HI Everybody, does anyone own a Mk3 Toyota Yaris who have had rear wheel bearing, shockers or both fail at low miles upto around 50k?
I have a Mk1 Toyota yaris d4d with 123000 miles on the clock, original shockers and wheel bearings never had any issues with this car absolutely superb reliability and quality, later models like the mk2 seem good too.
Mk3 reliability is very much questionable, I was looking to purchasing a Mk3 but am unsure of its reliability, mpg figures appear to be slightly better on the mk3 compared to the mk2 not sure if this can be verified considering they have the same engines or maybe power to weight ratio.
I would consider with confidence buying a used old type Toyota with high mileage but buying a later model mk3 with high mileage makes me very nervous indeed😓
Question is: are later Toyota models becoming less reliable or is it just my imagination.
Andy UK.
In my opinion, based on experience, the newer it is, the less reliable it is. I know I'll get some guy from Wagon Blast Wyoming arguing with me about that but that's the way it is. The Yaris is a bottom of the line econobox. You can't realistically expect the cheapest car in a manufacturer's lineup to be the most reliable or last the longest.
does anyone own a Mk3 Toyota Yaris who have had rear wheel bearing, shockers or both fail at low miles upto around 50k?
I do not think anyone on this forum owns a Euro Yaris.
But, shocks and wheel bearing aren't a big issue, in my mind.
They're reasonably inexpensive to repair and easy to diagnose.
None of that is "REAL" issues - just look at the kind of crap Ford and Renault are making.
Mk3 reliability is very much questionable, I was looking to purchasing a Mk3 but am unsure of its reliability
Well the quality is alright, nothing to write home about (as is the case with most Yaris-es) but decent enough to get you where you're going - but really nothing special.
The CVT is meh, the 4 speed automatic is reasonable.
I would consider with confidence buying a used old type Toyota with high mileage
I wouldn't buy an econobox with over 100k miles - not unless you can prove it was serviced frequently, correctly and was driven the manner it was designed to be driven.
Question is: are later Toyota models becoming less reliable or is it just my imagination
Everything is, with very few exceptions (the main one being Peugeot becoming semi-decent)
Although I'm a bit sad that Toyota killed the Vitz ("Euro Yaris"), it got replaced with something incredible - The new petrol Yaris is a phenomenal car (compared to previous generations, especially in the crossover variant), maybe you should look into that.
After the facelift 2017, the models have been quite up and down in terms of quality. CVT transmission is much better than others, but still has its own issues.
Although econobox car, it has some solid reliability engine wise and transmission wise.
Even being a 4cyl, the AC also performs quite well in Kuwait heat at 50'c. The newer models. not so much!
