Unknown PIN - Toyota Yaris Forums

Spellino · 09-26-2017, 02:25 PM

Hi everyone. I had a problem with my 2007 Yaris sedan's trunk. It won't open with a key or the thing u push up to open by the driver side. Thanks to some of your inputs here, I managed to open it through the boot. As I was doing it though, the attached pin came out of the lock system. Everything works now, opening with key, closing. Sensor on the dash. Everything. But I'm curious to know what and where this pin Is supposed to be?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

nortonfb · 09-27-2017, 08:19 AM

Looks like a an attempt to break in.

WeeYari · 09-27-2017, 04:50 PM

Yeah, that definitely looks like a foreign object that somehow got in there.

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NYC-SE · 09-27-2017, 04:55 PM

It looks like the ball end of a cable. Does the sedan have an in car trunk release? Does it work?

Spellino · 09-27-2017, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by NYC-SE

It looks like the ball end of a cable. Does the sedan have an in car trunk release? Does it work?

Yes. And it works.

NYC-SE · 09-28-2017, 01:01 AM

Perhaps it was a leftover from a previous repair.

Spellino · 09-28-2017, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYC-SE

Perhaps it was a leftover from a previous repair.

Ok. Maybe. I must add also that the fuel door release doesn't work either and the end of the release that goes there to is hanging in the trunk. However it doesn't have one of these pins at the end of it. I don't know if I am making sense. I will post pictures of it very soon

WeeYari · 09-28-2017, 07:51 AM

Take a picture of your object beside a ruler or a coin so we can appreciate its size. To me it looks very tiny, like you say, a pin. To others it is appearing large enough to be a piece of linkage cable.

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nortonfb · 09-28-2017, 08:10 AM

Looks like what used to be called a "hat pin".
It appears to be bent, no longer straight.
My bet it was a primitive attempt to move the tumblers.

Spellino · 09-28-2017, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WeeYari

Take a picture of your object beside a ruler or a coin so we can appreciate its size. To me it looks very tiny, like you say, a pin. To others it is appearing large enough to be a piece of linkage cable.

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It's just about 4 cm

NYC-SE · 09-28-2017, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Spellino

Ok. Maybe. I must add also that the fuel door release doesn't work either and the end of the release that goes there to is hanging in the trunk. However it doesn't have one of these pins at the end of it. I don't know if I am making sense. I will post pictures of it very soon

That's what it is. It used to be part of the cable for the fuel door release. How it ended up where it did I don't know.

Spellino · 09-28-2017, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by NYC-SE

That's what it is. It used to be part of the cable for the fuel door release. How it ended up where it did I don't know.

Yeah I suspect so.

WeeYari · 09-28-2017, 11:20 AM

How do you open your fuel door?

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Spellino · 09-28-2017, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by WeeYari

How do you open your fuel door?

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I just push the back end of it and it opens.

Spellino · 09-28-2017, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by WeeYari

How do you open your fuel door?

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Sorry I sent the wrong picture

09-27-2017, 04:50 PM	#3
WeeYari View User's Garage Drives: 06 Polar White 5dr, 13 Soul 4u Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,740	Yeah, that definitely looks like a foreign object that somehow got in there. Sent from my Elite_5_5_Octa using Tapatalk __________________

09-28-2017, 07:51 AM	#8
WeeYari View User's Garage Drives: 06 Polar White 5dr, 13 Soul 4u Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,740	Take a picture of your object beside a ruler or a coin so we can appreciate its size. To me it looks very tiny, like you say, a pin. To others it is appearing large enough to be a piece of linkage cable. Sent from my Elite_5_5_Octa using Tapatalk __________________

09-28-2017, 11:20 AM	#13
WeeYari View User's Garage Drives: 06 Polar White 5dr, 13 Soul 4u Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,740	How do you open your fuel door? Sent from my Elite_5_5_Octa using Tapatalk __________________

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09-27-2017, 08:19 AM	#2
nortonfb Drives: 2007 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: motown Posts: 339	Looks like a an attempt to break in.

09-27-2017, 04:55 PM	#4
NYC-SE Drives: 2014 Yaris SE Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: NYC Posts: 1,076	It looks like the ball end of a cable. Does the sedan have an in car trunk release? Does it work?

09-28-2017, 01:01 AM	#6
NYC-SE Drives: 2014 Yaris SE Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: NYC Posts: 1,076	Perhaps it was a leftover from a previous repair.

09-28-2017, 08:10 AM	#9
nortonfb Drives: 2007 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: motown Posts: 339	Looks like what used to be called a "hat pin". It appears to be bent, no longer straight. My bet it was a primitive attempt to move the tumblers.