jdr
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2024 Manual Taco TRD Off-Road, about 550mi on it. Do any of your Tacos make this engine noise? (attached, bottom)
As far as I can remember the engine makes this noise since I took my Taco out of the dealer. It just took me a second to recognize it stood out and another second to figure out how to reliably reproduce it. It seems to be associated to a specific throttle position. It won't make the noise if I go too hard or too soft on the pedal. Here I'm parked in neutral but it will make the noise for longer, while driving in gear, if I keep the throttle at this specific "mid" position... roughly feels like 1/8 deep of the throttle travel. Hear it more in the lower gears, 1st and 2nd. Vaguely if at all in 3rd, and never really at full speed. Overall the car feels great. It doesn't feel like it lacks any power at all. I've been babying the engine ever since I got it, slowly breaking it in.
If I were to describe it verbally, it sounds like monkeys playing low key steel drums moving their hands at 1.5Khz...
It sounds like fluid flowing rapidly through a pipe when the volume doesn't fill the entire pipe...
It reminds me of my old car's idle air valve when I turned it on... but, I'm not sure this sounds electronic...
In the video, you can hear the slight knocking several times. It's there when it starts and sounds real clear between 00:01 - 00:02.
Do any of your Tacos make this noise?
Looking for some feedback before going back to the dealer to ask them to take a look.
As far as I can remember the engine makes this noise since I took my Taco out of the dealer. It just took me a second to recognize it stood out and another second to figure out how to reliably reproduce it. It seems to be associated to a specific throttle position. It won't make the noise if I go too hard or too soft on the pedal. Here I'm parked in neutral but it will make the noise for longer, while driving in gear, if I keep the throttle at this specific "mid" position... roughly feels like 1/8 deep of the throttle travel. Hear it more in the lower gears, 1st and 2nd. Vaguely if at all in 3rd, and never really at full speed. Overall the car feels great. It doesn't feel like it lacks any power at all. I've been babying the engine ever since I got it, slowly breaking it in.
If I were to describe it verbally, it sounds like monkeys playing low key steel drums moving their hands at 1.5Khz...
It sounds like fluid flowing rapidly through a pipe when the volume doesn't fill the entire pipe...
It reminds me of my old car's idle air valve when I turned it on... but, I'm not sure this sounds electronic...
In the video, you can hear the slight knocking several times. It's there when it starts and sounds real clear between 00:01 - 00:02.
Do any of your Tacos make this noise?
Looking for some feedback before going back to the dealer to ask them to take a look.
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