Has anyone noticed their Clutch squeaking when you depress it. My car only has 6,500 miles on it and it gets about as annoying as the hatch rattle. Luckily I have subs so I just turn my radio up so I dont hear them both.
Mark

 

I have noticed the same thing - however like you i also ignore it. Usually the radio covers it up. the only time i really notice it is when i have a passenger and we are talking, then i don't have the radio up quite as loud.

 

I figure I am going to get all my problems looked at during my next oil change, but I am glad I am not the only one with the problem

 

Mine was doing that for a couple of day last week when it was raining, but now its gone away. It was really annoying though. Im sure a shot of WD40 would fix it right up though.

 

Yeah it just got cold and rainy here in CA too...and it started squeeking. But it only does it a couple of times then stops..O WELL HA!

 

mine started the other day also. Started at about 8.5k miles I guess. Mine does it when I press in my clutch and its annoyin but my radio also covers it up. Sometims it doesnt squeak though

 

Mine has that squeak also. I had it a while back, but it went away and then came back again. It does that a lot.My car only has about 3000 miles on it. It first started at probably between 500-1000 miles.

 

mine does it every time i push the clutch in

 

lube the clutch pedal return spring and the spring's attachment points.. that will remove the squeak.. or have the dealer do it..

 

yup, thank god I'm not alone...

me and my friend traced the problem and you can easily find it when you open the hood up

-Emo

 

whoa, how odd. mine seriously just started doing that too. I was just about to do a search about it. It must be the weather

 

no squeaks so far -knocks on wood-

 

If you look at the clutch from underneath, there is something that looks like a gold colored cylinder. On the back of it there is a rod the gets pushed into the cylinder when the clutch is depressed. I had the same squeak and I sprayed some lithium lube onto the rod that pushes into the cylinder. The squeak has stopped and not returned. I hope this makes sense. If you look at the slutch assembly from underneath you should be able to find what I'm talking about. I wish I knew what the parts were called so this post didn't sound completely retarded. Good luck.

 

Eh I figured it was the cylinder I just wanted to see if anyone else had the problem. I aint messin with anything that the dealer will fix for free lol

 

I have the same problem, is it worth bringing it into the dealer to fix? I do most of my own car work, but I looked around the clutch pedal assembly and I can't really pinpoint where the squeak is coming from. I looked at the cylinder area and I'm really not sure if that's where it originates. Should I just lube up all the parts in there, or bring it to a dealer? Would they just wind up doing the same thing as if I did it myself?

 

Well I can probably shed some light on this thread. I've had the squeak for a while now. Seems to come and go, and I've noticed seems to happen more when its rainy or humid. I hear it inside the car, but its WAY louder outside the car.

I've taken it to the dealer numerous times. The first time, they lubed the clutch rod at the master pivot. That didn't work. They tried it again, and again it didn't solve the problem. One time I brought it in and they said they couldn't recreate the noise so they couldn't diagnose it or fix it. Another time they just said they can't find anything wrong with it. So I videotaped the sound as I depressed the clutch and showed the tape to the service tech, who was basically dumbfound. He said now it sounded/looked like it was more tranny related as opposed to the clutch pedal assembly.

I've got my car in the shop for a malfunctioning sunroof rite now, and if the pedal still squeaks when I get it back I'm gonna be ____ED. Its a brand new $17 k car, and its a Toyota!!
The squeaking sounds like absolute Sh*% and I won't drive a car that makes that sound. If all of these owners are having the same problem, then there is obviously a defect or something wrong with the cars. Like I said, I've had it in for service at least 5 times and if it doesn't get fixed or toyota/scion doesn't start steppin up to the plate I'm gonna look in to lemon law stuff.

Anyone who has this problem should NOT ignore it or turn the music up. Report it to your dealer and scion. They need to know that there is a problem and that we are not satisfied owners. OVerall, I love the car just as much as anyone else, but I won't accept these problems with a new car. I expected there to be some "ticks" that need to be worked out, seeing as its a brand new production car, but the tc seems to have a slew of problems and I just can't believe that toyota/scion is not aware of them. With all the money scion spends on marketing and sponsorships, you'd think they could afford to find out whats wrong with our cars. The tc obviously sells itself based on looks alone (and the reputation of toyota) its important for consumes to stand up for their rights and demand quality and satisfaction. PM me

 

yea same here..but its my break and clutch...however...i did notice the same squeeky noise coming from my driver seat when i put back pressure on it?....so maybe its the seats?

 

it could be YOUR seats, but I hear loud squeak inside and outside the car when I depress and release the clutch pedal, I imagine others do as well.

 

i can feel it in my foot, at first I thought it was my wet foot squeaking until it was dry out one day.

 

Same thing for me, but you are very correct. What happened is there is a berring or soemthing on the front of the transmission that is going bad, i stopped by where i used to work (dealership) and let a tech listen to it. He immediately knew what it was and told me. I forgot what the part is actually called however. He said that if it is not fixed, eventually the squeeking (more like a whining noise i thought) would eventually get louder... and to top it off you would eventually lose gears.