Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior squeaking

sup everyone .. i live in southern california in the santa barbara county and its raining. i just got home and i noticed that my car is making a squeaking sound? what could it be is it just because it got wet or what? i don't i'm running all stock under the hood so i don't know what it could be

Is it when you have your heater or a/c fan on? Try turning it off and if the sound goes away you need to have a belt replaced. There's a TSB on this issue.

Mine squeeks when it's raining as well. After the car warms up it stops (usually). It's real bad sitting in the garage and tapping the gas. Sounds horrible. Every time I take it somewhere to have it looked at, the car warms up enough to stop squeeking, so they find nothing wrong

celicas and camrys have a rep for bad belt tensioner

when does it squeak?

If I push the clutch in about 1cm (not actually disengaging) all the squeeking stops. That's what I call wierd. Soon as I let it back out it starts up again.

Seems to have nothing to do with AC on/off.