Son has my Prius 300 miles away and having a problem

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  1. JStrenk

    JStrenk Active Member

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    My son took my Prius to drive to his National Guard base and the Prius started to make a dragging noise.

    What is this and what can he do?

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    There are no Warning lights or anything else.
     
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    muffler hanger.
    replace it or bend it back in shape.

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    Remove it or bend it out of the way. Then jack it up and have that part remove and replaced.
     
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    That's the hanger for the resonator, looks like it has bent but still attached and the welds look intact. A quick check of Rock Auto shows the resonator only available with the catalytic converter as a single part, at several hundred dollars, but there's no reason to replace here. My recommendation is bend it up and back into position as well as you can; the rod part with the rubber hanger should point forward. Then replace the rubber hanger/insulator if that's torn (it probably is, they're $4-5). Good luck!
     
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    the question you might rather want to ask your son is what happened before it started to make a dragging noise..../ ;)
     
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    You are not supposed to drive over the wheel stops? Who knew?
     
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    And after asking the above, you might want to do further under body inspection:(.
     
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    I think I have to ask son #2 about that :(
    He's like that. He had the car for a couple of days while fix his car:
     

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    Looks like whatever he found, it left a mark:eek:.

    Your boys appear to keep you busy:). Hopefully the Prius is only the hanger and nothing further.

    Good luck!
     
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    A good item to add to the subfloor tray is some wire, stiff baling wire or similar.
     
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    understood, i have 3 children. fortunately, they now have their own cars, or use uber.:cool:
     
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    the question is... will your son be paying for it? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

    on a serious note, do inspect the button and see if anything else is damaged. (y)
     
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    I told him to bend it up but he didn't want to get dirty so I told him he could pay for the tow and repairs if he hits something on the way home.
     
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    Well I know you guys are wondering how he made out. Well he made it home but pulling into the driveway he hit a rise and bent it near vertical.

    I could not bend it by hand and so I put a pipe on it. Got it about 80% of the way when I heard a crack. And a couple more wiggles and it popped right off. But I was able to fab up a substitute for it and after a little grinding and drilling, I got er dun! :)
     
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    Nice!
     
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    Toyota's bolt longevity isn't too impressive:

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    Funny how some stuff rust so bad and other things don't rust at all.

    Is that a seat bolt?
     
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    Was there any other damage to the undercarriage or explanation provided to your additional work? Or did the road "come out of nowhere and bite them":whistle:?
     
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    The only thing I see is the bottom of the bumper cover was hit again.

    No obvious scrapes any place else. That mount is tucked up there a way. Can't figure out how it could snag without any other damage
     
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