100,000 mile club

[lawrenze04]

At 143000 miles on 2012 Yaris Sedan. Dealership recommends me to replace the throttle body and flush the brake lines. What are your thoughts? Also they said that I have a timing cover leakage, which when I dont see any obvious leak. Anyone with the same experience?

[91mustang]

Definitely wouldn’t see a reason to replace the throttle body. Brake fluid can get moisture in it, but if you don’t have issues with the car stopping I would decline that also.

It’s possible you could have a water pump failing, but I wouldn’t trust a dealer that said to replace a throttle body. I’ve personally never seen one fail on any car.

[mirapatec]

I am at 99,800 miles on my 2012, so I am fast approaching membership in this exclusive club. Do we get tee shirts or something? ;-)

[zoidberg444]

Originally Posted by lawrenze04

At 143000 miles on 2012 Yaris Sedan. Dealership recommends me to replace the throttle body and flush the brake lines. What are your thoughts? Also they said that I have a timing cover leakage, which when I dont see any obvious leak. Anyone with the same experience?

I've only heard of one instance of the throttle body going bad on a Yaris and if one did fail it would be better to get a used one from a scrapyard. No sense in paying for a new one.

I change my brake fluid and flush my lines every 2 years/40,000 miles. You definitely notice a change in the colour of the fluid as you flush the new stuff through. Brake fluid absorbs moisture so it can cause corrosion in your brake system.

I think they are having you on with "timing cover leakage" the timing covers are siliconed on at the factory. They are a bitch to get off and very unlikely to be leaking. You could have your front main seal leaking at the camshaft - that you should probably get fixed if it was the front main seal. Or you could have a coolant leak from the water pump. Mine leaks a little but i'm just keeping an eye on it at the moment because its just a drip. I just top up a few drops of coolant when i service the car.

[ae101]

Hi, I'm a new member here. Been a lurker for quite a while since I acquired my new to me 2008 NCP91L. I bought this car 6 months ago with 146+++kms on it. Now it has 150+++ kms on it. This site is very helpful. So far I had some works done. Oil was changed, engine air filter replaced, cabin filter replaced, sparkplugs replaced, headlight bulbs replaced, serpentine belt replaced, brakes cleaned, pcv valve cleaned. This car is very easy to work with. Mostly I do it myself. Only thing so far that I needed a shop to do it for me is muffler replacement and donut gaskets replacement as the old one had a hole from rust and it was very noisy especially when doing uphill. Maybe I can do the replacement myself but at that time the temp here is consistently on -9 to -20C so crawling under the car is not the best option and I don't have a heated garage. I'm also planning to change the ATF but I don't know yet what ATF to use. To those who changed their ATF, what type and brand of fluid did you use? I am surprised how clean the engine was when I got it. what I mean with clean is no trace of oil leaks, and the engine is quiet. So far I haven't notice any oil consumption. hopefully it stays this way even after 250k.

[HighmileYaris]

Both of my Yaris have been well over 100k when I bought them... My 08 was 262k when I sold it, my new 09 Yaris S has 162k on it.

[rmshort]

231,000 miles today. 07 Yaris 3dr

[billfires]

168,000 miles on my 2010 manual trans, 3 door hatchback. Had donut gasket and resonator replaced at 128,000, spark plugs, serpentine belt and front brakes/rotors done at 141,000. Full synthetic 5w-30 oil and filter every 5000 miles. Also changed the battery at 7 years because I did not want to push it and have it fail at an inopportune time. By far the best, lowest maintenance vehicle I have ever owned. Bill C

[mint_julep]

just hit 100k miles on my 2007, 3-door hatchback.

paint's near damn gone, but otherwise running strong.

[mark293]

Originally Posted by mint_julep

just hit 100k miles on my 2007, 3-door hatchback.

paint's near damn gone, but otherwise running strong.

How Toyota manages to build such a great engine and crap on the paint is beyond me.

[ECHOKnight2000]

Originally Posted by HighmileYaris

Both of my Yaris have been well over 100k when I bought them... My 08 was 262k when I sold it, my new 09 Yaris S has 162k on it.

oh nice! I have an 09. I just turned over 182k. Running fine considering I'm guessing the previous owners didn't take care of the car too well but it makes due! Somewhat loaded. Power everything (from what it has to offer). While I think the 3 door has a cleaner look the 5 door has served me well! Curious. How is your mileage? Mine isn't bad but it's not great either IMO, I get it's not a hybrid but still should get better. It's around low 30s consistently and I try to be good with driving if I can, and it's summer. My standards are high for sub compacts. Granted not all were created equally.

[ECHOKnight2000]

Originally Posted by mark293

How Toyota manages to build such a great engine and crap on the paint is beyond me.

From my understanding they changed from oil based paint to water. So it's thinner but yeah cheap. My car is used so the pain job all over is crapped on. I've given up on it cause it's used! lol. It's all good. As long as it works.

[lorne]

166,000 Kms ... a tad over 103,000 miles. I've only had it since about 160,000 Kms.

[Kaktus]

Just a mere 128000 miles so far in my ‘03 3-door hatchback, powered by the trusty yet peppy 1-litre engine. Still plenty of miles left in it!

[Mister]

I am 184 000 KM on my Yaris.

[lorne]

Originally Posted by lawrenze04

At 143000 miles on 2012 Yaris Sedan. Dealership recommends me to replace the throttle body and flush the brake lines. What are your thoughts? Also they said that I have a timing cover leakage, which when I dont see any obvious leak. Anyone with the same experience?

CLEANING THROTTLE BODIES
In my humble experience, any crud on the throttle body can be cured with a spray bottle chemical. I've watched a licensed mechanic here in Japan pull the air-box conduit, and then spray the daylights out of the throttle body while reving the engine on the under-hood linkage. It cleared up the rough idle and stalling, and the vehicle was good to go until it went to automotive heaven! This is a pretty normal thing! There is a SPECIFIC chemical spray for this application!! I see this stuff in the wholesale, pro-tool and supplies shop I go to here in Japan.

FLUSHING BRAKE LINES
This should be a standard part of maintenance. In Japan, it's done every two years as common practice! DOT-3 brake fluid is hydroscopic.This means it absorbs moisture. The hydraulic system has to vent, and thus it is open to atmosphere. It eventually collects H2O in your fluid. Water will settle in your brake lines and in your hydraulic brake cylinders and callipers. I think you are really pushing your luck at 143,000 miles / 230,000 Kms!

Believe me — I've overhauled enough calliper bores, and either honed-out brake cylinders for new pistons and seals, or replaced them to know how they can rust and be ruined by contaminated brake fluid. You can work out the comparative cost of regularly flushing brake fluid as opposed to brake hydraulics overhauls. And I hate to think what might happen in the modern, pressure equalizer blocks — I never had to deal with those back in the days.

In Japan, the seasonal high humidity can be intense (not unlike many states in the USA). Here in Japan, as a matter of common policy, we flush brake fluid ever two years as part of the preparation for the mandatory licensing inspection. My wife and I ran a Honda for 23 years. We had one brake cylinder bore go bad in the 21st year. And not because of rust. The piston seal was weak. (Of course we replaced both cylinders.) The fluid had been flushed every two years, and the front callipers never needed service except for fresh pads.

If you are using DOT-4, it has a higher boiling point, but it is even MORE hydroscopic. So even more caution is advised. It must be great for track days, but I won't use it in my everyday transport.

And in case it has escaped you, water in the brake fluid detracts from stopping power.

TIMING COVER
As for the timing cover — I dunno, but if it means what I think it means, if there is no oil weeping around it, I cannot see the reason for servicing it with a new gasket or sealant. Perhaps the dealer knows that the gasket/seal does begin to weep or leak at about the milage your car has gone. Hell — leave it until it does leak and just keep an eye on it when you do your regular check on the dipstick.

(FWIW: I'm not a licensed mechanic, but years ago I serviced, repaired and overhauled stuff on motorcycles, cars and trucks for part of my living.)

[Lubbe 14]

121 000 Miles
195 000 Km

2006 1.3 Auto
2NZ-FE

[Thirty-Nine]

2007 Yaris here and still haven't hit 100,000. I will in the next few months, however.