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"Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling about 150,000 Tacoma pickup trucks because the spare tires can fall from beneath the trucks.

 

The trucks -- built for the 2001 to 2004 model years -- were sold or registered in 20 cold-weather states and Washington, D.C., Toyota said.

 

A plate used to hold the spare tire under the truck bed can rust after long exposure to road salt. In some cases, the plate can break and the tire can fall, the company said.

 

“The lack of phosphate coating combined with prolonged exposure to high road salt use and other environmental factors may contribute to the development of more than normal corrosion of the lift plate on some vehicles,” the company said in a statement."

GPGuy Senior Enthusiast

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Gotta love the falling tire mod. Keep the recalls coming Toyota!

SarahsGMC Senior Enthusiast

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i pulled that tire out of there the day i bought it, too bad the bolts for the bed dont show in these nbs trucks or id have a custom tire mount right now

Morgan1986 Senior Enthusiast

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^^^ Hahaha. I think GM should include an option for a bed mounted spare, that's where mine ended up when the winch quit anyhow...

 

I wish they would just built the tire holder place right. To put a tire in a box takes up so much of the box .
Chris Senior Enthusiast

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^^^ Hahaha. I think GM should include an option for a bed mounted spare, that's where mine ended up when the winch quit anyhow...

 

I wish they would just built the tire holder place right. To put a tire in a box takes up so much of the box .

 

I lost my winch. The bolt stripped and the tire and winch fell off while driving. I have a new winch but no bolt. I only carry my spare when I go out of town

 

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Morgan1986 Senior Enthusiast

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^^^ Hahaha. I think GM should include an option for a bed mounted spare, that's where mine ended up when the winch quit anyhow...

 

I wish they would just built the tire holder place right. To put a tire in a box takes up so much of the box .

 

I lost my winch. The bolt stripped and the tire and winch fell off while driving. I have a new winch but no bolt. I only carry my spare when I go out of town

 

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Was driving a 2003 f150 got a flat . Go to lower the tire put the thing in the hole its not turning take a flash light and look in the hole a little pebble somehow got inside that long tube and would not let me lower the tire. I fart around with it for like a hour getting really frustrated. Since I was in town near a tire shop I take off the whole tire and rim and roll it to a tire shop and get a new tire put on it because i could not get my perfectly fine spare down. When I got home I had the proper tools to cut the spare out . On a 1991 ford f250 the spare tire assemble rusted apart and the tire drag on the ground for a bit had to tie it in . That one rusted out but lasted along time . That was this year .

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