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My driver side interior door panel has started creaking. It makes the noise whenever I push the door open or pull it closed. Basically when the plastic door panel flexes. Does anyone else's do this?
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Where's the creaking coming from? I have a Sport on order and after reading through 3 straight threads with this and that issue, I'm having second thoughts. I currently have a 2014 TRD Sport and the drivers door window seal creaked from week one and they could never fix the issue. It was a well known TSB on the Tacoma Forums. The dash rattle is even worse over every bump, but I'm so used to it, it's the normal Toyota rattle. I'm hoping this 4Runner is tighter and a lot more quiet.Bump to see if anyone else is having this problem. My 4Runner has been in the shop about 2 weeks now and they’ve done two repair attempts and it’s still creaking like an 20 year old truck.
It's coming from behind the center grab handle in the middle of the drivers door. The handle you'd grab to pull the door closed after getting in. The panel flexes a bit and creaks quite loudly. They already replaced the panel and tried tightening the window tracks inside. Still creaks.Where's the creaking coming from? I have a Sport on order and after reading through 3 straight threads with this and that issue, I'm having second thoughts. I currently have a 2014 TRD Sport and the drivers door window seal creaked from week one and they could never fix the issue. It was a well known TSB on the Tacoma Forums. The dash rattle is even worse over every bump, but I'm so used to it, it's the normal Toyota rattle. I'm hoping this 4Runner is tighter and a lot more quiet.
Out of curiosity what else did you look at and read to lead you back. I am very close to pulling the trigger but feel hesitant with some of the issues. Or is it that the 4R community is so big that you hear the complaints easier…Sucks to hear and discourages me more to wait. Do you hear this while driving, or only when opening/ closing your door? In my search for a new truck, I started with other manufacturers and after reading reviews and hearing different owners problems it lead me back to Toyota. No Internet forum get the traffic and enthusiast like the Tacoma and 4Runner, so the problem we hear are more prominent.
It comes down to all vehicles/ manufacturers have their quirks and issues. Not one vehicle is bullet proof, so that brought me back to Toyota. I’ve owned a truck since I started driving and naturally I was going to buy another truck. I then started looking at SUV’s and the 4Runner is the best of both worlds. I current own a 14 TRD Sport with the cherished V6 4.0 and on my many test drives, the 25 4Runner blows it always in terms of steering feel, comfort and throttle response. I drove. 23/24 4 Runner and that thing felt like a pig with slow steering and the high center of gravity body roll made it feel heavy. The 25 4Runner to me feels like a sports car in comparison. I test drove Tacomas, Honda Passport Trailsport, Ford Ranger and a few other SUV’s. The 4Runner also fits my lifestyle more than any other SUV as I mountain bike and take trips to Utah.Out of curiosity what else did you look at and read to lead you back. I am very close to pulling the trigger but feel hesitant with some of the issues. Or is it that the 4R community is so big that you hear the complaints easier…
They said they could recreate the same noise by pushing in the interior components. They tried adding foam to prevent rubbing but it’s still there. Now the dealer is trying to tell me it’s “intermittent” and they don’t hear anything. They wanted me to come back for the 5th time to show them the noise, even though I was there 5 days ago and showed them and they didn’t even look at it until yesterday.That would drive me nuts.
Did they say it sounded the same when the panel was off or was the sound different. Because that sounds like interior material rubbing against each other. Could be from the frame of the door flexing and making the material rub like that????
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