Loose axle shaft

Had the recall done for the loose axle shaft. Yup definitely loose on mine. Truck is so much tighter feeling now. I wonder if any damage was done in the 28k miles I've done so far? Anybody else's loose?

 

Should be some comfort knowing the Powertrain Coverage is 60 months/60,000 miles.

https://support.toyota.com/s/article/What-warranty-coverag-7683?language=en_US

 

The recall is not for a loose axel. It’s for a defect that _might_ lead to bolts loosening over time. Are you sure your axel was actually loose?

 

I even got 5 year 100,000 warranty. Praying it would go before that

 

It's for the axle nut. If the nut loosens the axle gets loose. Yes it was loose. Gas milage even got better. The truck is nice and smooth like the day I bought now.

 

Yes, but very few of them actually become loose and if they do it can lead to a dangerous situation, therefore Toyota applies a fix regardless of whether the bolts are actually loose.

 

Glad you have the warranty. I think your axle will be fine.

 

Extended warranties and recalls are two separate things. Recalls are issued by manufacturers for safety critical issues and are fixed regardless of warranty status in most (all?) cases.

Also, as I said in my other post, Toyota applies the fix regardless of whether the axle is actually loose. The defect is not a loose axle. It is some welding spatter caused by a defective setup at the factory that _might_ lead to a loose axle. As long as your truck was manufactured with the defective setup at the factory (and maybe some other criteria), you are entitled to the fix.

 

Cool. That's the point of the thread. Wonder how many other people had a loose nut. Other then the one driving hahaha

 

Ok I think your missing the point but... it's fixed anyway

 

Wild guess: 1 or 2 per 100,000 perhaps? I’m not sure what the threshold Toyota used, nor does probably anyone on this forum. If there was one on this forum, we might have heard of it because they ended up in the ditch with a big scare.

 

I think you are missing the point and I’m trying to help you out.

 

Explain. Maybe I am missing your point. I had the loose nut causing the axle to become loose. Not undrivable loose but loose. And now it's fixed and drives the way it should.

 

How do you know it was loose? If you could show us some pictures of the loose bolt(s) that would be interesting.

 

Just going by what the tech said. I can definitely notice the truck tracks straight now. I'm not always fighting to keep it on the road. No more thumping in the rear when I hit bumps. I don't have pictures though.

 

Loose U-bolts on the axle housing?

 

No the recall description makes it sound like it’s bolts that mate the axle and axle housing. I’ve never taken that assembly apart, so I can’t comment further.

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

They’re a total of eight nuts in the recall four on each side the chance of all four nuts on either side coming loose are slim to none. Even if two completely came off on either side I doubt you would have even known it.