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3,400 Corollas were recalled in the US and just over 2,600 in Australia. In Australia it was just the 2.0 litre petrol models with the direct shift CVT, and presumably the same for the US models. https://www.tflcar.com/2018/12/toyota-corolla-hatchback-cvt-recall/ https://www.toyota.com.au/news/toyota-australia-recalls-corolla-vehicles-to-replace-cvt-assembly There was also a service bulletin affecting 2014-2017 Toyotas with CVT's where the fix was a software update. https://www.toyoheadquarters.com/threads/2014-2017-toyota-corolla-and-im-cvt-transmission-software-update-ssc-jsd.1350/

I hadn't read/heard of that but have just Googled it - pretty bad huh. It seems I need to modify my "haven't heard horror stories" statement. As I said earlier, I'm happy to be wrong and thanks for pointing the huge recall out 🙂

Spot on and the rates charged by some networks make electricity more expensive than petrol/diesel.

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Current cars are 1.8 hybrid excel chr 1.5 Yaris non hybrid (for now) any help needed with parts or images or instructions let me know and I’ll help where I can

Just a quick hello to all that may remember me from a while back, Ive not been on here due to serious illness ..... ie the Big C I still have the same 2 cars as my profile, I will try and get back on here when I can soon. Regards Pete.

reading those links it sounds like an issue that could have ocurred in a conventional torque converter auto too so not a hit against CVTs per se. & yes, the base (indeed only) engine in the USA for the 2019 Corolla is the 2.0l, 1.8 isn't offered (it was in the previous generation). The new 2020 sedan now also offers the 1.8 hybrid powertrain (1st hybrid Corolla offered in the USA whereas we had a hybrid Auris for years).

Hi Alan. Like I have already said to you that your comments are intelligent and I always read when I can. I am uncertain what you have read, so would you mind copy and pasting the issue you have looked into. Yes I expect you Googled it but I want to read the actual article you have read. Regards, Mike.

I was just about to point this out ... MMTs do seem to be problematic particularly on small city cars. however afaik in the UK you can only buy about 2 or 3 city cars with true torque converter autos so choice is very limited. & petrols (especially small capacity) are never the best solution for towing - that is 1 of diesel's strengths but they then have dual mass flywheels as manuals for a reason ...

They might have been mixed again two type of transmission here, MMT & CVT. Cvt has a torque converter not a clutch plate , Toyota cvt’s are known to be on the good side as far as good cvt can be. They are not very popular in UK, we do like and drive more hybrids here when choosing an automatic car for a number of reasons. There was a big recall on them in US recently, info can be found online. I personally wouldn’t touch any cvt or mmt transmission from any car manufacturers, they are simply not great to drive and reliability is a questionable, I will buy a manual or hybrid if automatic transmission needed. Regards

In our family we need two cars , Prius+ 2016/17 and Prius PHEV 2015 at the moment, and we use our Prius PHEV as one or two pers. transporter and mostley shorter trips in town and nearby ( so its quite cost effective for us) and our Prius+ as family/wheelchair transporter mostley for longer trips

Yes they do also target the Gen 3 Prius (2010 onwards)!!! I have a 2010 Gen 3 Prius TSpirit and I found out the hard way last Thursday afternoon (01/08/2019). Parked my car in the Islington area in London for two hours and returned to find my car started up sounding like a tractor. Looked beneath the motor and found the heat-shield had been ripped open and was dangling down and the Lambda Sensor was cut off too. I’m officially stranded without my beloved Prius! Furthermore, closer inspection revealed that the catylic converter had indeed been cut off and stolen by some foolish miscreant of society!!!

I would guess that the black box belongs to the insurance company that fitted it. So, as said before contact them and ask them if it is deactivated and do they want it back. I'm sure this must be fairly common.

Hi Alan. First of all I find your information on here intelligent, informative and worth reading. About gearboxes, a friend of mine runs a transmission garage, he of course says the MMT box is an expensive dilemma to repair and he personally doesn't like the CVT box and feels the Toyota pure automatic or the newer manual boxes are very good subject to regular oil changes. I do take your point that not much is said about CVT boxes on here but just a personal friends comment but perhaps he is just bias. Regards, Mike.

Just curious... where are you guys getting the info that the cvt auto boxes are prone to problems? I'm pretty sure if they were problematic it would be apparent on here. I've been a participant of this forum for years and don't recall reading of any horror stories (but I'm happy to be wrong if I've somehow missed them). I'm personally not a big fan of their driving qualities but I can't bemoan their reliability.

Where are these "free" charging points? They're not free if you have to drive miles to find one, but at least the petrol stations are nearby and plentiful. At this present moment in time, owning an EV is an expensive and inconvenient way of owning a car. Mick.

Thanks for the update, could be useful to someone with similar issues.

Well, we've done it again. She's got anothher years lease of life by passing the MOT monday just gone. It took a bit more work than expected including welding both outer sills, new rear caliper, brake hose, brake pipe - obviously the one that requires the petrol tank dropped - discs, pads, handbrake cable, exhaust, tyres to mention a few but again we're legal 😉😉

ebc here! on x5 and q7 and cars over the years last long perform good no squeal and keep alloys clean/ less dust. worth the extra. only time i had to change pads was due to siezed rear calipers on avensis taking them down pretty low at mot time

http://www.baileysdiesel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/P1271+1272.pdf similar for an understanding.. hope toyota have not just picked the big dear easy option and have eliminated that the valve and circuit are good and as above ecu repairs it will prob be a coil driver at worst in the edu that needs a new mosfet or something soldered in pcb

Not surprised that HJ likes it to be honest - think the quote about appealing to those that don’t care what others think and want 400k mileage sits with me quite well- my LS400 is on nearly 300k and is not exactly something that impresses others which suits me just fine.

Just like to add to the end of this post, I ordered a injector run off kit from eBay , (still waiting for my tech stream cable). I also received 1 injector when I had ordered 2 ! So I found that injector 3 had much more run off then any others, I replaced injector 3 with second hand one and took for test drive, All is solved!!! car pulls lovely and no more EML light coming on , I am very pleased as injector cost £30 so a cheap fix, I have not yet coded the injector but will do when cable comes, as it is the car is running fine and I am very happy so hope someone can learn off this! cheers all

Cheers! @PaulinhoT I've been following your Carina project on Youtube (and your instagram too) and i'm really like the idea of the BTCC car replica. she's comming along beautifully and i look forward to how's she'll look in the future. (The Carina E is high on my list of cars i want to own before it's to late..)

Ok - I should have remembered the old rule: "If it's not completely broken yet, mess about with it a bit until it is". The problem was self-inflicted. Buying a cheap TPS from Poland caused the EML to come on permanently, and - it seems - the EML inhibits overdrive. Putting the old TPS back and clearing the fault code means that O/D now engages properly! The car is rather more interconnected electronically than I thought it would be...

My C-HR has vey comfortable front seats. A good range of adjustments, up/down, forward/back and lumber. On a long journey, motorway 2/3 hours, I find I arrive feeling less fatigued than I did with other cars, it’s very quiet and the radar controlled cruise in a huge benefit and coupled with lane departure warning, all I have to really do is steer. On the whole a very relaxing car to drive.

Also see https://blog.toyota.co.uk/whats-different-about-the-new-toyota-prius-plug-in

First trip in the car was part motorway (70 mph) and cross country 200 mile to Shropshire. Indicated 62 mpg and brim to brim came to 61 mpg, so pretty accurate. Just come back from a 300 mile round trip to Belgium and back. Mostly 50 mph on the roadwork, laughingly called the M20 and stop start for 10 miles on the bit called the Dartford crossing and 80 mph on the motorways on the French side. I now have an indicated 56 mpg, so I'm happy. Had lots of opportunity to test the intelligent cruise control on the 25 miles plus of nose to tail M20 traffic in the UK. One other tip. The channel tunnel is a tunnel not rail as far as the sat nav is concerned. Designed the route on PC, checked it, sent it to the car, only to find it had changed the route to Dover. Had to go into settings and set 'avoid Trains/Ferries'.

I also did a 250 cross country round trip today, with air temperatures (according to the car) between 21 and 27°C. This is what the computer said about today's mpg (right hand bar): I had a few traffic queues, but mostly the journey was favourable, cruising with the CC set to 60 mph where legal.

Firstly, everything I see on my RAV4 AWD displays leads me to believe the rear electric motor/generator DOES contribute to regeneration. Also, this morning I filled the tank for the third time since the initial fill on day 1. The results continue to impress me, not least the apparently much more accurate computer estimates of mpg compared to all previous Toyotas I've experienced - so far! These are my figures:

I think 31 miles might well be WLTP. That's about right for reasonable warm-weather driving. Winter is obviously a completely different story. The best I've managed in real range remains 36 miles. I am currently getting a reliable 34-35 every day. However, the range indicator is insisting every morning that I'll be able to go nearly 42 miles which is utter nonsense. Just for reference, I did some experimentation with manually resetting the on-board miles per kWh figure (which for no good reason won't reset with all the other economy figures) and found that a real range of 35 miles equates to driving at an indicated 6 miles per kWh. Something is clearly shonky there, as the usable capacity of the PHV is 7kWh which means I should actually be going those 42 miles. Clearly the miles per kWh figure is as inflated as the on-board mpg readout!

I think the 31 miles might be on the WLTP test, not sure - it could even be the old NEDC test. Not sure where the 39 miles is from. US EPA test claims 25 miles, which is much more realistic, if not a bit pessimistic, but totally achievable in the real world.

Up to 39 miles is the claim for the 2017/18 PHV. My maximum charge, so far, has been 36.5 miles. I like to think I am an economical driver, but the best I manage is around 28 miles from that - but road conditions hereabouts are a mite hilly :D. Meanwhile my HV capability continues to rise, (possibly the last few weeks driving in that mode has loosened the engine) and my latest record on a home to Aberdeen trip is 93.9 mpg.

That would require joined up thinking. I suspect that profit motivation would creep in to kybosh the idea. Margins would be smaller and there would be less room for, shall we call them "industry passengers"? Parasitic hangers on plague the petrochemical industry and some of them wield a great amount of influence.

Re car charging... if electric cars used some form of universal battery with a quick release mechanism then maybe swapping a flat one for a fully charged one could be a simple two minute operation at a petrol filling station.