Alternator intermittently charging after 323,000 miles.

[trini_per4mance]

ok, so after doing 323,000 miles on my yaris, my alternator light on my dash kept coming on intermittently while cruising at 3000rpm. but once i put the car into neutral and rev it to 6500rpm, the light will go off and come back on sometimes after a couple minutes or sometimes after a couple hours. it varied. so, i got a used alternator from miami off an 08 yaris doing only 7000 miles for $75. the alternator looks brand new. so, i new i couldn't go wrong. i swapped it out and now the problem is gone.

this is the first part that i've ever changed on the engine, apart from regular maintenance parts.

[detroiter]

That's wicked

[SilverBack]

+1 :clap:

Here's to the next 323K :drinking:

[cali yaris]

post a pic of your odometer -- awesome mileage!

[darkmoon87]

post a pic of your odometer -- awesome mileage!

i believe he created the thread a while back with the youtube video links of his yaris doing 150000 and 300000 miles

[trini_per4mance]

post a pic of your odometer -- awesome mileage!

here's a pic.

[mikenacarato]

look like thats the spedometer, not the odeometer

[bikeshox]

Scroll right, then you see the odometer

[trini_per4mance]

look like thats the spedometer, not the odeometer

LOL

u kidding me, right?

[AlexNet0]

that is a very good life span of a moving electrical part if you ask me

[Fishbulb]

All you needed were Alt brushes probably.

Never the less, go buy a reliable car for a change..:biggrin:

[cali yaris]

:bow:

[yaris-me]

That's incredible! Did you ever change the belt or water pump?:thumbup::clap::thumbsup::w00t:

[ezhacker1]

is it just me or is that insanely crazy. I calculated 329 miles driven a day to get that kind of total mileage

[CtrlAltDefeat]

wow... hope mine lasts like that..(I'm a little rough on her, but I'm sure I'll lighten up an a couple years...maybe :biggrin: )
:respekt:

[regal]

This is just ridiculous can't the Toyota engineers do any better than this? Hell my '86 BMW would get a good 30k miles out of an alternator :clap:


I'll say it again, your 300k mile car is the sole reason I bought my first new car in 20 years of buying cars, nothing convinced me more to buy a new Yaris like your real world data-point. Toyota should make you a star of their ad campaigns.

[IllusionX]

the cruise... :(

[Yaris Hilton]

Last night I was talking to one of my church friends, a cell phone company sales manager who is on the road a bit. He got his Yaris sedan last May and has over 38,000 on it already. Not in your league, but racking up some miles. He hasn't had any issues yet. We discussed Toyota's reputation for reliability and longevity. His is an automatic, and he says it gets 50 MPG on long Interstate trips. Says his wife refuses to drive it, though, and calls it an "ugly clown car." She says it "doesn't have any front end." (I think she drives some sort of SUV.) Oh well, you can't please everybody. He was tickled to death to hear how my family now drives three Yaris sedans.

[supmet]

Toyota should make you a star of their ad campaigns.

Seriously.. they should have their top mechanic doing all the routine services for free..

Have you called toyota and asked about sponsorships? I'm sure they'd love for more than just people who already have a yaris to hear about this.

[SIPNGAS]

VERY NICE!!!

[tomato]

:bow:

I agree! :headbang:

[Altitude]

Seriously.. they should have their top mechanic doing all the routine services for free..

Have you called toyota and asked about sponsorships? I'm sure they'd love for more than just people who already have a yaris to hear about this.

+1

trini - you really need to contact someone at Toyota about this. There's gonna be a lot of import bashing by the big three in the near furture as they try to improve their image and sell more cars and now is a prime time to let Toyota know about your amazing Yaris.

[GeneW]

ok, so after doing 323,000 miles on my yaris, my alternator light on my dash kept coming on intermittently while cruising at 3000rpm. but once i put the car into neutral and rev it to 6500rpm, the light will go off and come back on sometimes after a couple minutes or sometimes after a couple hours. it varied. so, i got a used alternator from miami off an 08 yaris doing only 7000 miles for $75. the alternator looks brand new. so, i new i couldn't go wrong. i swapped it out and now the problem is gone.

this is the first part that i've ever changed on the engine, apart from regular maintenance parts.

My old Honda CRX went through FOUR Nippon Denso Alternators in 200,000 miles. First step to remove the Alternator on a CRX - remove the driver's side wheel, followed by the CV joint.

Honda - Who says that you don't need a strong back to fix a car?

I bet that my Yaris will need one sooner than your car. Too much road salt around here.

Gene

[YarisSedan]

Hmm that has to be a record for longest lasting altenator.

[Kal-El]

:thumbsup:

Thanks for keeping us up to date with your Yaris Trini!

Please let us know whenever something goes on your Yaris. At this point, there's no shame in anything that might happen. We'd just love to see how everything holds up since many of us plan on driving ours into the ground as well.

Thanks man!!

[Fishbulb]

I have logged 13k since Dec 15th, and I love the Y still. I plan on 300 to 400 k (or more).

Basically I will drive it until it disintegrates or a semi flattens me.

[trini_per4mance]

That's incredible! Did you ever change the belt or water pump?:thumbup::clap::thumbsup::w00t:

i change the belt every 100,000 miles. but i've never changed the water pump.

[trini_per4mance]

wow... hope mine lasts like that..(I'm a little rough on her, but I'm sure I'll lighten up an a couple years...maybe :biggrin: )
:respekt:

no need to lighten up on yours. mine has 325,000 miles on it and i still down shift to 3rd at 70mph and run the tac out to the limiter and take it all the way to 119mph, when the governor kicks in. check my youtube video out of my topend run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt7xsPSkCDQ

[trini_per4mance]

This is just ridiculous can't the Toyota engineers do any better than this? Hell my '86 BMW would get a good 30k miles out of an alternator :clap:


I'll say it again, your 300k mile car is the sole reason I bought my first new car in 20 years of buying cars, nothing convinced me more to buy a new Yaris like your real world data-point. Toyota should make you a star of their ad campaigns.

thanx for the kind words Regal. but toyota is giving me the run around as far as doing anything for me right now. they're blaming it on this "economic crisis". but i still keep in touch with them ever so often. i'm hoping to get something out of them for doing all this real world testing on the yaris.

[trini_per4mance]

Seriously.. they should have their top mechanic doing all the routine services for free..

Have you called toyota and asked about sponsorships? I'm sure they'd love for more than just people who already have a yaris to hear about this.

i keep in touch with toyota on a regular basis. but they're giving me the run around as far as doing anything right now. but i'm still keeping my fingers crossed.

[yaris-me]

i change the belt every 100,000 miles. but i've never changed the water pump.

What was the condition of the belt after 100,000 miles?:smile:

[CtrlAltDefeat]

no need to lighten up on yours. mine has 325,000 miles on it and i still down shift to 3rd at 70mph and run the tac out to the limiter and take it all the way to 119mph, when the governor kicks in. check my youtube video out of my topend run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt7xsPSkCDQ

nice... wish my gauges looked like yours... Toyota didn't see fit to give my manual LB a tach... here's my 0-110 run...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPMuvMl6eG8

[trini_per4mance]

nice... wish my gauges looked like yours... Toyota didn't see fit to give my manual LB a tach... here's my 0-110 run...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPMuvMl6eG8

does your speed governor kick in at 110mph? your car runs nice. i wish there was someone in south florida with a modded yaris that i could meet on the highway, to give them a run for their money.:thumbup:

[trini_per4mance]

What was the condition of the belt after 100,000 miles?:smile:

the belt was in very good condition and could have gone at least another 25,000 miles.

[TheRealEnth]

Ill give you a run for your money =D

[360cubes]

That's great reliability. Too bad I can't say the same for resale though....

Alternator on my FURD Taurus bit the dust at 188kms or roughly 117,000 miles. It's also ten years old. First alternator I've had to replace in any vehicle. I drove my old Dodge Spirit (92 2.5L) 420,000kms (260,000 miles) still on the original alternator. Average engine speed at 62mph was approx. 2800rpm...a bit high by today's standards but fine for back in the day.

[eTiMaGo]

This is really impressive!!

But seriously, I think Toyota would prefer that the car totally breaks down after 100,000 miles so you can buy a new car and fill their coffers, you cheap bastard :laugh:

[CtrlAltDefeat]

does your speed governor kick in at 110mph? your car runs nice. i wish there was someone in south florida with a modded yaris that i could meet on the highway, to give them a run for their money.:thumbup:

nope had it up to 115 before but not on video... would have taken it up to that or higher but was too busy watching the road to know what speed i was at...

[PetersRedYaris]

When you hit 500,000 you need another video. I remember seeing articles about the old two wheel drive Toyota trucks with the 22R motor doing 5, 6, even 700,000 miles. Crazy...

[Kioshi]

The time of when i bought my Yaris at Hayward Toyota in June 2007, there was a guy a picture at the desk of a guy a few days back who came in for service of his 1991/92 Toyota 2 door truck w/ 937k miles on it...i could not believe it O_O.....

But trini, your awesome, keep us updated when the next big number rolls in on your Yaris. Your mileage just makes me feel very proud to own a Yaris and not some rare tuner car i.e. 240sx S15, an exotic sports car, or a massive SUV/Truck.

Thanks.