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Referring to Toyota quality, Our Yaris passed its MOT recently with the following advisories: " Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories): Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing both (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) Underside of vehicle recently rust proofed" Absolutely disgusting lack of quality standards: you would think an 18 year old car would last better 🙂

In addition of the recommendations of this post, here are the official Toyota documents I found about the needed fixes (sorry one is in German) : bo-0116t-1211-aygo.pdf2011 service info BO-0116T and 2008 service bulletin B-8005 sb_b8005_0_1_AD water ingress front door.pdf and pic of B-8005 applied.

For reference, I used a Blueprint assembly. ADT38387. Silicone greased the spigot and Dinitrol ML sprayed the axle flange side. Used new hub flange bolts and blue Loctite too, for peace of mind.

Yes, that sounds a bit of a shame esp regarding it's history and your recent expenditure. As been stated, head gasket wise these cars are pretty robust, however during the tricky coolant bleeding procedure is probably the one time when some of this engines fragilities of overheating coolant and oil can come to the fore. I've seen quite a few of these cars for sale in the past with exactly the same alleged issue after having had the work done. Redress sounds tricky, however the first thing I think I would want is confirmation and if necessary a second opinion that the head gasket has indeed gone, and not that it is just an incomplete, as yet, attempt at bleeding the coolant, and an opportunity to upsell you into another car. What sort of a dealer is it and where is it located?

That's why I use water from the de-humidifier in the washer bottle (and the steam iron and steam mop).

Just found reference to a IG2 15A fuse in the Toyota UK Owners Manual, It does seem to match your fuse box layout as fuse number 20. It states :- Gauges and Meters, SRS Airbags, Fuel Injection System, Starter System, Changing system, Fuel Heater(if fitted?) At least a dead short should be easier to find than an intermittant one ....

The problem was most likely weeping of coolant from the bottom corner of the radiator. Because the coolant collects on top of the under engine plastics, rather than leaving a small pool under the car, the first you are likely to be aware of a problem is cold air from the vents. This is a very common issue on the Gen 7. The radiator isn't checked as part of a service, as it would need to be removed for the bottom to be closely examined for pin hole leaks. If I was having this work done at a garage, I would expect to pay £50 for a new radiator (Koyo), about £40 for Toyota LongLife coolant, and a maximum of 1.5 hours labour, including bleeding the system of air (I've watched a friend do exactly this work on my 2004 VVTi as preventative maintenance). I should add that HGF is very rare on these cars. It's a shame you've waited 17 years to come on the forum, and only then when it's too late. The advice the gurus on here give would have saved the car, and the hit on your pocket. Have you contacted Citizens Advice or Trading Standards?.

15,000 per year, which would probably be sufficient for most owners.

It would help others if you could report if Mikw.

I have a 2019 Corolla 1.8 Design which indeed does have TPMS - I think I knew this from the published specs before I even bought it. A small anecdote for you all: Last year I had the TPMS warning light come on repeatedly. I say repeatedly because several times it came on - I checked all the tyres - a small adjustment of 2psi to one tyre was required the first time but after that the pressures remained constant. After re-setting the TPMS the warning light would just come on again. Puzzling, and rather inconvenient as I didn't particularly want to take it to the dealership at the time (Covid concerns). Eventually, after a couple of weeks of this rigmarole I did take it in, thinking it was maybe a fault of some kind. Turns out it WAS a puncture after all which the dealer kindly fixed free of charge. Problem solved. Conclusion: This TPMS system appears to be ridiculously sensitive to the slightest problem, sensing a puncture when pressure readings suggest otherwise. Pay attention if this repeat warning ever happens to you and get it looked at.

anyone know the specs of the Kudos ?? 1994 1.6 estate

looking good...personally not a fan of the stickers - but it's not my car.. recently purchased a Carina E Kudos estate, 1994 M reg..158,000 miles so just run in.. shes a tad rough , but will be getting some love over the next few months.. anyone know what the Kudos had that other variants didn't???

I think I would swap the coils between cylinder 1 and any other cylinder, and see if the fault follows the coil or the cylinder.

No, with relay they don't send a signal to your fob but use a piece of hardware to boost the signal from your fob (unless it's asleep/switched off/in a Faraday pouch etc.) to the car - the car then thinks that the fob is present at/near the car so they can open it & start it. Once it is started they can drive it away from the fob. If you have turned off Smart Entry then, yes, you should be OK. Of course you have also paid for hardware that is now effectively redundant & no more convenient. 😛

Took the car for its service today. Took 'em best part of a day to do it. Anyway they noticed the front tyres were getting worn (<3mm) and they offered to replace them for £140 which isn't too bad. So I asked them to put the new tyres on the rear because that's what I prefer. Anyway I went to pick the car up and noticed they hadn't done what I asked. But it was too late to complain so I decided I'd live with it. Coming back I got slightly lost (I always do from that side of Northampton) and ended up on the back road that the sat nav prefers. I hit a hellacious pot hole. Or something. Dunno what really but it was a helluva bang. Get back home and guess what? The near side tyre has a slash in it. It's on the sidewall just above the (also damaged) rim. I've got no choice but to drive on it for 30 miles as I have an eyetest shortly but first thing tomorrow I get to spend £90 on a new tyre and a wheel alignment test. If only the dealer had done what I asked I'd only have lost an old(ish) tyre. Although I suppose me being me I'd have replaced them both anyway for symmetry so perhaps this is cheaper. But replacing a tyre after it's only driven 35 miles is annoying. I wish my damn sat nav wouldn't keep trying to get me to take that road through Blisworth. Stupid machine.

Now I remember when I had my new set of wheels and tyres fitted last spring I had a large nail straight into the new tyres in the first week, was crying and pulling my hair. 😂