2nd Gen Tacoma (vs 5th Gen 4Runner): Doors Squeaking

[Plannerman]

Combined, the inner and outer weatherstrips were about $150 per door. (A bit more than I would have hoped, but worth it)

 

[Jeff H]

I may have to check into this! My truck has had some excessive noise coming from the doors lately.

 

[Plannerman]

That reminds me: my mechanic suggested that, when I do the back doors, to just do the outer seals. On the second door, he installed just the outer seal and tested for tightness of fit. He said it was much improved with just the one seal. He installed both inner deals though because we had them.

 

[DaveInDenver]

This was a similar complaint in the ford Rangers for years. Initially the extended cabs didn't have rear doors. As soon as they started having opening rear doors the trucks started squeaking more due to the extra flexing.

But I wouldn't be surprised if some of the noise is inherent due to the design.

I can't say for sure, but I think Ford knew the North American Ranger was destined for the scrap heap so the access cab configuration was a modification of the original cab. It probably removed some of the cab stiffness being that the extended cab was never meant to have the 'B' pillar removed. The 2nd gen Tacoma always had the suicide doors so I'd have assumed Toyota would have designed the cab to work with them from the get-go. As Plannerman may have found out, that might be the case but they may assume too much about the seals.