When did you experience your first mechanical failure? How serious was it?

[ellenbetty]

Scary. I hate to see how much that will cost to fix. What is that red V thing? TRD?

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by ellenbetty

Scary. I hate to see how much that will cost to fix.

$1200

[Yaris Hilton]

$1200's getting off cheap for a thrown rod these days.

[roxy1]

7 out of the 43 votes had mechanical failure before 50k miles? not good. i hope many of those were self induced.

[Yaris Hilton]

Originally Posted by roxy1

7 out of the 43 votes had mechanical failure before 50k miles? not good. i hope many of those were self induced.

It's silly to think that a poll on a forum like this tells you anything meaningful about the reliability of the car. It's self-reported, and people who've had a problem are the ones most likely to reply. And we're a small segment of Yaris freaks anyway. You'll have to look at the larger surveys like J.D. Power, Toyota's, etc. for any sort of meaningful numbers.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

It's silly to think that a poll on a forum like this tells you anything meaningful about the reliability of the car. It's self-reported, and people who've had a problem are the ones most likely to reply. And we're a small segment of Yaris freaks anyway. You'll have to look at the larger surveys like J.D. Power, Toyota's, etc. for any sort of meaningful numbers.

ironically, the xA has been the most reliable car in the united states for 2 years now..

also held its value better than almost any car in its segment. 3 years after purchase (for $12,500) a pristine xA with my mileage could still retail for $11,200. try finding any other car that held it's value that well

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

It's silly to think that a poll on a forum like this tells you anything meaningful about the reliability of the car. It's self-reported, and people who've had a problem are the ones most likely to reply. And we're a small segment of Yaris freaks anyway. You'll have to look at the larger surveys like J.D. Power, Toyota's, etc. for any sort of meaningful numbers.

criteria wise, this poll would have about as much validity as the JD Powers surveys (especially the initial quality surveys, of which the methods they use to collect their data are so very useless, imo).

what skews it is that a disproportionate percentage of YW members modify their cars vs the general population of yaris owners, since im certain 99+% of them never give any thought to modifications.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

$1200's getting off cheap for a thrown rod these days.

that was a complete engine with all accessories (except AC compressor) and a transmission attached.

the odometer on the car it came out of showed 2,985 miles

i got really lucky. http://www.gardnerautoparts.com/