# Service bulletin T\-SB\-0026\-15

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10111181
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-14
- Manufacturer's number: T\-SB\-0026\-15
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-05\-20
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT

## NHTSA's summary

TSB: Some 2004 \- 2015 model year Tacoma, FJ Cruiser, and 4Runner vehicles may exhibit a cyclical grinding or groaning noise coming from the front differential in 2WD that goes away when operated in 4WD. This noise can be addressed by replacing the needle bearing on the left side of the front differential. Refer to the Repair Procedure for Needle Bearing Roller replacement instructions.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10111181-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10111181-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Transmission and driveline, Differential

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2015 TOYOTA 4RUNNER
- 2007 to 2014 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER
- 2005 to 2015 TOYOTA TACOMA

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [T\-SB\-0026\-15](/bulletins/10111564.md), 2017-08-14, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT. TSB: Some 2004 \- 2015 model year Tacoma, FJ Cruiser, and 4Runner vehicles may exhibit a cyclical grinding or groaning noise coming from the front differential in 2WD that goes away when operated in 4WD. This noise can be addressed by replacing the needle bearing on the left side of the front differential. Refer to the Repair Procedure for Needle Bearing Roller replacement instructions.
- [TSB\-0175\-10 REV1](/bulletins/10039133.md), 2011-07-12, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\); POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT. TOYOTA: THERE MAY BE A GROWL OR RUMBLE NOISE FROM THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. 210\-2011 4RUNNER. \*RM
- [T\-SB\-0076\-08](/bulletins/10025166.md), 2008-07-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT. REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHINE OR HOWLING NOISE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. \*PE

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