2008 Toyota Yaris suspension problems

Filed Feb 28, 2023 · Suspension · 195,487 miles · VA

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Yaris. The contact stated while a friend was driving approximately 30 MPH, the rear axle fractured at the welds. The rear wheels went into the wheel well. There were no warning lights illuminated. There were no reported inquires. The contact stated that the rear axle was weak, had rusted, and then separated. The contact repaired the vehicle. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the vehicle was not covered under recall. No additional assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 195,487.

Filed Feb 13, 2023 · Suspension · OH

A frame that holds engine in vehicle is rotted looks like swiss cheeze it should be made out of cast iron thats a safety issue

Filed Jan 29, 2020 · Suspension · 225,000 miles · PA

The rear axle broke at the weld. Driving under normal spped and driving conditions, I noticed a strange rubbing sould coming from the rear of the vehicle after I got home I noticed the clearance on rear wheel at top was much less then other side, after taking to shop I was then informed of the cracked/broken axle. When I researched there were others who's car's had rear axle's that were breaking at the welds around the same years 2007-2009 this could be a potentially deadly

Filed May 15, 2019 · Steering, Suspension · 101,000 miles · OH

Bought car with 99k miles. Noted a clunk in suspension. Decided to fix by process of elimination. Turned out it was a broken bolt that holds the control arm inside the subframe which is not accessible from the exterior. Steering was very off and this was a very dangerous issue that is clearly a defect from the manufacturer: the front subframe was poorly designed and the inner bolt that holds the long horizontal control arm bolt was improperly welded or the inner sub frame was made so water could get in and rust said bold/weld.

Filed Mar 1, 2019 · Suspension · 200,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota yaris. While the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed that it was leaning due to a fractured rear axle. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000.

Filed Feb 23, 2016 · Suspension · 90,000 miles · NY

Broken bolt on lower control arm / only 90000 miles driven to work only / not abused

Filed Dec 3, 2015 · Suspension · 110,010 miles · NY

I am a retired autoshop teacher {2 years} and am ase certified in, among others, suspension and steering. While driving my yaris, started to hear a clunking noise in the front suspension. Suddenly, a loud bang while something broke off the car and hit the underbody. On inspection, discovered that the right side lower control arm rearward bolt, which extends through a center support and is bolted to the vehicle body, had snapped off about halfway. I drove the car home, about 3 miles, but the driveability of the vehicle was affected, the steering became vague and the noise became louder and louder. There is a tsb, number 005-11 on this problem but toyota fails to admit in this or earlier tsbs that this is a serious safety problem, which in my opinion, it clearly is. This is not an unusual problem, as an internet search found many people had experienced this. This should be addressed in a recall!

Filed Aug 9, 2014 · Suspension · 108,106 miles · NM

I was driving below the 30mph speed limit along a city street and heard a loud grinding noise from rear right of the car. I immediately pulled over to the side of the street and saw that the back right rear corner of the car was down close to the wheel. The exhaust pipe was in its usual place. I called a towing company and they flatbedded me to toyota in santa fe, nm at 5pm on a saturday evening. When we arrived at toyota the tow truck driver handed me the large spring which had fallen off the car. Toyota replaced the missing upper insulation disc and put the rear right spring back in place and I drove 5 hours home. The insulation disc could have fallen out onto the street and I did not know to look for it. The rear springs can easily be levered out of place with a screwdriver so my car mechanic attached the bottom of the spring to the cradle it sits on and welded a guard to the cradle so that the springs cannot jump out. I was fortunate to be driving slowly on a city street instead fast on the interstate when this happened. I have filed a report with toyota so they can fix this, in my opinion, design flaw.

Filed May 6, 2014 · Suspension · 75,000 miles · MA

Tl * the contact owns a 2008 toyota yaris. The contact stated that the vehicle was making a loud clunking noise. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the bolt on the front control arm was fractured as a result of corrosion. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 75,000.

Filed Mar 14, 2014 · Body, Suspension · 75,000 miles · MA

Bolt head securing left front wheel suspension and frame, was apparently sheared off by pothole while driving. Loud metallic pop heard. Not sure why parts are still holding together. Will need repair asap.