Recent content by DRC

You said you get a clunk on each revolution of the wheel. Does the clunk sound occur as soon as you apply the brake peddle and continue until you come to a complete stop? Does your steering wheel pull to the left or right while breaking? Pulling left or right during breaking is usually a sign...

Agree. They are easy to replace and in the end I replaced 2 studs. The only downside is it's a bit time consuming getting the rotor off and resetting the parking brake and all. I'd still like the option of cleaning up the threads when I know there is no damage to the stud other than the...

After removing the rear wheel on my 4th gen, I noticed a few of the wheel studs had some flat-ish areas on the threads. The lugs on these studs took a little wrenching to get them off. I'm the only person who works on this truck and I've always torqued my studs to 82-lbs, I'm very anal about...

I never did figure out how that light was suppose to stay put. I think the bodyshop broke something. Anyway, to resolve the issue I ended up installing two plastic plugs into the roof where there are some punch-outs. Then I used 2 small screws to attache the housing. This held the light in...

If the wheel stud can be wiggled side to side or in and out that may be an indicated of a stretched stud or possible crack. They should be solid. I'd replace it. No sense in risking it.

I know this is an older thread but maybe this will save others the hassle. I have the Pro comp 7105-7883 wheels on my 2008 4runner with the same problem. The center caps are about 1mm to small. The only way I have gotten them on is to first clean any rust off the center hub and use a liberal...

I know this is an old thread but I am in need of replacing the left and right side windshield moldings on my 08 limited. This seems to be the best thread I found about how to do this however it ended without really saying if the molding just snaps in / out. From the 08 part diagram it appears...

2008 limited just came back from the body shop where they had to remove the headliner to repair the roof. (I have a teenage driver…do I need to say anymore?) I got it back the other day and I noticed the rear dome light was loose and fell out when I touched it. I spent an hour trying to get...

I have an 08 v6 Limited which I bought brand new and the rear defroster never really worked either. I agree with zerowkul98. It just barley defrost the window and the colder it gets the less it works. If there is snow or ice on the window, forget about it, it’s not doing anything. It’s been...

I have a 08 4Runner v6 and we got our first snow / ice of the season this past week. With this I have been noticing some issues with the VSC / TRAC system. This is in 4h as I leave it in 4h all winter. It seems to have become hyper sensitive. On several occasions a gentle acceleration while...

Very hard to tell from the pic. I think you can rule out coolant. To me it looks like hydraulic fluid of sorts. Although I don’t see any reddish tint which would suggest trans fluid. As a guess I would say power steering fluid as that system is under pressure and a leak could spray like...

Very interesting, I recall on at least one occasion this indeed happened. At the time I just thought it was odd. One of those what the heck things but did not put anymore thought into it.

Well it looks like replacing the battery worked in my case. Since replacing the battery I have not had any issues starting. I am in Chicago and we have had some really cold weather the past few weeks, down to 7 degrees, and I have not had one issue starting. As it turned out the battery from...

Sounds odd but it would not surprise me at all. Our Sienna would forget how to idle if the battery was disconnect for too long. Go figure. I think I am in agreement with everyone that the likely issue is the battery. I went ahead and replaced it today with a Duracell from Sam's Club. For...

Greetings all, It’s been a while since I posted anything, life and kids will do that to ya! Anyway the other day when I went to start my 4runner after work it cranked for about 4 seconds before the engine fired up. Which was very odd as it never did this before. I thought bad gas as it was...