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As always. Watching the junkyards tell me what holds up and what does not and why. I do not expect to wait 20 years for answers on the Yaris given Toyota's reputation. Yup, I still find a few 20 year old Toy's out there!
So tell me the dirt on your Yaris....it looks like a buy to me or more like a steal at 12K. Sure beats rebuilding.
There is a button? on the transmission console just above the Park light. In my wife's car this button is broken - there is only a piece of white plastic there - and I don't know what should be there and what function it has. Can anyone help?
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When faced with a long , steep downhill stretch a driver who rides his brakes will burn his brake linings and boil his brake fluid and ultimately lose his brakes entirely. Obviously using the transmission to maintain a safe speed is the only thing to do in this situation.
they took it for a test drive, called me back down to the service area and said they were ordering me a new seat and a new transmission!!..and a replacement car would be given to me at no cost to me while the work would be done, and they would call me when my parts came in, then sent me on my way...which is all well and dandy, but..i wanted to know if anyone else has had a similar problem.
and yes i engaged the clutch enough for the gear to be able to clear to enter third. many many times al the way to the floor with un-necissary force.
the car was brand new when i received it..11 miles and three were from my test drive.
I had similar problems to those above at 9000. Under factory warranty they fixed it quickly saying they put a new transmission in.
Now 70000 miles later I developed the same problems-- under extended warranty they made repairs but demanded I also replace the clutch (not covered). It took 2 weeks... I did get a replacement car.
i put 40k a year on my car... how common is this transmission problem? I thought I could run a toyota to 200k... obviously mine won't make it and the next repair will not be under any warranty.
Any suggestions, please?
The bleeping is the seatbelt warning signal - the item on the seat is triggering the sensor as if someone was sitting in the seat without their seatbelt on.
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Well i went and picked up a 2009 Toyota Yaris (3dooor hatchback ,automatic) from A toyota dealership
Sale Price of Car$15,423.29
Manuf Rebate - $1,500.00
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Sale Price $13,923.29
Texas Sales Tax$870.21
Dealer Vehicle Inventory Tax$26.45
Documentary Fee$50.00
Deputy Fee$5.00
License Fee$59.80
Title Fee$49.00
State Inspection Fee$36.25
Extended Service Contract$3,900.00
Total Insurance Product(Gap/Credit Insurance$1903.47
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Subtotal$20,823.47
Down Payment$2000.00
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Total Amt Due$18,823.47
What i would like is someone that is really knows toyota contract to look this over and tell me those fees that i can avoid next time i go and get another car.
The other thing that stands out is that it appears you did not get any discount on the car except the manufacturer's rebate. If so, you paid too much for the car. The Yaris is not selling very well right now, so you should have been able to get a discount on the car above and beyond the manufacturer's rebate.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I wish you had posted your question before you bought the Yaris. :sick:
1.Dealer Inventory Tax $26.45
2.Documentary Fee$50.00
3.Deputy Fee$5.00
4.State Inspection$36.25
If you have any friends that work for toyota or have connectionscan you or they explain these other charges
Just for reference, I paid 1170 dollars for the Platinum Extended Warranty on my wife's '08 Yaris (7 yrs or 70k miles). I really only bought it b/c I got more than double for my trade-in than what I expected so it was basically free in my mind. In the grand scheme of things, I doubt I'll ever need it. 3900 bucks is the cost of a good, used second car - that's just outrageous.
I have found some error codes with my code reader even though the dealership say there is not a problem and the codes all point to air intake and coolant sensor issues - the might be intermittent or there could be an open circuit somewhere. This is all happening right now in May and the air temperature outside is well into the 70's!
If your coolant light stays on for more than a few minutes and it is warm outside take it back now and demand they check/change the sensors. Before that if you can, go to your local automotive shop and purchase a code reader they are about 100 bucks or have some one check your car with a code reader - if any codes come up this will help your cause.
Good luck.
If you have trouble at the sales counter.....wait till you need repairs!
No wonder the car---which by the way is the replacement for the Echo ( a GREAT LITTLE CAR)---gets MUCH less milage on gas. I always thought HUMAN inventions GOT BETTER--at least they used to when I was growing up.
We lost a few people, machines, and some rockets; BUT we DID end up on the moon at the end. If we tried it today, it would cost more, break down more often, and the public would have to bail the scienctists out for over planning and under estimating.
Help me pull the 'plug', or in this case, 'wire' so I can have a much longer life from this car.
Oh yes, just one more thing. How do you turn off the Maint Needed light when all the fluids have been changed?
Thanks. If you can help, and it works, I will put something in your Chirstmas Stocking this year.
Flaps--or Bill for short.
I am sorry in advance if one of the posts I see covers my problem, but as ignorant in mechanics as I am, I am not entirely sure about it being the same issue.
We have bought recently a nice used automatic '08 hatchback Yaris, with very low mileage on it.
What I notice (and haven't been able so far to get across to the Toyota mechanic!) is the following. When I let go of the gas pedal, say at 30 MPH, on a perfetly flat and seemingly horizontal pavement, no strong wind blowing, I barely make it to 150 ft before stopping. (Yes, the trans is at Drive and not the "3" position.) If I drop the pedal at 15 MPH (on a similar pavement surface), I feel the engine downshifting to the point of ALMOST pulling the upper body of driver and passenger forward... (We're not fat, yet not skinny types either...) Not to exaggerate, let's say to a point that does NOT make for a pleasant ride in the city! Yesterday was covered with a rather thick snow blanket here in Eastern Canada, and so the "dragging" effect was even more unpleasant, as I needed not be braked any further still at all (I drive slow and over-carefully).
Plus, I cannot imagine that this does not affect gas mileage in any negative way...
Any hint as to what my problem might be, or is this normal to this model, and I simply grew too old with the previous car we had?
I am a previous owner of a Corolla '98 (bought new) and have never noticed any of this effect. Plus my wife and I both have the impression of not getting any better mileage out of that Yaris over the old (280 000 km under the belt) Corolla, contrary to what we were expecting. But I did not measure this gas mileage yet. (I am not sure I even know how to do it!)
Thanks in advance for any help!
My 2010 Yaris automatic also jerks/applies the brake while I am coasting between 20-25 miles an hour. I also noticed it between 30-35, so I figured it was related to the downshift. However, when I notice this issue it happens for 4-5 seconds and does not happen every time the car downshifts. (I can feel the downshift when it feels normal too, and it only lasts about 1 second, if that)
I took the car in to the Toyota mechanic at the dealership and they told me I was only feeling normal downshifting - which makes me think that it just did not happen while the mechanic was driving the car. (Unfortunate, because it does this to me all the time) I did not get charged for the visit, but I am still concerned. I know what a downshift feels like, and 4-5 seconds of jerky braking is not it.
Has anyone else experienced this?
It definitely seems to not quite shift when you expect it to. Whether forcing a downshift to accelerate which takes a heavy tromp on the gas pedal and then not upshifting as quickly as you'd think either.
So, it is normal, it's just a little weird. You get used to it pretty quickly, but I always notice it at first after I've been driving my car for a while and then I drive my wife's.
I am looking for a professional Toyota MEch that can tell me just what to disconnect for the down hill braking, and also what sensor monitors the Cold Temp for up shifts in the morning. My Echo was a FAR better car than this will ever be.
This car with same engine gets less milage because of shift points and RPM changes. It also has less overall perfomance. IF there is a Toyota man out there, email me at FLapswgm@aol.com Thanks
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As for jerkiness, you may be drifting between the shift points and the tranny is having trouble deciding what gear to stay in. Try staying a bit above/below that point on the gas pedal and see what happens.
Best of luck to you on this. I hope this may help.
When you let off the accelerator;
1. The ECU cuts engages the locking torque converter, in the transmission. This links the engine to the drive wheels, in the same manner driving a standard with the clutch engaged and the transmission in gear.
2. The the ECU shuts off the fuel injectors, so when you are coasting the engine is kept running by the inertia of the vehicle.
3.As the vehicle slows, the transmission must downshift to keep the engine at a "normal" operating speed.
This helps "recapture", some of the energy used to accelerate the vehicle, in a similar manner to a hybrid vehicle. So don't worry, it is saving you fuel, and if you have a standard trans; coast in gear to allow the engine to use ZERO fuel while caosting down. It takes getting used to, but after awhile, it goes unnoticed.
Now why Toyota doesn't put this in the owner's manual, is beyond me!
If I brake on a slight hill, the same things happens. This DOES NOT SAVE GAS. The reason the Yaris gets poorer milage than the Echo is because of this feature and others like it that were NOT included in the Echo model.
I want the connection from the brake to the transmission CUT so I can brake when I need to. I will manually use the trans to 3rd IF I feel the need for more braking.
SO---Let me know how to disconnect this system from the trans.
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Please post any wisdom on the 2007 & what you think of 9k? The car is nice and clean, but I think that price is high no matter what KBB says.
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I own a 2010 Yaris sedan automatic which i brought brand new in december of last year. As of late I have noticed the gas pedal feels like it is sticking, when i press down to accelerate the car hesitates then launches forward. it is really starting to bother me mainly because i thought it was the way i was driving the car but no matter how i drive it the problem remains. The car, Wyli, as i have dubbed him, is still covered under toyota's warranty.
Now the dilemma: 2 months after owning Wyli, only my 2nd car in 6 years and my first brand new car, a driver lost control of her car in the lane next to me on a highway. The driver hit my driver side back door panel at speeds of 40-50mph causing my car to skid out of control jerking violently with the traction control (which btw thank god for traction control, myself and my car would have been in far worse condition without) I am worried that the problems i am experiencing with the manner in which my car drives can be traced back to this accident. My frame was damaged and the vechile was not driving straight, pulling to either side. Repairs were made but unfortunately i did not go to a body shop the insurance co backed; my uncle works for a body shop and referred me to a very good family friend's body shop as my uncle could not vouch for his shop's recently hired painter. So as far as i know future repairs are not covered by said body shop.
Question/Issue: the gas pedal sticks, hesitating then launching my car forward and the car does not seem to be driving straight or the steering wheel/tires are experiencing much vibration. So will toyota fix these issues as it is under warranty-despite the history of an accident? Also, does the history of this accident negate my standing if i were to claim a violation of the lemon law?