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.
Toyota FJ Cruiser grinding brakes problems
12 of the 912 owner complaints about the Toyota FJ Cruiser describe grinding or squealing brakes, most of them for the 2007 model year.
- owner complaints
- 12
- worst model year
- 2007
- typical mileage
- 84,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20131
- 20101
- 20081
- 20079
Often reported together
What owners say
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.
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.
December 17, 2014 I was enroute to work between 9:00-9:30 am. And as I am driving along hughey road approaching robinson street a cross road the light turned yellow, so I applied my brakes while going over the rail road tracks and I loss my brakes ending up in the intersection and my front end in the pedestrian walk way nearly running over two pedestirans, they were so close they could touch my truck. It was a three lane road and I was in the middle the two other cars were able to stop but I wasn't and kept going with my foot planted firmly on the brake. I could feel the grinding of my brake pedal like it was a computer thinking. I called the toyota custer care center and they gave me a case #[xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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.
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.
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.
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!
Loud grinding sound coming from the back of the car.
The rear end of the power train (rear axel) started making a grinding or wining noise.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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Which Toyota FJ Cruiser years have grinding or squealing brakes problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2007 (9 complaints), 2008 (1 complaints) and 2010 (1 complaints).
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