Disappointed with toyota. (Transmission)

[Joe T]

I have been hammering the dog snot out of it today around town and will wait till it has 2,000 miles on it before making an opinion. I can probably use it tomorrow to tow a ~4,500lb trailer and will drive it like I stole it.

One thing I want to do is clean any throttle by wire connections. There is no way my foot is dead steady and rpms jumping around. I run heavy equipment at work occasionally and some of these rentals have several thousand hours and my foot inputs are STEADY and my work is lazer straight . No reason rpm should jump around.

This is probably some computer learning curve. Thats what I have been told.

 

[Joe T]

I also want to drop the tire psi to 32.

 

[Joe T]

Dropping to 32 didn’t help much. Its cleared some at 1,700 miles, but still there.

Needs something and I will bring it in next week. Talking to other owners on DMs confirms that.

Not the end of the world. I love the vehicle.

 

[Joe T]

Towing a 3,500lb trailer across town helped some. 1,850 miles now.

Still feel it though. I think I will figure this out.

 

[Joe T]

If you are experiencing what i described go into the screen where the speedometer is and turn OFF ECO mode. Its in the area where you can change from digital speedometer to analog style. (Not the knob to the right of the steering wheel)

Got rid of a lot of the shaking feeling. Not 100% but i think tires and shocks would get it 100% now.

Still going to bring it in to see if there is a software update or anything actually wrong. Would like to turn this ECO mode back on during road trips.

Turned it off and the engine sound changed immediately. Turn it off unless you are trying for the best mpg and drive a lot.

 

[thachnhen123]

Good news for those experiencing similar problems. Today I used this grease to lubricate the drive shafts and the problem is 80% gone. Pump the grease until the black grease overflows. As for the long shaft, pump until it budges. well worth a try.

NLGI 2 grease.

 

[Joe T]

Awesome thanks.

 

[Joe T]

Do you have pictures of the zerk locations?

 

[thachnhen123]

Do you have pictures of the zerk locations?

i don't have pictures of yesterday when i made, lc300 includes 5 locations. Look below the transmission shaft and there will be small knobs like this.

 

[thachnhen123]

It's been over 2 years and Toyota still hasn't released a fix