TRD exhaust hanger issues....check yours

[Gogogordy]

I have the TRD cat-back on both my 2009 xD, and my 2011 Yaris 3dr LB.
The TRD system includes an extra, heavier-duty rubber hanger, in addition to the OEM ones which are retained and also used. This same hanger is used on the Yaris system too, despite it being a different part than the xD exhaust.

Our 2009 xD, with just 30,000 is now on it's 3rd TRD only rubber hanger, as they keep cracking and breaking while the 2 smaller OEM ones are fine. Still elasticy and supple. When this rubber cracks and breaks it allows a lot more free play of the exhaust system which cant be good for the joints and seals upstream of it. I first noticed the exhaust seemed "loose" during a wash one time.

Apparently the 2 smaller OEM hangers are not entirely sufficiient on their own with the accessory exhaust (if they were then TRD likely would've not bothered with the third in their cat back package)

My Yaris' TRD hanger is beginning to show signs of premature failure as well....

I have also looked under OTHER xDs with the TRD exhaust (yes, Ive looked under other people's cars!) and the same problem seems to exist on them all.

I encourage all TRD exhaust owners to visually check the extra hanger, the one in question pushes up into the floor of the trunk/cargo area through a hole in the sheet metal, and attaches to the muffler on a pin (as the others do) and will be the largest of the three.

The part number for replacement is PTR03-52103, and that part is "Made in USA" which probably explains why its not the same quality as the OEM rubber hangers. I will be keeping an extra in my tools just in case, with 2 vehicles running the TRD systems.