The Yaris escaped problems by being built in Japan?

[Yawesh]

just curious if our cars escaped all these recalls, problems because it was built in japan.

All the affected cars were built in USA rah?

[OtownYaris]

Yeah, that was my understanding too. I'm glad both my Yaris and my Cube were built in Japan.

[Yawesh]

Originally Posted by OtownYaris

Yeah, that was my understanding too. I'm glad both my Yaris and my Cube were built in Japan.

i wished the cube had clear window straight through the back(no column on the left side), that would have been so cool. they could have built a metal beam inside the car instead.

i like the cube, i just don't like that part

[Yaris Hilton]

I was proud of the stickers in my car window saying it was made in Kanegasaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, and that it had 0% U.S. or Canadian content. And I say that as one who grew up in a family that always bought GM cars, and after owning quite a few made by all of the Big Three.

[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

, and that it had 0% U.S. or Canadian content.

hehehe what is funny is, there -is- US content in them.

[Yaris Hilton]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

hehehe what is funny is, there -is- US content in them.

What is it?

[slothman86]

100% Japan! 0% Problems

[why?]

Originally Posted by slothman86

100% Japan! 0% Problems

Amen to that.

[Sandwash]

Setting blame for product defect due to production capabilities within particular national boundaries is..laughable. Please, do instruct us (we're listening) in the science of separating design/engineering/production processes by hundreds or thousands of suppliers based upon physical location.
Sorry, things aren't as simple anymore - do you know otherwise?

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by slothman86

100% Japan! 0% Problems

so there was no recall on the Yaris due to the belt tensioners and possible fire hazard?

Toyota recalls 130,000 U.S. Yaris cars
Dan Strumpf / Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Toyota is recalling 1.3 million vehicles worldwide due to a seat belt defect. The recall includes more than 130,000 Yaris models sold in the U.S.
Toyota Motor Sales USA says it is working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall 134,900 model-year 2006 and 2007 Yaris subcompact cars. The automaker says in severe front-end collisions, the seat belt is at risk of causing a foam pad in the vehicle to ignite.

if they were sold in the U.S., werent they made in Japan?

[DerFlosser]

American supplier(s) to blame.

[41magmag41]

I beg to differ with you about being built in Japan. The yaris has a TSB from june of '08 telling the dealers that there may be a problem with the rear wheel speed sensors and wiring harness of the ABS system giving up the ghost because of salt and malfunctioning. Our northern neighbors in Canada and the northern states that use salt are now experiencing this problem at between 40 and 80 thousand miles. If you didn't catch it before the warranty was up or failed to buy the extended warranty then you are out between 300 and 500 dollars PER side to fix it. Toyota should have told their dealers in northern climates to do the TSP when the cars came in for service to prevent any problems but didn't, a GM type response. I love my yaris but this is a expensive and painful fix on a critical system on the car. Be careful of your gloating when made in japan appears.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by 41magmag41

I beg to differ with you about being built in Japan. The yaris has a TSB from june of '08 telling the dealers that there may be a problem with the rear wheel speed sensors and wiring harness of the ABS system giving up the ghost because of salt and malfunctioning. Our northern neighbors in Canada and the northern states that use salt are now experiencing this problem at between 40 and 80 thousand miles. If you didn't catch it before the warranty was up or failed to buy the extended warranty then you are out between 300 and 500 dollars PER side to fix it. Toyota should have told their dealers in northern climates to do the TSP when the cars came in for service to prevent any problems but didn't, a GM type response. I love my yaris but this is a expensive and painful fix on a critical system on the car. Be careful of your gloating when made in japan appears.

Hadn't heard about that. A majority of '07-'08 Yaris's didn't have ABS (including mine) anyway.

Does suck if you have to pay out of pocket though.

Let's remember that no car company can be perfect all the time. It's impossible even in Japan. Even Lexus only claims to pursue perfection.

Anyway, these recalls have been blown way out of proportion. An extremely small % of owners claim any issue and I'm willing to bet many complaints were driver error. The media has turned it into a frenzy and people believe it.

[tomato]

^ I'd love to visit Japan some day, but it's really far from here. Visiting foreign countries is always an eye opener.

Let's remember that no car company can be perfect all the time. It's impossible even in Japan. Even Lexus only claims to pursue perfection.

What a great comment. ^

[bitz767]

Originally Posted by tomato

^ I'd love to visit Japan some day, but it's really far from here. Visiting foreign countries is always an eye opener.^

I was over there for a year on a study abroad program, it was insane. I want to go back every day. I loved the cars over there, especially looking at the GTR

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by tomato

^ I'd love to visit Japan some day, but it's really far from here. Visiting foreign countries is always an eye opener.

WTF? You're living in like the main port city for traffic to Japan. I flew through SF both times, same with my fiancee. It's a 12hr flight there, 10hrs back. Similar times compared to Europe from the east coast. The first day you will most likely be all phuqerd due to jet lag. I remember it took 2-3 days to get in sync when I got there. Took much longer re-adjusting when I came back to the states.

GO! have fun, and have your bills paid up in advance... cause it is a spendy place. Sit down in a YoshiNoya and have a beef rice bowl for me, then head over to a SunKus (circle K by a different name), and pick up the 6piece sushi with the 3 pieces of the rice rolls with sweet egg covering... AHHHH I miss those, never thought such tasty food could exist in a mini-mart, and to think it was like $3. After that... drop $150 and get yourself a Kobe Steak.... a REAL ONE. I regret not getting around to that when I was there.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by talnlnky

WTF? You're living in like the main port city for traffic to Japan. I flew through SF both times, same with my fiancee. It's a 12hr flight there, 10hrs back. Similar times compared to Europe from the east coast. The first day you will most likely be all phuqerd due to jet lag. I remember it took 2-3 days to get in sync when I got there. Took much longer re-adjusting when I came back to the states.

GO! have fun, and have your bills paid up in advance... cause it is a spendy place. Sit down in a YoshiNoya and have a beef rice bowl for me, then head over to a SunKus (circle K by a different name), and pick up the 6piece sushi with the 3 pieces of the rice rolls with sweet egg covering... AHHHH I miss those, never thought such tasty food could exist in a mini-mart, and to think it was like $3. After that... drop $150 and get yourself a Kobe Steak.... a REAL ONE. I regret not getting around to that when I was there.

what do you mean, wtf? A 12 hour ride isn't exactly next door
Hard to do that over an extended WE.

I know I'd love to see all the cars, and all the gadgets and stuff they get on the Japanese market way ahead of us (well, that is if we *ever* get them, actually). 3 of my friends have gone over to JP under an exchange program and have described at length how the technology is more advanced, etc. Some day maybe, will celebrate Cherry Blossoms festival over there.

(sorry for the off topic OP)

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by 41magmag41

I beg to differ with you about being built in Japan. The yaris has a TSB from june of '08 telling the dealers that there may be a problem with the rear wheel speed sensors and wiring harness of the ABS system giving up the ghost because of salt and malfunctioning..

+2

additionally, wasnt there an issue with the belt tensioner that involved possible fire with the Japanese made Yaris?? was there not a recall?

in 2006, Toyota sent assembly line managers and execs to the Cambridge plant in Canada to because the cars coming out of there were having less problems per 100 vehicles than the ones being built in Japan (my future BIL works for Toyota in Japan) and they wanted to figure out why. the same quality control procedures are in place, but the conclusion was that the moral of Japanese workers was lower than the workers in Cambridge. (no wonder, as they no longer enjoy a lifetime of employment security the way their parents did--welcome to the crappy economy)

Toyota in Japan is under the same pressures to source their parts from the cheapest possible source while still trying to balance that out with quality of the parts.