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Hi, Your garage should not have made you a quotation or told you 'to keep an eye on it'. On my mk1 Aygo, the water pump started to leak very early. One day, I brought my car for regular servicing and I was asked to schedule a day rapidly to have the water pump changed. It was replaced under warranty. Your situation is usual with car dealerships. As long as the car is under warranty, there is nothing to worry about, it can wait. And as soon as the warranty has expired, everything needs replacing urgently 😄

our 04 Yaris 1.3 is due its test next week. The previous test showed advisories for rust just about everywhere underside. However the tester was very picky in this as he also listed as an advisory the bottom edge of a rear door that had a few rust bubbles in the paint. That definatelt should not have been an advisory. I have worked away with a finger sander and chipping tool on the rear halfunderside of the car and after cleaning it up have mostly done it with Hammerite and then Bitumin Underseal. Lots of superficial rust but no holes so the back half should be ok, No time to do the front but visually the back was much worse than the was worse than the front. So my question is who has had a Yaris fail the MOT through rust in the structural bits and where abouts on the car was it. Also was it possible to repair it?.

Thank for good and informed comment, as usual.

They do hold their value, I bought my 2012 Prius+ T-Spirit at 6 months old for £24k (IIRC new was around £29k) and still got £17k trade in 3 years later for it, well pleased, it meant I got my brand new Gen 4 for £11k. 6 months old seems to be the sweet spot for value, it lost £5k in first 6 months then only £7k in the next 3 years.

I have read it's a sign of the led being faulty and needs replacing. Visit the dealer, that's what the warranty is there for.

i'm sure the water pump will be covered under warranty, like others have said get it looked at sooner rather than later, the original mk1 aygo had their water pumps warranty extended to 5 years as there where issues with them so i cant see why the mk2 aygo would have a shorter warranty. since there is a weep then something has started to fail and this should be covered you shouldn't have to wait for total failure before something is done for you. get back to your dealer.

sounds like it may have a slight weep rather than it is about to fail. I had a weeping water pump on an Avensis 2.2 D4D replaced under warranty (actually slightly out of warranty). I imagine that they will have to forward a request to Toyota for authorisation & whether that is OK'ed may depend upon how bad the weep is.

I would be inclined to go back to them, and query replacement under warranty sooner rather than later.

The Prius+ is quite a bit more expensive. But you will get much more back when it comes to selling it. Taxi drivers and other professionals are keen to get their hands on them. It is such a solid car. We have both Toyota and Lexus hybrids. The Prius+ is the one that has held up the best. After 130.000 miles it still drives like new. Nothing has broken on it so far. Several previous comments on fuel economy. I can say that we have done a fair amount of mileage on the German Autobahn with the Prius+ fully loaded with and without roof box and winter tyres. The worst I've managed is 41MPG. That was cruising long stretches at 90-100 MPH. On UK motorway speeds, expect to get around 50. The only downside of the plus is lack of towing and that it's a bit dull to look at. But it is good to drive, in a relaxing way (it certainly is not fun) and you can munch through the miles on motorways or navigate city centres without effort. The TomTom derived built-in SatNav works but is not very good. Oh, and I almost forgot. I've used the plus for band gigs. Fitting drum kit and amps and cabs. No problem when you fold both second and third rows.

Hi Paul, its amazing how something so simple can make things look so complicated. I presumed the Esti being a Jap import it would be Japan area, Wrong😂. I know the scanner I've got can read live data but I don't think it does what you want. It would be good if you can get yours up and running with all the Toyota info, I'm not clued up much with the techno knowledge so I don't think I could get on with it. I just wanted to read faults and erase them as the garage I take my car to there scanner couldn't read the Esti codes. Good luck with yours.

depends on insurer - always best to check beforehand.