Yaris Icon Tech 2019 not starting

[Max_Headroom]

19 hours ago, sufy said:

I thought only diesel cars needed running every now and then for the dpf filter and petrol cars can be left alone for a while and not have any problems before driving again?

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Mine is not a hybrid, it's a 1.5 petrol. Does it need to keep getting driven? i thought diesel cars only had that problem of getting driven every now and then. 

I never mentioned "running every now and then"   what i said was if the car is doing a lot of short journeys the Battery will eventually let you down.

Bernard summed it up perfectly - 

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Petrol cars that only do short runs are susceptible to battery failure as starting and using heater fan radio etc will run down a battery as it’s not driven for a long enough time to replace the charge which is taken out of the battery. As a general rule a fully charged battery in a petrol car when not being used is less likely to run down as quickly as the 12 volt battery in a Hybrid car. Simply because it’s a bigger battery. 

 

[Max_Headroom]

9 hours ago, sufy said:

So do i give my Yaris a bit of a drive to keep the battery health in check and avoid this problem happening in the future?

How Much Driving to Fully Charge a Battery?

You need a minimum of 1000 revolutions per minute (RPM) from your engine to generate the power needed to charge your Battery. Faster speeds generate more RPMs, so your Battery will recharge faster at speeds of 55 MPH or higher. It takes most vehicles about 30 minutes of driving at highway speeds to fully recharge the battery. Keep in mind that 30 minutes is an average. If your battery is severely discharged, it may take even longer to recharge it.

Do Car Batteries Charge While Idling?

A car with an idling engine will still recharge your battery, but at a much lower rate than if you were driving. The reason for this is that modern cars have a lot of additional electronics that use up power. Guess which component is responsible for powering these additional systems? That's right, it's your alternator. If your car is just sitting there idling, it's not generating a lot of RPMs, meaning it will take your battery much longer to recharge this way. How long? We're talking several hours. Your best bet is to just take your car for a spin instead of leaving it idling in your driveway.

https://www.batteriesplus.com/blog/power/car-battery-charging

 

[Max_Headroom]

48 minutes ago, Cyker said:

Huh that's weird, I didn't think the non-hybrid Yaris would be susceptible to the 12v battery draining like the hybrid ones seem to be!

It's not 12v drainage  its doing lots of short journeys which doesn't allow the alternator to put back the juice used to start the car which eventually kills it.

[Cyker]

Ahh, I didn't realize that's what they were doing.

Maybe I should tell everyone to hoon around on the way home like I do to keep their cars in good condition  

Still, it's a bit weird this seems to be increasingly a problem on more modern cars. I've heard people at work have similar trouble with their gigantic BMW SUVs! (The same ones I found out they need to have new batteries coded to the car before they work properly ... At least that's something Toyota haven't inflicted on us! Not yet at least... )

 

[Max_Headroom]

1 hour ago, Mojo1010 said:

Perhaps this might be your first car. In the winter drive at least 2x a week for maybe 30mins or more.

I am teaching my son to drive in my old car the Battery is a little past its best at12.4v when i tested it so we go out two or three times a week for at least half an hour and its never let us down.

[sufy]

I wasn't expecting my Yaris Icon Tech 2019 to not start up. That's something i expect my Polo 2014 TDI to do and not the Yaris 😂

My Yaris is working fine now though. No idea why it did that lol. I'm still taking it to Toyota just to make sure everything's fine.