general problems of the 1997 Toyota Tacoma

Recently purchased 97 Toyota Tacoma from private owner who claims he never received the notifications regarding the frame warranty extension from Toyota and subsequently he never had the vehicle repaired. Now the frame on the vehicle is unsafe and I notified Toyota who claims the extension expired and they refuse to do anything to help me, hopefully something can be done by someone because they are allowing unsafe vehicles to stay on the road because they do not want to pay anymore $ then they have to. Meanwhile they acknowledge that the frame issue was clearly their fault. Please help.

Frame rot. Had a recal, in 05 23 2011 and was done at gateway Toyota NJ. Applied corrosion preventative compound and now frame is rotted badly and not safe.

Took 1997 Toyota Tacoma to dealer in August of 2011 for frame rust recall. Was told frame was fine and they would spray frame with rustproofing material at no cost. Returned to dealer in November 2014 frame was rusting through. Told by dealer they could respray but were now not responsible for rust through and said I could contact Toyota. I did so and they said that recall campaign had expired and they would do nothing. I believe I originally returned to dealer when recall was in effect and all they did was hide the problem until the recall expired. Their lifetime rustproofing lasted only 3 years.

My 1997 Toyota Tacoma has severe frame rust. The tech at hudson Toyota in new jersey wouldn't even take for a test drive. I noticed the rust forming in 2010 but was unaware of the extended warranty placed by Toyota until 2014, after it had expired. Very frustrating. Mileage as of 9/11/15 is 190k.

It appears to be the clear coat of the paint job has been coming off for a very long time. Really does not look good at all now. I reside in the state of oregon. Although it rains a fair amount here, that should not cause this rate of decay of the paint job. It was not painted very well!!.