Warning - Broken control arm bolt!

[bronsin]

Ha just remembered I have an electric impact gun and a 19mm impact socket!

With the car on ramps can you get the impact gun and socket on these bolts?

[RG01]

Yes, I live in SoCal and the bolts are a problem here, too! Let's start a petition and mail this to Toyota Corporate and tell them that we will go to the news corp. if we do not get a fix for their obvious crappy workmanship. I seriously was going to buy another yaris..then this. If they do not stand by their product, how can we?

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Ha just remembered I have an electric impact gun and a 19mm impact socket!

With the car on ramps can you get the impact gun and socket on these bolts?

Yes

[Hershey]

" if we do not get a fix for their obvious crappy workmanship. I seriously was going to buy another yaris..then this. If they do not stand by their product, how can we? "

+1 .

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

In NJ theres no earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamies, landslides, floods, (theres plenty of water though) forest fires, and its not too hot in winter or cold in summer.

I was going to say no hurricanes but after Sandy I guess I cant.

Wait a minute we had no problem near Philly. No problem at all. If you live near the ocean yeah you might have had a problem.

My brother and Mom live in Houston and Moms in a nursing home. Twice they had to skeedaddle.

She said she wanted to retire someplace where its warm!

I found leaving (with a hurricane of significant strength approaching) best. I closed on my house a few weeks before Ike hit in 2008. I left Texas on Thursday just to be safe. I later looked at a pic that someone posted from a point on U.S. 59 south of Lufkin on Friday that showed bumper to bumper traffic out there in the boonies re people trying to flee the hurricane ---- 24 hours earlier I had experienced no traffic at all at the spot where that pic was taken. I awakened in my hotel room in suburban Memphis, TN the morning after Ike and the wind (hundreds of miles away from the hurricane) had lifted up all of the outdoor furniture and carried it into the pool.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I found leaving (with a hurricane of significant strength approaching) best. I closed on my house a few weeks before Ike hit in 2008. I left Texas on Thursday just to be safe. I later looked at a pic that someone posted from a point on U.S. 59 south of Lufkin on Friday that showed bumper to bumper traffic out there in the boonies re people trying to flee the hurricane ---- 24 hours earlier I had experienced no traffic at all at the spot where that pic was taken. I awakened in my hotel room in suburban Memphis, TN the morning after Ike and the wind (hundreds of miles away from the hurricane) had lifted up all of the outdoor furniture and carried it into the pool.

Yes I told bro "Put Mom on a plane to NJ" if any hurricanes threaten. He didnt do that but at least got Mom in a car a few days before everyone else scrammed. They went to a friends house in Dallas for the duration.

Its a good thing because had they left when everyone else did they would have gotten on the freeway and been stuck in traffic for hours if not days. Even idleing the engine the car woould have run out of gas and there is no way to get gas stuck in miles of traffic. No gas no AC = no Mom.

That was twice and it happened a few years ago. Now she is in a nurseing home and beyond the capability of my brother to do anything for her. If there another hurricane she will have to be evaced by the staff.

If that happens....

[YarisSedan]

So i havent gone through all the posts But i am going to be taking my control arms off to change the bushings soon. Is this something I would need to worry about being i live in california so rust really isnt a issue. Might as well replace it with the updated bolt while I have it off.

[Starrbri]

Some people have mentioned water running out after removing the bolts and the rust appears to be on the threads. It seems water is entering and not draining. Is there way to seal or prevent the water for entering? If the threads on the bolt are rusted, can we also assume the control arm threads are also corroded? Will it eventually need to be replaced? I just purchased a 2007 yaris and am planning on inspecting this weekend.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Starrbri

Some people have mentioned water running out after removing the bolts and the rust appears to be on the threads. It seems water is entering and not draining. Is there way to seal or prevent the water for entering? If the threads on the bolt are rusted, can we also assume the control arm threads are also corroded? Will it eventually need to be replaced? I just purchased a 2007 yaris and am planning on inspecting this weekend.

If you look at the TSB, which is either posted in this thread or in the other one on this issue, Toyota does some seam sealing when performing the TSB. Theoretically that would reduce the amount of water that can enter the sleeve. Someone on this thread mentioned drilling a small hole in the sleeve near the bolt head, and that would probably help quite a bit as well.

The control arm is not threaded. The bolt passes through it up to the body. The rusting seems to be further down the bolt than the threaded area, so presumably the body threads are fine.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Yes I told bro "Put Mom on a plane to NJ" if any hurricanes threaten. He didnt do that but at least got Mom in a car a few days before everyone else scrammed. They went to a friends house in Dallas for the duration.

Its a good thing because had they left when everyone else did they would have gotten on the freeway and been stuck in traffic for hours if not days. Even idleing the engine the car woould have run out of gas and there is no way to get gas stuck in miles of traffic. No gas no AC = no Mom.

That was twice and it happened a few years ago. Now she is in a nurseing home and beyond the capability of my brother to do anything for her. If there another hurricane she will have to be evaced by the staff.

If that happens....

I (at some point before my house was finished) saw the pictures that PREVIOUSLY were attached to the Wikipedia entry for Hurricane Rita (which occurred in 2005). One of the pictures showed Interstate 45 in Southern Montgomery County with the Contraflow configuration (All lanes on both sides set to head North (away from the Gulf)). In that picture I-45 was a parking lot and cars were pulled over with hoods up. I vowed that If I was around and a storm like that was headed for Houston, that I would get a jump on getting away (and I did). I don't know why that picture was taken off the Wikipedia entry. It was up there for a couple of years at least after the storm. Perhaps someone had copyrighted the picture, became aware that it was being used, and denied use to Wikipedia.

[websurferdude]

Can someone tell me if my VIN# JTDBT92387112623#

[Starrbri]

Originally Posted by websurferdude

Can someone tell me if my VIN# JTDBT92387112623#

I do not believe it applies to yours as you VIN is subsequent to JTDBT923194055672

[Mtlmom]

Just found your forum and a great big thanks goes out to you! My bolt has broken off and I found your forum. Thank you so much for the TSB. Though my warranty is over, I do have a service call done at 53 000 km where I was complaining about the suspension making a noise and they verified and redid the brakes (in 2011)????? Wish me luck! Couldn't have done anything without you! :o)

[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.

[UberSilver]

Good first post, Thanks!

[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.

[bronsin]

Sounds like r and r ing these bolts should be part of the 30k service procedure.