About five days ago my air blower started making a funny noise, it sounds almost like the cage itself is rubbing again the frame of the blower. Or maybe something is loose and rubbing the squirrel cage itself. Either way it is annoying especially when the air flow is set to recirculate and at a low fan speed. So at less than 12K on the odo my car is going back to a dealer I am not pleased with service wise to begin with. Just curious is the idea of a loaner car something that Toyota dealers tend to do? I work seven days a week and I figure they will keep my car at least one or two days.

 

I've always gotten a free loaner car when my car when into service at a scion dealership. I think I always requested it, though.

 

If it turns out to be foreign material in the blower (leaves, sticks, etc), then consider putting in one of the cabin air filters. They stop a lot of junk from getting into the fan. They should have come with the car, in my opinion. TRD Sparks has them if your dealership doesn't.