Don't believe the Hype! Toyotas Go Wrong!

These cars can be as much as a problem as any other make.
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[@stevegarside2471]

I'd have a Toyota over any french car.

[@tardeliesmagic]

Me too. Replacing a starter or alternator on that Aygo isn't a shock, it's like getting to 13yrs old & where the car is it will get corrosion coming from Scotland. Had a 2002 Yaris for 14yrs with zero corrosion as it came from London,sold it & still keep in touch with the new buyer. The Yaris still passed its MOT 3 yrs on the trot afterwards.

[@mrbigvanlife7130]

The Japanese cars are without a doubt better but they still break / rust. Anything mechanical does - especially if well maintained. However I don’t think of the Aygo as a true Toyota - it’s a joint venture with PSA (Peugeot 107 / Citroen C1 is same car underneath) and made in Czech Republic. Just my opinion 😊.

[@jdmguy44]

Or German....

[@Ewhurstlane]

@@mrbigvanlife7130 Actually even the engine in the Aygo, 107, & C1 is not exclusively Toyota, but read somewhere it’s made by Daihatsu.

[@bdeithrick]

@@Ewhurstlaneyup Daihatsu, Toyota design.

[@01matthewc]

Whoever gets that Toyota Aygo will get an absolute 💯% bargain. A car that's practically been rebuilt.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Yup, and very expensive to fix too. They're definitely slipping, but there's at least enough FanBoy enthusiasts to keep them going until electrification.

[@peterdevreter]

I had a Corolla e9 1.6 a Corolla e10 1.6 a Camry 3.0 24v after that a e10 Corolla 1.6 gtsi and after that one a Lexus es300. 800k kilometers in total in these cars. They never broke down. Ever. Bought a golf 6 and that was simply bad. I'm back to a e12 Corolla T-sport. I like the not edgy tech that simply works.

[@simonelsey]

Had 94 plate corolla 1.6cd loved it as company car left car scheme brought 1.8 Carina e cd best car I've owned

[@mrbigvanlife7130]

The Japanese cars are without a doubt better but they still break / rust. Anything mechanical does - especially if poorly maintained. However I don’t think of the Aygo as a true Toyota - it’s a joint venture with PSA (Peugeot 107 / Citroen C1 is same car underneath) and made in Czech Republic. Just my opinion 😊.

[@jdmguy44]

Indeed, the Aygo is Czech built and was jointly developed with PSA. The 1.0 Daihatsu engines are Japanese though and pretty bombproof. The Aygo was developed and only sold in Europe.

[@simonelsey]

Water pumps weak point

[@gazzertrn]

My Yaris is 21 yrs old , only problem i had was a new starter motor . Great cars , but any car can go wrong .

[@alexmcwhirter6611]

Note that as others here have commented this Aygo is not a 'real' Toyota.

[@brianmonahan7990]

I stand by Honda , had several and they have been really reliable and quite robust.

[@sbrader97]

Most of them are good but even honda went the stupid route of wet belts with there own 1.0 turbo too so that's a misstep by Honda that you should avoid civics with that engine as it has the exact same issues with the wet belt I have also heard about oil fuel dilution issues on the 1.5 turbo but generally a realiable engine mainly short journeys cause that

[@brianmonahan7990]

@@sbrader97 Totally agree and will be staying clear of those engines , I have had the Honda CRV 2.0 petrol and 1.6 diesel , no complaints whatsoever.

[@tardeliesmagic]

The Aygo came from Scotland so expect corrosion & it was abused, replacing an alternator or a starter on any 14yr old car isn't shock on a Toyota.

[@simonelsey]

It's a french car as well

[@NotRubensDad]

We have had 5 Toyotas in a row, a Yaris, Prius+, Prius hatch, Auris hybrid and now a RAV4 and between all of those we had one TPMS sensor and two batteries during lockdown. But their pre-2013 stuff was a bit naff, esp diesels.

[@ianrobinson68]

These shorter regular daily life videos like you used to do are so much better. Glad you’ve gone back to doing them.

[@waynep040]

Pre badged Toyotas are the cars to buy. Toyota didn’t have a logo until the 90s. They just read Toyota

[@anthonybrown4874]

Your black Suzu has a flat great csr look after it.

[@worldhello1234]

Off course they can, James. It is always relative to other brands. It is no magic sauce if you improve and refine something don't cheap out on the quality of the components, you end up with more reliability.

[@jdmguy44]

A clickbait title matey! Toyota are without argument some of the most reliable cars around.

[@chrisblay]

I can’t help laughing every time you say someone has “done you a solid” 🤣

[@ryanmccormick2150]

Why?

[@chrisblay]

@@ryanmccormick2150 sounds as though someone has done a 💩. Maybe it's only my sense of humour. 🤣

[@roystonvehicles9129]

You can hardly ever revive a battery that's been stood, might take a charge but it'll be flat in a couple of days, I just chuck a new cheap one on, for small cars I get them for 40 quid, If you get an old style battery charger you can boil the battery to get the crap off the plates but it's not worth customers moaning over flat batteries imho.

[@MrDemondoug]

I have had over a dozen Toyota’s and done a lot of mileage in them with no problems

[@lesklower7281]

Although l don't mind a red car never owned but as for longevity it's a terrible colour Although brand new looks great but red fades after time and that's on any car but the paint chap you use did a fantastic job on that Vauxhaul

[@lesklower7281]

@@andrewhamilton8954 ln Australia we have the very strong sun in summer and that destroys paint on any vehicle except for white my 1997 Toyota Hilux paints still is in good condition and red vehicles suffer the most from fading even if tge vehicle is a couple of years old l have seena couple of Hyundai's and Kias suffer from paint fading they once were red now are pink well typical for crappy Kias and horrible Hyundai's

[@Lexusman65]

The Aygo isn,t 100% Japanese though only really the little 1KR Daihatsu engine is.All the rest is just Euro sh!tbox.This car doesn,t exist in Japan.My friend who lives in Tokyo laughed when i sent him a photo of the wifes Aygo.He just said "what the hell is that" haha.

[@colinjsch]

Good you've got a selection of spray cans but instead spraying them all, next time you're looking just spray bit on top of lid, just an idea......anyway great channel 👍

[@ChopsGarage]

Would help for sure

[@brucefraser4778]

i think the battery regen only works on lithium ion etc, sadly not lead acid or agm, it's good little unit though, bought one a while ago

[@MrRedfreds]

Scotty kilmer loves a. Toyota.

[@davercs]

There is no car on this planet that won't go wrong it's pot luck with any used car components don't last forever another interesting video

[@audibell]

I will go with a Toyota any day

[@jimmyquinn9639]

Another good video James🚘🚙🚗 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@FredWilbury]

Still driving my 2009 Yaris 😊

[@betagombar9022]

OMG, I need to come and sort your spray cans out and get some kind of order 😂

[@roystonvehicles9129]

On a 2.0 petrol BM I've got in you can see the chain thru the oil cap and pull it up to see if its slack, I'd not jump in with a chain bud as lumpy ness could be injectors or even low compression, vanos units, if you can get your money back (?) I'd get rid, doesn't look a nice car mate.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Aygo and old civic were bad auction buys bud, credit to you 2 for sorting them out

[@ryanmccormick2150]

I had a Toyota Avensis 2.2d nothing but problems, new injectors at 45k miles was around £2k at Toyota for the repair ..... Then I had an Auris 1.33 .....had piston slap 😂

[@khalidacosta7133]

Buy a Toyota... indestructible!

[@ryanmccormick2150]

@@khalidacosta7133 Not my experience of Toyota at all! But all cars can have problems.

[@alexdalgleish1061]

Pre ‘11 Auris presumably. 2.2 D4D wasn’t great either.

[@Lexusman65]

They put that engine in the Lexus is220 too.A whole world of problems.including injectors as one thing.

[@ryanmccormick2150]

​@Mrs-NWA-1 my 1.33 ( petrol)Auris had piston slap at 67k miles and full service history

[@jon-ie4li]

Its a cheap 14 year old car, I remember welding up MK 3 Escorts that where 3 years old, dose the Escort battery tray bring back any memories for any one? Sounds like the motor trade honeymoon is over for Chops.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Bet those struts are assembled wrong bud to have no thread showing, maybe lock nut not tightened down enough, I had something similar the other week, I'd got the mount wrong, take em off and have a look.

[@Whackypads]

The new 1s are possibly not as good lol but my dad has a 2006 1.6 petrol 320.000 still going spot on and my uncle had a 2009 2.0 d4d avensis with 271k when she died 😂 in Ireland toyota is king 🤴

[@alexdalgleish1061]

1 Series trailered away if selling at cost (ie Spares or Repair).

[@kevincross9206]

That Beemer looks a whole lot better!!

[@1maico1]

The west country Claude Monet

[@waynep040]

More rust on that bmw than my 90 Toyota too 😂😂

[@richardhaywoodh]

Fiat 500 strut top nuts and mountings love to go crusty rusty

[@richardhaywoodh]

It is a reputation gained from old school Toyotas which is no longer deserved. Up to around the year 2000, Corollas, Carina and RAV4s were ultra reliable and over engineered, sadly later cars were subject to cost cutting and not bullet proof, similar to the VW Beetle which have VW a reputation for reliability which they no longer have.

[@erictechUK]

Those struts are obviously wrongly installed. Bit concerning that your mechanic can't see that.

[@ChopsGarage]

Why are they wrongly installed? MOT tester said they were safe

[@roystonvehicles9129]

I bought a 07 c1 last week bud, fsh and tbh it's pretty rust free, your issues aren't really the make of car it was just horrendously looked after, remember those discs, been run as a delivery car on a bent test, bca should be held to book, especially at 2k(!) but they won't, talk about a death trap, if a dealer sold that as it was he'd have got time, auctions will just hammer anything into you at a high price and get off Scott free, at one I go to a car set on fire as soon as the trader set off, auction didn't want to know, at Morley auction you'd pay in the cash office, then on the door as you were leaving a sign said how cars were considered to be unroadwothy and shouldn't be used on the public highway, ha, ha.

[@richwilliams9895]

Problem with the Aygo is they were always cheap cars, so prob not upto toyota usual standards. Secondly due to that price they wernt bought by typical toyota customers. Probably not looked after like a usual toyota.

[@stephenrichards5386]

All cars fail. Some more than others

[@toy838]

These comments keep u in order

[@roystonvehicles9129]

They do, a lot of experienced people give good comments on here.

[@1727torres]

hi james been watching your videos for a while, what stuff do you use to clean the dashboard ?

[@vwgolffancarreviews7111]

Do you still drive your swift it just sitting there in the dirt I think it might need a new battery and a good old clean

[@toy838]

Aygos not so reliable but generally Toyota cars are gd

[@DaleSteel]

and when they do go wrong TOYOTA are very expensive. Headlight for a aygo £550!!!

[@ChopsGarage]

Ouch

[@01matthewc]

That's what the local scrap yard (or Ebay) is for.

[@DaleSteel]

@01matthewc go on then smart arse... go find me a drivers headlight for a 2020 aygo. (That isn't damaged btw).

[@tonywatson1412]

Id bloody make one first

[@davidwainwright2816]

Why are you literally giving the BMW away…😮

[@albertsmith1048]

Reminds me of the times I have "painted" a blemish, with my Truck driving knowledge assisting me. 🤣🤣

[@bllxy8226]

£3000 for a shagged out povo spec 1 series 🤮

[@richardhaywoodh]

Isn't an Aygo a badge engineered Peugeot Citroen thingy? So never was going to be a quality reliable car

[@thelatemickb6927]

Love a yeti, they just hold their money too well.

[@johnmoloney5296]

Everyones quality has dropped

[@alastairkeith8553]

The two most unreliable cars I have owned were two Toyotas. An MR2 and a Supra - total rubbish and hard to work on.

[@roystonvehicles9129]

Don't buy mate without proper viewing, bca aygo, basically was rusty scrap, auction civic, quick look underneath at auction, tatty bmw, trusting a mate, you've got to be more careful, a few bad buys can really drag you down, I know from bitter experience.

[@LCOF]

This isn't a built in Japan Toyota. This isn't even a proper Toyota that's built in a Toyota factory. I'm going to hazard a guess it's the least reliable model they've ever put their badge on. But don't let that get in the way of your clickbait content.

[@PaddyWV]

But is it a Toyota or just a recycled Peugeot! 😄

[@ryanmccormick2150]

They have Daihatsu engines well the 1.0 is a Daihatsu lump

[@michaelthompson6885]

the aygo of old was more of a peugeot/citroen than a real toyota.

[@jontallon73]

All three are a Toyota, opposite was round to the European "Toyota " vans

[@lexrus7786]

Its not really a toyota though is it? I assumed it was french, and we all know French cars are rubbish for reliability, the british are worse though, having said that, its wear and tear

[@erictechUK]

Its about 80%+ Toyota. Toyota (Daihatsu origin) engine, Toyota gearbox, most electrics Denso. Some parts like window lifters are PSA origin.

[@waynep040]

That’s not a proper Toyota to be fair, standard uk built rubbish. I stand by my old Toyota, looks better than half your cars, and mechanically better than 3/4 😂 edit better mechanically than every car.

[@DIYPanda1]

It's a PSA product. Only thing Toyota on it is the badge.

[@buzzkillington3354]

The toyota aygo is basically a rebadged citroen...so not really a toyota....

[@twes5563]

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material Multiple brake pipe by abs pump (1.1.11 (c)) Nearside Rear Sub-frame pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Offside Rear Outer Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive Sill (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Radiator support bracket mounts corroded offside and Nearside front Nearside Front Upper Mount no thread showing on over side of nut. May have different type of lock nut to previous may been shorter Offside Front Upper Mount no thread showing on over side of nut. May have different type of lock nut to previous may been shorter. Aygo 50k sort it out James 🤣. I've got a silver 08 107 with 165k no advisories 🤑. Drive's like new