Toyota Yaris (1999 - 2005) - 04 1.0 Squeaking from the front

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Wed 26 Aug 2009 13:59
04 1.0 Squeaking from the front - barry1873
Hi there,

I have owned my 54 plate Yaris from new and had absolutely no issues with it all to this point.

It has done 60 000 miles but has now started to develop a squeaking noise from the front end somewhere. This noise only seems to occur at slow speeds ie. when moving off or coming to a stop. I'm fairly sure that it stops when gaining speed although of course it becomes harder to tell.

The issue doesn't seem to have any adverse affects to handling, braking, etc. but I am slighlty worried that it might be a syptom or become the cause of a more serious problem.

Does anyone have any ideas what it may be? I'd like to have at least a rough idea what it might be before I take it into a garage!

Thanks in advance for any help!

Cheers!
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Wed 26 Aug 2009 16:59
04 1.0 Squeaking from the front - madf
First port of call on Yaris is worn drop links..
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Wed 26 Aug 2009 17:37
04 1.0 Squeaking from the front - barry1873
Hi,

Thanks for your reply. Are drop links that same as anti roll bar links?

If so I had read about this problem but from what i'd read I thought it manifested itself as a clunking noise. This is definately not what I'm experiencing. It definately a squeaking noise that comes from the car rather than a clunk.

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