Recent content by CptAwesome

For those of you (us) with 2012-2013 4runners that are still needing to upgrade the software on the head unit... all of the download links in this thread are now dead. the toyota service page no longer allows you to pull for the 2012-2013 year. However, this direct link it still alive. just...

Yes, that's what the noise sounded like. I'm curious if the hood fix worked for you too.

It WAS the hood after all!! Thank you! Do I need to replace the latch or just lube it? I turned the rubber stoppers to give some upward pressure for now and that totally got rid of the sound, but I would like to fix the underlying issue.

Well, I borrowed a torque wrench finally, but it turns out I didn't need it. While I was waiting on the torque wrench, I decided to test the hood theory that lukeskywalker mentioned above. I figured no way this could be it, but I didn't have anything to lose. I adjusted the rubber stoppers up a...

PLEASE report back if you figuring anything out. This is my exact problem. Pushing down/rocking does not cause the sound. Transitions at an angle (straight on is fine), as well as low-speed turns (sometimes), does. I'm trying to borrow a torque wrench this weekend to see if it's the LCA bolts...

Your symptoms are exactly like mine, so I am assuming I have the same issue. Did the creaking come back, or is it still gone? Can I tighten the bolts under load, or does the vehicle need to be off the ground? And to confirm, the LCA bolts are the ones in this diagram that are indicated by the...