USB issues

I use a USB thumb drive for music. I use the USB port to the right of the environmental controls. About 1/3 of the time, I get a message saying that I have an unresponsive USB device, and the thumb drive no longer shows up on my list of sources for audio. I have to unplug the drive and stick it back in. This is annoying.

I've reformatted the drive for a 32gb partition (because the head units of yesteryear would die if you used a thumb drive larger than 32gb) using fat32, no to avail - it apparently makes no difference if it's 32gb and fat32 or 128gb and ex-fat.

Anyone experience similar issues? Anyone have a fix? The other USB drive doesn't pick up information, I think it's just for charging. I haven't tried the USB-C port yet, though.

ETA: I used this thumb drive without fail in my '19 4R. I never had a single issue. I do not think it's the thumb drive itself.

 

Could the drive be going bad? Sometimes the connector wears out.

 

Here is a couple of threads with info on the USB music/data port:

https://www.tundras.com/threads/3rd...-sd-card-usb-jump-drives.113695/#post-2957645
https://www.tundras.com/threads/3rd...dio-formats-mp3-flac-wav.113717/#post-2935456

 

Thanks for chiming in. I've already done what was covered in the thread regarding filing format.

The drive shouldn't be wearing out - it stayed plugged in my '19 4Runner for three and a half years, and worked flawlessly that whole time. I only removed it to bring it over to the Tundra.