Toyota Yaris reliability

[The Marshall]

I am the first owner of a 2007 Yaris Hatchback (5 door) that was a daily rental, I bought it at just under 80,000 km, it is now at 113,000. So far I have had to replace

Cam positioning sensor
Alternator (might need ANOTHER one, but that's not Toyota's fault)
Accessories Belt

I'm under $1000 so far, not really happy with the reliability, but it's not horrendous either.

[Kal-El]

At 94,500 miles on my '07.

No problems/repairs. Just a changed serpentine belt at about 85K which isn't reliability/Toyota related.

[why?]

Originally Posted by The Marshall

I am the first owner of a 2007 Yaris Hatchback (5 door) that was a daily rental, I bought it at just under 80,000 km, it is now at 113,000. So far I have had to replace

Cam positioning sensor
Alternator (might need ANOTHER one, but that's not Toyota's fault)
Accessories Belt

I'm under $1000 so far, not really happy with the reliability, but it's not horrendous either.

You bought a rental car and expected good reliability? Really?

[p123456789]

Originally Posted by why?

You bought a rental car and expected good reliability? Really?

The parts he's replaced have nothing to do with rental abuse. But I agree with you if you take the risk and buy a rental car at a huge discount expect to have to put some money into it sooner or later.

[az_saguaro]

At 68,000 miles mine has been in the shop four times total. Twice for a problem that they "can't duplicate". When the car is hot and I turn it off to to do something quick (like get the mail) and then restart. It starts fine but has no power, however, if I let it sit for about 10 seconds at idle, it is fine. But it only occurs occasionally.

Once at 50k miles because the axle seal was leaking. In the shop now at 68k miles because the third gear synchro broke (also looks as if they found a problem with chipping on the 4th gear teeth, which I assume could have happened when the 3rd gear synchro broke).

[Lucas13]

Originally Posted by az_saguaro

Once at 50k miles because the axle seal was leaking. In the shop now at 68k miles because the third gear synchro broke (also looks as if they found a problem with chipping on the 4th gear teeth, which I assume could have happened when the 3rd gear synchro broke).

Did your transmission ran completely out of gear oil when the seal was bad?

My gear box had same problem, the left axle seal started leaking (warranty replaced it) and some time after the main shaft started leaking as well so warranty replaced the transmission.

When I noticed the leaks I was always making sure to top off the gear oil at least every two weeks because I did not wanted to cause further damage to the gear box and maybe get stock somewhere...

[eric81]

Originally Posted by p123456789

The parts he's replaced have nothing to do with rental abuse. But I agree with you if you take the risk and buy a rental car at a huge discount expect to have to put some money into it sooner or later.

Seriously? The cam positioning sensor has NOTHING to do with rental abuse? I want to rent cars to you then, cause everyone I know who has ever rented a car drives it like mad, and any rental rockets a dealer takes in prices them less for a REASON. The cams are one of the first things to go on an abused car. I think he got lucky it has only been these few things. Seriously, get some engine and fuel system cleaners, and change ALL the fluids if you ever get the chance. People are SUPER hard on rentals. We have even taken in rentals we couldn't keep because there was so much wrong with them.

[mkaresh]

We have updated results for the Yaris to include owner experiences through September 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of next year. Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2010: no repairs reported yet, 18 participants

2009: 7

2008: 3

2007: 17

All are very low, and much better than average.

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.

In the case of the Yaris, the percentage with no repairs is about 88 for the 2007 and 96 for the 2008, and the percentage of lemons is less than one for both years.

Toyota Yaris Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and provide all three stats for all model years.

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