Hilux early chassis fail: rust perforation after 7 years and just 44k miles of road use in U.K.
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And there was little old me thinking that all these knowledgeable well read stalkers would have a man cave and welder..
Bit of Special K cardboard for a patten, decent shear trace the paten out cut it out. grind until clean and weld it up....
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That suggests poor dipping/coating. Not something I had previously heard about in relation to Hilux.
The Navarra early chassis fail loomed large in the news around 2015 and was a contributing factor to my choosing the Mk7 Hilux in 2016.
Mr. Splash the cash here la with his Special K.And there was little old me thinking that all these knowledgeable well read stalkers would have a man cave and welder..
Bit of Special K cardboard for a patten, decent shear trace the paten out cut it out. grind until clean and weld it up....
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
There was a guy got fobbed off by nissan due to chassis issues….he took action….must have cost nissan a fortune in the end, with sales, plus the bad press for dealers
www.dailymail.co.uk
Nissan is urged to recall its popular 4X4 Navaras
Dozens of drivers have complained to the Japanese car giant but no official recall has been made of the popular Nissan Navara.
Look in any recycling bin there is always a box to be found..
Toyota Customer Relations department are an absolute joke.
The brake disk backplate on my 2017 Hilux rusted away and fell off after 2 & 1/2 years from new.
One of the front suspension springs failed at the same time.
When I contacted Toyota Customer Relations regarding these issues, they were totally unhelpful.
The brake disk backplate on my 2017 Hilux rusted away and fell off after 2 & 1/2 years from new.
One of the front suspension springs failed at the same time.
When I contacted Toyota Customer Relations regarding these issues, they were totally unhelpful.
Otto68
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Yet they cover their arse by constantly recalling the hilux for airbag clock spring fault
Sent them back the recall letter with a wee note saying a recal was pointless as the chassis was falling to bits & currently un-drivable .
Their reply was———— yip, u guessed it, no reply
Otto68
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I’ve got 3 new crossmembers here, I could send u them & u could fabricate 100 or so for everybody on here that will need them soonAnd there was little old me thinking that all these knowledgeable well read stalkers would have a man cave and welder..
Bit of Special K cardboard for a patten, decent shear trace the paten out cut it out. grind until clean and weld it up....
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
& we can split the profits
Too busy with paying work not SD promises.......I’ve got 3 new crossmembers here, I could send u them & u could fabricate 100 or so for everybody on here that will need them soon
& we can split the profits
Otto68
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Too busy with paying work not SD promises.......
Thats a bit more than an ikea shelf unit!
This is absolutely ridiculous that Toyota won’t help in this situation - I would make sure if that continues after a few mails to put it on every social media platform you can!
Having recently been searching for a pick up I’m am very disappointed to see the constant and known issues with pretty much every variant available….they all seem to be made of sub-standard materials with poor coating/protection.
I have just bought a used Isuzu and it will be on a ramp this evening so I can get a good look around under it - I will say for the quick look I’ve had so far the corrosion for a 7 year old vehicle is not impressive!
I have purchased Dinotrol and Lanogaurd to soak everything if it is ok to hopefully preserve it a little longer but it’s just bull crap that these vehicles are suffering from this sort of problems.
Regards,
Gixer
Having recently been searching for a pick up I’m am very disappointed to see the constant and known issues with pretty much every variant available….they all seem to be made of sub-standard materials with poor coating/protection.
I have just bought a used Isuzu and it will be on a ramp this evening so I can get a good look around under it - I will say for the quick look I’ve had so far the corrosion for a 7 year old vehicle is not impressive!
I have purchased Dinotrol and Lanogaurd to soak everything if it is ok to hopefully preserve it a little longer but it’s just bull crap that these vehicles are suffering from this sort of problems.
Regards,
Gixer
HonestJohn
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Car cancer indeed
I have bought a itchi pussy l200. 07 plate . To replace my 09 ford ranger. Only due to 86000 on the clock of the l200. The ranger 280000 with a better chassis's.
Been looking at lanogaurd this morning for the itchi pussy . I think this is going to be a itch that's needs scratching
Utectok
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Try owning a defender… mig at the ready
HonestJohn
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I mean, I'm crazy, but not stupid
NoIDeer
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I had to replace the towbar underun bar on my 2011 Hilux, the exhaust was blowing directly onto the cross member and turned it to cheese, check yours.
Had it MOT'ed soon after and have an advisory on chassis corrosion, I had assumed mine was a Friday afternoon job. Looks like it's a design/manufacturing fault.
Had it MOT'ed soon after and have an advisory on chassis corrosion, I had assumed mine was a Friday afternoon job. Looks like it's a design/manufacturing fault.
