Hey Scotty, I have a 2014 Toyota Corolla S plus with 80,000 miles with the CVT. I've had the car for a year and really haven't had much luck with it. First off when I start out my engine will tick between 1500-2500 rpm. Best way I can describe is like an old f150 with a manifold leak. I've been told it's just my lifters, injectors or valves. Secondly my throttle response is crap. It really seems hesitant on acceleration and my fuel consumption is getting bad. Finally my transmission has a slight jerk on some takes off too. I've taken it to Toyota twice to reflash the car and it hasn't gone away. The dealership I bought it from said they've changed the transmission fluid. Should I change it again?
I’d take the risk and change it again.
and yeah… it seems like a lemon. I doubt it has only 80k miles…
Try to get rid of it, you’ll probably have to get a new transmission in the near future…
Yep only 80k miles...I didn't mention all the problems that it has either!
From my experience with my own Toyota Corolla, (‘09 “robotic” noises, leaks, rust and clutch replacements - but I’m still quite happy with it) as far the the Corolla - reliability and quality is beginning to become a myth.
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Truly, the “small family sized sedan” segment is dead. Corolla and Civic have questionable CVT gearboxes, the Elantra has a nasty GDI engine paired to a jerky dual clutch and the newest Mazda3 is also having some issues. (Same also goes in Europe, the Octavia having a 1.0L engine is a joke, the Meganè has either a jatco CVT or a Volvo derived dual clutch - both with a spotty reliability record, the Focus 1.5L can easily blow its dead gasket even at 30k miles, and the 308/Astra only makes sense with the 1.5L diesel and 8 speed auto…)
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It seems that car makers want you to either spend more on a full sized sedan, or get a similarly priced crossover - because small sedans and hatchbacks are just not well built anymore, some companies even don’t offer them at all nowadays.