Trailhunter Leaking Rear Shock - Old Man Emu - Fail

So, the latest leak (prior was transmission fluid) on my new Trailhunter is from the passenger rear shock. <2,000 miles... And Zero Off-Roading...

Old Man Emu = Fail...

Found about 12 oz of oil on the garage floor this AM.

See pictures:

 

Trip to the dealership. Make sure you call ahead to parts to make sure they have it in stock. To save another trip/waiting.

Or you can part it out as suggested. Dibs on the front bumper and grill.

Edit: NVM. Wrong color.

 

Any shock can leak or fail, what really sucks is its likely a longer delay for the TH shock.

Hopefully its a quick turn over and you can carry on.

With 3rd gens we have extra oem shocks that we bolt in as interm solutions when theres massive delays with the fox shocks etc.

 

Maybe the dealer jumped it during the test drives

 

As mentioned any shock can leak and any time there's a separate reservoir that can add to developing a leak.

I had a ford performance bilstein rear resi that had a small leak and used it anyway, maybe a month or two latter the fitting finally gave. I replaced with regular 5160s. The performance shocks may have been too short as they were recommended for no lift and I lifted the rear 1/4".

I'm wondering if Toyota specced the TH shocks a little too short and if that could cause a leak?

 

Here comes the knuckleheads...
They ruined your truck, you better sue, get a lawyer......

 

2024 KIA Tacoma

 

I've warrantied probably 100-200 of 2005-2023 tacoma shocks. The 05-15 gen would actually lock up and not allow travel.

 

Laughs in King shocks.

 

The shock has nothing to do with the Toyota company . Any shock can leak , or go 100 k miles and never leak . Just wear out

 

it does if it's installed at the Toyota assembly plant and delivered to the end user on a new truck.

 

It's a Toyota spec product designed by OME to hit a Toyota price point, and made by Bilstein because OME can't handle Toyota's volume. So yes, Toyota has its fingers everywhere on this.

I've never had an Icon leak out of the 12 I've used. Just sayin'...

 

All great points everyone!!!!

Now can we wait until n>1 before we recommend that those buffoon early adopters swap out those shitty shocks for the GREATEST SHOCKS IN THE WORLD?

 

And many other people never had an OME or bilstein leak out of the ones they’ve used.


But if you google “icon shock leaking,” you’ll get many results. This is why anecdotal evidence really isn’t a useful guide for making decisions.

it’s a bummer for OP, but that’s all it is so far

 

Bilstein is making OME shocks for OME/Toyota? First I've heard of that.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...r-tfl-and-sheldon-brown.831261/#post-29792160

 

23:45 mark or thereabouts, "I believe Bilstein is doing the manufacturing for these." Less than 2 seconds there and I can't find anything else through google or elsewhere to back this up. Seems odd to me.