Buying 2009 Yaris from Carmax, warranty worth it?

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Originally Posted by Kalispel

I was under the impression that the 2009 refresh mostly corrected that issue, among others, that were prevalent with the 2007-2008 Yaris.

I'm not aware of this...possibly because I never concerned myself with water pump issues because the watger pump never went out on my 2007 . Could you be thinking about the alternator? The 2007 Yaris (and some 2008s ?) had a faulty voltage regulator (which is inside the alternator in a Yaris).....suffered from corrosion?....IIRC, and it is my understanding this was corrected by 2009. The alternator on my 2007 conked out at just over 159,000 miles, and a re-manufactured OEM one that replaced it in 2010 is still in the car.