Originally Posted by Seeker (Post 3083441)

Once you've posted once here, you just can't stop... :(



I've taken over the maintenance/driving of my Dad's 2010 1.33 VVt-i Yaris. It has a horrible 6 speed gearbox by which I mean that in cold weather: "reverse and first are sometimes not available at this time" and, if you get first, then put one foot on the firewall, let go of the steering wheel, depress the clutch (for a few seconds) put both hands on the gear lever and wrestle/fight for second. At this point you have crossed the bridge, defeated the "Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog" and the remaining gears are now freely available (until you try and come back across the bridge and face that damn rabbit again).



Warm weather/hot gearbox alleviates but doesn't eliminate the issue and first gear selection at traffic lights is still a crapshoot.



I posted on the Yaris site which is the reason for my gripe. I am so pleased that your Toyota "XXX" has now done 120,000 miles flawlessly but has that answered my question of "How do I fix this awful gearbox?".



I ended up putting Molyslip in it, a few people told me that there is no gearbox filler plug on the top of the gearbox...errm..guys not only can I see it, but it's listed in the parts diagram.



I then posted my results which indicated that it had improved the gear change action and get yet more people telling me how good their Toyota is after a million miles. It's exasperating.

Originally Posted by shiftin_gear98 (Post 3083462)

Totally ****ed off. Just scraped the car on a post. Well scraped the front door, and ****ed the rear door and quarter panel. Did I mention I'm totally ****ed off.
You hear the crunch of impact, slam on the brakes and realise you are only going to cause more damage going forward or backward. Gutted.
First time I've done something like this in 25 years of driving.