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I am noticing, more and more, a vibration that is coming from what seems to to be the tranny when I am at idle, engaged or not engaged in a gear. It lasts for about 1-2 seconds and then disappears. You cannot only hear it but you can feel it through the cabin and especially well if you have your hand on the shifter. It is, for lack of better words, like having a vibrator in your center console-yes, I checked thinking my wife's fantasies about Brad Pitt might have gone a little too far.

My tranny does not slip or act in any way different than normal. No CEL's and it does not do it consistently every day i.e. maybe once or twice a week but always at either idle in park OR under 10 mph's in a gear. Have not ever noticed it in Reverse.

Anyone else on this?
 
Do your revs change when this happens? I have a vibration / noise that is some kind of vaccuum booster pump I believe that comes on occassionally when at idle. when it comes on the revs rise about a 100- 150 rpm and there is a vibration.
 
I did notice an increase in rpm's.
 
Even it did, I am way past the warranty period.

Thank you though.
 
There is a TSB that involves work on the valve body of the tranny also. I think it is for 98s and 99s. My Toyota dealer could find it but wouldn't print it out for me. The vibration is more noticeable in the cold.

The electric brake booster cycling is also a possible cause.
 
Would the booster be that loud/hard fealt?
 
Fluid Check?

Have you checked your transmission fluid? How does your fluid smell and look? How many miles since your last tranny flush? I flushed mine on my 98LC with 111000 not long ago and it made a big difference in the over all smoothness. I’d start there because it sounds like it’s shuttering during pressurization since a couple of seconds has nothing to do with warm or cold.
See if it shutters after it’s done it once and quickly turn the motor off and restart. Or while it’s shuttering move through all the gears pausing briefly at each one and pay attention to more or less. I’ve only rebuilt one transmission so I’m a tranny newbie but I think you have blockage, which may not be a big problem yet.
Good luck and let us know what you find out for the next guy that suspects his wife has something hidden in the console to go with the heated seats. :D
 
Hound:

My tranny was serviced i.e. flush at 98K. I have 121k on it now and was going to get a flush on the coolant and tranny soon i.e. I usually do it every 25k.

I cannot really shift through the gears because it happens so fast i.e. 1-2 seconds and then it is gone. It literally sounds and feels like there is a vibrator in my center console for 2 seconds then it goes away. And I mean a really big vibrator not just a little buzz ( :
 
Thanks. Too bad it is not a recall instead of a TSB ) :
 
When I talked to American Toyota they quoted me about $275 to do the work. It involved pulling the pan, removing the valve body and reworking a few of the valves. (just to have the pan dropped and screen/intake/pan cleaned would be $100 so It is probably not a bad deal if you were going to do a fluid change anyway)

When I looked at the TSB it said that the work would also improve shifting from 1st to 2nd. The service writer said he couldn't print me the TSB and I haven't had the work done.
 
Juke- you sure the vibration / increase in RPMs doesn't correspond to the A/C compressor cycling on and off?
 
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Alaska:

Yeah, it is def. not that. I am talking serious vibration. Has not done it in a awhile.
 

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