When did you experience your first mechanical failure? How serious was it? - Toyota Yaris Forums

ellenbetty · 08-18-2009, 01:09 PM

Dead battery at 11,400 miles, 18 months. I wonder if all the pot holes in the back parking lot had any thing to do with the OE battery failure. The back parking lot was just paved last week. Hopefully my new battery will last longer. My second Yaris OE battery has 14,500 miles, 18 months and still working, but not exposed too long to the pot holes.

devinlamothe · 08-18-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ellenbetty

Dead battery at 11,400 miles, 18 months. I wonder if all the pot holes in the back parking lot had any thing to do with the OE battery failure. The back parking lot was just paved last week. Hopefully my new battery will last longer. My second Yaris OE battery has 14,500 miles, 18 months and still working, but not exposed too long to the pot holes.

We have some of the worst roads in our province and my battery has lasted over 80,000 miles so it could be yours was just defective from the start.

ellenbetty · 08-19-2009, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by devinlamothe

We have some of the worst roads in our province and my battery has lasted over 80,000 miles so it could be yours was just defective from the start.

Well North East Ohio is well known for it's pot holes. It's the pot holes big enough to total your Yaris in that are the worst. But some county in Florida has NEO beat. Some old lady totaled 3 new cars in pot holes in less than a year.

LOL

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< 20k miles	6	10.53%
< 50k miles	2	3.51%
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ellenbetty ellenbetty View User's Garage Drives: 2 2007 Yaris 3 door liftback Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stow Ohio Posts: 182	Dead battery at 11,400 miles, 18 months. I wonder if all the pot holes in the back parking lot had any thing to do with the OE battery failure. The back parking lot was just paved last week. Hopefully my new battery will last longer. My second Yaris OE battery has 14,500 miles, 18 months and still working, but not exposed too long to the pot holes.