Warning - Broken control arm bolt!

[ittechnician]

Found this forum and its been helpful. Going to dealer Wednesday. My warranty may be over since its a 2007 Yaris close to 100,000 miles (but not over yet). The bolt on the driver side broke off.

Found a way of getting to the nut of that bolt. If you remove all the carpeting below the driver (and below the pedals) and remove the foam inserts, and remove the plastic tab (the one closer to the pedals).... you get access to that nut.

[marcus]

Originally Posted by ittechnician

Found this forum and its been helpful. Going to dealer Wednesday. My warranty may be over since its a 2007 Yaris close to 100,000 miles (but not over yet). The bolt on the driver side broke off.

Found a way of getting to the nut of that bolt. If you remove all the carpeting below the driver (and below the pedals) and remove the foam inserts, and remove the plastic tab (the one closer to the pedals).... you get access to that nut.

screenshot would have been nice..lol

[jason214]

I changed mine today even though the TSB is not applicable to my car.
2007 Hatchback 59000 km.

A table spoon of rust came out of each bolt hole. Both looked pretty much the same and I sandblasted the driver side bolt. Some surface corrosion and pitting corrosion. I sprayed rust inhibitor to the new bolts before I installed. The 22.5" long torque wrench was long enough so I didn't have to get under the car.