Hey guys I’ve got a weird issue I’ve been having the past few weeks.

When I brake suddenly or even not smooth and then briefly try to accelerate the rpm’s go up, I barely move, and the car returns a singular jerking/clunking motion that doesn’t feel/sound great. I make a wincing face when it happens and I’m looking to see what it is.

My initial thoughts are one of three things:

Driveshaft clunk (heard about this before)
Transmission fluid low/needs flush (hesitant of lifetime fluid Toyota advertises)
Transmission is just getting old/worn needs to be redone.


For reference: 2005 V8 Limited 249,000 miles as of yesterday

Done a great deal of maintenance on this car but never anything transmission based so my knowledge isn’t too solid in that department. Any ideas or info at all would be great!