2007 Toyota Yaris
Complaints about this year name abs far more often than the model's other years — 10% of them, about 24× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 592 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 18 |
| Involving a crash | 82 |
| Involving a fire | 12 |
| Recalls | 10 |
| EPA combined | 31.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- water — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.2% across the model's other years (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: water, tsb, drain, expensive.
- manual — 6.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.9% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: manual, labor, note, noted.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- before — 8% of complaints, 19× usual
- under — 7% of complaints, 18× usual
- during — 7% of complaints, 17× usual
What owners wrote
DROVE CAR TO TRAIN STATION DURING SNOW STORM. VEHICLE SAT PARKED ALL DAY. CLEANED OFF SNOW THAT EVENING AND BEGAN DRIVE HOME. SEVERAL MINUTES INTO TRIP BOTH ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. CHECKED PARKING BRAKE AND FOUND TO BE NOT ENGAGED. PUMPED BRAKES AND…
THE ABS SENSOR IS NOTORIOUSLY BAD, AND I HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY AND WENT INTO A FOUR WHEEL SLIDE BECAUSE THE ABS STOPPED WORKING. THIS NEEDS A RECALL.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V741000 AIR BAGS
- 17V006000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V689000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 14V168000 AIR BAGS
- 16V340000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V169000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 12V491000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 09V031000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 10. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Yaris was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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