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the liner is glued to the roof - the official method for removing it is to cut it out. Not really an easy job to replace. Personally, I would use a good quality fabric cleaner - this worked a treat in mine and removed a similar stain. https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/carplan-demon-fabric-super-upholstery-shampoo-and-stain-remover-1l-347321 You'd be surprised how clean it will come up.

I think I would call a dealer and find out the current lead time for new orders. Your delay sounds way too long compared to others.

Yes change the Slave cylinder while you are in there, it's a concentric type so the gearbox need to come out to change it (the slave goes over the input shaft) The IQ was just a single generation car 08-2014 as for the job, its the same engine and gearbox as the Yaris/Aygo

Hi Swede, welcome to the club.

Welcome...used to work for a Swedish company way back...Trioplastic....spent time in Landskrona and Smalandsstennar. Enjoy the iQ.

Hello Swede - welcome to Toyota Owners Club

I’ve got the aluminium/silver Sealey tool in the picture, it fit my Avensis perfectly.

I have the exact one that is in the 2nd link Konrad mentions above. This one:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/SODIAL-Filter-Wrench-Removal-Corrola/dp/B0752F4L21/ref=asc_df_B0752F4L21/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=226613731662&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4622162643823686587&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006886&hvtargid=pla-719227544798&psc=1&tag=autoclubinte-21 It is very light, I have only used it once, on an Auris as it happens, it did fit ok, and it did the job. But I would have some reservations about it if it was used on an over-tightened filter that some others have reported. I would be more confident with a weightier tool, perhaps in steel, but then that would cost much more!

Diolch Gareth ( @garethpaul) ....Good shout, matey! Emma, if you dry the area, use the mould and mildew spray, let it dry and then use the shampoo that Gareth has suggested then my guess is that you will have the problem sorted....No spores and no stain....err, I hope. Anyway, for less than a fiver all in, it has to be worth a shot! Good luck and tell us how you get on.

replacing a head liner is not hard it just takes time remove the sunvisors any coat hooks & handles interior roof lights 2 panel clips by the tailgate and all trim panels that are in contact with the headliner the head liner i think is held in using foam pads with velcro on them just give the liner a gentle pull down and it will come out look on the replacement one to see exactly where the fixings are.

After being a very happy (and loyal) Prius owner for near on 8 years (Gen3 and Gen4), I have retired now and have decided to become a full EV car owner which will meet my requirements for 95% of the time (I do very low mileage these days and I've only clocked up 9000 miles on my Gen 4 Prius). Unfortunately, it looks like Toyota is possibly 2-3 years away from releasing their first all electric vehicles, so I have placed an order for a new 40kHz Nissan Leaf. There is currently a 5 month lead-in time due to their popularity. I'd like to thank everyone on this forum for your help and support. I hope you found my input useful too.

While the engine goes though its warm-up procedure, the engine input to acceleration and cruising is almost nil unless you accelerate very hard or go pretty fast. The car will feel like an EV during this time because essentially, it is. You may also notice the HV battery gauge depleting quite quickly at this time. During the warm-up phase, the variable value timing is held at an extreme setting (I can never remember whether it's advanced or retarded) but the purpose it to make maximum heat for rapid warm-up (which also causes the drive power to be reduced - this is why the engine is seemingly divorced from the drive process during this period). It still fascinates me even after 18 years and over 320,000 miles of Hybrid driving. My car usually reaches the normal temperature in just one mile from a cold start, and during a few quick glances at the temperature gauge I can see it moving!

Hi Tony, David is spot on with his reply, the wiper arm only lifts by a couple of inches which makes changing the blade a bit of a challenge. I changed to a Bosch Aero Twin a couple of months ago and I was gobsmacked, it's almost silent in operation and cleans the screen with a single sweep....Well worth the money and the time spent to change it. You also have to be careful of the wiper arm when you are cleaning your car, as it only lifts by a short amount, you have to hold it and so it's a two handed operation to clean and chamois the screen. As David (Fordulike) says, don't force it and don't worry, it's meant to be like that as mine has been the same since it was new. All the best! 😊

Depends which level of Gap insurance you look at. For example, discounting the first year new car replacement (which is usually operative if one is the first owner - thus removing pre-reg cars from this clause), if a car is written off, one will receive somewhere between trade value and retail value as settlement. Insurers won't pay full retail value. One option of Gap, is return to invoice, where if the car is written off, the Gap insurance pays out the difference between the car insurance settlement and the invoice value of the car when purchased. Choice is yours.

Like everything else, range will be improved, Hydrogen is here in the UK and more stations are planned. The Police are taking Mirai because they need to reduce their carbon footprint in London, EV are no good to them, the cars are hot swapped and cannot wait for charging to take place. When the supermarkets can see an opportunity to MAKE and sell Hydrogen AND make money they will be on it, then you will see production expand. Toyota have released all the patents for fuel cell technology so it can be expanded and improved, it is here, it is not going away. I for one am quite excited by it...can you tell? lol as I was with Hybrid in 1997, look where that is now

Toyota have far from lost sight of the future, they are at the forefront of technology, just not what everyone else is doing. The Toyota mantra for some 20 odd years has been to produce cars with zero emissions, but at that time, the only way forward was Hybrid for which they are now mainstream. I was lucky enough to talk to the UK chap in charge of the Mirai Hydrogen project, what an exciting future that is. Imagine being a fuel station owner now, having to buy your fuel from a refinery and paying the going rate. Roll on a few years (available now but not mainstream) and you will find your local petrol station making their own Hydrogen on site. Not tied to any fuel manufacturer, making your own fuel from electricity and water, now that truly is the future, and it's not far away either, all we need is the vehicles to be built at much lower costs, the fuel stations are coming, more and more added each year. When we have cars buses and lorries on Hydrogen it will take off massively, the only trouble then is taxation, there is currently no tax on zero emissions, imagine what will happen when zero emission vehicles become the mainstream?

Hi Paul, I've been thinking the same! I'm retired & do just over 9,000 miles like you these days. I'm very interested in an EV & I guess the Nissan Leaf with the larger battery would suite my purposes, admirably. I've always appreciated the reliability of my Toyotas & the Gen 4 Prius Excel I've had for the last couple of years, has been a great motor. However, how short sighted could Toyota be not to realise that EVs really are the future. Even if they decide to produce EVs in the future, they're so far behind the competition, even in Japan, that it's hard to see that they could compete now. Shame really because I've always been impressed with the build quality & excellent reliability of the Toyota marque, that it does make me wonder who the hell has made what potentially is a bad decision not to invest in EVs much earlier, when it was blatantly obvious that that was going to be the future?

Hi Folks - does anyone know the name of the part pictured below? It is attached to the fuel pump.By disconnecting it my car no longer cuts out and runs smoothly but when it is re connected the car will cut out after less than a mile. If I keep driving with it plugged out will it do any harm?