Ray Haefy
Member
I've been reading, looking for a topic about brakes but haven't seen this discussion.
I just bought a new Tacoma (2019, TRD Sport, 2WD, 3.5 V6) and while looking it over at home I noticed to my amazement that it was equipped with drum brakes on the rear axle. I have no problem with rear drum brakes if they are of sufficient size and these seem to be. I was just under the assumption that drum brakes went out of vogue 20 years ago. My 2014 RAV4 has 4 wheel disc brakes, the 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 I traded in had 4 wheel disc brakes. The salesman was surprised to hear it had rear drum brakes. I suspect many new owners don't know it. They work just fine. In my opinion, rear disc brakes have always had funky parking brake set-ups. What caught my attention about this was sooty, black brake dust on the rear fenders and wheels. The front disc brakes were clean. Does anyone know why Toyota uses rear drum brakes on the 2019 Tacoma?
Thanks
I just bought a new Tacoma (2019, TRD Sport, 2WD, 3.5 V6) and while looking it over at home I noticed to my amazement that it was equipped with drum brakes on the rear axle. I have no problem with rear drum brakes if they are of sufficient size and these seem to be. I was just under the assumption that drum brakes went out of vogue 20 years ago. My 2014 RAV4 has 4 wheel disc brakes, the 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 I traded in had 4 wheel disc brakes. The salesman was surprised to hear it had rear drum brakes. I suspect many new owners don't know it. They work just fine. In my opinion, rear disc brakes have always had funky parking brake set-ups. What caught my attention about this was sooty, black brake dust on the rear fenders and wheels. The front disc brakes were clean. Does anyone know why Toyota uses rear drum brakes on the 2019 Tacoma?
Thanks