What keeps getting stuck and where?

[BlackSupra]

Hello everyone,

I have had this happen to me 3 or 4 times already. I am guessing the tires picked up some rock and it gets stuck in the rotating assembly somewhere, but where? Here's a video my gf took this morning.

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[puzzled]

Sounds like a tsunami warning siren or wear indicators. But you say you are certain it's a rock?

 

[XtremeMaC]

Dude, sounds like you're driving a bus or something.
Your YT videos seem to suggest you're working as product advisor at Destination Toyota dealership. Techs there can't help you???

Just put it on a lift remove the wheel and inspect.

 

[digicidal]

Likely a small rock between the heatshield and the rotor... happened to me a couple times early on - then luckily never since. First time I drove "creatively" (hard brake, reverse fast, hard brake, forward, etc.) and dropped it... the second time I just poked at the dust shield with a screwdriver in my garage and it dropped out. I'd recommend trying the second method first.

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[BlackSupra]

Good to know that it's a common issue lol...Is there a fix?

I made a left turn then I heard the rock fall off after some clunks. But this keeps happening so it's getting annoying.

 

[digicidal]

Good to know that it's a common issue lol...Is there a fix?

I made a left turn then I heard the rock fall off after some clunks. But this keeps happening so it's getting annoying.

Aside from permanent modification and/or removal of the shield? Drive on cleaner roads?

Honestly if it keeps happening you might consider modification, but in my case it only happened early on. Don't know if I've just had a lucky year since then or if I bent it "just right" the last time.

 

[BlackSupra]

Yea I guess so hahaha, I just hope my poor rotor is ok. I am going to take the wheel off later today to inspect it

 

[romanLegion9574]

Had the same issue about 2 months ago, sounds like a rock in the rotor -- mine got caught about a mile from home and fell out in my garage as I was pulling in. No issues since.

 

[Benjilis]

It’s a rock. What I did was drive hard and brake fast. Sharp fast corners. Came out instantly.
Happens a lot after it rains

 

[Shay]

I had the same problem about 2 months ago. The noise lasted for about 4 miles. As I made my last left turn before getting home it went away. I assumed it was a rock against the right front brake rotor.

 

[Dmscott77]

Or if you went to north hills Toyota in Pittsburgh they might have smashed all your dust guards against the back of the rotors like mine. Not sure how.
Then next oil change they smashed the side ground effects. When I had them put it on the lift to check to make sure they fixed all the damage I saw they didn’t use jack pads and smashed the plastic Block guide things.
Make sure the tech really know what he’s doing before. I talked to the guys that messed my car up three times and Toyota did send him to a class. Hopefully he’s just a one off idiot and they taught other techs right

 

[ApexMissingApe]

This happens to me after it rains. Little pebbles get picked up and slung between the dust shield and rotor. I can sometimes put the car in reverse and the rock will fall out but I’ve got one in there now that won’t budge, so time to take off the wheel and do it the hard way.

It’s so damn annoying and always happens at the worse time - running behind schedule to get to work, taking off to a doc appointment, or dressed in nice clothes where I can’t stick my arm through the wheel and wiggle the shield for the rock to fall out with getting grime all over me.

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[suicidaleggroll]

It’s happened to me twice so far. They recently resurfaced the road to my office and when they were done they just left all of the gravel there rather than sweeping it up. It’s like driving down a gravel road now.

The first time it happened I picked one up while pulling into the work parking lot. It fell out pretty quickly after pulling out of my spot in the evening.

The second time it happened I picked one up while leaving work. I stopped in a Lowes parking lot to try to get it out…drove in circles forward, reverse, stopped and tapped on the shield with a wrench, drove in circles again, etc. Nothing would get it out. I eventually just said fuck it and continued on my drive home so I could work on it there. After about 20 seconds at 70 mph on the freeway it flew out.

 

[Blindspot]

This was happening to me all the time, and especially so after installing sticky tires. There’s a lot of gravel around here and I used to do the ol’ reverse, then forward thing, or go to the car wash and try to spray them out. I’ve had to pull a wheel a few times to clean out some persistent rocks, so I fixed it for good by gently pushing all four shields away from the rotor so they have a few millimeter’s more clearance. Fixed forever.

 

[sojusoulja]

Hello everyone,

I have had this happen to me 3 or 4 times already. I am guessing the tires picked up some rock and it gets stuck in the rotating assembly somewhere, but where? Here's a video my gf took this morning.

Holy crap, this happened to me the other day on my 500 mile 2022. Freaked me out but after driving a few more blocks it went away.

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