Vibration at 1700 rpm

[Northbound395]

Not meaning to rehash old news but it's been a few months since anyone has posted about the 4runner vibration at 1700-1800 rpm. I was curious if anyone ever found a fix for it. This is just a minor annoyance in an otherwise great truck. It's a "buzz" feel in the steering wheel and floor board as the engine rpm passes through 1700 rpm and it seems to be fairly common. I recall reading a post where someone claimed they fixed it by replacing the transmission fluid with synthetic but I can't find that post.

 

[hre814]

don't waste your money on atf replacement, it's in the connection of the steering column and until toyota puts the dampening fix that they put on the gx470, we're stuck with it. i've just become used to it, and don't even think about it anymore.

 

[toyoboy]

Not meaning to rehash old news but it's been a few months since anyone has posted about the 4runner vibration at 1700-1800 rpm. I was curious if anyone ever f

 

[toyoboy]

I wondering if this is the same noise i had with a tacoma. do you have push button 4 wheel drive.?

 

[hre814]

no full time 4wd

 

[toyoboy]

no homey. do you push and button on your shift lever to get into high 4 wheel drive.

 

[hre814]

sorry, misunderstood you. yeah it is push button. it is push button and turn the knob (no lever) from low to high.

 

[toyoboy]

now me and you are clueless. I thought you had an older 4runner

 

[Brewster]

As far as I know there's no fix yet. I still find it extermely annoying. As was mentioned earlier on this forum, Truck Trend magazine had a note (p. 97) in the Nov./Dec issue basically saying that Toyota had issued a fix for the GX 470 but not for the 4Runner.

 

[Lotta]

Vibrations

Greetings...I just purchased 05 Ltd v8 and it developed vibration on day 2 around 1700-1800 rpms. Not that big a deal as you zoom through that range...but within a few days it has gotten worse. Once it drops into Overdrive and rpms drop to 1500, the vibration gets worse, the vehicle feels like it is bogging and lurching and you cannot smoothly accelerate out of it. Dealer says its normal. I say they've got a battle on their hands. BTW, it is significantly worse with the A/C OFF. I assume that's becuase the rpms drop even lower. I hate my new vehicle. My Nissan Pathfinder before this was a charm. The vehicle is dangerous to drive because I'm spending my attention looking at the tach, changing gears, speeding up or down to avoid certain rpm ranges. Basically, 1000-2000 pretty miserable.

 

[hre814]

what you describe is not normal. i have this vibration and it doesn't do what you say, lurching, not accel. smoothly. I accelerates just fine but has that vibration. I would push the issue. Make sure you call Toyota Cust Service to file a claim.

 

[Lotta]

Hi Herman, thanks for the response! I note that you are in VA. What's the status of YOUR problem? Out of curiosity, what percentage of your driving time would you say you are riding with the vehicle vibrating? I would say better than half the time for me...maybe even 70-80%. My driving style seems to be the worst for the vibration...that would be slow steady even speed. I've learned to do things like not use OD, use the A/C even though I'm not hot, and accelerate up beyond the speed I want to go and then coast for a while. It's a killer. I feel so bad. I just wanted a nice vehicle to get me from here to there. I had a couple other Toytoas in my life and they were nice, well built vehicles. I cannot live with this and can't imagine anyone buying the vehicle from me. I'm trying NOT to blow this out of proportion. If it was just a vibration as you pass through a rpm range - like 1700 or 1800 like some posts say, that would be different. In higher gears, though, when it drops to anyway between 800 and 1500, you cannot avoid the vibration and you then are stuck in that mode until you change your speed. I haven't seen but one post that describes this second area of vibration.

 

[hre814]

i'm still having it at low rpms and a cyclical (sp?) vibration above 70 mph. i've learned to live with both. it doesn't make the car undriveable and doesn't drive me nuts anymore like it used to . i've grown a tolerance to it. if it is a serious issue that causes acceleration issues then that needs to be checked out. i don't know if you have other Toyota dealers in your area other then the one you went to? try that. call toyota customer service. if all else fails, go to arbitration. i didn't do it because others with similar problems as myself lost, while i think one person won.