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![]() Drives: 2009 Yaris S Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
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2009 Yaris Sedan engine vibrates; is this normal?
I just bought a 09 Yaris Sedan (Automatic) and have noticed the car has a slight vibration. I can feel it on the seat when I am driving. I would not classify this as a shake, more like a slight vibration. When I open the hood, I can see the engine and some ducts and hoses vibrating, but not shaking (perhaps if I post a video it could help describe it). I feel it when in idle and then not so much in the highway, perhaps bc of ambient noise/motion.
Is this normal...how loud and how much should a Yaris vibrate. I noticed this a few days after I bought it and I want to say after I put gas from Quick Trip (87). I tried some Chevron with Techron today and noticed it still vivbrates. Maybe I'm being paranoid and picky. ![]() Never driven a Yaris (or toyota) so I dont know what to expect. I come from driving a '03 Passat. |
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Drives: 07 sedan Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: new mexico
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ya, it vibrates kind of a lot. If you call it slight don't worry. If it gets suddenly worse, then you might have a problem.
If you're really paranoid, you can throw some lucas in the transmission and engine, and hell the fuel tank too if you want. All 3 products noticeably reduce vibrations in my yaris.. Could be a placebo though... |
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Half a Bubble Off Plumb
Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA
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Mine feels awfully smooth. Of course, I came to it from an inline 5 cylinder Volvo and a 90° Nissan V6 in a Mercury Villager. Both shake a lot more than the little Toyota 4 banger. Oh yeah, I used to ride Harleys too.
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Noticed some shake in the wife's 07 as well.. Of course it doesn't dance as much as the 302 in my Comet, but I've noticed a lot of engines have a slight vibration.. I always thought this was normal.
Vibrations could also just be related to how well the vibrating objects are anchored to the engine bay. |
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Half a Bubble Off Plumb
Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA
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Yep. They all vibrate. An inline 4 looks nice and symmetrical, but is inherently unbalanced. That's why big 4s often use spinning balance shafts to compensate.
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#6 |
![]() Drives: 2009 Yaris S Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 9
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Thanks guys for the feedback....by what you guys tell me this may be normal behavior.
![]() BTW any of you in the US know how the free oil change works from Toyota dealers? I'll post it as a separate question, though. |
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