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Front making squeaking noise when hitting small bumps

Discussion in '2.5 Gen Tundras (2014-2021)' started by Eddietundra, Sep 23, 2019.

  1. Sep 23, 2019 at 7:24 PM
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    hello everyone i am a first timer here never post on toyota thread. The question or concern I have is that my truck is making squeaky noise when hitting small bumps coming from the driver side and possibly the passenger side too. I have purchased this tuck about 3 months ago its a 2016 4*2 SR5 DBL CAB 4.6L V8 and has 22'' black Fuel Rims with Nitto Terra Grappler G2 285/45R22 tires. Wanted some feed back from y'all. 57000 miles thanks you

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    How many miles?
     
  3. Sep 23, 2019 at 7:26 PM
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  4. Sep 23, 2019 at 7:27 PM
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    Your shock absorbers up front could be going bad. My old 4runner would do that when I would go over stuff with a little speed...sounded like a metal chaffing sound but very quickly.
     
  5. Sep 23, 2019 at 7:30 PM
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    Iam wondering if the shock absorbers would be covered under 60000 mile warrenty.
     
  6. Sep 23, 2019 at 7:34 PM
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    How miles do you have on your truck
     
  7. Sep 23, 2019 at 7:51 PM
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    Typically a squeaking noise would be from bad bushings or metal on metal contact.
    Most common squeaking noises I’ve seen have been the lower control arm bushings. But it could be a bad shock bushing. Also could be dried out sway bar bushings.
     
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  8. Sep 23, 2019 at 8:17 PM
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    Thanks for the feedback is that repair expensive can I lube it up or something. Any ideals I did try to move the truck up and down to hear anything but got no squeaking.
     
  9. Sep 29, 2019 at 2:54 PM
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    I would like to add, the more I listen to the squeaking it sounds like it is coming from the back of the truck. What are your thoughts?
     
  10. Sep 29, 2019 at 3:37 PM
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    Spare tire not "tight" enough?
     
  11. Sep 29, 2019 at 3:41 PM
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    Did not think about that, will tighten any loose screws.
     
  12. Oct 1, 2019 at 4:07 PM
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    I want to thankyou for the advice. I went underneathe and adjust the holding bracket centered right at the spare tire and that is where the squeaking was coming from. Thanks again.
     
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    Woohoo! I'm glad it helped! I had a similar issue and my wife suggested the spare tire...ha! Glad you found the issue!
     
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    I had that squeak too and it drove me nuts. I dropped my spare to do my suspension install and no more squeak. I'm not putting the spare back up.
     

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