front end damage mystery

[yaris9876]

I hit some loose gravel last week on the front right with my Hatchback,07.
I made a major racket. Ever since I have a knocking sound in the front but no one has been able to ID the problem yet. It sounds like the soft knocking of a loose muffler but the
mechanics say nothing is loose and they were underneath it in a service pit.It also has a similar knock to a bad water pump bearing but no change yet in water temp. via scan gauge.
It seems to lessen when I press on the gas. There is also some tinny metal scraping off and on which I think might be a broken shock but the car doesnt look crooked at all.
The sound is in the front.
Anyone have an experience with something similar.???? :iono:thanks

[SailDesign]

Stone in the hubcaps? :iono:

[kngrsll]

Stone in the hubcaps? :iono:

when did your boat turn blue? and why?

[CTScott]

I hit some loose gravel last week on the front right with my Hatchback,07.
I made a major racket. Ever since I have a knocking sound in the front but no one has been able to ID the problem yet. It sounds like the soft knocking of a loose muffler but the
mechanics say nothing is loose and they were underneath it in a service pit.It also has a similar knock to a bad water pump bearing but no change yet in water temp. via scan gauge.
It seems to lessen when I press on the gas. There is also some tinny metal scraping off and on which I think might be a broken shock but the car doesnt look crooked at all.
The sound is in the front.
Anyone have an experience with something similar.???? :iono:thanks


Check the front brake shield on that side.

[yaris9876]

another mechanic couldnt see what it was but said it sounded bad. Anyone have a link to pics of the motor mounts on the hatchbk. I might have broken one..You cant see anything
on these micro rigs....

[silver_echo]

where in the usa are you? if you are close to some of us that spend time under vehicles, then we could take a look under there, maybe with a comparison to a "known good" yaris... that will probably be what it takes to make the final diagnosis unless that mechanic that you took it to is blind...

[supmet]

Hitting gravel = broken motor mount?

I was picturing an inch or two of gravel on the ground - now I'm guessing you ran into a large pile.

There are about a million places gravel could lodge itself or damage in a car to make noise. Diagnosis over the internet is improbable.(at least without pictures and a much better explanation)

[hachi-roku_fan]

You might have a rock lodged in your tire tread.

[Phaeton]

Pull off your front tires and check behind the brake rotor, I get rocks in mine all the time. It makes a horrible noise.

[yaris9876]

the car shudders when its started. Maybe Schwab can figure it out.

[yaris9876]

it turned out to be a stone about 1.5 inches wedged between the transmission and the frame. It really made the car shudder when started.Now its fine.yee haw.

[schleppy]

Holy crap, good find!