Hood Vibrating

Welp, I just checked what they wrote down on my invoice and here is my dealerships notes..

it makes me wonder if they even submitted a complaint to Toyota but I will file my own report with them to be on the safe side!
I agree, if we pay 40k for a truck... if like my hood to at least be attached a bit better.

 

My dealer contacted Toyota and got the approval to fix it by sending to outside body shop...it's NOT normal its failed flutter foam

 

It would be interesting to know what hood adhesive Toyota uses at the factory.

 

My guess would be bazooka bubble gum, or maybe big league chew

 

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Had the hood vibrating on my truck. Toyota agreed to repair at an authorized body shop. Repair lasted about fourteen months, before the adhesive failed.

Took the truck back to dealer who just replaced my hood with a new one.

 

Ugh Mines at the body shop now. I think if it fails again i'll prob just fix it with RTV. I wonder if the new hood is built the same way as the old one

 

Talked to body shop that worked on my truck, they said that there were several areas that Toyota had missed gluing on my hood when the truck was built. He also used seem sealer to fix it (Not sure I agree with that choice)

 

Recently had my hood replaced to fix the vibration - just noticed that my windshield wiper fluid no longer sprays. Plenty of fluid in the reservoir, no visible tubing disconnected, no visible kinks in the lines, pump sounds as though it is pumping when activated. I'm short - so I can't see if there is paint clogging the nozzles without a stool (go ahead, insert short joke ) but I need to check that. Anything else you would check?

I'm taking it back on Friday, I just don't like to look stupid in public and waste my time at the dealer if it is something easy to fix. (I did search and didn't see any replies along this line - sorry if I missed them). Thoughts/ideas are appreciated.

 

make sure its not just disconnected under the hood. those hoses hang down on mine, they prob disconnected them when they fixed the hood

 

So the service manager looked at the repair from the body shop and sent it back...This can't be good

 

Thanks for this. I noticed mine barely spray after getting my hood back. I’ll be checking tonight.

 

Thanks wdelarme - I didn't see anything disconnected, but I'll double check when I get home. I'll have to get my stool out to really see in there well and will look for paint clogs at the same time! I'll also say that fluid does not appear to be leaking when I hit the spray, my assumption is I'd have a puddle (or at least dripping) of fluid if something were disconnected but stranger things could happen than someone cinching the lines shut.

 

Guys, over three years and this condition has not been corrected by Toyota. Basically the hood on everything except the Pro and the Sport is flat, thin, flimsy and long. Not good for preventing vibration. To make it worse, when doing the repair unless the proper adhesive is applied by someone who knows what he is doing, you can end up with a worse problem...a dimpled hood or at the very least a repair that doesn't last. Might be best to just suck it up and live with it.

 

What is the "Proper" adhesive? The body shop mine is at right now is using seem sealer, which I think will crack and not give enough

 

The adhesive used for the Mazda fix...and there have been a few reports of it not working. https://mazda.oemdtc.com/272/hood-vibrates-when-driving-at-highway-speeds-2013-2014-mazda-cx-5

 

Holy shit, this is a thing? I just thought hood vibrated because it's so damn long. Will have to take a look after work.

 

Body shop guy used seam sealer on mine...Will keep watching it to see if it starts breaking again

 

Just got back from the body shop, They used 3m 4274 at my request to hit every spot on the hood. Toyota actually missed several spots (there wasn't anything between the brace and the hood skin) They also had several spots where the adhesive had failed totally and wasn't even connected to the hood skin anymore. I cannot believe that Toyota overlooked this. I drove home going 70 Mph+ and the wobbling is gone from the hood.

 

I took my truck in and got it back on Friday - here's the update on what went wrong with my windshield washer fluid. There is a one-way valve in the tubing to prevent "contamination" - when my new hood was installed, this valve was installed backwards. Issue resolved, dealer only had the truck for about 30 minutes.