Warning - Broken control arm bolt!

[NEexpat]

*Got my notice yesterday about extending the warranty on these bolts.

[pennyracer]

just got my letter the other day it reads 7 years from the vehicles date of first use or 100,000 miles whichever occurs first . mine is setting at 99,000 and need my main window switch taken care of also on a recall by toyota

[bronsin]

Question.

I live in NJ where we seldom have snow, and when we do, the ammount of salt they put on the road is minimal. (I grew up in upstate NY...can you say "lake effect snow"?)

Because of my physical condition Im unable to r and r these bolts. Its very inconvient to take the car to the dealer, but if necessary I will.

Has anyone had problems with these bolts who lives in an area where road salt is not an issue?

Thanks!

[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?

[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

[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?

[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 .

[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.

[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.

[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.

[UberSilver]

Good first post, Thanks!

[bronsin]

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