Frame rust is bad, that’s no secret. Anyone who’s shopped for an XJ Jeep Cherokee, second-gen Toyota 4Runner, or pretty much any Ford F-150 knows to look for signs offrame rust, as it can quickly ...

Most pickup trucks are designed using a variant of the body-on-frame construction. This building method means the truck’s cab and bed are installed on top of a purpose-built frame, giving it the ...

The car frame is the main supporting framework to which all other parts of the car are connected. Because a car frame is made of metal, it can rust over time. The good news is that it can be repaired, ...

As many as 225,000 steel frames under Toyota Tacoma and Tundra pickups and Sequoia SUVs may need to be replaced, says a lawyer who helped settle a class-action lawsuit against Toyota over the frames' ...

Steel is almost the perfect material to build a car with. Inexpensive, strong without being brittle, and a modulus of elasticity that allows it to take a beating without permanently changing shape, ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into reports of frame rust and corrosion problems in 2000 and 2001 Tundras similar to those that caused the Japanese auto ...

A federal class-action suit claiming that the frames on the 2005 – 11 4Runners are defective and dangerous because they rust prematurely has been filed against Toyota. The action echoes a class-action ...

Corvettes built from 1968-’82 share the same steel birdcage frame that supports the surrounding body panels. The upper windshield frame is constructed with five major components and each was ...

Canada and its prodigious use of road salt have helped initiate a recall in the U.S. of 2006-2014 Honda Ridgelines. In all, more than 112,060 vehicles in snowy states could have rust issues that lead ...