Drive belt squeal / tensioner failure
- Symptoms
- Squeal or rattle from the belt area
- Likely cause
- Stretched OEM belt plus leaking tensioner damper
- Fix
- Replace the belt and tensioner with OEM
- Applies to
- 1ZZ (US-sister); PK 2NZ/3ZZ unverified
- Related fault codes
- -
- Confidence
- medium
Sources
Related problems on this car
- Ignition coil-on-plug failure / misfire
- Timing chain tensioner O-ring oil leak
- Water pump leak
- A/C compressor failure / poor cooling
Similar problems on other cars
- Chirping/whistle from belt area (1KR) · Toyota Passo (1st gen)
- Engine noise and vibration in Drive · Toyota Corolla (10th gen, E140)
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