Hello Scotty,
I love your content.
I have a 2015 1.3 Toyota Yaris sedan automatic with 230000 Kilometers. I bought it used when it had 130000 five years ago.
There is a jerk when shifting gears from first to second since I bought it. I figured when increasing tire pressure to 40 psi it makes it smoother to shift.
Why is that happening? How much life have left in the transmission in your opinion?
PS: There's lots speed bumps where I live so I needed to change the tire sizes for a bigger one, this didn't effect of the performance much.
I also change the engine oil and filter every 6000 KM, and transmission fluid every 30000KM, as I hope I can keep it another 10- 15 years with no major issues.
Thanks
I figured when increasing tire pressure to 40 psi it makes it smoother to shift.
That's the 1st time I've heard of this trick. Has that ever worked for you?
PS: There's lots speed bumps where I live so I needed to change the tire sizes for a bigger one, this didn't effect of the performance much.
Well when you change the tire size, the transmission doesn't know when to shift. So there's that.
I have a 2015 1.3 Toyota Yaris sedan automatic with 230000 Kilometers ... How much life have left in the transmission in your opinion?
Well Yaris is an econobox car. So not very much.
I bought it used when it had 130000 five years ago ... Why is that happening?
If the previous owner rode it hard and didn't maintain it, then that would do it. But try factory size tires first.
I disagree on the Euro Yaris being a cheaply built car, although I can’t find info on OPs car (I think it’s an XP130)
The older Yaris (XP90) had the same gearbox as the Corolla of the time, and the new Yaris (XP210) has the same gearbox as the Corolla, RAV4 and Camry.
They’re genuinely relatively pricy cars, looking at pricing in countries where the Yaris is popular like the UK, the cheapest new Yaris available is only £4k cheaper than a Corolla (both have the same exact powertrain)
Thanks for your comment,
Even with the stock tires I had the same issue, and that was 100K KM and five years ago. It would have a jerk when shifting.
I guess it minimizes the load off of the transmission to pick the pace during thar milliseconds of shifting.
It gives better gas mileages as well.
Thanks