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Old 12-23-2009, 05:19 PM   #1
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FYI, I will be bringing my Yaris in for this on Monday, leaving it, and having the dealer look at it on Tuesday. Let's hope they can fix it, and don't just tell me its A) my fault or B) my mods.
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Old 12-23-2009, 06:18 PM   #2
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FYI, I will be bringing my Yaris in for this on Monday, leaving it, and having the dealer look at it on Tuesday. Let's hope they can fix it, and don't just tell me its A) my fault or B) my mods.
Let us know what they say. As a follow up, I've gotten on my Yaris pretty good a few times (in addition to normal driving), the shudder is most certainly gone! I really think it had something to do with clutch break in, and now at 5,000 miles it's long broken in.
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Old 12-24-2009, 02:30 PM   #3
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The clutch chatter in my Yaris has gotten to be a real issue. So many of you have reported it that you should take a clue: defective design! My xB1 did not have this bad of a problem.

Here's what I think:

The Yaris is geared taller than my xB so it doesn't have the same mechanical advantage when pulling the car off the line.

The Yaris fly-by-wire ECU was designed to sip as little fuel as possible. Makes it easier to kill, especially with the dead feel of the clutch and throttle.

My clutch chatter just got worse over time and my dealer will not recognize it as a problem which tells me it's an "unknown" problem. (Nothing official.)
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Old 12-24-2009, 03:06 PM   #4
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The clutch chatter in my Yaris has gotten to be a real issue. So many of you have reported it that you should take a clue: defective design! My xB1 did not have this bad of a problem.

Here's what I think:

The Yaris is geared taller than my xB so it doesn't have the same mechanical advantage when pulling the car off the line.

The Yaris fly-by-wire ECU was designed to sip as little fuel as possible. Makes it easier to kill, especially with the dead feel of the clutch and throttle.

My clutch chatter just got worse over time and my dealer will not recognize it as a problem which tells me it's an "unknown" problem. (Nothing official.)

FYI, I did have clutch issues in my xB1. They replaced the throw-out bearing twice. Clutch was slipping badly at 28,000 miles. (I'm currently at 23,000 on my Yaris)

I just hope it's an easy fix.
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