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Hi everyone,

I accidentally scratched the bottom part of the front bumper, its not visible, however, it still annoys me :( , does anyone have an idea of how much to get the front bumper replaced (genuine)? and how much would that be? Thanks heaps!

Hi,

I got my new 2014 toyota automatic ascent sport 2 weeks ago, when I was washing my car yesterday, I noticed there is something strange on the edge of the back seat doors, a thin layer of metal (see attached) I'm not sure it is normal or they were trying to conceal sth(?!).

Does anyone have an idea? I got my car from toyota car dealer. Thanks very much.

Sorry, forgot to mention, its Automatic Ascent Sport 2014

The noise it makes will be similar to crunching gears in a manual, except probably a bit higher pitched. Hard to miss unless you're deaf or have the music cranked, so if you didn't hear anything (and the car still starts normally) then probably nothing happened.

Still a practice to avoid though, just in case.

Thanks!

Did you hear any grinding/crunching noises? In the old days you'd run the risk of damaging the starter motor and the flywheel ring gear, these days I'm fairly sure most cars have an over-ride which prevents activation of the starter motor if the engine is already running (a very simple circuit and something which I think should be standard on every car).

I googled and I found this post:

https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080629232044AAGmdIE

Did you hear any grinding/crunching noises? In the old days you'd run the risk of damaging the starter motor and the flywheel ring gear, these days I'm fairly sure most cars have an over-ride which prevents activation of the starter motor if the engine is already running (a very simple circuit and something which I think should be standard on every car).

Hi Hiro, Thanks for your reply, no, I didnt hear unusual grinding noises, does it mean that the engine/gear should be fine? thank you

Hi,

I just got my new ascent sport few days ago and I accidentally started the engine while it was already running, can anyone pls tell me if this will cause damage to the fly wheel/starter? Thanks a lot.