Prius (Gen 2) :: Underbody Panels Missing / Damaged Canister Without Fluid
May 16, 2015
A couple months ago, my Prius got stuck in 7 inch snow. A neighbor tow it into my driveway. I suspected and recently confirmed that some of the underbody panels got ripped off in the process. I don't have a lift easily available, and neither my oil change guys nor the Toyota dealer where I recently had it for maintenance mentioned anything about it. Are these panels basically just there to reduce drag and maybe provide some minor protection from rocks from the road, or is it important to replace them?
One of the damaged components is the passenger side front fender liner, the front part of it got ripped off. Looking through the hole, I noticed a white plastic canister (similar to the canisters that hold the windshield washer fluid, but positioned right in front of the wheel, under the headlight). It is empty and completely clean, as if it never held any fluids. From above, this canister is pretty much not visible.
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