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did any encontered gear shift problem on automatic... by ozziejatt
Jan 03, 2009 (7:09 am)
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I have a 2008 Toyota Yaris 5 door automatic. What i have experienced is the gear shifting take little while of drive after 60 when you start driving cold car (no matter summer winter if you start car and run engine couple of minutes)
So after the speed reaches above 60 and goes all the way upto 80-85 i feel like it needs gear and is not shifting however after few minutes of drive it starts shifting gear at 60.
Any one encountered this issue or if this is an issue really. I spoke to one guy at toyota dealership he sent me back saying the car runs on O/D for sometime.
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Re: 07 Yaris Problems [ajb8] by paul29
Jan 06, 2009 (8:41 pm)
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Replying to: ajb8 (Nov 19, 2008 10:18 pm)

Yaris and other newer Toyota's have a start system which once you switch the key to start it will continue to crank until it starts even if you release the key from the start position . Works well imo .
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Re: did any encontered gear shift problem on automatic... [ozziejatt] by dake
Jan 07, 2009 (8:10 am)
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Replying to: ozziejatt (Jan 03, 2009 7:09 am)

When you first start the car, look in the left corner of the instrument cluster. You'll see a small blue light shaped like a thermometer is illuminated which means the engine is cold. The car will not shift into it's final gear until that light extinguishes. This is intentional, as driving in the lower gear at higher RPMs helps the engine to warm up a little faster and is most likely set up for emissions reasons.
 
It's not a particularly good idea to run any car up to 80+ mph while the engine's still cold even if you have a manual and can upshift. I guess eventually you'll hit a rev limiter on the automatic.
 
It usually doesn't take more than a minute or two for the blue light to go off, allowing the transmission to shift into overdrive. You must live right off the highway!
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Re: did any encontered gear shift problem on automatic... [dake] by micweb
Jan 07, 2009 (10:46 am)
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Replying to: dake (Jan 07, 2009 8:10 am)

Also make sure that the "overdrive off" button on the side of the automatic shift lever is in the right place. When I test drove a Yaris LB neither the salesman nor I realized the button was locking out the shift to 4th, and we were puzzled by the high freeway rpm until we figured out what was going on.
 
As to the "no shift to 4th until warmed up" that's pretty amazing. Are you sure of that? Of course the Yaris warms up so darn fast even though we live right near the freeway, my Yaris (which was a stick shift) always turned off the "blue" light before I got on the on-ramp.
 
BTW, the blue light going off, doesn't mean the car is at full operating temperature, only that it is out of the critical "be extra cautious" zone. The way I interpreted the blue light was that while it was on, drive easier than normal, after it goes off drive normal, but give it a few miles after that before driving aggressively (more than 3/4 throttle).
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Re: did any encontered gear shift problem on automatic... [micweb] by dake
Jan 07, 2009 (6:27 pm)
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Replying to: micweb (Jan 07, 2009 10:46 am)

I don't know about the 08 LB, but our automatic sedan doesn't have an overdrive button. It's a gated shifter. It is easy to accidentally shift to drive and slide over to the left and have it in 3rd if you don't verify the shift lever position on the instruments. That happened the first time we test drove it.
 
For the no shift to fourth, I've obviously never tested it to the rev limiter. I do know it will keep it held down though up to 45 or 50 mph at least. Maybe it will force the shift above a certain RPM regardless of engine temp - but if that guy's post is correct, it sounds like it doesn't.
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Re: did any encontered gear shift problem on automatic... [dake] by ozziejatt
Jan 07, 2009 (7:40 pm)
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Replying to: dake (Jan 07, 2009 6:27 pm)

Thanks to you all to reply and sort out the gear shifiting problem i encounter -
Well i will try to locate that blue light on the intrument tomorrow as suggested but dont have overdrive button on my 08 haychback.
 
I have tested driving upto 80km/h speed and RPM's goes as high as 3500 but gear doesnt shift and minimum amount of RPM's is no question here as no way RPM should go that high.
 
Anyway going to look for that blue light on instruments tomorrow
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Re: did any encontered gear shift problem on automatic... [ozziejatt] by dake
Jan 08, 2009 (7:15 am)
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Replying to: ozziejatt (Jan 07, 2009 7:40 pm)

Oh, heh heh... I didn't realize you said 80 kilometers per hour! So that's only about 45'ish in mph? Yeah, that's normal then if it is indeed the temperature thing.
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another rebate by hoody
Feb 06, 2009 (6:13 pm)
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man only a little over a month since I bought my Yaris with a 1000K rebate, they are offering now 1500. Oh well what can you do, lol
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Re: did any encontered gear shift problem on automatic... [ozziejatt] by ozziejatt
Feb 06, 2009 (9:42 pm)
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Replying to: ozziejatt (Jan 07, 2009 7:40 pm)

So just worked on Dake's advise to look at thermostat like icon (green in colour) once it disappears the gear shifts. Tested it my issue resolved
 
Thanks
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Any Idea for Aux cable out to run MP3..... by ozziejatt
Feb 06, 2009 (9:44 pm)
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Hi, I have '08 Yaris and it doesnt have a MP3 player. I don't want any modifications and install expensive MP3 player deck as the car is on lease so was just thinking if getting an AUX cable wire comeout of stereo and attach it to Ipod.
Any idea someone how we do it?
 
thanks

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