Suspension Noise problems of the 2005 Toyota Tacoma

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated that an abnormal noise was heard in the rear of the vehicle. Upon further inspection, the contact noticed that the rear leaf spring fractured from the frame. The vehicle was driven to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the rear leaf spring needed to be replaced. The independent mechanic ordered the part from the manufacturer and the vehicle was to be repaired by the independent mechanic. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v604000 (suspension) by the manufacturer on September 29, 2014. The contact was only recently notified of the manufacturer recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,431.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. While driving approximately 60 mph, there was a loud noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The contact coasted to the side of the road and noticed that the rear leaf spring detached. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the rear leaf spring fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v604000 (suspension). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 126,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. While driving at an unknown speed, there was an abnormal noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The contact also heard a thud coming from the transmission when the vehicle was being slowed to a stop. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v604000 (suspension). The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the driveshaft needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated the vehicle was making an abnormal noise while traveling approximately 25 mph. In addition, the vehicle jerked when making a stop. The contact received notification of nhsta campaign number :14v604000(suspension )however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000. VIN tool confirms parts unavailable. Kh.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Toyota Tacoma. The contact stated the vehicle was making an abnormal noise while driving at any speed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the leaf springs were defective and needed to be replaced. Contact received notification of nhsta campaign number :14v604000(suspension)however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 196219. VIN tool confirms parts are unavailable. Kh.

In August 2013 while I was living in mexico taking care of my elderly father my 2005 Toyota Tacoma ay 67k miles started having noises in the suspension area . While I am not a mechanic I was referred to a man named adrian who specialized in suspensions and brakes . He drove my Tacoma and discovered the noise was caused by cracked leaf springs on the rear of my truck , I too was under the truck and saw the cracks and breakage . I contacted Toyota's customer care and was basically told " your truck in not under warranty so you will have to fix the truck your self ". I drove my other vehicle as the mechanic told me the vehicle was dangerous to drive as it was . I ordered some new leaf springs and had them shipped from summit racing , they were the few shops to offer International shipping . When the parts came in I had my mechanic install them for a very reasonable $120 usd . I saw that there were many owners of trucks like mine that has similar part failure so knew the problem was more than Toyota was telling and they were still not admitting there was a problem. Several months later I received a recall letter from Toyota and seeing than nearly 700,000 vehicle like mine were affected . I had already repaired the vehicle as I needed to be able to drive it and thought there might be in the future some reimbursement . I have now waited over two years for a reimbursement from Toyota and they keep asking for a written statement that the broken leaf springs "were not from some other external forces" and I keep getting the run around from Toyota's irritating customer service people . I still own the truck , still out the $722. 97 ,and still exasperated that Toyota would be so unreasonable with a customer . Can you please help me in theis regard to recommend some agency to help solve this ?.

I purchased a brand new Tacoma 2005 trd 4x4 4 door from the dealer in 2004. In 2009 the truck started making popping, cracking, and squeaking noises from the suspension and from the engine. Now, the truck makes squeaking and cracking noises just getting in and out of the truck and even just opening and closing the door. I took the truck into several shops could not determine the cause. I started researching online, found numerous 2005 Tacomas's with the same problem. This is when I found out that several recalls were made on Tacoma, but we were never notified. On 12/9/2010, I called the dealer, I was told that Toyota acknowledge popping noise from the engine on 6/28/2005 and acknowledge rear suspension squeaking noises on 8/13/2009, but the dealer claimed that the truck has to be under 3 years old or 36,000 miles to cover under warranty. This is manufacture defects, Toyota should be responsible for correcting this problem, they did not notified the owner within warranty period.