So... today while i was swapping out my HID lights, i was looking underneath my car and i noticed a random bolt that was hanging off of the plastic skid plate underneath the engine on the drivers side. Does anyone know where this bolt belongs? I recently got an oil change at the dealership so maybe they forgot to put this bolt back? It's got the letters F T q on it and its black. I attached some pictures. Any thoughts?

 

looks similar to the oil pan bolt. but if they did forget to put it back in I'm sure you would've found out on the drive home. I would still check the oil pan to make sure you don't ruin your engine. what size is the bolt?

 

Well I can tell you this... I also have a 2012 S... and there is nothing that clean/new looking underneath my car. I'd say it's either from the interior or just a stray that wound up in your car lol.

 

ive pulled apart my car quite a bit and haven't seen that bolt before. it does kinda look like the oil pan bolt, just smaller.

 

looks like the oil pan drain bolt, if it is the tech obviously went to parts and grabbed a new one

 

guy probably placed the bolt on your engine for something else, it fell and he didnt want to retrieve it. ive done that numerous times lol

 

true true, same.