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The file are broken down into a number of sub files which sit under the FMU folder each less than the 4 Gb limit, so no issues. It downloads onto your computer as a zip file (big) but unzips to separate files, put the iso 1 to 5 and checksum into a USB drive (FAT32) under a folder FMU.

The switch has no LEDs. I was gutted about it. I bought a second hand one eBay, but it has a different socket at the back. Now I need to find a plug for it

None of the two.

Yes, it does. The mirrors fold every time you lock the car and unfold when you start the engine. I just don't think you can disable this function

Bring back 20w 50, now that was a REAL man’s oil….

That's why I've asked. I don't intend to blow the ecu. as I've mentioned, I bought it as a whim and I wanted to know if it had been used.

Didnt they stop making the uk 1.6 petrol around 2015? I thought the 1.2T took its place in the lineup.

You might be ok but the chances of you finding someone on here that’s used it are slim, we’re tool snobs as a rule. If you spike the ecu it will suddenly morph from very cheap to very expensive, remember the old term, “junk in, junk out”.

Fill your jeans up with treacle then try to run a marathon on a cold morning.

The e in the eCVT is the way the computer works to vary the ratio of the epicyclic geartrain. In other transmissions they would have servos and clutches to lock fixed ratios but in an eCVT they use the speed of MG1 to vary the input or sun gear. It’s very clever and all the competitors would love to mimic it but it’s locked down with patents. So! They can spin that sun gear anywhere from faster than the output (vehicle speed) which gives low ratios to the same speed which gives 1:1 to actually turning it backwards to give overdrive ratios. This is all in an attempt to keep the engine in its most efficient range which is between 1500 to 2000rpm. If you’re on the motorway and you floor it you are loading it in the overdrive ratio and as you correctly surmise, at lower speeds you use lower ratios. You can understand why that damper wants to breakaway because that’s when there’s most load on it. The ultra simple epicyclic geartrain is the star of the show for me. This clever little device is about the diameter of a saucer and the thickness of a pork pie and by locking it to MG2 via an outer cog, it forms the power split device that when working a bit like a diff’ becomes the power split device. It’s absolutely ingenious.

Curious why it seems to occur on the motorway? I seem to read that a lot regarding this issue. I would have thought it would be more likely pulling away from traffic lights or climbing a hill.

It's called common sense or what's reasonable. 1: You did not fit a 622GW so how can it be user fitted? You simply replaced the dashcam with another. If you're original wiper blade fails and you replace it with one from Halfords, you don't have to declare it. However if you replaced your 1.6 engine with a turbo charged 2.0, that's a change to the original specification therefore needs to be declared. 2: If a professional fitter fits a dashcam then it's been fitted by a professional fitter. I'm not sure how anyone can see it any other way? If you can run a half marathon in under 1hr 30min and suffer from epilepsy, then it'll be a fit fitter who had a fit whilst fitting a dashcam. There's no need to declare you can run a half marathon in under 1hr 30min but if you intend to drive the said car, it'd be a good idea to declare your epilepsy.

The Spring 2024 file update is about 13GB The file size limit for FAT32 is 4GB Therefore the file will not download onto a FAT32 drive.

There is a known problem on this generation of steering columns, Used in Auris/Corolla/CT. The bolts stretch and introduce play in the splined sleeve. Although we can't tell for certain, chances are that's the problem you are seeing. Bolts can be ordered from Toyota >> https://lexuspartsdirect.co.uk/product/lexus-ct-phase-1-intermediate-shaft-bolt/

Call them. They are really helpful and will match or beat prices. I got a discount as a TOC member (even though it's not an official deal from TOC). Oh, and you'll need 6 litres for the 86.

The Millers EE is what I will be using for my in-between dealer oil changes👍 JT

I think P_J's PHEV comes with Toyota Sense 2.5+, while ours are 2.0. I heard the difference is massive. I even saw a post from Redditor claiming TSS2.5+ is better than Tesla's auto pilot as he was comparing two.

Totally normal and it is a sign of salty roads usage. All cars will rust the same way, same places, brake discs too.

Tim

I am still plugging in every day and it takes less than a minute to get the ctek5 to show 4 lights. Yesterday I went to the doctors and had to park in a side road about 15 minutes walk from the surgery. I got out of the car and pressed the key......nothing happened so I thought pollocks, the fob battery must be flat. No choice but to walk to my appointment and leave the car unlocked. For the next 45 minutes all I could think of was whether the key fob would start the car. Got back to the car I pressed the fob a few more times with no flashing lights, tentatively got in and.........no wonder it wouldn't lock. It was sitting there in ready mode. At least it had probably charged up the battery but good job it didn't get pinched.

Tiny.

Thanks Yossarian. Glad to hear it...felt faint when the Toyota service assistant quoted £1900.00!

The 2021 Yaris I bought from Tamworth 5 months ago has had the dreaded Hybrid Malfunction Warning twice now in 4 weeks…. Happened on motorway both times….. complete shut down…. Now at Bishops Stortford and awaiting Damper….. hoping to get a loan car asap!

Well it’s a lovely vehicle. I’ve had several CX-5s.

Thanks. If they did I'm damned if I can find it! The Technician said he couldn't see a way of changing it with his hand held terminal either.