Replacement engine splash shield fasteners

Last week, while changing transaxle oil, I found that most of the plastic fasteners holding the splash shield in place were moderately to severely damaged. Also the six bolts were badly rusted and one broke and I had to drill and tap. I managed to get it reinstalled. Yesterday I ordered what I hope are all the fasteners and bolts. Yesterday I picked them up at the dealer, so I'll see this weekend if I have the right parts and enough of them. I'll let you know how it goes. Here's what I got:

 

Actually, it was less than I expected. But more than run of the mill fasteners that don't quite fit.

 

Yes, dealer serviced regularly by the original until he or she apparently traded it in last fall.

The factory fasteners feel like they are much better quality than the generic ones. And they are specifically sized for those holes. So they should last a long time. The dealer mechanics must have been under quite a bit of time pressure to mess them up like they are.

 

Several of mine were either missing prongs or had them bent out and not in the hole. So I just got all new ones.

Now that I have new ones, I may take the whole thing off at each oil change. I had it off this time for the transaxle oil.

 

Thanks, Mendel. I appreciate all your helpful comments and the ones from others, too. This is one of the best forums ever.

I took my panel off the same way you did. Start at the back and save the bolts for last. Then just slide it toward my feet and off to the side. Reassemble the opposite way; bolts first but don't tighten them till you get several clips secured so the holes line up.

I tried the part numbers you have, but the parts guy couldn't find them in the computer, so they have apparently been superseded or they are different in the U.S.

At least one of the big ones at the rear had a gray head, but it was badly damaged. The new ones also have gray heads. One of the other old ones on my bench only has one prong. I don't know how it stayed in.

I hope to install the new parts tomorrow. Today, while doing a Prolong charger recondition on wifey's '07 as well as changing her engine oil & filter and transaxle oil, I'm cleaning up the mess I made with the flooring project I just finished. And I still want to rotate her tires this weekend and do some other checks.

 

Yesterday I installed the new fasteners. Nice positive clicks as I pushed in the buttons. You'd almost think they were made for those holes. Oh. Right. They were made for those holes.

Then I got into some professional wrestling. Previous owner had bumped something and dinged the bottom of the front bumper cover. Maybe someday when I have about $300 that I don't know what else to do with, I'll get a replacement. While under the car, I noticed that two of the holes (one at each end of the piece in front of the splash shield ) had the bolt heads and washers ripped through them. I re-installed the bolts with stainless fender washers, but the one on the passenger side was about an inch and a half out of line with it's metallic partner. Finally got it with a drift punch in another nearby hole as my wife pulled on the drift punch and I horsed the bolt into its hole. Driver's side was easy.

No more flapping in the breeze down there. Not that it was bad before, but now I'm as sure as I can be that it's nailed down solidly. ... I hope!

Gonna take a little drive tomorrow up to Ozella. Never been there and it'll be our first more or less real trip in the PiP since we got it other than a drive to Bradenton in 40 mph cross winds.