Toyota Tacoma slides in the rain

I’ve seen a few reports now about Toyota Tacoma‘s sliding in the rain mine is a quad cab it’s been lifted a little and has stage two icon suspension the tires that are on there look pretty beefy first day of rain after a long summer I slid out twice a week later I slid out twice more definitely not safe sure you can slow down throw some weight in the rear end but I am going to address the brand of tires and throw some weight over the rear axle as far as slowing down I don’t know how much slower I could go I was taking a left at a stoplight from a complete stop Couldn’t have been going even 15 miles an hour and it slid out

 

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It's not the truck, it's the tires. Sure some weight in the bed will help, but you shouldn't be sliding while turning at 15mph.

 

First day of rain after a long dry spell? All that oil on the road surfaces. Worse in light rain.

 

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Friday for sure lol

 

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Welcome!

We used to through a couple bags of unopened cement near the tailgate.

 

Quit rippin that E brake son!

https://youtu.be/pS5d77DQHOI

 

hard to believe that happened, traction control would have kicked in before "sliding out" plus shorter axle is on the rear passenger side so you would have been puttinf weight on that tire turning left. other then that its a rwd truck with no weight on the back, they are sluggish and slow but sliding out at 15 mph is hard to believe. are your tires super old maybe?

 

My back end slides out all the time lol

 

Every tacoma slides in the rain, use less throttle. First rain after a long dryspell is extra slippery, all the oil and tire rubber and what not makes a slippery surface.

 

It's a pickup truck with solid axles and big tires, it's pretty normal and it's not dangerous if you have at least a tiny amount of situational awareness.

Why does it do it?
1. Rear wheel drive(for most purposes on the street anyway) if you mostly come from AWD or FWD it might be a new sensation but rear wheel drive cars can get a little squirrelly in the wet too.
2. Light rear end. Speaks for itself.
3. Big aggressive tires. Wider tires are more likely to hydroplane and aggressive ones are great for mud and such but those big voids and big blocks aren't what you want in the rain.
4. Solid axle, means it lifts up in the inside more than most cars in a turn.

You're just feeling the inner rear wheel slipping, it's not going to suddenly spin on you.