Alrighty, I think it's fixed. After my above post, it started up again. So I stuck a go-pro underneath and sat with my poker.
@Delta1Seven I pressed where you pointed out and like a magic trick, the sound went away. As soon as I let off, sound came back. Pressed, away, etc.. Photo attached...
Sorry for late reply - my appointment had to get moved. Got the truck back - initially they thought it was me hearing the direct injection - but when I showed them the video, it was enough to get the foreman involved. According to them they went hunting everywhere and concluded it was the cat...
From your video -
Different angle - but the you can see the stamped arrow right near the exhaust hook. The lip of the other shield is facing the camera directly. But given the video angle, can also see they aren't really touching.
I see my dealer on Tuesday. Plan is to get there an hour or...
Heya, we're twins. I posted the same thing back in November -
Post: https://www.tacoma4g.com/forum/threads/rattle-grind-on-cold-start.16725/
2024, Off Road, Non-hybrid, ~4900 miles. Not on transmission TSB. No codes, vehicle drives completely normal.
I haven't taken it to my dealer yet, but...
Thanks, yeah when I tapped the heat shields I could access, it had the same tone/note, but none of them were loose.
Would the location of the downpipe/cat be accessed from underneath the truck, and underneath the silver cat shield in the video?
Hi, long time lurker here. I’m also not that technical so apologies if there’s any odd descriptors.
I have a 2024 Off-Road, non-hybrid. I recently noticed a mechanical grinding noise coming from the bottom of the truck (in the video). It has less than 5k miles, and other than the noise, drives...