Toyota Yaris reliability

[mkaresh]

Interesting observation on the water pump. Odd that the clutch went so early, good to hear they covered it--this isn't common with a clutch. Something other than the lining?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by mkaresh

Interesting observation on the water pump. Odd that the clutch went so early, good to hear they covered it--this isn't common with a clutch. Something other than the lining?

Yeah, even before my clutch became 'high mileage' I'd heard (even though it can be hard to get used to) that the clutch in the Yaris would last a long time unless abused. Yarisworld member trini_per4mance got 448,000 miles out of his original clutch. Someone who works for Toyota told me (I don't know if this is true) that a contributing factor for long clutch life in the Yaris (and he was talking about the U.S.) is that it is the same clutch that is in the Scion tC and in the 4 cylinder Toyota Camry (for 2007 at least). If that is true, I wonder if Bluevitz-rs has the same stock clutch I do (possibly a less durable one?) as he has a 2005 and the Scion tC wasn't sold in Canada until 2010 (don't know about the Camry re Canada).