these and fix them.

Was driving to work one morning and my frame broke and cause my rear differential to shift cause me to have to tow my vehicle.

Frame on both my 2000 4runners is rotting out both bodies are in perfect shape cant wait to sue toyota when they fail .

Frame rust causing suspension arm to drop while driving. it dug into road surface which lifted entire rear into the air. kind of a pole-vault effect. very dangerous. checking for frame rust is not something listed in toyotas maintenance schedule nor should it have to be by owners

Frame rusted and tire came detached from car while driving. felt like driving on ice

The frame where the lower control arm meets is rusting out at an alarming rate. it is going to be unsafe to drive in a few months when the rear lower control arms will be ripped off from the frame rail. there is almost no rust on the body of the truck and it spend most of its life in arizona out of the salt belt. in only 5 years the frame has started to desegregate and it has been cleaned reqularly. i've started undercoating it with petroleum based products and rust converters/ inhibitors and it is still just meting away. the rust hole has grown to over 2 times the size it was 2 months ago. i'm really disappointed that the frames are this bad, i had gm vehicles older and less maintained do better than this.

Driving down the highway in my 2000 4runner, it started to sway back and forth violently, it went into oncoming traffic. thank god the oncoming traffic was far enough away, i had time to get it back in my lane. if not, i would have been a casualty. i got it home and checked underneath the vehicle and found out the frame was rusted through. the whole frame was rusted, holes everywhere you looked. i just spent $2,000 on new tires and other repairs three months ago. now the 4runner is useless, i can't believe this was not a serious safety recall. with all the 4runners on the road there is going to be a lot of people killed. you don't know when this is going to fail until it throws you into oncoming traffic and killing everyone in you car and other innocent people in the other cars that you come in contact with. this has to be a safety recall and have toyota replace these defective frames. this 2000 4runner is in excellent shape, no rust on exterior and runs great. does not burn or use any oil. bad defective rusty frame which was a poor design or ...

Drivers side bracket holding rear wheel snapped off while stopped. unable to drive vehicle as is.

The entire frame under the vehicle is rotting away the vehicle is unsafe to drive and will not pass the pa. state inspection

Frame corrosion issues need to be addressed. will cause bodily harm or death should failure occur.

Rust in all parts of the frame front/rear

I bought a toyota year ago, my first ever car payment, counting on toyotas being reliable. now i have 4runner in drive way with broken rear trailing arm & frame rott i wish dealer which should it to me or toyota would step in. wife & 15 month old baby traveling 35-40mph felt right rear drop like tire went side ways... truck wobbled/rocked like boat in water. likely needs new frame