Toyota Yaris reliability

[mkaresh]

Originally Posted by DMZ

I once had a Chevy truck that I shifted w/o the clutch for years. Once I got a feel for the shift points, it was as smooth as an automatic. The tranny outlasted the engine.

The key thing is shifting at the correct RPM. If you do, then no harm done. You'll know, as it's smooth when done right.

[07liftback]

Originally Posted by mkaresh

The key thing is shifting at the correct RPM. If you do, then no harm done. You'll know, as it's smooth when done right.

Yea, the Yaris was the only car I had to get used to because of it's drive-by-wire feature. A delay in the acceleration response is never fun on a manual car. Then again, the Yaris always felt more zippy and torquey compared to the civic I had some years ago.

As far as reliability goes, I'm at 85k miles and have only done oil changes and oil filter changes on the car since getting it. I've changed the cabin filter a few times and vacuumed the air filter.
Don't mean to thread jack but are there other maintenance items other people reccommend?

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by 07liftback

Don't mean to thread jack but are there other maintenance items other people reccommend?

Clean the leaves and crap out of the windshield wipers shafts where they go into the body and that area or they will rot and rust the car over a long period of time. Also open the trunk and clean the rotting stuff around the rubber sealing strip.

Open the hood once a month when you check the oil and look for pink coolaand splashes on the right bottom that indicated a leaking water pump.

I take the car to the car wash four times are year for interior and experior cleaning and consider that maintenance now that Im too old to do it myself. You dont want a car like my wifes Camry with is filthy and has a trunk full of crap!

[jose3sgte]

When I swapped my cluster to a Canadian with tach it had 177,556 miles, the new one had 56,000 kms on it and today I swapped it for a 2010 S cluster it had 192,000 kms, so 192,000kms - 56,000kms =136,000 kms = 84506 miles + 177,556 miles = 262062 miles on my PR Spec 2006 Hatchback. Nobody believes me but my car has the same brake pads from new, the only things that I have changed are:

1. Motor Oil & Filter (obviously)
2. Tranny Oil (manual)
3. Serpentine Belt
4. Air filter
5. Cabin Filter
6. Tires
7. Rear driver wheel bearing
8. Spark Plugs (2 times)

Also maintenance is by the book so just Imagine how many times I've changed the oil and tires

I would like to know if the ECU keeps the mileage data so I can have proof

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by jose3sgte

When I swapped my cluster to a Canadian with tach it had 177,556 miles, the new one had 56,000 kms on it and today I swapped it for a 2010 S cluster it had 192,000 kms, so 192,000kms - 56,000kms =136,000 kms = 84506 miles + 177,556 miles = 262062 miles on my PR Spec 2006 Hatchback. Nobody believes me but my car has the same brake pads from new, the only things that I have changed are:

1. Motor Oil & Filter (obviously)
2. Tranny Oil (manual)
3. Serpentine Belt
4. Air filter
5. Cabin Filter
6. Tires
7. Rear driver wheel bearing
8. Spark Plugs (2 times)

Also maintenance is by the book so just Imagine how many times I've changed the oil and tires

I would like to know if the ECU keeps the mileage data so I can have proof

I believe you. Member trini_per4mance didn't have to do any work on his brakes until he hit 400,000 miles. Mine = 20% worn (front and rear) at around 207,000 - 208,000 miles.