# Grinding Noise On Toyota Tacoma PreRunner

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/grinding-noise-on-toyota-tacoma-prerunner/59580>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** tacoma, toyota\
**Created:** [January 5, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grinding-noise-on-toyota-tacoma-prerunner/59580 "2011-01-05T19:53:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![miniyellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@miniyellow](https://community.cartalk.com/u/miniyellow)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grinding-noise-on-toyota-tacoma-prerunner/59580/1 "2011-01-05T19:53:57Z")

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My mechanic can not figure this out. I hear a grinding noise sometimes when I take the foot off the accelerator on my girlfriends Toyota Tacoma PreRunner. It only happens when you let go off the accelerator, not when you press the brakes. The axle has been greased, the mechanic tightened the bolts on the catalytic converter. The mechanic can’t figure it out either.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grinding-noise-on-toyota-tacoma-prerunner/59580/2 "2011-01-05T23:15:32Z")

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Will the noise rear its head when you rev the engine manually (via the little spool on the throttle body) with your head under the hood?

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grinding-noise-on-toyota-tacoma-prerunner/59580/3 "2011-01-06T01:00:15Z")

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Model-Year ?

CSA

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**Author:** ![miniyellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@miniyellow](https://community.cartalk.com/u/miniyellow)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grinding-noise-on-toyota-tacoma-prerunner/59580/4 "2011-01-06T18:32:34Z")

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i will try it this weekend & get back to you, but the grinding noise is coming from the around the wheel area, not the engine compartment. & the grinding noise doesn’t happen all the time, I think it is more pronounced during cold starts.

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**Author:** ![miniyellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@miniyellow](https://community.cartalk.com/u/miniyellow)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grinding-noise-on-toyota-tacoma-prerunner/59580/5 "2011-01-06T18:35:50Z")

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It is a 2002 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner, 2.7 cylinder V4 with automatic transmission