Toyota Auris D4D 2008 57 Plate Tr Model

[choudhrysuk]

i purchased a Toyota Auris tr from a local dealer with toyota service history. From day one i had problems with it.

Firstly i noticed a horrible noise from the rear wheels. It turned out to be a rear wheel bearing which was luckly changed under warranty. Then the lack of mpg. So complained to Mr T, who diagnosed that the ecu will need to be resetted but the car will have to stay with mr T for three day. Luckly i took out the extended warranty. So Mr T gave a courtsey car while my car was been repaired. It didn't stop there a few months later it would refused to start in the mornings. Back to Mr T again. Mr T kept it for a few hours phoned me back. Gave the bad news that the head gasket had failed and that it would need to be replaced also the injectors had packed up. MR T said that i would need to leave the car with them it will take a week. Again i was given a courtsey car for a week. Again the work was covered under warranty. A few weeks later same thing again car refused to start. back it went to Mr T who diagnoised to be a error with the ecu which they could not do on the day and that it would need to be booked. But the manager decided thta i could leave the car and collect it in a few days. Then a few months later it was booked in for a service and mot. Passed with flying colours but advised that the clutch and turbo are on their way out and would need to be replaced at my expense. Wait for it 2700 pounds. but would need to be booked in and a deposit left as parts need to come from Belgium. In the 12 months i had the car it spent more time with Mr T then on the road. i had the car checked by another garage they said there is nothing wrong with the clutch or turbo. I go rid of it with 12 months mot and tax. I will never ever buy another Toyota. I was fed up taking the car back to Toyota and having to take a day of at my expense.Also when i asked Toyota for a valuation that said that it is only worth ?? it had lost two thousand pounds i has only done about 4000 miles in the car. i just admit it is the worst car i have ever had. i have gone back to a Honda Accord. Sorry but i find the cars more reliable and refined and better on fuel. Plus i have not miss a day and the car has not let me down either. Please give me you views and experinces with your Toyota Auris.

[Lorna2]

If you've gone back to a Honda Accord and no longer own the Auris, why are you looking for opinions from Auris owners? I don't see the point.

[L22KMD]

Check my post on warranty work

[Soot1]

Oh dear! everything seems to have gone wrong, you have had all the usual things that go wrong on the Auris's combined on just one car, that really is bad luck. Good job you had the warranty. Selling the car on and loosing £2k is not that bad considering the depreciation on other cars over the same period, could have been £10k. I don't blame you for changing back to a brand you trust, good luck.

[choudhrysuk]

If you've gone back to a Honda Accord and no longer own the Auris, why are you looking for opinions from Auris owners? I don't see the point.

[L22KMD]

If you've gone back to a Honda Accord and no longer own the Auris, why are you looking for opinions from Auris owners? I don't see the point.

Maybe hes posting to make other people aware of the shoddy built quality when or if they check forum before purchasing an auris just as i will be doing.

[choudhrysuk]

If you've gone back to a Honda Accord and no longer own the Auris, why are you looking for opinions from Auris owners? I don't see the point.

I just want to make people aware of the poor build quality and terrible fuel consumption of the auris. For those people that are unware of what the car is like. For those who have brought a Auris will possibly agree with me on this. I do not miss the Auris and probably will never buy anothet Toyota.

[jettech]

I think it is a problem of expectations. When I bought my Auris (it is Toyota and I bought from the main dealer for peace of mind- right) I didn't expect it to be back in the garage every month and me in a taxi/train etc. You can pay £2000 less, get F**d/R*****t likes and then it will be more acceptable as at least you didn't overpay and were not cheated on quality.

[del_piero_3]

I actually posted a reply yesterday but for whatever reason it never posted, strange, anyway...

I have a Auris T spirit 2.0 D4D on a 2008 plate. I've had it for a year and half. Before that I owned a VW Bora 1.9 TDI. I totally agree with the fuel efficiency on Auris, it is really really bad. To a full tank I get 420 miles (at least 70% motorway miles) whereas in my VW Bora I got well over 550 miles to a full tank. I always do a full tank to a point I can see the diesel. Been driving a very long time to know that I'm not a heavy right footed. It's regularly serviced, tyres pressure correct, cleaned EGR valve, driven it like a girl, driven it hard, driven it according to arrows on dashboard but still poor fuel efficiency. I wanted to get rid of it after six months but I couldn't handle the big loss. Apart from that the car is very good, not a single problem.

I've been looking into Race-chip Pro from Germany (£200), few members on here have it, been following their progress for the past year and it's still getting good reviews from them. Few of them have the same car has me and are getting 600+ miles from a tank. Even I get 100 miles extra I would be happy. Am spending £50-/+ extra each month on fuel, so just hoping the chip will help, if it does it should pay back within the year.

[Mistermena]

I actually posted a reply yesterday but for whatever reason it never posted, strange, anyway...

I have a Auris T spirit 2.0 D4D on a 2008 plate. I've had it for a year and half. Before that I owned a VW Bora 1.9 TDI. I totally agree with the fuel efficiency on Auris, it is really really bad. To a full tank I get 420 miles (at least 70% motorway miles) whereas in my VW Bora I got well over 550 miles to a full tank. I always do a full tank to a point I can see the diesel. Been driving a very long time to know that I'm not a heavy right footed. It's regularly serviced, tyres pressure correct, cleaned EGR valve, driven it like a girl, driven it hard, driven it according to arrows on dashboard but still poor fuel efficiency. I wanted to get rid of it after six months but I couldn't handle the big loss. Apart from that the car is very good, not a single problem.

I've been looking into Race-chip Pro from Germany (£200), few members on here have it, been following their progress for the past year and it's still getting good reviews from them. Few of them have the same car has me and are getting 600+ miles from a tank. Even I get 100 miles extra I would be happy. Am spending £50-/+ extra each month on fuel, so just hoping the chip will help, if it does it should pay back within the year.

Why not consider the TUNIT box? They also have had great reviews. They are expensive new at £485! but you can pick them up for as little as £40 used. I have 2 of them and have found that I get an extra 12mpg out of the Avensis at factory 6 setting. I can vouch that they are a great bit of kit and the best customer aftercare that I've seen even if you've not purchased it brand new.

[Red diesel]

Oh dear! everything seems to have gone wrong, you have had all the usual things that go wrong on the Auris's combined on just one car, that really is bad luck. Good job you had the warranty. Selling the car on and loosing £2k is not that bad considering the depreciation on other cars over the same period, could have been £10k. I don't blame you for changing back to a brand you trust, good luck.

A family member of mine had similar epic bad luck with an example from a certain well known german manufacturer, he now rates that make as hugely overated. And very troublesome, but all that happened was that all the common faults occoured on the one car in a very short period of time. You get a list of so called common faults on a particular car - some cars may have 2 common faults occouring, another may have 0 issues and others may have various issues over a typical 200 to 250 000 mile lifetime.

Puzzling how things can work out with cars sometimes

Red diesel

[Soot1]

Oh dear! everything seems to have gone wrong, you have had all the usual things that go wrong on the Auris's combined on just one car, that really is bad luck. Good job you had the warranty. Selling the car on and loosing £2k is not that bad considering the depreciation on other cars over the same period, could have been £10k. I don't blame you for changing back to a brand you trust, good luck.

A family member of mine had similar epic bad luck with an example from a certain well known german manufacturer, he now rates that make as hugely overated. And very troublesome, but all that happened was that all the common faults occoured on the one car in a very short period of time. You get a list of so called common faults on a particular car - some cars may have 2 common faults occouring, another may have 0 issues and others may have various issues over a typical 200 to 250 000 mile lifetime.

Puzzling how things can work out with cars sometimesRed diesel

Very true mate and I hope I won't be writing a similar story in the near future, only had my T180 2 weeks.

[don21]

The Auris is not a great car but its not a bad one either.

We just have to accept that Toyotas are just not as good as they used to be.

The bean counters have got hold of them and now its just another Euro box.

Thing is I really hated ours when we got it but now its hit 60k without a single engine issue I think its better than any of that french or german crap out there.Or by the way GM and Ford.

I do work on that stuff all the time and you all should feel very lucky not to drive a Renault, Citroen etc.

VW is better but I still think we all should count our blessings a bit.

The costs I see for repairing some of the faults would make you cry.

In our family we have one Toyota and one Mazda.

Never have my hand in my pocket to fix them.

[del_piero_3]

Why not consider the TUNIT box? They also have had great reviews. They are expensive new at £485! but you can pick them up for as little as £40 used. I have 2 of them and have found that I get an extra 12mpg out of the Avensis at factory 6 setting. I can vouch that they are a great bit of kit and the best customer aftercare that I've seen even if you've not purchased it brand new.

£485 is lot of money, cant afford that. I've checked their website and it says I need Tunit V-CR for my Auris. I've checked for used ones on eBay and none were listed, will keep an eye out. If you know where I can get used one then please pm me. Thanks

[Mistermena]

Why not consider the TUNIT box? They also have had great reviews. They are expensive new at £485! but you can pick them up for as little as £40 used. I have 2 of them and have found that I get an extra 12mpg out of the Avensis at factory 6 setting. I can vouch that they are a great bit of kit and the best customer aftercare that I've seen even if you've not purchased it brand new.

£485 is lot of money, cant afford that. I've checked their website and it says I need Tunit V-CR for my Auris. I've checked for used ones on eBay and none were listed, will keep an eye out. If you know where I can get used one then please pm me. Thanks

I wouldn't pay that kinda money either for a little box of tricks! But there have been quite a few V-CR Tunit boxes up for sale on eBay for very cheap money. I'll keep an eye out and post it on here. I've posted loads of this forum under the "eBay Finds" just in case things are of use to someone.

[Mistermena]

Why not consider the TUNIT box? They also have had great reviews. They are expensive new at £485! but you can pick them up for as little as £40 used. I have 2 of them and have found that I get an extra 12mpg out of the Avensis at factory 6 setting. I can vouch that they are a great bit of kit and the best customer aftercare that I've seen even if you've not purchased it brand new.

£485 is lot of money, cant afford that. I've checked their website and it says I need Tunit V-CR for my Auris. I've checked for used ones on eBay and none were listed, will keep an eye out. If you know where I can get used one then please pm me. Thanks

I have PM you about a V-CR box.

[Uncle Buck]

I actually posted a reply yesterday but for whatever reason it never posted, strange, anyway...

I have a Auris T spirit 2.0 D4D on a 2008 plate. I've had it for a year and half. Before that I owned a VW Bora 1.9 TDI. I totally agree with the fuel efficiency on Auris, it is really really bad. To a full tank I get 420 miles (at least 70% motorway miles) whereas in my VW Bora I got well over 550 miles to a full tank. I always do a full tank to a point I can see the diesel. Been driving a very long time to know that I'm not a heavy right footed. It's regularly serviced, tyres pressure correct, cleaned EGR valve, driven it like a girl, driven it hard, driven it according to arrows on dashboard but still poor fuel efficiency. I wanted to get rid of it after six months but I couldn't handle the big loss. Apart from that the car is very good, not a single problem.

I've been looking into Race-chip Pro from Germany (£200), few members on here have it, been following their progress for the past year and it's still getting good reviews from them. Few of them have the same car has me and are getting 600+ miles from a tank. Even I get 100 miles extra I would be happy. Am spending £50-/+ extra each month on fuel, so just hoping the chip will help, if it does it should pay back within the year.

I have exactly the same problem with mine (Jan 2008 model). I get an average of 42 MPG & about 440 mls from a tank, which I consider very poor for a modern turbo-diesel. I've had a quick search for tuning solutions & come up with 3 potential sources - one from a Toyota dealer costing approx £360, another from an Evo mag advert (Italian company asking £465) & the final one from a link at the bottom of an eBay search (£280). They all seem to offer a reprogrammable plug & play facility with a guarantee & warranty. The difficulty is in choosing which one offers best & safest value for money, but also works as implied. Hmmm . . . .

[mrpj]

Well you'd logically have more of a "comeback" and probably better/easier after sales service, if needed, with the Toyota dealer offering? Weigh that against one from Italy and off eBay. I know where I'd go! :)

[Uncle Buck]

Found another option today online - it's from TDI (various outlets around the UK) & called the CRTD2 Tuning Box. Fitted in 5 - 10 mins & easily removed, so that's a bonus. Was thinking about getting a dyno run done before fitting to get base power/torque figures & then again after it's fitted. The run home would be around 7o mls, which should be enough to give an idea of how much fuel could be saved, but it may take a fortnight or so to verify that. Retails at £285 & you can fit it yourself, there's even a video to show you how. I'm not interested in massive power gains, just a little more throttle response & more MPG. If I can get 550 mls from a tankfull, then I'll be happy & get that money back in a year.

[Soot1]

I only get 35mpg. Shouldn't Toyota give us a free remap when consumption is as bad as mine.

[Heidfirst]

Found another option today online - it's from TDI (various outlets around the UK) & called the CRTD2 Tuning Box. Fitted in 5 - 10 mins & easily removed, so that's a bonus. Was thinking about getting a dyno run done before fitting to get base power/torque figures & then again after it's fitted. The run home would be around 7o mls, which should be enough to give an idea of how much fuel could be saved, but it may take a fortnight or so to verify that. Retails at £285 & you can fit it yourself, there's even a video to show you how. I'm not interested in massive power gains, just a little more throttle response & more MPG. If I can get 550 mls from a tankfull, then I'll be happy & get that money back in a year.

just remember to check with your insurance company if it will affect your premium (with some it will & others it won't) & do the sums as when I checked with mine the premium increase was going to negate the fuel saving.

[Uncle Buck]

I only get 35mpg. Shouldn't Toyota give us a free remap when consumption is as bad as mine.

I'd be disgusted (as opposed to disappointed) if I was only getting 35 MPG ! But it could be that you're in heavier traffic or live somewhere hilly compared to me. That would account for some of the difference, but 35 is shocking & I'd agree that Toyota should be offering a better map to existing customers. It's quite obvious that they won't though

[Uncle Buck]

Found another option today online - it's from TDI (various outlets around the UK) & called the CRTD2 Tuning Box. Fitted in 5 - 10 mins & easily removed, so that's a bonus. Was thinking about getting a dyno run done before fitting to get base power/torque figures & then again after it's fitted. The run home would be around 7o mls, which should be enough to give an idea of how much fuel could be saved, but it may take a fortnight or so to verify that. Retails at £285 & you can fit it yourself, there's even a video to show you how. I'm not interested in massive power gains, just a little more throttle response & more MPG. If I can get 550 mls from a tankfull, then I'll be happy & get that money back in a year.

just remember to check with your insurance company if it will affect your premium (with some it will & others it won't) & do the sums as when I checked with mine the premium increase was going to negate the fuel saving.

Yes, I'm aware of this thanks. Considering that they only put my insurance up £70 when I added a supercharger to my last car, I'm not worried about it. :)

[Soot1]

I only get 35mpg. Shouldn't Toyota give us a free remap when consumption is as bad as mine.

I'd be disgusted (as opposed to disappointed) if I was only getting 35 MPG ! But it could be that you're in heavier traffic or live somewhere hilly compared to me. That would account for some of the difference, but 35 is shocking & I'd agree that Toyota should be offering a better map to existing customers. It's quite obvious that they won't though

Live in Essex, not noted for it's mountainous terrain I've done an accurate test over 3 weeks after cleaning the EGR, over about 2000 miles and not relying on the fuel Trip computer, about 1500 miles on the motorway cruising at or around the 70mph limit and 500miles local town driving so I guess that would be classed as extra urban. Car is due for it's service about now so I'll see what the local dealer has to say about it. Wish me luck

[Uncle Buck]

Good luck - perhaps the service will find a filter needing changed, but mine was checked & no fault found. It just seems to be the 'over-safe' mapping that Toyota have used for this engine. It's the most restricted feeling engine in 1st gear I've ever driven - probably a mixture of deliberate mapping to deter torque-steer & a very restricitve exhaust system. It is very smooth & quiet though.