20 Most Recent 2008 Toyota Tacoma - Page 5 Questions & Answers

I think all cars these days have both an under-hood fuse center, and a fuse panel inside, either under the dash, or behind a cover, sometimes in the glove box. Check your owner's manual, if you still have it. It will tell fuse locations.

Obtain a Hayne's Repair Manual. They go over spark plug replacement.

Hi Austin, You must have a short circuit in the wiring. Regards John

Hello. Welcome to FixYa. If you do not have a dipstick visible in the engine compartment, you do not have a refill plug. If you do not have a dipstick, you have what Toyota calls "World-Spec" transmission fluid. Adding fluid to this transmission requires some very sophistocated equipment, and it is not advisable to try this yourself; you could seriously damage the transmission. Leave the ATF issues to the professionals.

The pulsation is normal and caused by the antilock brake system, any time the brakes are applied rapidly the abs will kick in and you will feel pulsations in the pedal.

Give me some more information about this problem. May be i can help.

Never.. just run it! Timing belts need to be changed, timing chains pretty much last the life of the truck. 147,000 on mine and no plans of changing it. Dealer told me that he has changed 6 in the last 6 years, many were not due to wear.

if you can not access or see the bulb under the hood in the corner at the fender or inside of fender you will have to remove the headlight assembly and all car makers are making changing bulbs a pain. if you do have to remove the headlight assembly then the steps per repair manual are to remove the grille,bumper cover,bumper filler.believe me there are a lot of customers that wonder why us technicians have to charge so much just to put a bulb in but we did not design the car and it is crazy what you see now days.........good luck and i hope this will help and if i can give any more details let me know......the bulb will twist to remove when you get to it.........let me know how you come out with the project.......

When a battery is very low, even a jump won't work because the battery takes too much out of the jump. Take the battery out and have it charged up.
If it won't take a charge, get a new one.
But also make sure the battery terminals and cable ends are shiny and greased.

If you really want to be sure, put a voltmeter on it.
A good battery should be 12.5.
When you crank it should go down to about 10.
If it goes below 9, either the battery is too low, or the starter is draining too much.
If it never goes below 11, it is not draining enough, and the solenoid is probably bad.
If when you stop cranking, it comes back up to over 11, then the battery is good, so the starter is probably bad.

These consoles are notorious for going bad. You can get a new one at the dealership for $250 (!!!), grab one from a wrecker, or I offer a repair solution with a lifetime guarantee. Check out www.autoclockrepair.com I have removal instructions and info there. Please let me know if I can be of further help, thanks!

it will cost you from $80 to $120 at dealer. (depend what is your state)
But if DIY will cost you 4qt to 5qt of transmission fluild. Price each quart $ 5.00 to 7.00 ea ( dealer price)
Hint : You must use the right transmission fluid type (buy from Toyota dealer never get wrong fluid)
Change transmission fluid is not same as change engine oil.
So Be careful. don't mess up your transmission, it will cost you more than $4500