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Yup! Ended up being the hood prop. The fixed end was pretty loose so I tied it up with a ranger band and it fixed the issue.

I finally found the source of my rattle- it’s the hood prop… when it’s secured under the hood, the free end doesn’t move, but the pivoting end rattles a ton within its socket. I used a ranger band to tie it up and it’s gone! Feel like there are a TON of different rattling noises in these trucks...

Ah man that sucks. Anything behind/inside the dash is a no-go for me. You’ll probably end up with more rattles after you put the dash back together. Unfortunately Toyotas quality control for the 6Th gen leaves ALOT to be desired. I’m kinda bummed that the basics weren’t taken care of especially...

Definitely let me know what the dealer says. It drives me nuts and my dealership was too lazy to actually look at it and just dismissed the issue.

Mine was missing a ton of clips… no idea if they just fell out or if it was a manufacturing oversight.

No prob! Atleast on the TRD PROs, the hose is located on the drivers side closest to the windshield (circled red). The way I knew this was the sound was by manually rattling the hose. It sounded exactly like the rattle I hear inside. Also makes sense with how much that hood moves in general.

Had a similar issue and I believe it’s the windshield washer hose clattering against the hood. It sneaks under the hood heat shield on the drivers side but my heat shield was missing a few clips which created enough play that it would rattle under load.

Want to revive this as I'm experiencing the same. Going to do some more experimentation this weekend, but something I noticed that the heat shield under the hood was missing some clips (like they literally fell out lol). When looking further, the windshield wiper fluid hose is fed from the...

Oh interesting… does the 5.9 qts in theory land at the upper divot? If so, would it be best to under fill a bit to avoid going over the 5.9qt limit?

Anyone find it incredibly difficult to read the engine oil dipstick after a change? I’ve also struggled to get a clean pull that doesn’t have streaking which makes it even harder to get a good read… open to any creative ideas.

Something I’ve found to help (sometimes) is holding down the brake, shifting to N, apply parking break, let go of brake pedal, then shift to park. It seems to take some tension off the transmission and allows for a much smoother shift in the AM. It’s not 100%, but give me a piece of mind.

Definitely need to do an alignment on mine. I’m surprised they don’t come from the factory better aligned…

I’m really bad with understanding car electrical systems, so excuse the dumb question, but why connect directly to the 12v battery as opposed to the hybrid system? Maybe a better question for my understanding to, but if you have the pre wired auxiliary switches, do those connect to the 12v or...

FYI if your back window is down, the trunk will not open. It’ll unlatch and move a few inches then beep at you and stop. No idea why it’s a thing, but it is.

Interesting… does it sound like it’s coming from the column? My creaking sounds like it’s coming directly from where the steering wheel attaches to the column (I.e right behind the Toyota emblem).