57 4d4 Tr Query On Non Start?

[LarisLady]

Hi all,

I have been lurking here for quite a while as a guest, enjoying your threads! Now for my first post!

Saved up for years to buy a new Yaris, and in the end went for a Black TR 1.4D, wow do I like it!

I have a question which I hope you may be able to answer. i left the key in the ignition, put all my shopping in the boot and then eventually tried to start the car - it didn't. Took the key out and put it in again and started straight away. I don't think I turned the key at all when I first put it in.

Is this a "feature" of the imobilser that isn't mentioned in the manual or do I have a fault?

I know you may say go back to the dealer, but hey do I want to look "blonde"!

I would much rather get the answer here and then look smart at the dealer

Cate

[LarisLady]

....and before anybody mentions it, my name should have been "yarisLady" not "LarisLady" :D

I have no idea what I did! That must have been a real "blonde" moment! :D :D

[Roweow]

I have a smart start one, so I can't really help. But I have had a normal ignitiion Yaris in the past as a courtesy car and I haven't noticed it. If you unlock it and don't open the door then it will lock itself again. And when I walk up to mine it lights up before i unlock it....

There are things that they do which aren't in the handbook, but if in doubt ring toyota and ask them!

[T V O R]

Did you press the clutch down the first time?

[LarisLady]

Did you press the clutch down the first time?

Couldn't say for sure, but it's my normal routine, so probably yes I did. I had to do this on my previous car so I believe I did push the clutch in on this occasion

Cate

[gar]

Did you press the clutch down the first time?

Couldn't say for sure, but it's my normal routine, so probably yes I did. I had to do this on my previous car so I believe I did push the clutch in on this occasion

Cate

May be a feature. My daughter has a Clio, that does something similar. If you do not put key in ignition and turn it, after a short while, you have to use the fob to lock the doors and unlock them, then start again. An immobiliser feature.

[gar]

Did you press the clutch down the first time?

Can I ask, why do you depress the clutch? I think you are talking about a standard, manual gearbox vehicle. In modern vehicles, surely this is surplus to requirement?

I remember my driving instructor saying there was no need for this, over 25 years ago as older, tired cars had a bit of trouble "spinning up" so you pressed the clutch to lighten the load. Anything since the early Eighties should not need this.

I wait to be corrected.

[moonstone mart]

gar,

the new yaris require you to depress the clutch pedal to start the car. They have a switch on the clutch pedal and wont start without the pedal pressed down.

i would say its a safety feature to stop people trying to start the car up when in gear and not knowing it.

Mart

[T V O R]

Did you press the clutch down the first time?

Can I ask, why do you depress the clutch? I think you are talking about a standard, manual gearbox vehicle. In modern vehicles, surely this is surplus to requirement?

I remember my driving instructor saying there was no need for this, over 25 years ago as older, tired cars had a bit of trouble "spinning up" so you pressed the clutch to lighten the load. Anything since the early Eighties should not need this.

I wait to be corrected.

Consider yourself corrected!

As mentioned, in the new Yaris, the car won’t start unless you depress the clutch! It’s a new safety/security feature. Personally I think it’s a good idea.

[alanbradley]

Probably the immobiliser...

Its good practice to press the clutch anyhow - just in case you accidentally knock it into gear or the previous driver didn't leave it in neutral (although you should have checked, of course).

A

[Roweow]

Its because of the Smart Start system, if you pressed the button by accident it would start, say if you were cleaning it....

I was told by the toyota garage that it was cheaper to put it in all of them, as when I got a courtesy car I couldn't start it, not realising it was the same as my Smart Start one...