Something dangling from underneath my car

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by aliceduck, Jan 11, 2023.

  1. aliceduck

    aliceduck New Member

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    I ran over a curb the other day and just noticed this:
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    What is the thing that is bent? Can I just bang it back in with a hammer? Should I pay attention to anything else that might be damaged?
     
    #1 aliceduck, Jan 11, 2023
  2. bisco

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    looks like a heat shield. you can straighten it out and refasten probably
     
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    It’s a plastic panel that is held in place with two different types of fasteners. The hole you see is where a rather large white fastener presses onto a stud. You may have to use a heat gun to flatten the panel out before you can get it to stay in place.
     
    #3 captqc, Jan 16, 2023
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    Looks more like stamped-aluminum heat shield (aforementioned by @bisco), pretty bent out of shape. Might be one of the plastic fasteners still hanging in there on the bent down portion. That piece has 4 identical plastic fasteners. You can sort out the shield and fastener part no’s at parts.Toyota website, or just get in touch with a dealership parts department.

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    #4 Mendel Leisk, Jan 16, 2023
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