What Is That Round Knockout For? - Toyota Yaris Forums

Yaris Hilton · 06-13-2009, 01:16 AM

What is that round knockout or plug in the right side of the front bumper in the picture above? I notice it's present on Priuses as well, but on the left side.

mikenacarato · 06-13-2009, 01:18 AM

tow hook

yaris-me · 06-13-2009, 02:37 AM

That's the big improvement on the 2009. We older Yaris' have to live with a square plug.

Kaotic Lazagna · 06-13-2009, 04:14 AM

Ah, yes, that's the tow hook cover. If you pop it off, you'll see where you can screw in the factory tow hook.

Mine fell off the freeway

Kal-El · 06-13-2009, 08:38 AM

I can't believe how many times this question has been asked. No offense Yaris Hilton but there's been at least 25 threads opened asking this.

But no big deal.

41magmag41 · 06-13-2009, 08:54 AM

pull cord in case the car doesnt start

SailDesign · 06-13-2009, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaris-me

That's the big improvement on the 2009. We older Yaris' have to live with a square plug.

Huh?!? My '07 had a round one.

Yaris Hilton · 06-13-2009, 10:26 AM

I like the pull cord idea!

American cars used to have a small hole in the bottom of the grille to insert a crank for emergency starting. My '40 Ford had that. The same tool in the trunk served as a lug wrench, hubcap remover, jack handle and emergency crank.

Tow hook access. Thanks!

AlexNet0 · 06-13-2009, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SailDesign

Huh?!? My '07 had a round one.

Mine too

TheRealEnth · 06-13-2009, 11:40 AM

same here... 07's got circles... i dont know if 08 got screwed or just you lol..

WeeYari · 06-13-2009, 12:24 PM

We had a good photochop here at one time depicting it as the Gerbil Escape Hatch.

Was rather cute, but I think lost in the hack.

HTM Yaris · 06-13-2009, 03:07 PM

Check this link and you will see the difference between the 07 and 09 . 07 has round and 09 has rectangular tow hook cover

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14411

eTiMaGo · 06-13-2009, 04:20 PM

but I think it's the opposite for the sedans, older ones had square plugs?

You could also take it out and put in a small chrome spinning fan wheel...

Forrest · 06-13-2009, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaris-me

That's the big improvement on the 2009. We older Yaris' have to live with a square plug.

I have an 08 and I have never checked the shape of the plug. just knew it was for the tow hook. Now I am going to have to go out and look ! AFter all these threads on this little round/square pop out, I have no clue what shape mine is....dah...

Yaris Hilton · 06-13-2009, 06:14 PM

The picture above is of my '09 sedan. My wife's '09 sedan and the '07 S sedan have round ones as well.

yaris-me · 06-13-2009, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaris-me

That's the big improvement on the 2009. We older Yaris' have to live with a square plug.

My mistake. Mine is round too.

PEneoark · 06-13-2009, 11:34 PM

Yeah, its the hamster feed door lol

MUSKOKA800 · 06-14-2009, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheRealEnth

same here... 07's got circles... i dont know if 08 got screwed or just you lol..

My 08 sedan has the same round hole as Hilton's.
Perhaps the HB's are/were square?

06-13-2009, 01:16 AM	#1
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	What Is That Round Knockout For? What is that round knockout or plug in the right side of the front bumper in the picture above? I notice it's present on Priuses as well, but on the left side.

06-13-2009, 11:40 AM	#10
TheRealEnth Beast View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Blz Blu LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 1,365	same here... 07's got circles... i dont know if 08 got screwed or just you lol.. __________________ One you've taken a yaris for a spin, there's no turning back. Its a Chao!!!

06-13-2009, 12:24 PM	#11
WeeYari View User's Garage Drives: 06 Polar White 5dr, 13 Soul 4u Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,809	We had a good photochop here at one time depicting it as the Gerbil Escape Hatch. Was rather cute, but I think lost in the hack. __________________

06-13-2009, 03:07 PM	#12
HTM Yaris resident senior View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south Carolina Posts: 814	Check this link and you will see the difference between the 07 and 09 . 07 has round and 09 has rectangular tow hook cover http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14411 __________________

06-13-2009, 04:20 PM	#13
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	but I think it's the opposite for the sedans, older ones had square plugs? You could also take it out and put in a small chrome spinning fan wheel... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

06-13-2009, 01:18 AM	#2
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	tow hook

06-13-2009, 02:37 AM	#3
yaris-me Learn to Relax Drives: 2007, Meteorite, LB Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,070	That's the big improvement on the 2009. We older Yaris' have to live with a square plug.

06-13-2009, 04:14 AM	#4
Kaotic Lazagna View User's Garage Drives: '14 GT86, '08 Vitz Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Valley, CA Posts: 9,873	Ah, yes, that's the tow hook cover. If you pop it off, you'll see where you can screw in the factory tow hook. Mine fell off the freeway

06-13-2009, 08:38 AM	#5
Kal-El Drives: 07 Yaris S Sedan 5-Speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,179	I can't believe how many times this question has been asked. No offense Yaris Hilton but there's been at least 25 threads opened asking this. But no big deal.

06-13-2009, 08:54 AM	#6
41magmag41 Drives: Loaded 2007 mica silver sedan Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New hampshire Posts: 226	pull cord in case the car doesnt start

06-13-2009, 10:26 AM	#8
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	I like the pull cord idea! American cars used to have a small hole in the bottom of the grille to insert a crank for emergency starting. My '40 Ford had that. The same tool in the trunk served as a lug wrench, hubcap remover, jack handle and emergency crank. Tow hook access. Thanks!

06-13-2009, 06:14 PM	#15
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	The picture above is of my '09 sedan. My wife's '09 sedan and the '07 S sedan have round ones as well.

06-13-2009, 11:34 PM	#17
PEneoark Drives: 2009 Yaris, 2-door liftback Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Holley, NY Posts: 16	Yeah, its the hamster feed door lol

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