2016 Tacoma Transmission Oil Leak

Aloha,
I have a 2016 4x4 Off Road Tacoma that has a small slow dripping oil leak and have some questions. There is a round can about 5" round and 3" in depth with 6 hoses attached to it on the passenger side of the trans. It looks like there are 2 bolts securing the can to the trans and it looks like the oil is seeping past what looks like a gasket. The can has Toyota stamped on it with some numbers (6002, D 224100-4240, 03T161649. I tried Googling it on the web but it came back with nothing. Does anyone know what it is? I will try to post some pictures to show you all what I am talking about. Pic 2070 shows the drip and Pic 2017 shows the front of the can. TIA

 

Oil cooler
224100-4240 is the part number

 

Thanks for the reply splitbolt. If I remove the two bolts, will I be able to remove the canister from the trans? Will trans oil be released if I remove the two bolts or is there is a separate plate that is screwed on the back of the canister? TIA

 

Unless you messed with something to cause a leak or have a ton of miles that should be covered under the powertrain warranty.

 

crazysccrmd, thanks for the reply and I didn't mess around with anything to cause that leak and it only has 23k miles. I will look at my documents for the power-train warranty and see what it says. TIA

 

It's isolated from the transmission.
Should be 3 bolts.
4 hoses have atf; 2 have coolant.
Powertrain warranty should cover it.

 

Your Powertrain warranty is 5 years/60,000 miles. Take it to the dealer.

 

Yup, calling them first thing Monday morning and I hope it didn't damage the trans from low oil. I wish it had a dip stick to check the rinkadink trans oil easily. TIA

 

With a few drips, I highly doubt you're low enough for damage. You'd notice erratic shifting behavior, if you're at a level so low, I also think there's a transmission temp light, and usually extremely low oil will cause heating.

 

Don’t mess with it before you have it examined ***and documented*** by the dealer. If you do they will have reason to deny warranty claim.

 

These few drips has probably gone on for years and adds up. When I first received the truck, it would flare up intermittently when shifting so I took it back to Toyota. They said that they reprogrammed the computer with the latest update. I also asked them to check the trans oil and found out it was a little low. The flare up became less but it still does it ever so often to this day and they said that is normal. I doubt that it is normal but there is nothing that they will do anymore. I just wish that it had a dip stick so I could easily check the oil level. The next truck that I buy will have a dip stick unless all the transmissions are made that way now.

 

Yup, I'll leave everything as is and have it documented in their computer.

 

You won't be buying a truck then.

 

Or a car lol

On edit
This is the first one I have seen..
But like anything else shit happens

 

1. 99.9% of people don't need a way to check because they wouldn't check it anyway.
2. You had better buy an old truck from the 1970's if a dipstick is important to you.

 

Yup, the manufacturers are slowly building the automobiles to be repaired only by the dealers and pretty soon the owner won't have anything to check themselves. I had a 1980 GMC before I got the Tacoma and I wish I kept it. I may go looking for something to restore since I have some 350 engines and 400 trans stored away.