2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser: grinding or squealing brakes

9 of the 594 complaints about the 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser describe grinding or squealing brakes.

owner complaints: 9
of this car's complaints: 2%
typical mileage: 84,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 6 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Grinding or squealing brakes by model year

2013
1
2010
1
2008
1
2007
9

What owners say

Filed Jul 25, 2016 · Transmission · 79,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota fj cruiser. While driving 60 MPH, an unknown grinding noise was heard from the rear of the vehicle. The failure occurred whenever the vehicle was operated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the rear differential failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 79,000.

Filed Aug 25, 2015 · Transmission · 113,000 miles · CA

Rear differential failure. Gear whine/ grind noise getting louder on rear differential. Gear backlash increase. Apparently toyota is aware of substandard ring and pinion gears in early fj cruisers and changed the design in later models. Vehicle has never been subjected to off road conditions. Fear gear is going to break and leave me stranded somewhere, so need to replace assembly. Toyota should recall these early differentials as the problem is well documented on all the fj forum sites.

Filed Apr 6, 2015 · Transmission · 108,200 miles · TN

2007 fj cruiser, at 34066 miles on october 22 2009 vehicle was taken toyota dealership in alvin,tx for diagnostic test on the complaint of the manual transmission making a high pitched squeak. At that time the dealership replaced the entire transmission under warranty, but at that time there wasn't a fix for the problem. They replaced a broken transmission with one that was prone to fail again. As of today april06 2015 the vehicle is squeaking once again from transmission. Toyota knows of the condition. Tsb 036510 is a fix for the issue but is only covered under 60k mi.

Filed Dec 15, 2014 · Transmission · 125,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota fj cruiser. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 MPH, there was an abnormal grinding noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the rear differential and both rear bearings needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000.

Filed May 27, 2014 · Transmission · 84,000 miles · CA

This problem started with my 2007 toyota fj cruiser (6 speed manual) with only 84k miles. There is this squeaky noise coming under the vehicle and every time I pressed the clutch about 1-2 inches that noise goes away. After taking this to the mechanic we have found that the noise was coming from the throw out bearing, after much investigation I also found that this a very common issue with this model transmission. And more than 65% driver have this issue in the past. I have contacted the toyota of north america hq and they bluntly refuses to take care of it, and also informed me that this is not a big issue. Toyota forum or even a simple search from the website will explain that how much of a issue is this with consumer who owns this type transmission. I urge the federal safety agency to address toyota to take care of this major problem and recall all of this for consumer needs. Thank you.

Filed Oct 25, 2013 · Suspension · 100,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota fj cruiser. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, a grinding noise was heard from the rear of the vehicle without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the mechanic stated that the rear differential had to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Sep 8, 2013 · Transmission · 55,566 miles · FL

Head a slight grinding sound sound coming from the rear of the car(2007 fj cruiser with 56k miles) took it in to have it inspected and was told it was the rear differential. Bearings in the rear diff needed to be replaced and the job would cost estimated 1700 dollars to fix. Really bummed to hear that as I dont drive aggressive with this car or drive it off road at all. Keep reading other people have the same issue with this car year and toyota has not done a recall? I always tell people to buy toyotas because they are reliable, not a happy camper at all. The company need to do the right thing and recall something known to be bad!

Filed May 27, 2013 · Suspension, Transmission · 78,800 miles · AR

Loud grinding sound coming from the back of the car.

Filed Apr 16, 2010 · Body · 61,000 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota fj cruiser. The contact was driving approximately 15 MPH when he noticed a squeaking and metal popping noise. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that the front frame rail near the right motor mount was broken. The dealer also advised him to take the vehicle to a body shop to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 61,000. The current mileage was 61,976. Updated 11/05/10.