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Toyota Tacoma: Problems & Solutions
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1. Use some special tranny oil/lubricant, which I don't have a link for right now.
2. AAL: add a leaf to the rear suspension.
I agree that my tranny feels a little notchy, however, thats only in 2nd for me. If I rev correctly, I can switch into 3/4/5 without any problems.
After washing my 2002 Taco at a high pressure
self-service carwash for the 1st time.I noticed
quite a bit of moisture/condensation on the inside
of both rear tailight lenses.Could there be a missing gasket, or have others experienced this problem? Thanks.
Sounds familiar, doesnt it? I guess Ford is just like Toyota: can't build them watertight.
also, my fogs never did give me any problems with water.
aaaaaah.....those quiet recalls. you guys said it, not me. sounds like a quality foreign automaker to me.
hehe
No water retention in the lights and just routine maintenance.
Truckdude1 Wife
Either way, its a great truck with a great little engine.
Only problems to date were a mysterious crack and subsequent leak in the radiator at around 60K (dealer replaced at no charge under warranty) and one dirver's side parking light that went about 2K miles ago.
Other than that, I had the tires replaced at around 57K miles. Also, the clutch is a little squeaky when it's humid and/or raining but otherwise works fine.
I've been test driving some vehicles over the past few months including a new Ranger 4x4 and a Frontier 4x4 (both Xcabs V6's). They are both very nice trucks. I also like the new Dodge Ram's too (but haven't test drove one).
After washing, waxing and detailing my Tacoma; the thing looks brand spanking new and I realize, once again it's not worth getting rid of it.
I love this truck!!!
here. Can't Ford make trucks that.....well, act like trucks?
Took out my heater fan becasuse it was squeaking, whacked it with a hammer to get the plastic wheel off and the dang thing froze up. Great, now I'll have to spend $100. for a new one - no, wait - take it out of the housing and whack it on the other end. Now spray it with WD-40 & put it back in: good as new, no more squeak! I love these things!
I have the 2.4 engine in my 1995 4WD pickup - at 140,000 it runs perfect. Also has the manual transmission & I wouldn't want it any other way. Fun to drive and ultra reliable, only problem was the water pump that I fixed myself at 70,000 miles. If you maintain these things, you can't kill 'em.
28,000 miles on my '99 Ext Cab 4x4 TRD 2.7 5spd and she runs like a champ, I plan to keep this one for a while.
How has your truck's body been since that run-in with salt water - are there any signs of rust?
Due to a job change I have to bring my truck to New England and drive it in the salt and snow, I'm not really looking forward to that and will try to wash it every week.
- Paul
To date my '99 has 28,000 miles and no signs of any rust what so ever.
We don't get much snow here in SE VA so road salt is not a big concern, but when we do, I wash it real well.
My biggest finish problem is little stone chips. There are dozens on the hood and rocker panels, about the size of a pin head. I have a hood deflector, but I still get them. I heard something about newer water based paints aren't as tough as the older ones. It does seem thin and chips real easily. But the finish (gloss) is holding up real well, but I wash and wax regularly.
Any tips?
chips when using liquid touch up paint.
But remember you will need a bunch of them
and prob. use a fresh one every time so
no lint in paint...just a thought !!!!!!
If you're hearing the noise WHILE the wheel is turning freely, that's not normal and might be a problem.
On any car or truck with power steering it's not a good idea to turn the wheel all the way to the stopping point and force it hard to stay there, it puts too much strain on your power steering and will shorten it's life.
rattles coming from either the airbag or behind the glove box. One is a deep rattle and the
other is like a chirping sound. Does anyone have any similar sounds? Does anyone have any
thoughts or ideas? It happens on smooth road as well as bumps.
menards? foam on your new dash? omg. toyota quality, gotta love it.
Its your truck, you'll be driving it for several years, get to know it. Fix it yourself from time to time. I see nothing wrong with this rattle....yeah, it rattles a little, well, fix it. It's not rocket science.
sm-nope, (how would she know me, you don't even know my name or how old i am) sorry. im an old fart that took courses in the evening. never worked campus security, do they even have any? btw, that "wonderful" college is ranked very highly by us news & world report. it puts most other colleges to shame on requirements. graduating from simpson college means you can write well. something most colleges are lacking these days. not to mention requiring a foreign language as well. btw, i finished with a 3.562 gpa. one test kept me from [non-permissible content removed] laude. damn that class.
Just like the snapped axle: they'll take care of the problem, but guys, replacing an axle on a brand new '02? come on.
Not to nag or anything: you know you are supposed to start each new sentence with a capital letter?
Yes, I agree Tbunder, any new car should be tight as a drum. NO RATTLES. I hate rattles worse than anything, that is why I chose to fix it instead of letting the dealer screw it up.
Simpson College is where George Washington Carver went. It a small private college in Iowa that ranks as one of the higher in the midwest. My wife went there and now goes to Law school and the U. of Iowa so it had to be okay!
scorpio, how old are you 20? seems your immaturity is beaming.
btw, what's "UT"?
Why did you get your education then, if you don't use it? A diploma is a piece of paper, nothing more, unless you put the knowledge you have gained to use.
I'm not going to get impressed by your correct spelling. However, seeing obvious grammar mistakes in your post doesn't give your education too much credibility.
For one, I'm not boasting about my writing skills. I do know something about history and the world. I don't know about US history of 60s, 70s or 80s in great detail, I wasn't in the country. I wouldn't expect you to know history of my country in great detail.
And by the way, calling someone a computer geek is not an insult anymore. It may have been years ago, but here at work we are rather proud of it.
The goal of every US citizen should be to present ourselves in the mature fashion that tbunder regular exhibits.:)
scorpio- i dont waste my skills on this little forum. however, i will spell words correctly. that's second nature. when my skills are called upon, they get exhibited.
computer geek- a person who delved into the thought that working in the computer industry was a safe and secure trade. i have three friends who range from programmer to network tech that were all laid off in the last three months. the industry is flooded with workers and on its way down as far as being a secure job category. i wish you all the best and hope you don't get laid off. but you know this is true. however, i have one of the best degrees around- criminal justice. when people who work your trade or any other get laid off or feel harsh times, they almost always resort to crime. imo, the best job security in the world.
Computer geeks are people who work with computers professionally. They are not the dreamers who thought the dot.com bubble would be the answer to everything. You know, I work for a company that makes hardware and software for everybody, from NASA to Solar car group at the university I went to. So no, I don't work for a dotcom, and we've survived the last year without layoffs or paycuts, and picked up quite a few good engineers along the way, as well as quite a few new college grads. I say it's a pretty good job security. The moment test and measurement industry goes crashing down, everybody else will feel the impact, because even your Ford uses our boards to work on prototype cars.
No job is ever safe. Neither mine, nor yours. You can get laid off just as quick.
Gosh, tbunder, all my friends from the U. of Iowa who graduated with MIS or computer Sci. degrees are all still employeed and make well over $40,000. This is right out of college. Three of them work in Omaha, one in DesMoines, and the other two in Chicago. Seems okay to me.
If you were to be a cop why would you go to College when you can just go to the military? Both my brothers are cops and neither has ever stepped foot in a college classroom. One works in Council Bluffs and the other in Omaha. Both got jobs in their respective position straight out of the military. No, neither was a MP either.
ps. im not a cop. hehe
and i didn't say that they will rob "banks" or "convenience stores". i said they ALMOST always resort to crime. you took it all out of context my man.
ps. have either one of your brothers ever tried applying for a state special agent job or a federal job like fbi or cia? maybe dea? without a degree, they're flat out of luck bud. you can be a general in the military, but unless you have at least a BA, you can't even apply for the fbi, or a state level special agent for that matter. kudos to them, but they're lifers unless they get an education. who wants to be a patrol officer their whole life?
To your information, great majority of computer crimes (such as cracking and defacing sites, etc) is done by "script kiddies", 13-18 yo kids who have nothing better to do. Do you honestly think that a 30yo man with family, mortgage and car payments is going to go all out and start robbing people just because they got laid off?