Spongy Brakes 2009 Taco.

elykTacos, thanks so much for replying and with the supplied info. i will be taking my truck in soon to have them look it over again and with this info, hopefully this will do the trick as it has yours. Thanks again !!!

 

My 09 Tacoma had 35k and factory pads were in good shape never a spongy brake petal my 2012 has almost 7k on it and is pretty firm however....

My mom was in town with her 2010 rav4 and I ran to the store in it and felt the breaks grinding so when I got home I popped of the wheel for a looksy her pads were shot almost to the backing front rotors looked good but slight worn the petal was firm but after I changed the front pads the grinding was gone but the petal was very spongy it would stop but I am a perfectionist I checked the fluid before and after oviously the fluid was higher after I pushed the piston back but not over the max I never opened the lines. I handled the calipers very gentle and had no leaks I was very careful since its my moms car and she drives like a bat out of hell

I was gonna bleed them but I don't know how air could have gotten in the lines wanted some thought before also I found on a rav4 forum that when this happens it has to be flushed by the dealer with a special bleeding tool (my idea of a special tool is a 10 mm wrench and my wife stepping on the brake petal my little hose and some fresh fluid in a clear container)


It just fustrated me because I must have changed 100 pairs of brakes and reclined and rebuilt the brake system In my dads f 150

Any advice???

Yes I know this is a taco forum but I'm sure some of y'all have played with other models

 

I have 2 tacomas aswell but I notice that my single cab 4 cylinder has the same issue with the spongy pedal. I had both calipers changed and also my master cylinder and its the same I need help just like everyone else