I rear ended someone with my 2009. Ironically I bought this car from Copart with front end damage in the exact same location, but at first glance this looks way worse than what I can repair. I am going to tear into it now. Any thoughts? It's already leaking some coolant and the thermos pump sounds unwell. Can't tell if the A/C condenser is still holding Freon or not based off initial impression as was only running the car very briefly to get it on to the dolly and then into the garage. This is devastating. The car has 203k. It has the following new OEM Toyota parts installed at 155k (warning - this will be painful): A/C Condenser, radiator, mechanical water pump, serpentine belt, idler pulley w/ bearing, inverter pump, 3 way valve, and thermostat. The stealership has changed the brake fluid and charged the A/C. The worst part? The coolant and CVT fluid were both changed at 200k and it has a full tank of gas. p.s. just thought about how my set of FIAMM freeway blasters fared
Update: I'm going to need help with this one. I managed to get the hood open. There's a tiny chance the condenser and rad can be saved. The bad news is that the inverter took the brunt of the hit and the coolant leak appears to be isolated to the inverter loop, perhaps the inverter itself. I have yet to identify the source of the leak, but the reservoir was empty. The highest place I have found coolant is on the aluminum tube running underneath the coolant reservoir. Next step I am going to remove the inverter. I have never done this before. I hope that by doing this I will identify and pinpoint the actual source of the leak. Not sure what I'm going to find, but I am worried about something like a metal coolant nipple being broken. I have 2 spare inverters on hand so in theory I could do a swap if the damage was isolated to the inverter itself. Although I don't know the condition of either, I guess trying beats having a bricked car. p.s. the freeway blasters were spared thank god Mostly because the damn bumper on these cars always misses and never does a thing!
Need more pictures. From what I see it isn't clear why the inverter loop would bleed out, unless the top of that bent radiator support and the front of the hood are pushed back all the way into the inverter. Or maybe the radiator rotated enough to tear out one or both of the inverter hoses? It does look like it is tilted back.
Thanks guys. I have basically a full damage assessment now. The leak around the inverter was due to the fact that the reservoir was in 2 pieces. Swap from spare and easy fix. Unfortunately that will be the last of the easy fixes. The rad is confirmed to leak and the fan shroud is also junk so will have to pull everything. I will have to redo the metal in order to accommodate 100% functionality of the inverter mounts, hood latch, rad/condenser mounts, hoses, etc. Looking at pulling fender as driver door currently barely opens. Won't be a fun job, but just on me to figure it out and get it done. My question is about the A/C system and the results of my test. I tested it and the a/c compressor didn't sound smooth at all. It would spool up hard for a couple of seconds and then just stop. After just a couple times of hearing that I aborted the test and the condenser was super hot. I initially thought about trying to save the condenser, but this scares me. Do you think somehow the compressor could've received damage too? What you see on the front of the condenser is actually coolant from the rad. I haven't seen any evidence of leaks from the condenser yet but I think it may be bad.
