I need some help - Toyota Yaris Forums

BennyLava · 10-09-2014, 06:04 AM

I got three problems with my 09' yaris sedan. I would really appreciate some help on these three questions.

1. Is the 1.5L engine in my Yaris an interference engine? In short, do I need to change the timing belt asap? It just rolled over to 109k miles on the car.

2. I need someone to post up a pic of the headlight alignment screws please. I can't seem to find them. And I have a real problem with my lights pointing too far down.

3. Does anyone else have a phantom clunking noise coming from the suspension? When I go over bumps, sometimes it makes a very audible clunking sound. I took it to the local tire shop (that also does suspension work) and I was able to file on the warranty that I bought with the car. They replaced the two front shocks and the bushings that go with those shocks. Now the clunking just doesn't happen as often. So obviously it was coming from more than one place. Has anyone else had this problem? Maybe there is some kind of factory defect? Is there anything that is known to go wrong with the suspension, kind of early? The car has had this problem since it I got it, and it only had 40K miles on it at the time. The tire shop couldn't find the problem.

10-09-2014, 06:04 AM	#1
BennyLava Drives: 1987 Silverado Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 314	I need some help I got three problems with my 09' yaris sedan. I would really appreciate some help on these three questions. 1. Is the 1.5L engine in my Yaris an interference engine? In short, do I need to change the timing belt asap? It just rolled over to 109k miles on the car. 2. I need someone to post up a pic of the headlight alignment screws please. I can't seem to find them. And I have a real problem with my lights pointing too far down. 3. Does anyone else have a phantom clunking noise coming from the suspension? When I go over bumps, sometimes it makes a very audible clunking sound. I took it to the local tire shop (that also does suspension work) and I was able to file on the warranty that I bought with the car. They replaced the two front shocks and the bushings that go with those shocks. Now the clunking just doesn't happen as often. So obviously it was coming from more than one place. Has anyone else had this problem? Maybe there is some kind of factory defect? Is there anything that is known to go wrong with the suspension, kind of early? The car has had this problem since it I got it, and it only had 40K miles on it at the time. The tire shop couldn't find the problem.