Shock top hat failure on our stock 2024 Tacoma Off-Road while offroading

[BAQ717]

The guys at Shocks Surplus seem to think these top hat failures could be in part due to the OR shocks which have very little travel before hitting the ESCV. They can be harsh on sharp hits and transfer a lot of energy to the chassis. I haven’t had any failures but can confirm the stock OR shocks do tend to bottom out very easily. Hoping that when I upgrade to a 2.5 Bilstein it puts this potential issue to bed.

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[CEtaco]

I have a 2024 Limited non-hybrid model. Can anyone tell me if this issue applies to the Limited model also (AVS). Also, I am not clear exactly what is failing based on all of the pics. Can someone point it out to me please?

 

[Sagebrush]

Can anyone tell me if this issue applies to the Limited model also (AVS).

I have no idea, but since these failures seem to have all but ceased, it's clear Toyota found a fix. At what date it was implemented, I have no idea.

 

[TacoFreak]

@sunapeelakers just reported a top hat failure in a 2025.

@CEtaco There is a good picture of the top hats that fail in post #128. You could compare that to the top hat in your Limited to see if it is the same. I think it might just be Off Roads, but I'm not sure.

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