2003 Tacoma brake issues. I could really use some help
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2003 Tacoma brake issues. I could really use some help
Hi everyone for the last 3 months I’ve been having a brake issue. When coming to a stop by brake peddle vibrates and get this weird loud noise coming from my brake booster area I thought it was my rotors that were warped, I changed my rotors and brake pads 2 days ago. The brakes didn’t make that noise for the drive I took around town for 20 minutes to test it. Now this morning the noise came back! Maybe the noise went away just temporarily because I bled the brakes then it came back? Anyway I should mention my brake booster makes noise when reversing from time to time. I was lucky to record a video of the noise that it makes I’ll post to here hopefully you guys can give me some input I appreciate it. Here’s the link to the video for the sound thank you
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0HJp...#Mountain_View
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0HJp...#Mountain_View
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Could your ABS be activating? Mebbe there's some metallic detritus on the magnetic sensors? IF it is the abs it should be pretty easy to check the sensors for metal contamination, start with the rear. Throwing that out there as I had a similar issue when a rear wheel bearing kerblooied.
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Brake pedal vibrating is almost definitely abs. Depending on what you mean by vibrating...
Never had this issue with a yota but with my previous work truck (rip), I was pulling in the driveway of a place where I was housesitting, a long, dirt driveway. A little bumpy. Was pulling up to the garage at just maybe 5mph, hit the brakes, and instead of braking, the pedal was vibrating quickly. Not like warped rotors, but like the pedal itself was vibrating. And I coasted right into the garage door at 5mph.
Brought it into a shop and he didn't have ready answer for me, but after looking at it said an abs sensor was bad and replaced it. I noticed a couple times, driving over cattle grates at highway offramps, coming to a stop, that it would sometimes start to happen again. So it seems like it was the abs sensors kicking in when something vibrated them.
Anyway, all that is just to say that a malfunctioning sensor could cause this. Assuming this isn't the more whole-truck, pulsing vibration of warped rotors. The abs feeling is more like your phone on vibrate.
I didn't watch the video because it seems like I need to download it to watch? When I come to a complete stop I have a noise in the front end which is definitely my control arm bushings. But these are all just wild guesses.
Never had this issue with a yota but with my previous work truck (rip), I was pulling in the driveway of a place where I was housesitting, a long, dirt driveway. A little bumpy. Was pulling up to the garage at just maybe 5mph, hit the brakes, and instead of braking, the pedal was vibrating quickly. Not like warped rotors, but like the pedal itself was vibrating. And I coasted right into the garage door at 5mph.
Brought it into a shop and he didn't have ready answer for me, but after looking at it said an abs sensor was bad and replaced it. I noticed a couple times, driving over cattle grates at highway offramps, coming to a stop, that it would sometimes start to happen again. So it seems like it was the abs sensors kicking in when something vibrated them.
Anyway, all that is just to say that a malfunctioning sensor could cause this. Assuming this isn't the more whole-truck, pulsing vibration of warped rotors. The abs feeling is more like your phone on vibrate.
I didn't watch the video because it seems like I need to download it to watch? When I come to a complete stop I have a noise in the front end which is definitely my control arm bushings. But these are all just wild guesses.
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