Toyota Yaris reliability

[DMZ]

Originally Posted by bronsin

My ECHO was a manual and the transmission shifted very smoothly. In fact when my legs and feet made shifting difficult I did a lot of shifting without the clutch whenever possible.

I sold the ECHO and bought a Yaris in order to get an automatic transmission because I figured if I kept shifting w/o the clutch I would ruin the transmission. But I often wonder if I had kept the ECHO would the trans have held up? I think the ECHO, for my purposes, was a better car other than the trans.

I once had a Chevy truck that I shifted w/o the clutch for years. Once I got a feel for the shift points, it was as smooth as an automatic. The tranny outlasted the engine.

[mkaresh]

Originally Posted by DMZ

I once had a Chevy truck that I shifted w/o the clutch for years. Once I got a feel for the shift points, it was as smooth as an automatic. The tranny outlasted the engine.

The key thing is shifting at the correct RPM. If you do, then no harm done. You'll know, as it's smooth when done right.

[07liftback]

Originally Posted by mkaresh

The key thing is shifting at the correct RPM. If you do, then no harm done. You'll know, as it's smooth when done right.

Yea, the Yaris was the only car I had to get used to because of it's drive-by-wire feature. A delay in the acceleration response is never fun on a manual car. Then again, the Yaris always felt more zippy and torquey compared to the civic I had some years ago.

As far as reliability goes, I'm at 85k miles and have only done oil changes and oil filter changes on the car since getting it. I've changed the cabin filter a few times and vacuumed the air filter.
Don't mean to thread jack but are there other maintenance items other people reccommend?

[Gaudy]

94,000 km , no repairs yet, only scheduled maintenance...change oil, spark plugs ect.

[Sir A.Y. Atoyot]

I've had the car now for going on 5 years - nearly 70,000 km - still no problems, and I mean "NO" problems - not even a burnt out light bulb. Knock on wood

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by 07liftback

Don't mean to thread jack but are there other maintenance items other people reccommend?

Clean the leaves and crap out of the windshield wipers shafts where they go into the body and that area or they will rot and rust the car over a long period of time. Also open the trunk and clean the rotting stuff around the rubber sealing strip.

Open the hood once a month when you check the oil and look for pink coolaand splashes on the right bottom that indicated a leaking water pump.

I take the car to the car wash four times are year for interior and experior cleaning and consider that maintenance now that Im too old to do it myself. You dont want a car like my wifes Camry with is filthy and has a trunk full of crap!

[jose3sgte]

When I swapped my cluster to a Canadian with tach it had 177,556 miles, the new one had 56,000 kms on it and today I swapped it for a 2010 S cluster it had 192,000 kms, so 192,000kms - 56,000kms =136,000 kms = 84506 miles + 177,556 miles = 262062 miles on my PR Spec 2006 Hatchback. Nobody believes me but my car has the same brake pads from new, the only things that I have changed are:

1. Motor Oil & Filter (obviously)
2. Tranny Oil (manual)
3. Serpentine Belt
4. Air filter
5. Cabin Filter
6. Tires
7. Rear driver wheel bearing
8. Spark Plugs (2 times)

Also maintenance is by the book so just Imagine how many times I've changed the oil and tires

I would like to know if the ECU keeps the mileage data so I can have proof

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by jose3sgte

When I swapped my cluster to a Canadian with tach it had 177,556 miles, the new one had 56,000 kms on it and today I swapped it for a 2010 S cluster it had 192,000 kms, so 192,000kms - 56,000kms =136,000 kms = 84506 miles + 177,556 miles = 262062 miles on my PR Spec 2006 Hatchback. Nobody believes me but my car has the same brake pads from new, the only things that I have changed are:

1. Motor Oil & Filter (obviously)
2. Tranny Oil (manual)
3. Serpentine Belt
4. Air filter
5. Cabin Filter
6. Tires
7. Rear driver wheel bearing
8. Spark Plugs (2 times)

Also maintenance is by the book so just Imagine how many times I've changed the oil and tires

I would like to know if the ECU keeps the mileage data so I can have proof

I believe you. Member trini_per4mance didn't have to do any work on his brakes until he hit 400,000 miles. Mine = 20% worn (front and rear) at around 207,000 - 208,000 miles.

[mkaresh]

We've updated our reliability stats for the Yaris to include owner experiences through June 30, 2013. (Another source is about 14 months behind.)

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2010 Yaris: 10, low
2009 Yaris: 21, low, small sample size
2008 Yaris: 33, low
2007 Yaris: 21, low

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2008 Yaris: 69, < 1
2007 Yaris: 80, < 1

We'll have further updates in November and February.

To view competitors' scores and descriptions of reported repairs, and to sign up to help:

Toyota Yaris reliability ratings and comparisons

[yarisgeo13]

I bought mine 2013 last week. But I did do a lot of home work about this model. Of what I read and seen and the reliability about this car is really good. Plus having my color isn't bad either! Saw a few custom things I like to do to mine. But for now, I'll leave it stock.

[mkaresh]

With all cars, even Toyotas, the simpler the car is the better its reliability scores tend to be.

[junorico24]

Unbelievable!!

This car has so far done 12 hour trip and back, 5hour trip and back and today i took it to Dubbo 5 hours to and back with no dramas. I was thinking if this car breaks down here in the middle of no where with no signs of civilization or gas station. It just kept chugging a long. Impressive 7 years old and tough as nails.




Nothing is wrong with it except MY Brother reversed into it

[nookandcrannycar]

The 'rotating wheel' on the Yahoo! homepage lists 'Top Cars Under 25K' as one of the panes to choose. Under that headline, the next line reads: Priced at just $16,020, one Japanese compact is the second highest rated by Consumer Reports. Top 10 picks (the 'Top 10 picks' is highlighted)

I wanted to see the results...so I clicked on the 'Top 10 picks' link.

The first line on the linked article is: '10 most reliable cars under $25,000'

I KNOW the Yaris is one of the 10 most reliable cars under $25,000', so I scrolled down to see the cars. No Yaris! So...I read the article. IMO, the key line is: 'To create a list of truly good cars, we also made sure the final roster only included those models that meet the criteria for a Consumer Reports recommendation, including performing well in our road tests and in safety tests conducted by the government and/or insurance institute'........:r olleyes:.....hubris much?

The title of the article should have been amended by adding 'from Consumer Reports pre-approved list'..... .

The $16,020 Japanese compact at #2 is the Fit. The only car that beat the Fit is the Scion xB.......see URL below. (For some reason it doesn't show up as a link. I tried to put it in the body of the post and this made the rest of the post disappear)

autos.yahoo.com/news/10-most-reliable-cars-under-25-000-193000372.html

[yougojay]

I copied & pasted the link, works fine -

Wow, Yahoo! & Consumer Reports

Consider the source (s)

Yahoo is complete trash & I wouldn't take Consumer Reports advise rating toothpicks, even if my life depended on it !!!

Real world experiences are the best way to determine if a particular product is right for you.

'The title of the article should have been amended by adding 'from Consumer Reports pre-approved list'.....

Indeed What a crock of

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by yougojay

Real world experiences are the best way to determine if a particular product is right for you.

Yep.....and the OWNER comments on Yahoo Autos, MSN Autos, Edmunds, etc......NOT the 'conclusions' from 'journalists' and 'CR testers'......tell the story.

[mkaresh]

We've updated our reliability stats for the Yaris to include owner experiences through September 30, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2010 Yaris: 5, low
2009 Yaris: 34, low, small sample size
2008 Yaris: 31, low
2007 Yaris: 29, low

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2008 Yaris: 71, 3
2007 Yaris: 75, < 1

We'll have further updates in February and in May. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Toyota Yaris reliability ratings and comparisons

[JustPassinThru]

Had two - 2009 and 2012.

The 2009 needed front-end alignment in the first 5000 miles - but beyond that, the only work it needed was after I hit a deer (25 mph; no airbag deploy). Got 75,000 miles on it and figured it had been abused enough that it was time to sell.

The 2012 so far has 16,000 miles on it...OLF service is the only work it's seen.

I'm sold on Toyotas - even if the newer Korean or, in the future, Chinese cars are cheaper, better-styled, even, superficially, better-designed. Deep within Toyota, they understand the value of obtaining and keeping a customer - with value delivered.

[mkaresh]

Unless you're skipping oil changes, 75k miles is early. These should remain reliable well past that point.