Air Filter Housing

[cjongrey]

We have had a 2005 Yaris for 15 months. Whilst driving it away from a recent service, we noticed a coubik but not especially metallic rattling vibration from the engine compartment when pulling away/lowish speeds.

We took it back and the garage said Air Filter Housing is loose, needs to be replaced. I thought that sounds cheap enough. Garage said over £300!

Is all this plausible? With the sudden onset of the rattle, is it likely to have been bashed out of tightnesswhilst in garage?

CJ on Grey

[alan589]

We have had a 2005 Yaris for 15 months. Whilst driving it away from a recent service, we noticed a coubik but not especially metallic rattling vibration from the engine compartment when pulling away/lowish speeds.

We took it back and the garage said Air Filter Housing is loose, needs to be replaced. I thought that sounds cheap enough. Garage said over £300!

Is all this plausible? With the sudden onset of the rattle, is it likely to have been bashed out of tightnesswhilst in garage?

CJ on Grey

Sounds unlikely. I would put up with the rattle or see if I could fix it myself!

[aandy]

I have had a similar problem with my 1.3 yaris. Me and a mechanic mate of mine had a look and thought it was the airbox, but after a little bit of fiddling it turned out to be the actual air pipe that runs into the airbox. have a bit of a play around wih that first before replacing the whole airbox. It comes out of both connections with a bit of force.

[johnny01]

We have had a 2005 Yaris for 15 months. Whilst driving it away from a recent service, we noticed a coubik but not especially metallic rattling vibration from the engine compartment when pulling away/lowish speeds.

We took it back and the garage said Air Filter Housing is loose, needs to be replaced. I thought that sounds cheap enough. Garage said over £300!

Is all this plausible? With the sudden onset of the rattle, is it likely to have been bashed out of tightnesswhilst in garage?

CJ on Grey

Strange you didn't have the rattle before the service, and the airbox has suddenly 'come loose' after the service and needs a £300 replacement! It's a cheap piece of plastic that either needs all the screws tightening up and the pipes fitting properly, or if it's broken then demand a new replacement from the garage that serviced it - sounds like it might have been broken in the service, if it was broken before they should've spotted it and recommended a replacement when you picked the car up.