I agree, Myvi also quiet than vios.

I agree with you. I owned Vios G Spec bought feb 08, also got terrible quality issue. 1st is ATF oil leak twice at mileage 10k km and 20k km. Both my front absorber also replace under warranty. Engine mounting replace 3 years of ownership. And recently is brake sometimes not makan enough, and drive to SC and they said my Brake oil got moisture and air, they help me replace FOC I think is defects in workmanship! My lower arm I suspect got problem also, because from appearance looks corrode, and recently I found the car not stable, like when you fetch 8 persons or overloaded truck that cause the car unstable, checked balancing ok. Now my mileage only 31k km only, rattling every where and i agree, sound insulation indeed bad, my colleague Myvi SE much more silent than my car. I think the only solution is to change the car, I wouldn't buy Toyota anymore, poor quality and unreliable anymore. My family used to drive Toyota for past 30-40 years, they are fine, but not recent Toyota!

omg.. reading all these negative review make me worry about my family's new coming vios..

Depends on your luck brah.
My vios 08 the compressor also broken down before it past 1 year old, luckily still under warranty.
But my bro vios 06/07 version got no problem at all.
Unless their quality control become worse now =/

now i using vios for my sales job, b4 this was a myvi ezi, totally not agree on this, easily close 1 eye that myvi SP is worse than vios... SP is subjective to everyone, and it also depends on some criteria and situation, for example, tire, weather, vehicle age and etc etc... most important driver will feel more noise and road feedback than passenger...

for vios, i chosen facelited E spec, due to dual air bag and not much difference than G and TRD, i dun need leather, as i like black interior more and TRD just accessories, if u hav $$$ go for it. after some discount, my car OTR below 78K. except proton, hard to get any more choices for budget below 80K, but UMW sucks a lot our money, the price we paid for vios should be a toyota axio...

is been a year plus for my E spec, mileage up to date is 59K, so far no major problems. only claim a small accessories, which they order from kl and takes just 2 days den ask me for appointment to fix it. damn fast i would say.

the real toyota still from corolla range onwards, vios just their budget car, but it still hav some toyota DNA on it, my other colleagues using city, civic, latio and etc etc, they hav their problems also, some even worse, claim this and that also. sometime i drove my manager's 1.8 civic to outstation, the civic SP just a little better bit than mine, i would said the difference is very minimal, but when it comes to build finishing and solid, toyota and nissan still done a good job.

SC plays an important role, since most of our vehicle on road do hav their own problems, after sales service, toyota still better, warranty claims, parts order, complaint and etc. i only go for umw branch service center, not dealer, some dealer not up to par yet.

give me the choices for a new car, i still go for toyota, i always concern on after sales service, since spent so much for new car, unless i buy 2nd hand... as my job in automotive line, there some other brands which even far worse than toyota, their SC standard damn , like no different that buy from 2nd dealers...

This post has been edited by NiCkY: Aug 21 2011, 04:43 AM

Hi NiCkY,

Do you have any recommended Toyota SC?

depend ur location, just go to any umw branch service center... u can refer the address in de service booklet, or check from toyota website...
i from jb, usually i went to larkin SC...

Thanks for your reply, didn't know you are outside of KL.

Honda civic 1.8 is a little bit better than your vios, the way u describe, i think u seem u dont have much knowledge about cars.If u say not much different than altis then i agree with u, civic n vios is a different class. Secondly, quality parts have nothing to do with sc, the price we pay for is for better quality not becos of the Toyota brand, Anyway,there is no such thing a luck for quality becos it might kill u on the road if depend on luck

This post has been edited by Dickong: Aug 21 2011, 07:16 PM

much knowledge or not is depend how u look on it, for SP, there is no black and white, still depend on individual, maybe is another way's round?
those are my personal comment, i only speak from my own and real time experience rather than others bla like keyboard warrior...
trust or not? different ppl hav different perception.
cheers...

civic and vios is in different segments...

same as others compare vios and myvi, also different segment, when talking about SP, is very subjective topic, big car doesnt mean good SP, small car doesnt mean bad SP... do VW polo and golf bad in SP?

Anyone have any thoughts of having a brighter cabin light? I am driving a 06 model G spec Vios, and have thoughts to increase visibility of our pathetic 5W filament festoon bulb.

try to search on garage sales there, i think someone selling replacement cabin light bulb, which is led type, quite bright...

I'm using those 3x3 white LED for the map light, cabin one even more LED , very nice and bright! Satisfying!

Changing from myvi to vios is a quantum leap for u thats why nothing is the better other than your vios e spec, moreover,i believe this is your first better car, thats why even the honda civic is a little bit better than vios ,dont simply bla bla there, wake up the honda civic owner will be laughing at vios owner. I myself feel lost when u say honda civic is only a little bit better than vios, becos i am a vios owner too.

This post has been edited by Dickong: Aug 22 2011, 06:33 AM

I got 1st batch of Dugong G. My experience for NVH, Honda Civic is only a bit better. And Altis is tiny bit better than Civic. And Sylphy is whole lot more quieter than both. For MyVi surprisingly my experience told me is a tiny bit better than Vios.


p/s: I drove and sit as rear passenger for the car above.

pp/s: And I feel Lancer is in the same league as Civic too (just only rear passenger). (or a bit worse)

This post has been edited by dstl1128: Aug 22 2011, 07:54 AM

i think it is quite norm to civic onwer or user that civic has bad NVH.... so i think i agree that civic NVH is a bit better than vios or perhaps more or less the same... i've drove both car for months... so i guess i agree to NiCkY comments...

IK 16,20 or 22 v should go for? I found out that those shops recommned different IK

that day when I changed to new battery, the technician told me that my engine timing is very low n engine kept shaking
once engine start, does this happen to u guys?

When should I change the timing chain thingy? TQ

1 more thing, the headlamp is not bright, does this happen to u too?
mine is J, got no fog lamp

This post has been edited by McRyan: Aug 22 2011, 09:35 AM

mine G with foglamp also feel that it's a bit dark at night
also thinking of changing to better bulbs... thinking between Philips/PIAA... both also very expensive RM140/RM180