Leaderboard

Hi I seem to have a issue with the fuel tank and I was wondering if anybody else was experiencing the same. The fuel tank capacity is 60L with a reserve of 9L yet when I fill up the tank on "empty" (yellow warning light) I can only fill up to about 42L. I had the 2011 2.0L before this and under the same conditions fill up was around 50L. Does anybody else have a similar experience? Toyota technician said that it possibly had something to do with the air vents but surely the warning light shouldn't be coming on with around 18L still in the tank? Another issue I have is to do with the front seats. There is very little support at the rear of the seat base - it almost feels that you are sitting on a piece of string; not comfortable at all. Dealer is sending a report back to Toyota but again, just wondering if anybody else has a similar issue with the seats? Model is Excel but seat design is the same on Business models On the matter of vibration there seems to be more from this BMW engine than my previous Avensis, is this normal? By the way, fuel economy sucks as well. Thanks in advance

Quite possibly the belt. Also the easiest to check and fix, so eliminate that first. Quick test: before starting pop the bonnet, check how to get to the belt and have a can of WD40, with extension nozzle fitted, in hand. Start the engine, listen to squeak, squirt a bit of WD40 onto the inside of the belt or the contact face of a pulley (obviously keep ties, fingers, etc, out of the moving parts). If the squeak stops - it's the belt. Then decide if it needs adjusting or replacing (condition? tension?). If the noise doesn't change it's something else, maybe water pump or alternator.

if you can get a piece of wood and cut a hole in it the same shape as the tweeter ,with a bit of care press / gently hammer the grill into the hole to stretch the grill so the tweeter will fit behind the grill, far better to have a factory look the rear shelf speakers i am not a fan of ,if they where mounted under the shelf so just the cones come through it creates a cleaner look,if you replace the shelf with an mdf one and mount the speakers underneath you can then cover the shelf without them being on display.

I'm pretty sure someone here reported the static lines in the Yaris camera were actually done in the camera, but of course, there's no guarantee that's right. I'm also pretty sure the 'bendy' lines on the early Gen 3 Prius T-Spirit were generated by the Hard DIsk based infotainment/SatNav system. The post facelift Gen 3 Prius had Touch & Go Plus instead, and lost the HDD for SatNav and music, camera lines (not even static ones) and also lost the SatNav in HUD display. I suppose it's possible they were suppressed, but personally I wouldn't put money on it.

yup, thats the type! Both of em are now acting as spares Tested the new lights on the way home yesterday at dusk, way better than the old ones ever were

but you have gone from a more powerful 2.2 estate to a 2.0 saloon, you would expect to see an improvement ...

I check them whenever I wash the car (Which admittedly isn't getting done as frequently as it should....!). Used to change them every year or two (Usually OE, Bosch or what ever the heck Halfords ones are!), but the PIAA silicone ones I have now have been really durable; Not quite your 7 years but I think they're coming up to 4 or 5 now? Still as quiet as the day I bought them where usually I'd be expecting that horrible cat-screech on a damp, but not wet, windscreen by now, and they still clear water really well. If they haven't been used for a while they can smear badly for the first wipe because it picks up all the dust and I guess the blade is too soft to clear so much in one go, but by the return stroke it'll be clear. They really come into their own this time of year as the silicone layer they leave on the screen makes scraping the ice off soooo much easier. (To be fair I've had like, one day of that so far. Daan Saaaf we haven't even had temps even close to where winter tyres would out perform summer tyres yet!!)

What you'd expect. Basically, go directly to your Toyota dealer. It doesn't say "and open your wallet", but.....

My guess a O2 sensor fault as normally the only problems they get ? Petrol ones anyway . Like above you can buy yourself a code reader mine was around £10 off eBay and gives you a code number to look up in the book you also get and see what fault is and you can clear and reset the light . O2 sensor around £80 for a decent make I.e denso and straight replacement. Mine was a orange hand held unit no laptop required.