2005 Corolla SE serpentine belt tensioner

External Since: Oct 10, 2006 Posts: 16

Has anyone seen problems w/tensioner on these cars? 18000 miles and
this one vibrates its ass off, creating a noise like an exhaust pipe
contacting a subframe when you accelerate....it should be warrantiable,
just curious. The tensioner looks like it has a tiny shock absorber
built onto the fulcrum end.

External Since: May 23, 2006 Posts: 5

I had to replace the tensioner on my '03 Corolla CE around 60K.
Bearings were shot.

Trlather.TakeThisOut@comcast.net wrote:
> Has anyone seen problems w/tensioner on these cars? 18000 miles and
> this one vibrates its ass off, creating a noise like an exhaust pipe
> contacting a subframe when you accelerate....it should be warrantiable,
> just curious. The tensioner looks like it has a tiny shock absorber
> built onto the fulcrum end.