Ticking or clicking noise during braking

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  1. glennonrp

    glennonrp Active Member

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    Lately I'm noticing a ticking noise or clicking noise as I slow to a stop. I can only hear it at low speeds and it goes away when I take my foot off the brake pedal or when I stop. The ticking slows down as the car's velocity slows, too.

    Is this normal? I have 12K miles on the car and have had it just over 12 months now.


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    #1 glennonrp, Mar 13, 2017
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    Check out this thread: Clicking Sound on Regen Braking | PriusChat I am gonna have mine checked out at the dealer as mine started shortly after the 5K service
     
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    Took my 2017 Prius 4 touring in for 25k service today and I have the same noise. After 2 other attempts of them not being able hear the noise they finally did today. They are going to replace the front axle!!!! I am concerned they may not put everything back in place or it may cause future problems. I think its the brake actuator but they think its more serious.
     
    #3 sillymike, Mar 27, 2018
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    I have a 2016 that we are trying to figure out what the same noise is. Its only when going straight and braking at low speeds which could be up to 35 mph to 14 mph. If you put it neutral at the same speed and brake going straight it goes away which tells us it is high suspicious of a CV Axle joint. It sucks too because you cant reproduce the issue on the lift because geometry changes of everything with weight off. I ordered one for our vehicle doing the same clicking rapidly or if in the vehicle windows up sounds like a ratcheting noise like a playing card in bicycle wheel as one customer put it.
     
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    The clicking ratcheting noise was the LF CV Axle. Ive seen posts that call out one or the other but it transmits through the wheel pretty good so if you here it slightly inside the cabin you or a friend should be able to hear it pretty well and more so from the outside of the vehicle almost right by or in the wheel area.
     
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    As a follow up, my dealer replaced the axle a couple weeks ago to fix this. So far so good.
     
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    Toyota technical service bulletin located below :) best of luck!

    T-SB-0157-18
     
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    After one year struggling, problem solved. Because my car passed the 60k miles, I should pay 710 USD + labour cost for the shaft replacement, so first I tried to solve myself. I have removed the boot from the LF joint outer boot, and the grease was much softer than I saw in other cars. Actually it leaked out from the rubber boot. So I cleaned up the old grease, the joint washed perfectly and filled up with normal joint grease. The clicking sound gone, so far so good.
     
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