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 ...

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 ...

Galvanization, which is basically a zinc coating to iron or steel, dates back to the 17th century. The automotive industry adopted the rust-preventing process back in the 1980s, and many other ...

Toyota has agreed to settle with as many as 1.5 million truck and SUV owners that experienced issues with severe frame rust on Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia models that required serious repair or ...