[FIXED] The sound that has bamboozled many Toyota Mechanics

Here was what they did to fix mine. I made them do an alignment afterwards but not on the invoice. Good luck

 

It’s the front struts I’d bet my paycheck on it

 

Use a stethoscope on the parts...

 

front drivers side body bushing and bolt fixed the issue on my truck.

 

If the OP does not have a stethoscope, put your ear at one end of a PVC pipe works for me to track down noises.

 

Kinda new to working on my own stuff and figuring things out, would you be able to tell me where that is or taking a picture?

 

Funny, that's exactly what it sounds like mine is doing. Where the strut meets the coil or hitting each other. Thank you by the way!

 

then I have my money is on the strut bearing

 

basically the bolt on the front drivers side that holds the body to the frame. This picture is from TW

 

Hold their feet to the fire. They'll figure it out. At the very least they will make sure you your mats are fitted properly.

 

Mine was a loose nut on the top of strut, where the shock stem attaches to the top hat. Basically the shock rattled every time the strut extended. Needed new top bushings because of it

 

Well my truck 2023 Tacoma is at Toyota again. First Cab Mount replaced at 10kms day after I got it... found out today cab mount needs to be replaced again at 3800kms. They mentioned this time it will be replaced under warranty..if it happens again I will have to pay for it. This seems to be an issue if the truck is chewing through them every 4000kms.

My truck has an eibach 1.75" lift and they said my CV boot has a tear and it's not covered under warranty. No off roading and is a pavement queen. This should be covered even with a lift, same height as TRD Pro lift.

 

Refresh my mind please, what was the issue with your body mount(s)?
And a tear in a cv boot is not warranty, a split or dry rotted boot separating is warranty. The visual difference is usually dry rot/splitting boots tend to happen in the valley of the boot. A random cut at an angle across it is usually the factor that signals not warranty

 

Truck starts making squeaking or creaking noise...checked the body mount and it's toast again.

I did not see the cv boot, but they said the split is at the first wrinkle?