Here’s a new one, leaking steering column

I saw the same thing today in my 2018. Cleaned it up and monitoring. I haven't used the telescoping feature at all except for when I first bonded with her, almost 4 years ago. No pic, but it greatly resembled OP's pic.

And I checked: blinker fluid, headlamp fluid, muffler bearings and knutenator valve are all to spec.

 

Anyone figure this out....my Tundra is doing the same thing from same area

 

So far I dont think any of us have a clue and toyota is no help either.

 

Figures...lol

 

Haven't figured it out either lol, just wiped it down and forgot about it What can we do if Toyota doesn't do shit for us

 

I made sure to get toyota to note it on my account, that way if something happens that because of it I can have a chance of getting it covered.

 

Just happened to me for first gen, was parked for a about a week with out driving. Also now monitoring

 

Seems like this has come up more often recently. Just noticed mine is also leaking. I will also monitor and take pictures.

 

This is happening to me too. TW won’t let me upload the video from my phone to show the spot on the mat and my oily fingers after touching the shaft… phrasing…

It’s been hot as balls in Denver recently which has made my clutch master cylinder creak horribly, but there’s no TSB out for the 21s yet, I digress. Anyway, I wonder if this is heat related too. I saw it some time in the past but this is only the second time I’ve seen it, can’t recall if the first time was last summer or not.

I checked for clutch and brake cylinder leaks but everything was dry. Plus, the drip was not directly beneath the either pedal. Pedals and linkages were all dry too.

 

This happened to my truck about a year or two ago, exactly like OPs pic. I wiped the excess off the column and cleaned the drip off the pedal. Hasn't happen again. I chalked it up to a simple overfill from the factory.

 

Has anybody figured this out? Mine just happened yesterday

 

I'm waiting for it to heat up here in CO to see if it happens again, still way too cold for oil to drip. FWIW I didn't see it anymore after posting above, seems like it's a hiccup that doesn't stick around.

 

It’s just strange. Never had any issues and all of a sudden it was there. It’s been raining hard in NorCal and I thought it was water from my shoes so I left it over night and it was still there this morning and it was some sort of oil. I looked up and I didn’t see any drips. Turned the wheel like crazy and nothing

 

If it makes you feel better, My truck has not done it again since 2019 when I first saw it.

 

Just looked under, and I had a little drop! Not a clue

 

From what bearing and column? Sorry, new to all this

 

Here it is

 

My wife had my 06 one day for some reason and came home complaining the brakes felt weak. I drove the truck directly to my local dealer, once I got there and in the service drive the brakes failed completely! Pedal all the way to the floor! Total replacement of Master Cylinder, etc. Brakes have always seemed to be an issue on my 06. I remember my dad used to have a Dodge Truck to drive where he worked (Navy Base), he always told me the brakes on the Dodge Truck were crappy!

 

This is it even closer, 2021

 

@5nahalf Hmm. After a crappy winter here, I was investigating some recent creaking from the steering column. Don’t know if it’s emanating from the suspension up through to the steering column or it’s localized to the area under the dash downstream from the steering wheel.

Contorting to get a better look under there, I noticed my steering column was dripping in the same area too. Reading your post it sounds like that’s not the source of my creaking issue and the drip is normal. Not really expecting any fluid there though.