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  1. Hi everyone! This is my story about my install: So after my discovery of this thread and the possibility of installing cruise control on my 2010 Auris T4 Hybrid I went about searching for parts. I did a lot of ringing around breaker's yards for parts and a lot of the Auris cars for breaking didn't have cruise. So I widened the net by looking for other cars which had this the cruise stalk as a standard part. I found a 2008 Lexus IS 220 which had a cruise stalk with the same part number. I used toyodiy.com to do a parts cross-reference to make sure the model had the correct part. The breaker's yard guy wanted €60 for the Lexus stalk which I felt was a little steep for a second-hand part but seeing as it was handy for me, I was prepared to pay it. I made sure I got the cable and two bolts for it too (very important). Now for the install: I tried taking off the air bag cover but the horn keep sounding. So I disconnected the 12V battery to cancel that problem and also to make sure I didn't have the airbag go off in front of me! I don't do much car maintenance myself so felt a little out of depth but proceeded as I felt confident enough with the instructions on here :) IMPORTANT: For those who have an Auris Hybrid, the 12V battery is in the boot. I spent a while looking under the bonnet trying to figure out where it was like a right knob! The manual came to my rescue and directed me to the other end of the car. Once the 12V battery was disconnected (I disconnected the positive), I went about removing the air bag. As it is a 2010 model, I didn't need a Torx30 screw driver. The airbag is held in with springs so I just had to push back the springs at an angle, tricky but got it done. I rested the airbag cover over the speedometer without disconnecting the cable. Next was to create the hole on the steering cover for the stalk. I used a hole saw that plumbers use for drilling a hole in plastic. I completed it with a 25mm core bit. I also used a little sand paper to take off any rough edges (which wasn't much as the core bit gave a really neat cut). I just made sure I centred the hole slightly back towards the column/dash. The stalk just, just about fit through the 25mm hole. I screwed in the bolts and I connected the cable into the socket. I was quite happy with the clearance for the movement of the stalk and didn't need to make any adjustments to the hole. I then put back on the air bag, which simply is pushed back on with the springs. I then reconnected the 12V battery. One funny thing that happened this time on the Hybrid - anytime to start the car you normally put your foot on the brake and press the Power button, but this time I got a lots of dash lights. Another press of the Power button got me back to normal ready state. Obviously this will happen when you disconnect the 12V battery! So some pics of the work: One final thing, I need to reset my radio stations, date and time. Back to the manual for the date adjustment which I couldn't figure out!
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  2. As far as I know, the symbol on my Auris dash is a cruise control symbol where you 'Set' the speed hence the arrow pointing inwards. I believe the generic speed limiter symbol has a lollipop/road sign symbol next to it. Here is the switch on a Laguna which has both cruise control (arrow pointing inwards) and speed limiter (lollipop/road sign symbol):
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  3. Nice write up Ciaran! So do you have also speed limiter function now? As the light on your dash with speedo picture stands for the speed limiter I think.
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  4. Cleaned the mass air flow sensor and took fuel line of fuel filter and pumped some diesel though it. Seems to be running a bit better. Tried a hill start and was able to take of a bit better than before. Think a tuning chip will be in order for it to remover the flat spot at low end of the revs Sent from my iPhone using Toyota OC
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  5. Not a direct comparison I know as mine is a Yaris Hybrid but it's transmission/cruise control works in a similar way and my experience matches Peter's more closely in use. Perhaps yours is set just a little less aggressively in the ECU settings that control it? (Cruise Control has its own ECU) Either way, it's going to have to be a trip to the dealer for adjustments... As a rough guide, mine starts to react almost instantly when a drop in speed is detected. It's certainly not "2-3 mph" for sure.
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  6. I have a 2014 1.33 petrol Yaris. I don't use the c.c. much but when I do it definitely does not behave the same as you describe. The car's speed remains constant. On an up incline a lower ratio is usually selected and the engine revs, do rise. Not dramatically though and the speed stays as set. So, in comparison to mine, yours seems to be not working correctly.
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  7. Hi Berisford, Definitely worth it! The cruise is very smooth on the 1.8L CVT Hybrid on my Auris. I even did an 'accelerate to overtake' with cruise speed set on an incline, and it dropped back comfortably to the set speed. As it was dropping back to the set speed it gently eased back in. I also have a 2006 1.5L Prius T4 which came with cruise as standard - this is the older engine/electric motor though. Comparing the two cars, the 1.8L Auris is much more powerful (obviously) and even under cruise control, the Auris really seems more substantial and controlled. The older Prius does a great job with cruise but the Auris 1.8L does it much better, and maybe that's the later generation engine/electric motor too. Perhaps when you drop back to the smaller engine size of the 1.3L Yaris, it loses that refinement as the engine has to try harder?!
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  8. It could be a loose or dirty push-on connector for the solenoid energiser wire (arrowed in red in the pic), I've had that before. It could be an internal fault with the solenoid itself, if it was accessible you could try hitting the solenoid housing with a hammer shaft or similar to see if it works. Does it only happen when you try a cold start or does it happen on a hot start too? Was the replacement starter a reconditioned unit or a second hand one? .
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  9. Chip resistant paint has been around for years. It was being used on the new escort back in the 80s (but only around the wheel arches).
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  10. Nice write up astrofluff. Was it worth it though? I don't know about the Auris Hybrid cruise but on the Yaris 1.3 it's all a bit clunky / Tonka toy like. Only really suitable for flat motorway work, even then it can be a bit rough. The Yaris system doesn't seem refined enough, it takes too long to realise we're slowing (incline) and then tries too hard to get back up to speed, invariably over does the 'catch-up' so then lets go, then doesn't pick up until it's below speed and we go around again. It's made all the worse with the CVT box going into max power mode whenever the 'cruise' is a little below the 'set' speed! I do have a work-around but it's not ideal, I put the gear selector into manual mode (7th) and that calms the CVT down a little, though in 7th the gearing isn't as high as when in full auto mode. Whoever 'signed off' the Toyota cruise system on the Yaris didn't test it on anything but a flat road.
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  11. I have also changed air and fuel filter, cleaned egr valve and manifold checked all pipes for leaks, tested voltage going to all glow plugs and car starts fine. I only use bp fuel no supermarket fuel. I had that terraclean done to just to try and clean any carbon in the system. I've put injector cleaner and diesel system cleaner in the car to Sent from my iPhone using Toyota OC
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  12. Might have a problem as regards the warranty - servicing on the Avensis is every 12 months or 12,500 miles, whichever occurs first. Toyota allow a leeway of one month/1000 miles, whichever occurs first.
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  13. it's overdue a service by 3,000 miles - if it ever needs warranty work that is probably outside Toyota's guidelines of what constitutes a reasonable service history ... The 40k service should have been a big service. Ignoring the above as long as the services are done to Toyota's timetable & with equal quality or better consumable/parts to those which they stipulate (keep all receipts to prove) then your local garage can do the work. Some work may require access to Toyota systems that an independent is unlikely to have & I'm fairly certain that warranty work will have to be pre-approved which will probably require a visit to a Toyota dealer for inspection.
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  14. frankie406 it goes by recent driving so if you had been doing a lot of urban or short driving it would have used that to calculate. Removing the battery leads will have wiped that & after you had put the leads back on if you were doing more economical driving > extended range display.
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  15. I think The biggest anyone has gone so far is 19 inches .... Depending how low profile you can get your hands on you could possibly fit a set of 20s but the ride would be ruined it wouldn't handle proppely and one pot hole or one bump and I reckon that would be a very quickly become a bad day as there is a high risk of buckling of cracking a rim and of course blowing a tyre out
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