Alternator intermittently charging after 323,000 miles. - Toyota Yaris Forums

trini_per4mance · 04-15-2009, 05:41 PM

ok, so after doing 323,000 miles on my yaris, my alternator light on my dash kept coming on intermittently while cruising at 3000rpm. but once i put the car into neutral and rev it to 6500rpm, the light will go off and come back on sometimes after a couple minutes or sometimes after a couple hours. it varied. so, i got a used alternator from miami off an 08 yaris doing only 7000 miles for $75. the alternator looks brand new. so, i new i couldn't go wrong. i swapped it out and now the problem is gone.

this is the first part that i've ever changed on the engine, apart from regular maintenance parts.

detroiter · 04-15-2009, 05:59 PM

That's wicked

SilverBack · 04-15-2009, 07:36 PM

+1

Here's to the next 323K

cali yaris · 04-15-2009, 07:43 PM

post a pic of your odometer -- awesome mileage!

darkmoon87 · 04-15-2009, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cali yaris

post a pic of your odometer -- awesome mileage!

i believe he created the thread a while back with the youtube video links of his yaris doing 150000 and 300000 miles

trini_per4mance · 04-15-2009, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cali yaris

post a pic of your odometer -- awesome mileage!

here's a pic.

mikenacarato · 04-15-2009, 09:42 PM

look like thats the spedometer, not the odeometer

bikeshox · 04-15-2009, 09:48 PM

Scroll right, then you see the odometer

trini_per4mance · 04-15-2009, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikenacarato

look like thats the spedometer, not the odeometer

LOL

u kidding me, right?

AlexNet0 · 04-15-2009, 10:18 PM

that is a very good life span of a moving electrical part if you ask me

Fishbulb · 04-16-2009, 01:30 AM

All you needed were Alt brushes probably.

Never the less, go buy a reliable car for a change..

cali yaris · 04-16-2009, 01:39 AM

yaris-me · 04-16-2009, 01:49 AM

That's incredible! Did you ever change the belt or water pump?

ezhacker1 · 04-16-2009, 02:55 AM

is it just me or is that insanely crazy. I calculated 329 miles driven a day to get that kind of total mileage

CtrlAltDefeat · 04-16-2009, 04:03 AM

wow... hope mine lasts like that..(I'm a little rough on her, but I'm sure I'll lighten up an a couple years...maybe

)

regal · 04-16-2009, 08:33 AM

This is just ridiculous can't the Toyota engineers do any better than this? Hell my '86 BMW would get a good 30k miles out of an alternator

I'll say it again, your 300k mile car is the sole reason I bought my first new car in 20 years of buying cars, nothing convinced me more to buy a new Yaris like your real world data-point. Toyota should make you a star of their ad campaigns.

IllusionX · 04-16-2009, 09:10 AM

the cruise... :(

Yaris Hilton · 04-16-2009, 09:26 AM

Last night I was talking to one of my church friends, a cell phone company sales manager who is on the road a bit. He got his Yaris sedan last May and has over 38,000 on it already. Not in your league, but racking up some miles. He hasn't had any issues yet. We discussed Toyota's reputation for reliability and longevity. His is an automatic, and he says it gets 50 MPG on long Interstate trips. Says his wife refuses to drive it, though, and calls it an "ugly clown car." She says it "doesn't have any front end." (I think she drives some sort of SUV.) Oh well, you can't please everybody. He was tickled to death to hear how my family now drives three Yaris sedans.

04-15-2009, 05:41 PM	#1
trini_per4mance Drives: 2007 Toyota Yaris S Sedan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 162	Alternator intermittently charging after 323,000 miles. ok, so after doing 323,000 miles on my yaris, my alternator light on my dash kept coming on intermittently while cruising at 3000rpm. but once i put the car into neutral and rev it to 6500rpm, the light will go off and come back on sometimes after a couple minutes or sometimes after a couple hours. it varied. so, i got a used alternator from miami off an 08 yaris doing only 7000 miles for $75. the alternator looks brand new. so, i new i couldn't go wrong. i swapped it out and now the problem is gone. this is the first part that i've ever changed on the engine, apart from regular maintenance parts. __________________ Yaris 500,000 miles in 6 years 9 months 3 weeks and 3 days and still going strong!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnTlNLz9Iqc http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/...le_cars/5.html http://www.subcompactculture.com/200...-miles-on.html

04-15-2009, 07:36 PM	#3
SilverBack Joey View User's Garage Drives: '14 Scion xD 5-speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: El Monte, Ca Posts: 3,529	+1 Here's to the next 323K __________________ Formerly owned Met-Met. '07 Yaris LB 5-speed. A forum post should be like a skirt: Long enough to cover the subject but short enough to keep things interesting. "I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem." -Hank Hill

04-15-2009, 07:43 PM	#4
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	*post a pic of your odometer* -- awesome mileage! __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

04-15-2009, 10:18 PM	#10
AlexNet0 View User's Garage Drives: '07 Yaris 3dr Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Rockland, ME Posts: 1,638	that is a very good life span of a moving electrical part if you ask me __________________ ---------- MI-YW ----------

04-16-2009, 01:30 AM	#11
Fishbulb Mr. Sparkle Drives: 09 white Yaris, 99 Z3 Coupe Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 19	All you needed were Alt brushes probably. Never the less, go buy a reliable car for a change.. __________________

04-15-2009, 05:59 PM	#2
detroiter Drives: 2008 Polar White LB Auto Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 1,238	That's wicked

04-15-2009, 09:42 PM	#7
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	look like thats the spedometer, not the odeometer

04-15-2009, 09:48 PM	#8
bikeshox Drives: 07' Sedan Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MN Posts: 22	Scroll right, then you see the odometer

04-16-2009, 01:39 AM	#12
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	__________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

04-16-2009, 01:49 AM	#13
yaris-me Learn to Relax Drives: 2007, Meteorite, LB Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,070	That's incredible! Did you ever change the belt or water pump?

04-16-2009, 02:55 AM	#14
ezhacker1 Drives: Decepticon - Ravage Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,462	is it just me or is that insanely crazy. I calculated 329 miles driven a day to get that kind of total mileage

04-16-2009, 04:03 AM	#15
CtrlAltDefeat I ♥ Yaris View User's Garage Drives: Black 08 LB MT & red 97 Miata Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 1,313	wow... hope mine lasts like that..(I'm a little rough on her, but I'm sure I'll lighten up an a couple years...maybe ) __________________ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. - Bertrand Russell

04-16-2009, 08:33 AM	#16
regal Drives: 09 Yaris 3 Dr White LB Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: PA Posts: 432	This is just ridiculous can't the Toyota engineers do any better than this? Hell my '86 BMW would get a good 30k miles out of an alternator I'll say it again, your 300k mile car is the sole reason I bought my first new car in 20 years of buying cars, nothing convinced me more to buy a new Yaris like your real world data-point. Toyota should make you a star of their ad campaigns.

04-16-2009, 09:10 AM	#17
IllusionX It's the illusion you see View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Sedan Aero Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brossard, QC Posts: 3,888	the cruise... :(

04-16-2009, 09:26 AM	#18
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	Last night I was talking to one of my church friends, a cell phone company sales manager who is on the road a bit. He got his Yaris sedan last May and has over 38,000 on it already. Not in your league, but racking up some miles. He hasn't had any issues yet. We discussed Toyota's reputation for reliability and longevity. His is an automatic, and he says it gets 50 MPG on long Interstate trips. Says his wife refuses to drive it, though, and calls it an "ugly clown car." She says it "doesn't have any front end." (I think she drives some sort of SUV.) Oh well, you can't please everybody. He was tickled to death to hear how my family now drives three Yaris sedans.

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