Slight rattle from new in the driver's door. I'll have it looked into at the first service.
For its price and fuel economy (just over 40mpg, as the EU figures say), the performance is excellent.
There are a few weaknesses in the specification: the front seats don't have "memory" when they're folded to allow people into the back, there's no boot light, the CD player is of modest quality and the steering wheel only adjusts for rake, not reach.
The T Sport's main problem is that it's close-ratio gearbox gives a buzzy 3500rpm at 70mph. There's plenty of torque to allow a sixth gear to be fitted, and this would make motorway driving far more relaxed. The flipside is that the engine remains very willing to accelerate at this speed, so pulling out into a lane of faster traffic is easy.
I find the rear seat is most inadequate, no leg room whatsoever, and access to rear seat is poor.
I bought a Yaris T-sport reg in 2001, its done 45K and now the gearbox is making a noise when accelerating. Went to my local garage and they told me its the 'diff' that's on its way out, would require a new gearbox or would have to have the existing one refurbished. Costs around £450+
Has anyone else had the same problem? surely toyota's gearboxes should last at least 80K?
If anyone has had similar problems please email me: zahidrazzaq_1@hotmail.com.
Note: A Comments RSS Feed is available. New comments appear in the Members Area before the main site