AC dripping cold water in drivers side floor?

[tampacg1967]

simple way to check, blue paper towel by gas pedal.

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[Tracy]

How did you notice the leak on day 1? Instantly was dripping water on your feet?

I will check VIN and build date when I get home and if my wife hadn’t of drove the truck with her flip flops on and felt the water dripping on her foot there’s no telling how long it would’ve been before it was found.

 

[Gfenza89]

I will check VIN and build date when I get home and if my wife hadn’t of drove the truck with her flip flops on and felt the water dripping on her foot there’s no telling how long it would’ve been before it was found.

But that’s what I’m saying. If the water is dripping on your foot then it will start to pool up on the floor liner. I think anybody would notice the water on the floor and realize there’s a problem even if you didn’t physically feel the water drips

 

[TacoFreak]

@skunion1987 nice to see Toyota taking care of it's own. You're right - the probably treat the rest of us even worse.

Interesting that you know the problem with the crash bar assembly. So it does sound like assembly error at that plant. It also sounds like they might still be building Tacomas that way and that means a lot more bad evaporators in the pipeline. I will take @tampacg1967's advise and take a blue towel when I pick mine up. Even though it will still be a few months until I get one mine, which is either in build or about to be build right now.

I know the lemon law process is a pain, but if it were me they would have to either fix it within 30 days or get me a new truck. Otherwise I would pull the lemon law trigger.

Let us know how this goes.

 

[Gfenza89]

@skunion1987 nice to see Toyota taking care of it's own. You're right - the probably treat the rest of us even worse.

Interesting that you know the problem with the crash bar assembly. So it does sound like assembly error at that plant. It also sounds like they might still be building Tacomas that way and that means a lot more bad evaporators in the pipeline. I will take @tampacg1967's advise and take a blue towel when I pick mine up. Even though it will still be a few months until I get one mine, which is either in build or about to be build right now.

I know the lemon law process is a pain, but if it were me they would have to either fix it within 30 days or get me a new truck. Otherwise I would pull the lemon law trigger.

Let us know how this goes.

Again I’m not understanding the towl method, you’ll clearly be able to see the water dripping. The people claiming to only feel it with flip flops makes no sense. If you had sneakers on you’d still see water all over the liners and carpet and on your shoes

 

[tampacg1967]

Again I’m not understanding the towl method, you’ll clearly be able to see the water dripping. The people claiming to only feel it with flip flops makes no sense. If you had sneakers on you’d still see water all over the liners and carpet and on your shoes

80 % of the condensation water does travel out of the drain tube outside , the other % depend on how large the crack is drips by gas pedal . Depends on how long a/c is on. You are not going to notice on short drives and the carpet will not be soaked or will have time to dry out.

 

[Gfenza89]

80 % of the condensation water does travel out of the drain tube outside , the other % depend on how large the crack is drips by gas pedal . Depends on how long a/c is on. You are not going to notice on short drives and the carpet will not be soaked or will have time to dry out.

Right but some of you guys noticed it on the ride home with brand new truck

 

[skunion1987]

you definetly can see it at the carpet and the floor mats, more if you have rubber mats maybe less if its carpet

 

[Deleted User 1813921]

If I would not have had sperry topsiders on without sock I might not have felt the drips. But after reading this when I felt them For the next 800 miles till my appointment at dealership I was putting my back on floor mat and shining a flashlight up there to look for more drips Regularly. I feel for all having to do lemon law I had to once but it was the correct choice in that circumstance. The thread on here about the guy with transmission 1-5 broken I gave a few suggestions and tips about lemon law process read that it could help anyone in that situation.

 

[Kaathib]

Right but some of you guys noticed it on the ride home with brand new truck

I was wearing sandals, noticed the cold water on my foot. Not a lot of water but enough to cause me to look for an issue.

 

[TacoFreak]

Again I’m not understanding the towl method, you’ll clearly be able to see the water dripping.

No necessarily. It depends on the size of the leak. Not all of them have been bad enough to flood the floor and make it obvious. A blue towel looks different when it is wet and is a great idea for finding if the leak is there or not. I know I will be taking some with me and test driving it before I sign the paperwork. After you buy it the problem is yours and not the dealers anymore.

 

[Gfenza89]

No necessarily. It depends on the size of the leak. Not all of them have been bad enough to flood the floor and make it obvious. A blue towel looks different when it is wet and is a great idea for finding if the leak is there or not. I know I will be taking some with me and test driving it before I sign the paperwork. After you buy it the problem is yours and not the dealers anymore.

How wide spread is this occurrence? Any idea how many are affected? Like I said I’ve driven few weeks now every day with a/c I’d think if it was cracked I’d see a leak by now and nada . Im not worried about honestly in my opinion if it was gonna leak it would have already

 

[maxx075]

How wide spread is this occurrence? Any idea how many are affected? Like I said I’ve driven few weeks now every day with a/c I’d think if it was cracked I’d see a leak by now and nada . Im not worried about honestly in my opinion if it was gonna leak it would have already

Why don't you just stick your head in the drivers side footwell and look?

 

[Deleted User 1813921]

Why don't you just stick your head in the drivers side footwell and look?

Definitely do that. When I looked up there and did not see crack I was relieved and at that point kinda was convinced it was condensation. A forum member recommended taking it to dealership for inspection and documentation. Thank you whoever mentioned that.

 

[TacoFreak]

How wide spread is this occurrence? Any idea how many are affected?

I don't think we know enough at this point to know how wide spread this is, but not all 4th gen Tacos have this problem, just some trucks assembled at Guanajuato.

If you haven't seen any water so far then you probably got lucky and don't have this problem.

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