Rear Diff #3 - Whats going on?

Does the clunk come when u press brakes and feel as if it below you the driver?

 

Is that what the gawd-awful loud tick is? I should post a vid, it is out of control. My wife is always asking me if all the noises the truck makes are normal.
1. Whining diff (she has that one figured out...)
2. Ticking whining blower fan (silenced with the third blower fan)
3. Whining wiper motor assembly (also cured with the third assembly)
4. Creaking driver's seat (who the hell knows....)
5. Motor ticking, very loud. (Why can't Toyota shut this up, it's unacceptable, if a domestic tics this loud, they tear it down!)
What puts me off so much about this one, is is sounds cheap. My GM work truck, which has a VERY hard life, at 174 000kms does not make any stupid sounds! (I still hate GM though...)
6. Squeeking leaf springs.....
7. Random loud rattleing - Oh wait, the dealer forgot to tighten the driveshaft bearing bolts on diff replace #4, the driveshaft is falling out.......Towed back to the dealer

As for the OP's diff issues, I would assume a bent housing, but since they have to date not solved my issue, and instead prefer to do regular ring & pinion replacements, as well as rusty bumper replacements, I will return it at the end of the lease with all of it's rust and noises and problems.
The 8.4" diffs are pretty stout, and there is definitly and issue to get resolved before the warranty ends.

 

It never ends

 

So, now that I own a Toyota "OFF ROAD" model, a run throught the mud constitutes a beating. Hmm. This is really pathetic, as it was nothing I have not done to previous trucks, dozens of times each year, for years. But the Tacoma goes pop on the 3rd stuck. I happen to own 80 acres, and if spinning through mud is abuse, then this is a pethetic excuse for a truck.
Simple.
Spinning in mud is normal for us actual truck users.
And the panzy that said I was abusing, was one of those "come to an off road event to take pictures", types, the only mud on his truck was from an errant roost.
I stand by my assessment, based on my ownership of 6 prior trucks, and the 174 000kms hard kms I put on my overloaded work truck, it was "normal usage", and that is likely why Toyota keeps throwing parts at it, with nary a word of cristicism.

 

Tell them you want a new axle.

Walk into that sh1t and be like "YO BITCH REPLACE DIS SHIT.".

 

When is your lease up again ?

 

Feel my pain...
VIN #:5TEUU4EN6AZ6883**
Repair
Order Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)Repair
Order NumberOdometer
Reading (KMS)Servicing
DealerService
Description06/23/201117898665124McPhillips ToyotaELECTRICAL
06/22/201117890965124McPhillips ToyotaDIAGNOSE AND REPORT
06/06/201117789458036McPhillips ToyotaCLUTCH/TRANSMISSION
DIAGNOSE AND REPORT
ELECTRICAL
EXTERIOR TRIM (1)
03/28/201117389754025McPhillips ToyotaCLUTCH/TRANSMISSION
DIAGNOSE AND REPORT
TRIM
08/19/201016234337766McPhillips ToyotaELECTRICAL
EXTERIOR TRIM (1)
HEATING/COOLING SYST
STEERING
SUSPENSION
TRIM
05/26/201020234422402Woodhaven Lexus ToyotaFRONT/REAR AXLE
REAR AXLE
REAR SUSPENSION
04/19/201015547818720McPhillips ToyotaCLUTCH/TRANSMISSION
DIAGNOSE AND REPORT
ELECTRICAL
SUSPENSION
03/29/201015425116666McPhillips ToyotaCLUTCH/TRANSMISSION
TRIM
02/19/201015186412617McPhillips ToyotaSUSPENSION

 

Prolly not a serious question, but I'll bite....
November 1st, 2013 I believe.

 

Hemi... I DO beat my trucks... and they still don't break (my third Tacoma)!

You were so positive on here last year, it is so bad that you got a lemon! Sorry for the unusual bad experiences!!

 

Yeah OP I'd ask them to replace the whole damn rear axle. It's like that definition of insanity ... doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. Well I'd say you're there. And whatever the dealer is doing isn't working. Demand the entire assembly ... housing, axle shafts, bearings, the works ... be replaced. And if they won't do that, then demand a free extended warranty to 7yrs. Because you know it will just happen again .. and it shouldn't be on your dime.

 

Thanks again gents. I'll keep you posted.

Now I'll have to try and get them to fix the axle wrap.

 

It feels like its coming from the back end... but it doesn't happen every time, but about 70% of the time.
The clunk happens right before the truck comes to a complete start... then a another (smaller) clunk happens when I press the gas to accelerate again.

Its kind of hard to pin point exactly... but after looking into the whole axle wrap thing... it looks like I am another victim.

 

I call your story BS... you can not be stuck with TRD OFroad caus it has da ATRAC

 

I didn't let the dealer cut off the bottom of my accelerator, or install the new throttle overide software, and my truck "suddenly accelerated" into the mud. Not my fault ;-)