Audible click upon hitting approximately 4 mph

Does anyone else’s 4Runner make this noise? I swear I never noticed it before but in the last few weeks I have been it religiously does it when hitting about 4 miles an hour.

 

Where does the noise seem to be originating from?

 

Down towards the pedal area. Possible steering wheel area.

 

What year truck. How many miles on the brakes/rotors? Might try jacking it up and doing a spin test.

Edit: back in the day the first place to look would have been the speedo cable. lol

 

21 sr5 premium. It happens every time after you start the vehicle shift from Park and then get up to 4 miles an hour doesn’t matter if you’re going in reverse or forward if you shipped it in the park and then start up again it won’t happen as long as you haven’t shut the vehicle off

 

Sounds like it could be a brake piston. It gets shuttled into place the first time you roll, hence no noise the next time. Just spitballing.

 

Here’s a link to the video. It has 2700 miles on it.

https://youtu.be/_SevW3mrGn0

 

Oh I’m not worried. It just bugs the shit out of me not knowing what it is. I’ll definitely ask at the dealer for the first oil change.

 

Well, it's not brakes so I'll quit speculating. lol

Dealer fix.

 

Yeah it’s weird.

 

Looks like I’m not the only one.
https://www.4runners.com/threads/single-click-when-starting-to-drive-after-starting-car.21983/

 

Normal noise.

 

I hear it too on my truck. I'd say it's a relay for something that engages, speed dependent.

 

I think what you're referring to is that click when you first put it in drive. There's been many similar posts.

Sounds like it comes from the dash right above the steering column.

 

The click I hear sounds like a relay latching but it doesn't happen when drive is selected. It happens as the OP noted, around 4mph or so. You can can hear many relays in this car so I'm sure it's normal, just curious as to what it could be that is clearly speed dependent.

 

Mine does it and so do my other vehicles.
It’s the ABS system doing a self test. It should only happen when you first start vehicle and start to move first time.

 

This makes sense. I does it as soon as the vehicle starts to move in either forward or reverse.

 

normal, just like mine, and confirmed by the dealership to be normal: https://www.4runners.com/threads/weird-sound-coming-from-under-the-steering-wheel-left-side.18747/