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A 2006 car without any corrosion on the bits underneath would be a rare beast. Go somewhere else when you decide to get the MOT done. Probably won't even mention it. 🙂

Today, by chance, I looked at the information about my order in the My Toyota portal. Surprise! For the first time since the end of January, it doesn't say "Processing Order" but instead, "Build in Progress." Time to get a bit excited! 😃🤗🥳

Mine was in for it's first service yesterday, I asked about getting this fitted, they confirmed Q4 this year when U asked about the cost they said in light of the delay I could take it in and have it fitted any time for £50, not only with a service.

After that clean, take all the spark plugs out and turn the engine over a few times to be sure and clear out any liquid that got into the cylinders. Also handy to pull the fuel pump fuse or relay, first.

You can buy a pair of rear shockers for £40, springs all round £60 and an exhaust £80. The front suspension units probably need a wire brush but you need to get them off to fit new springs anyway.,and paint. The springs and shocks are easy DIY the exhaust maybe a garage but they do not have a big mark up for fitting. .

Well in this case first thing to do is to double check the battery terminals if they are properly tight up, and all ground connections. It sounds like you may have bad ground connection somewhere and that can cause eps malfunction as you had described, just like an idea what to look For. Good luck 👍

Ok i will upload a picture when i get the chance

Sounds like catching the catalytic converter cover? I have fitted one due to Auris and Prius being targeted by cat thieves. A picture would be good. Here is my cat cover fitted. The bars I had welded on. The plate was from Ebay. James.

Hello Norm - welcome to Toyota Owners Club.

The difference between the A and F ratings in the wet grip category are in my view more crucial. For a passenger car applying emergency braking from 50mph, a set of A rated tyres will stop up to 18 metres shorter than a set of F rated tyres. In an emergency situation even a few metres could make the difference between life and death.

Hello Norm welcome to the forum,

Hi, at around 135k miles, 9 years old, but I do high motorway miles and this helps accumulate less soothe. I also done egr pipe & throttle body cleaning at 60 and 100k miles. There is one more important thing that it is not in Toyota maintenance book: battery fan cleaning, this helps keeping battery cool and prolong battery life plus helps efficiency. Regards

The engine is designed to use recycled exhaust gas a fairly inert 'filler' gas that is put back into the engine inlet in a controlled manner, via the EGR circuit, to regulate the combustion chamber temperatures. The hybrid engine is calibrated/coded to run its combustion temperatures within normal limits of temperature/pressure, with the assumption that the EGR circuit (EGR valve, EGR cooler and dedicated inlet manifold orifices) are free-flowing. If, however, these elements get blocked-up with combustion deposits from the recycled exhaust gas, and/or vapours from the crankcase ventilation system (aka the engine breather), then this system is no longer of use to regulate the engine temperature in the 'burn' part of its cycle, and the engine will start to 'diesel', hence the knocking sound like an old-fashioned diesel engine. Instead of the controlled ignition triggered from the spark plug, and its attendant smooth (but fast!) flame progression through the combustion chamber, the petrol vapour is spontaneously combusting, due to excessive heat/pressure in the combustion chamber before the spark occurs, this is known as 'pinking' or 'detonation'. These phenomena are actually slightly different to each other, but that is detail that you don't need! The engine isn't designed to operate with these large, incorrectly-phased pressure spikes (which is what you can hear), and damage to the mechanical parts (especially the head gasket on these Toyota engines) can follow if it is not attended to. Basically, higher combustion chamber temperatures/pressures are good for engine efficiency, but only so long as the engine does not stray into the realms of detonation. The hybrid engine is running closer to the edge of the normal safety margins than most engines, with the aim of chasing extra mpg. That's my take on it as a layman, I'm sure Tony would probably have said similar if he was near a keyboard! In this aerial view of your engine, with the top plastic cover removed (left is driver's side on this), the EGR circuit has the red arrows pointing to it. The lowest arrow is the EGR valve, the middle two arrows are the cooler. The upper arrow is the feed-in from the exhaust pipe.

I booked a service today for next Friday and they said the Update is available for Apple CarPlay and will be installed with the service for £50.00

Correct, even before 100k miles better. 80k perfect time to do it. Do not use any fuel additives or other tyres of cleaning agents in fuel tank or through throttle body, these won’t help and can even add more trouble. When I went to Toyota St Albans to consult with service technician about that problems there were two Prius gen 3 in the garage for same cleaning procedure. If you can’t do it yourself, can’t afford to pay £300 to dealer, there are some independent garages that can do for around £100, I don’t know about quality of workmanship though. I did it myself using 3 cans of special cleaner spray, Jet wash, metal spoke to push through the Finns and took me two days. Done it little bit late at 140k, but last 80k miles where done in year and half time on motorway. Driving in town , short trips it’s usually worse and requires cleaning more often. Listen for the knocks, this what rings the bell for urgent egr cooler cleaning. You will need to do intake manifold and throttle body clean at same time for max efficiency. Regards

You need to register & pay for access here as it contains repair manuals etc but you can pay for access by the hour,day month etc and content is downloadable, to access Technical service bulletins: Select repair > from Payable access Select Technical service bulletin, input VIN number or select model manually > select Search on the RHS then scroll through to locate bulletin number

To me the fact it passed it's MOT is encouraging, they wouldn't let you drive a car that's falling to bits. It's obviously seen better days, but at the same time there are plenty of other cars that look worse than that which are only 10 years old. Surface rust, as far as I'm concerned, is fairly straight forward. Sand off the rust and paint until you're at the bare metal, apply your filler, sand that back, then paint it. It's a job you can more or less do yourself, even if you just sort the rust out yourself and pass it on to a paintshop to respray it. Put your mind at rest take it to a garage and just get them to inspect the chassis, see if the frame underneath is rotten at all. I will say though that the car is yours and isn't the responsibility of anyone else. When my Dad was in hospital I was going there twice a day for the week he was crticially ill, and I was driving my 107 which had caused me some grief up until that point. I had a feeling it had a problem, and while I was in the car I promised it if it didn't let me down while my Dad was sick I'd never get rid of it. My old man died in that week and the car didn't fail properly until another 2/3 months after that. At that point I had inherited my Dad's car and just used that and had parked up my 107. My mom, sister, girlfriend all told me to get rid of my 107 because "there's no point in having 2 cars". I never told them about the "pact" I made with the car, in all honesty I've never told anyone. When they ask why I still have the car I just reply that I like it - which I do - and that it's my weekend Ferrari. I've the intention of keeping it indefinately, it's the first new car I owned myself and I'd like to keep it until I pop my clogs. It will all depend on how well I protect it from the girlfriend rather than rust! If she had her way she'd sell it in an hour. But she won't have her way :) But you owning a car is down to you, not anyone else. Most people will see it as a rust bucket and worth all of £50. But you have a connection with this car under the circumstances. If the car is fine and it's just minor/moderate issues with it that can be fixed over time then why not keep it? It's under the classic car rules, and it's easy to find in a car park! But don't let your heart rule your head. If there's major problems and you can't afford it, then it's best to let it go. But as I said, it's passed it's MOT so it's legal to drive. Did the MOT bring up any advisorys?