Hello to everyone. I'm sorry to bring up a old thread. I have had my Tacoma for 4 years and enjoyed the truck very much other than having a few problems here and there its been good up till the last year.
I have a 2006 Tacoma Prerunner 4door cab with short box. I have had issues with the vibrations for the last year. It just gets worse and when I last had it repaired the mechanic said its normal and he did a reset on the codes by plugging his laptop in. Unaware of the problem, he didnt tell me the codes and it started driving a little better. Now I am having the same issues but alot more intense to the point I dont even drive it and now want it fixed. I was planning on going to a more professional mechanic or dealer to see whats wrong but then I stumbled on this absolutely gratious forum that I should have joined the day I bought the truck.
The issues I am having are as follows for anyone who can help and point me to the right direction:
The truck vibrates at low speeds during slow acceleration, sometimes there is a slight hesitation and a thud and will start driving normal again. On braking there is also a thud sometimes and a abrupt stop. I have cleaned the MAF and throttle bodies thinking that could be the issue, recently changed the battery and had a oil change.
From reading a few threads I see it could be a U-joint issue and my question was, Which ones would need to be replaced?
I am ready to replace all of them but dont know the part no so if anyone could list them? I am also in this place called Canada where its so hard to get parts so if anyone can suggest a retailer for the parts would be really helpful.
Anyone with similar issues can help with part no's if its not related to the joints?
I am not mechanically inclined to do the work but have a local mechanic that says he will replace the parts and also suggested getting the codes read, now I have a OBD2 cable but anyone know what software I need to download as the computer I used to have with the sw got stolen so I am stuck with a cable?