So do you think the Toyota FJ Cruiser is tough? Think AGAIN

**HyBrideVo** · January 17th, 2008 02:21 PM

Got this from another forum

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forum...body-rips.html

**juntzo** · January 17th, 2008 02:35 PM

that's terrible! and the guy never jumped his truck?

bad bad toyota!

**HyBrideVo** · January 17th, 2008 02:40 PM

**zero** · January 17th, 2008 02:53 PM

mas matibay pa pala ang fx/revo dyan?

**Memphis Raines** · January 17th, 2008 02:56 PM

Major structural failure here

. That buckling could be caused by the type of metal that they used or maybe the owner joined the Rainforest Challenge

**HyBrideVo** · January 17th, 2008 03:04 PM

Apparently, there have been a lot of FJ Cruiser owners na barely modded and they get this bulges/dents of some sort..i guess the structural integrity of the body/chassis is in question here...

**baker123** · January 17th, 2008 08:43 PM

wow thats bad news. and to think. the fj is supposedly the successor to the fj40 before. which can take hits and bumps. and more of those.

**niky** · January 18th, 2008 10:31 PM

I was going to say that a dozen guys online doesn't constitute a problem, since a lot of enthusiast communities have reports on problems that are linked to hard driving... which goes unreported by owners trying to claim things under warranty... but that one really takes the cake... even considering the moderate off-roading those guys do, a ripped chassis is just unbelieveable for a vehicle designed after 2000.

**HyBrideVo** · January 21st, 2008 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by niky

I was going to say that a dozen guys online doesn't constitute a problem, since a lot of enthusiast communities have reports on problems that are linked to hard driving... which goes unreported by owners trying to claim things under warranty... but that one really takes the cake... even considering the moderate off-roading those guys do, a ripped chassis is just unbelieveable for a vehicle designed after 2000.

Isn't the FJ Cruiser supposedly an Off Road capable vehicle? If so, then why are some of those stock FJ Cruisers even some new 08's have bulging/dents on the crumple zone? Of course Toyota will deny any warranty claim because they don't have a fix for it. No recalls as of today not until they think of a solution for this issue.

An Off Road capable vehicle should be built tough like a rock right? because that's what they're made for isn't it? my :twocents:

**niky** · January 21st, 2008 01:39 PM

That's the big issue.

A lot of sports cars should be made strong enough to withstand the stress of hard driving... which makes issues like Mazdaspeed3s in the US with failing engine mounts worrisome.

But that's just a handful of units, out of thousands of owners. This seems like a much bigger problem than those reported on most internet clubs.