Vibration in new Tundra

[Sawbona]

I have had my 2005 Tundra Limited V8 for about a month now it has 1028 miles. At about 1000 miles I begin to notice a slight vibration in steering wheel when stopped at idle. Today I could feel vibration on dash and door panel while driving as well. It is not bad but is very annoying. I am sure it will not get better but only worse. I have owned a number of new vehicles but never experienced this. I will be dropping by dealer soon to see what they say but mean time wonder if anyone else has had such a problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[redman733]

Is your problem similar to this or different problem all together?
http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forum...-service-call/

[Sawbona]

Redman

Thanks for the reply, I guess I should have done a search. I do not have the moan only the harmonic vibration someone called it. It is felt more at an idle but can feel it in door and dash while driving. Will check closer tomorrow morning for differences in being in reverse and park. I am sure it is only going to get worse and may become a moan. It is kind of a weak vibe but strong enough that when I drive the five miles from my office home when I get out of truck I can feel a slight tingle in my hands. From post that I read it does not sound like I will get much help from my dealer.

Thanks for reply.

[jwmbruce]

Originally Posted by Sawbona

I have had my 2005 Tundra Limited V8 for about a month now it has 1028 miles. At about 1000 miles I begin to notice a slight vibration in steering wheel when stopped at idle. Today I could feel vibration on dash and door panel while driving as well. It is not bad but is very annoying. I am sure it will not get better but only worse. I have owned a number of new vehicles but never experienced this. I will be dropping by dealer soon to see what they say but mean time wonder if anyone else has had such a problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Sawbona, I have a 2006 DC 4x2 I purchased on 11/8/05. I first noticed my vibe at approx. 800 miles and now have 1258.

[ksallee]

mine has it started at 9000

[Sawbona]

Today I had mine on flat ground and had it in drive and setting at idle and the vibration is there. If I shift to nuetral or park it goes away. Back to drive and it is there and can feel it while driving but not as bad as when idling. Also can feel it on brake pedal. Has anyone else spoken to their dealer and if so what is the reply. I just emailed a manager at my dealer who happened to email me today saying how much they want to be of any service to me that I might need so we will see what the response is.

I am not real happy with this as after five or six miles of driving my hands begin to tingle.

Later

[redman733]

I think your problem is probably a different one than I am having.My makes the moan sound with a slight vibration but it only last for like a second or 2 and then it's gone til the next turn.It's so faint I can only hear it when i'm driving slow with no radio on.The vibration is not enough to make make hand tingle so maybe yours has other issue's????

goodluck and keep us posted ok ........Rich

[Busa01]

hmm, weird. I've heard of no such problem. I have a new 2006 with about 2500 miles on it now and get no vibration. I've owned only trucks, so, maybe I'm just used to it.

However, If the truck vibrates in drive, but not in neutral, then it's not your engine. It's your torque converter. The engine still turns exactly the same whether it's in drive or neutral. The only difference between the two, is in neutral your torque converter is not slipping, in drive, your torque converter IS slipping. So, that's got to be causing the problem. Either that or your feeling normal truck V8 vibration when you put it in drive because of the slight engine strain from neutral.

If, in fact, your torque converter is causing the problem, changing the fluid in your tranny is about the only thing you can do. Otherwise, a V8 vibration is a V8 vibration. V8's and trucks vibrate. That's a truck. It's not a cushy Lexus, it's a truck. It's no tiny 4 popper or anything like that. Plus, the truck has no sound deadening material in it.

Just look under the hood. There's not even sound deadening material on that. Now that's weird. All my other vehicles have had material there, but not the Toyota. Plus, the Toyota is all plastic in the inside. No vinyl anywhere. That's got to make it worse. My other trucks had plenty of vinyl or leather. The Toyota is ALL plastic. This will cause rattling in itself.

I'd expect that your problem is normal. I probably have the same problem but I just don't notice it.

[vegaman]

I thought I was the only one with an engine vibration - thank God for forums! I have a 2006 V8 Tundra and noticed the engine vibration at day-one. If you open the hood and put your hand on the engine at idle (when it's not too hot) you will notice that it's an irregular vibration as if the engine were slightly missfiring. The vibration increases and decreases with change in engine speed, more noticeable when the engine speed is initially changed. I noticed no difference whether the truck was in Park or Neutral. If this were due to a mechanical problem such as an internal imbalance, the vibration would likely be regular and get worse with increased engine speed. Although I don't notice any irregular exhaust pulsing out the tailpipe indicative of missfiring (I have an old 1978 hotroded 2.5 pushrod four, so I know what irregular exhaust pulses sounds like) I think the Tundra problem is still combustion related. What's typical with irregular combustion is that it's most notceable under no load (idle/neutral) and very hard to detect under load (when driving). Sometimes a "missfire" or "rough idle" is only the product of the induction idle system and does not appear at any other time (play with modified carburation and you'll know what I mean). I haven't noticed any unusual vibration while the truck is on the road, only the slight drone of the modified exhaust or bass vibration from the stereo.

My 2004 Honda Pilot V6 is much smoother at idle (Honda engines are still about the best going, though). A neighbor with an '01 Tundra V8 apparently doesn't have the same vibration issue. Of all engine designs, I always believed that the V8 is one of the smoothest engines there is. This vibration thing with the newer(?) Tundras is not typical of a V8 and certainly a disappointment for an engine manufactured by a brand known for quality engineering. Has anyone checked the smoothness of a Chevy or Ford V8 ...Titan at idle/no load? Again, put your hand on the engine when cold and have someone else raise and lower the rpms.

My money is still on a combustion issue here and not engine mounts, tranny, exhaust, etc. - although luxury car engine mounts would certainly diminish if not eliminate this vibration from being transmitted into the car body. With the new I-Force V8, could Toyota have changed the way the induction/emission systems work? Not gotten something right? I'd like to hear from a Toyota engineer on this one.

[Busa01]

If your engine is truly vibrating at an abnormal rate, then it could be so many things. It could be improper timing or mixture signaled from your computer, it could be a missing engine mount, it could be an improperly mounted harmonic balancer, it could be a bad spark plug or wire or something else with the ignition. You could check for weeks.

I hate to say this, but in this case I'd take it back to the dealer to see if it's throwing any codes. My truck is as smooth as glass. Sure, it has the regular rumble of a V8, but nothing out of the norm.

Tom

[tripleb]

Originally Posted by Busa01

I hate to say this, but in this case I'd take it back to the dealer to see if it's throwing any codes. My truck is as smooth as glass. Sure, it has the regular rumble of a V8, but nothing out of the norm.

Tom

No problems here either

[Diego]

I also have a VERY slight engine vibration at idle on my 05 Tundra, more noticable in park or neutral than in drive or reverse. When the truck was brand new it ran glass smooth, you could not even tell the engine was on when idling except for the exhaust note but this only seemed to last for about 1000 miles then it seemed like there was the very slightest missfire type vibration feeling. To be honest it is very minor and I don't even notice it anymore and it still drives just as smooth as when brand new but it does not idle quite as glass smooth as it did when I first got it.

[Busa01]

I'd at least take it someplace where they can run a diagnostic on it. What else can you do?

What grade of fuel are you running? 87, 89, or 93? Something simple as that can cause the problem. Do you know that it takes much more oxygen and an advanced timing to burn the octane in 93? If you think that you're doing your truck extra good by running it, you're only causing harm to it. I run 87 and it runs great. When I was racing my Ford with nitrous at the track, I used to run 98 or 101 race fuel. But it's not necessary with a stock truck.

Don't know why I threw all that in there.....uh, where's my cup of coffee?

Tom

[TIE-YOTA]

Correct if I am wrong but isn't 2005 the first year they introduced the 285 H.P. 325 ft-lbs. I-Force 4.7 V-8 engine into the Tundra as well as the 5 speed tranny. I think it is. The same engine drivetrain they have been putting in Lexus SUV's and Landcruisers for a few years. What are the differences besides H.P.? Are the engine mounts the same between the Landcruisers and Tundras? Did they keep the engine mounts the same for all Tundras before and after engine upgrade? I betcha it is the engine/tranny set up that is producing an unfamiliar vibration which is probably why you cannot feel it in the older trucks.

If it helps, I have had three different Yota's with three different engines: 4 banger 2wd, 3.4L V-6 4wd lifted, and the 4.7L V-8 4wd Lifted. Every one of them vibrated. Just brainstorming and throwing ideas out there.

[Busa01]

Does my truck have less horsepower from it's 4.7? Mine says 271 Horsepower. That's a big difference from 285.

But anyway, I'm sure glad I bought an 06. Jeez.

How about polyurathane engine mounts? Possible? Think this will be too firm and vibrate more?

Tom