is my problem the tranny or something else?
08-19-2004, 09:48 AM
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is my problem the tranny or something else?
hello all,
i noticed yesterday and today again, my '95 4runner would give a hard kick or jerk while i'm driving, also there were some grinding or whining noises from under the car. it happened about a total of 6 times within the past two days. it doesn't slip or stall, it just gives a hard kick out of nowhere while driving, but it drives fine during the episode, it's hard to describe. it feels as if the brakes lock up, but i don't think it's the brakes. please help.
jay
i noticed yesterday and today again, my '95 4runner would give a hard kick or jerk while i'm driving, also there were some grinding or whining noises from under the car. it happened about a total of 6 times within the past two days. it doesn't slip or stall, it just gives a hard kick out of nowhere while driving, but it drives fine during the episode, it's hard to describe. it feels as if the brakes lock up, but i don't think it's the brakes. please help.
jay
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08-19-2004, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by SLC Punk
Its an auto right?
My 93 Camry did that, the fluid was fine, I ended up selling it.
My 93 Camry did that, the fluid was fine, I ended up selling it.
don't scare me like that!! yes, it's an automatic. truck has 160k miles.
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Originally Posted by jchin
yikes slc,
don't scare me like that!! yes, it's an automatic. truck has 160k miles.
don't scare me like that!! yes, it's an automatic. truck has 160k miles.
Is it only doing it when cold?
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08-19-2004, 12:36 PM
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Bearings?
I lost a wheel bearing once. Frightening thing to happen - it locked up a front wheel! Spun the race, galled it to the spindle, ugly to fix (hours with emery cloth working on that spindle...) Anyway, a couple of times before it exploded the bearing did what sounds like that same thing to me. The first time the wheel just jerked once. I stopped and checked things, jacked up the front etc, nothing seemed wrong. I was about to head to the coast (95 miles) so I went home instead to change vehicles. On the way home it did that 2 more times. Just a few yards from my driveway it locked up tight. Good thing I was home, and going slow too - if I'd been on the highway it would have been bad. Now of course, I know what a bad bearing sounds like. It had been going out and I didn't realise what that sound was.
I lost a wheel bearing once. Frightening thing to happen - it locked up a front wheel! Spun the race, galled it to the spindle, ugly to fix (hours with emery cloth working on that spindle...) Anyway, a couple of times before it exploded the bearing did what sounds like that same thing to me. The first time the wheel just jerked once. I stopped and checked things, jacked up the front etc, nothing seemed wrong. I was about to head to the coast (95 miles) so I went home instead to change vehicles. On the way home it did that 2 more times. Just a few yards from my driveway it locked up tight. Good thing I was home, and going slow too - if I'd been on the highway it would have been bad. Now of course, I know what a bad bearing sounds like. It had been going out and I didn't realise what that sound was.
08-19-2004, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Flamedx4
Bearings?
I lost a wheel bearing once. Frightening thing to happen - it locked up a front wheel! Spun the race, galled it to the spindle, ugly to fix (hours with emery cloth working on that spindle...) Anyway, a couple of times before it exploded the bearing did what sounds like that same thing to me. The first time the wheel just jerked once. I stopped and checked things, jacked up the front etc, nothing seemed wrong. I was about to head to the coast (95 miles) so I went home instead to change vehicles. On the way home it did that 2 more times. Just a few yards from my driveway it locked up tight. Good thing I was home, and going slow too - if I'd been on the highway it would have been bad. Now of course, I know what a bad bearing sounds like. It had been going out and I didn't realise what that sound was.
I lost a wheel bearing once. Frightening thing to happen - it locked up a front wheel! Spun the race, galled it to the spindle, ugly to fix (hours with emery cloth working on that spindle...) Anyway, a couple of times before it exploded the bearing did what sounds like that same thing to me. The first time the wheel just jerked once. I stopped and checked things, jacked up the front etc, nothing seemed wrong. I was about to head to the coast (95 miles) so I went home instead to change vehicles. On the way home it did that 2 more times. Just a few yards from my driveway it locked up tight. Good thing I was home, and going slow too - if I'd been on the highway it would have been bad. Now of course, I know what a bad bearing sounds like. It had been going out and I didn't realise what that sound was.
jchin, if you have the time, pull your wheel and check your bearings. Make sure the race is properly seated in the back of the hub, and grease everything up if it looks ok.
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thanks for all your responses. here's an updated description of the problem as it happened again after work today.
i can hear some rattling and also as if a piece of metal is dragging on the street, during the noise the truck is vibrating. the kick/jerk is similar to when you go over a speed bump without slowing down for it. also i can hear something clicking in the dash like a switch or relay going off. don't know if that's related but it happened also. these problems are intermittent, like today, it occured twice on the ride home. otherwise it drives normal.
i'm not mechanically inclined and i have no experience with any suv. this is my fiance's 4runner and i recently started driving it. could there be anything else like the differentials? thanks for the continued help. i guess i'll look at her owner's manual and learn how to check the transmission fluid and differential fluids? anything else i should check that is simple to do??
i can hear some rattling and also as if a piece of metal is dragging on the street, during the noise the truck is vibrating. the kick/jerk is similar to when you go over a speed bump without slowing down for it. also i can hear something clicking in the dash like a switch or relay going off. don't know if that's related but it happened also. these problems are intermittent, like today, it occured twice on the ride home. otherwise it drives normal.
i'm not mechanically inclined and i have no experience with any suv. this is my fiance's 4runner and i recently started driving it. could there be anything else like the differentials? thanks for the continued help. i guess i'll look at her owner's manual and learn how to check the transmission fluid and differential fluids? anything else i should check that is simple to do??
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anymore ideas??
Originally Posted by jchin
thanks for all your responses. here's an updated description of the problem as it happened again after work today.
i can hear some rattling and also as if a piece of metal is dragging on the street, during the noise the truck is vibrating. the kick/jerk is similar to when you go over a speed bump without slowing down for it. also i can hear something clicking in the dash like a switch or relay going off. don't know if that's related but it happened also. these problems are intermittent, like today, it occured twice on the ride home. otherwise it drives normal.
i'm not mechanically inclined and i have no experience with any suv. this is my fiance's 4runner and i recently started driving it. could there be anything else like the differentials? thanks for the continued help. i guess i'll look at her owner's manual and learn how to check the transmission fluid and differential fluids? anything else i should check that is simple to do??
i can hear some rattling and also as if a piece of metal is dragging on the street, during the noise the truck is vibrating. the kick/jerk is similar to when you go over a speed bump without slowing down for it. also i can hear something clicking in the dash like a switch or relay going off. don't know if that's related but it happened also. these problems are intermittent, like today, it occured twice on the ride home. otherwise it drives normal.
i'm not mechanically inclined and i have no experience with any suv. this is my fiance's 4runner and i recently started driving it. could there be anything else like the differentials? thanks for the continued help. i guess i'll look at her owner's manual and learn how to check the transmission fluid and differential fluids? anything else i should check that is simple to do??
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Originally Posted by jchin
thanks for all your responses. here's an updated description of the problem as it happened again after work today.
i can hear some rattling and also as if a piece of metal is dragging on the street, during the noise the truck is vibrating. the kick/jerk is similar to when you go over a speed bump without slowing down for it. also i can hear something clicking in the dash like a switch or relay going off. don't know if that's related but it happened also. these problems are intermittent, like today, it occured twice on the ride home. otherwise it drives normal.
i'm not mechanically inclined and i have no experience with any suv. this is my fiance's 4runner and i recently started driving it. could there be anything else like the differentials? thanks for the continued help. i guess i'll look at her owner's manual and learn how to check the transmission fluid and differential fluids? anything else i should check that is simple to do??
i can hear some rattling and also as if a piece of metal is dragging on the street, during the noise the truck is vibrating. the kick/jerk is similar to when you go over a speed bump without slowing down for it. also i can hear something clicking in the dash like a switch or relay going off. don't know if that's related but it happened also. these problems are intermittent, like today, it occured twice on the ride home. otherwise it drives normal.
i'm not mechanically inclined and i have no experience with any suv. this is my fiance's 4runner and i recently started driving it. could there be anything else like the differentials? thanks for the continued help. i guess i'll look at her owner's manual and learn how to check the transmission fluid and differential fluids? anything else i should check that is simple to do??
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