Toyota Yaris reliability

[fnkngrv]

43k on my 07 S and I brought it to the dealer for the door pillar insulation recall. Other than that smooth sailing. I upgraded to 100 Synth Oil at 7k and haven't looked back. I am going to be upgrading the tranny fluid to Redline 90MT this month...oil is on order. I had the HAVC odor issue however that has gone away 100% since I started using cabin air filtration 3 months ago. I did not act on the TSB...no way I was going to let the dealership tear my dash down and screw up my baby.

[mkaresh]

Updated reliability stats next month.

As always, the more owners participate, the better the information we can provide to everyone.

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[Hershey]

Not too reliable . Head gasket oil leaks of the # 1 cylinder for a 2008 sedan and 2010 3 door . 2008 head gasket replaced under warranty with no leak as of yet and 2010 with same oil leak from the head gasket that's due to go under the wrench in the near future . An acquaintance that owns a 2010 3 door has the same oil leak as well . All were bought new . I would think there are other YARIS out there with the same issue . Could be some of you . It's very well hidden and easy to miss .

[krolos]

Originally Posted by Hershey

Not to reliable . Head gasket oil leaks for a 2008 sedan and 2010 3 door . 2008 head gasket replaced under warranty with no leak as of yet and 2010 with same oil leak from the head gasket that's due to go under the wrench in the near future . An acquaintance that owns a 2010 3 door has the same oil leak as well . All were bought new . I would think that there are other YARIS out there with the same issue . Could be some of you . It's very well hidden and easy to miss .

It seems you and your friend got some freaky bad luck, I have been
checking mine for those leaks and I check really good
and I know where to check, nothing so far, also by now alot of owners
have read your original thread on your oil leak problem and have checked their cars and
there has not been any new complaints regarding this that I am aware of.
The survey and high number of people on here with good reliability result is very
good indicator that in fact the Yaris is a very reliable little car.
I hope you and your friend get everything fixed good.

[wooverstone8]

At 16k miles I had to get the water pump and water pump belt replaced.

[2007yariz]

Originally Posted by wooverstone8

At 16k miles I had to get the water pump and water pump belt replaced.

Where is that and how did you know it need to be replaced?

25k here, just oil changes, fuels, and once i added some coolant when i noticed it was a little low.

Great little Car!

[wooverstone8]

Originally Posted by 2007yariz

Where is that and how did you know it need to be replaced?

[eric81]

I bought a 2003 Echo with 316K miles on it, and it still has all it's original parts. I am replacing the cable and cage bushings now, I have a set of lowering springs in the trunk, and I have the synthetic tranny fluid in the trunk as well. One of these days I will have time to do all the upgrades, maybe.

[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...

[yarisnj]

New alternator at 40,000 miles, due to bad bearings, on my 2008 sedan.

[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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Toyota Yaris reliability ratings and comparisons

[R2D2]

mkaresh,

Thanks for taking the time to keep us informed with how our beloved Yarii are doing! I have been a TrueDelta survey responder for quite sometime now and am very glad to be a part of it. You are doing a great job and providing very valuable and interesting data. Keep up the good work!

To anyone who is not participating I highly recommend it. It will take very little of your time and help provide valuable real world data in regards to reliability. Participants get access to the data collected so you can see how all the different model cars stack up.

R2