I have a 2025 TRD O/R with manual transmission and it has a very strange noise that seems to come from the rear passenger side SOMETIMES. It is sort of a wind or fan noise and I have noticed that it begins when I am messing with the climate control. Specifically, the noise happens when I turn...
Even though the Predator steps were put on a high percentage of the trucks coming through Gulf States Toyota (all of Texas etc), many people apparently hate them and they are flimsy. I would think you could find a set locally from somebody who took them off right after delivery. I don't know...
I'm extremely interested in the rev hang situation. If anyone can confirm that it was 'fixed' (software update or some physical change, from Toyota) then I want it! My '25 OR manual, delivered Feb and built last December or January, certainly DOES have significant rev hang. It's not a big...
If your truck is stock (no suspension mods, no tire size change, nothing heavy in the bed or on the hitch), and the lights were correctly aimed at the factory, then the light aiming dial belongs at position zero. The numbers on that dial do not represent either inches or degrees, they are just...
Does anyone have information about the traction control (whether mine is functioning correctly)? I thought that it should be applying some braking to the left rear when the right is starting to spin, thereby allowing the left also to apply some torque. Not as good a solution as a viscous...
My O/R manual is the first pickup I've owned. One of the situations that I didn't expect, or at least thought would be less severe, is the inability to accelerate strongly from a stop on dry pavement. For reference, I'm coming off a Subaru (which has nearly perfect traction) and before that...
My experience with Cedar Park Toyota was much different. Like all the other dealers (salesmen) I talked to within hundreds of miles of my house, they were unwilling to talk about anything other than vehicles they had already been allocated. They told you the truth about Gulf States Toyota...
I can't tell from that web page what you would be buying. Is it just a rack that would go above the bed, or is it that plus the roof rack with the wind deflector? If it's the latter then I would expect your mileage to decrease significantly. But if you already have the roof rack, then adding...
You're right about it blowing cold even without the A/C button engaged. I think when you use the Auto mode, the A/C is engaged but it does not turn on the A/C light. Just another stupid choice by Toyota if you ask me. RE: the original post, I suspect that the vents are getting wet when it's...
I don't want to make anybody's head explode, but one of the first things I did when I got home with a new TRD Off Road was to painstakingly REMOVE the turd stickers from the rear fenders. I have always hated the acronym and made fun of these "racing" Toyotas over the years, but now my brothers...
That's fantastic! We should take up a collection and fly that driver to Austin, Texas. He can drive my truck and I will love to video him trying to get it into reverse using only his fingertips. Seriously, his bus shifts the way my cars up to now have shifted. Surely his transmission is as...
Cool diagram and I agree that a light touch on the shifter is good, to the extent possible. My Taco shifter definitely requires a firmer grip and more arm force (for some of the motions) than any of the previous vehicles I've had. Curious that the diagram flips back and forth between a...
OK, you asked for it..
I do think The Bandit is on to something: I wondered to myself after the second time whether adrenaline could explain the magically easy but incorrect shift into reverse. That still doesn't make it OK, though, in my opinion. What will happen after years and miles when...
Also, I just checked what happens when I put in the zip code for my nearest Toyota dealer (one hour away): the Costco program returns two independent shops but not the dealer. So this will not work for me to get any discounts from the dealer. I suspect dealers have to opt in (and pay $) to be in...