Just bought a new Yaris

[Hershey]

Hate to disagree . But the Corolla is more dependable than the YARIS . Someone we know has 2 COROLLAs . One is an '06 with 170,000+ miles and the other is an '07 which I think is still under 100,000 . No waterpump failures as of yet . Only issue was rear wheel bearing and a sticky rear door latch . This is the same acquaitance that also own a 2010 YARIS 3 door ( bought new ) that still leaks oil at 80.000+ miles . Here's a few pics from a few weeks ago ( Clean / Oil covered ) . Inspected and cleaned it about this same time a year ago . Got sick of cleaning and monitoring it ( may try again ) . It is what it is .

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by Hershey

Hate to disagree . But the Corolla is more dependable than the YARIS . Someone we know has 2 COROLLAs . One is an '06 with 170,000+ miles and the other is an '07 which I think is still under 100,000 . No waterpump failures as of yet . Only issue was rear wheel bearing and a sticky rear door latch .

Well, it's possibly debatable. But from most of my observations, the Yaris has been more trouble free. A major dependability study I read last year (there's a thread on it here) rated the Yaris the most reliable Toyota, period. And Toyota is the most reliable car manufacturer.

Surely, you're aware of Yaris owners on here with far higher mileage than your two examples with either no repairs or only one or two minor ones. Some over 400,000 miles and ONE repair and original pump.

[Black_griffin6]

Originally Posted by Hershey

Hate to disagree . But the Corolla is more dependable than the YARIS . Someone we know has 2 COROLLAs . One is an '06 with 170,000+ miles and the other is an '07 which I think is still under 100,000 . No waterpump failures as of yet . Only issue was rear wheel bearing and a sticky rear door latch . This is the same acquaitance that also own a 2010 YARIS 3 door ( bought new ) that still leaks oil at 80.000+ miles . Here's a few pics from a few weeks ago ( Clean / Oil covered ) . Inspected and cleaned it about this same time a year ago . Got sick of cleaning and monitoring it ( may try again ) . It is what it is .

Why hasn't it been fixed? There's got to be more to the story then just the Yaris being unreliable.

If you put over 80,000 miles on a car that new...that means you do a hell of a lot of driving. And if you do that much driving, then think about how many opportunities there are to hit something on the road that can cause an oil leak. What if you hit a small wrench or something that some careless idiot left on his truck and it caused the oil leak, that doesn't really have to do with the design of the car itself or how reliable it is.

My yaris has been great to me, I would recommend one to a friend without a second thought.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by Hershey

Hate to disagree . But the Corolla is more dependable than the YARIS . Someone we know has 2 COROLLAs . One is an '06 with 170,000+ miles and the other is an '07 which I think is still under 100,000 . No waterpump failures as of yet . Only issue was rear wheel bearing and a sticky rear door latch . This is the same acquaitance that also own a 2010 YARIS 3 door ( bought new ) that still leaks oil at 80.000+ miles . Here's a few pics from a few weeks ago ( Clean / Oil covered ) . Inspected and cleaned it about this same time a year ago . Got sick of cleaning and monitoring it ( may try again ) . It is what it is .

Well again I have to ask. How much oil is this car using? Is there oil in the radiator? Was the head gasket changed? (and it still "leaks"?)

Enquiring minds want to know!

[Kal-El]

Still the only Yaris I've ever heard of with an oil leak.

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

Still the only Yaris I've ever heard of with an oil leak.

X2 even with working in parts at a toyota dealership.......