If I remember correctly from an article a few years back, the 1.5 avanza was supposed to run 500 rpm lower compared to a 1.3 auto for the same speed. For example if 1.5 is doing 4k RPM at 100km/h, then 1.3 auto will be doing 4.5k RPM at the same speed. However, in your case, you may have the power but then you might not be enjoying fuel savings as it is still tied to a 1.3 gearbox...worst might even increase your fuel consumption.

if you are not well versed with a car workings, suggest to bring along your own trusted mechanic.

Hope that helps.

best way for him to check is take the car to 100km/h, if the car rpm at 100km/h is slighlty over 3k rpm, then it's 1.5 and the gearbox are good.
if not then , need to investigate furthur.

http://autoworld.com.my/news/2006/10/05/Ne...el-Consumption/ can refer here.

Yeah, 2-4 years . I think something wrong is going on .
14 years life , wow . But i think that may be doable , in typical toyota .

Your Avanza wheel bearing life is normal to me .
The article you link to suggests average lifespan of 136,000-160,000 km is realistic and probable IMO .

2006 till now, but recent 2 3 years many parts starting problem one by one already, change quite a few item already

Your's 2006 is about same age as my 1.3L Avanza ,but having good durability on wheel bearings .
Is your's a 1.5L or 1.3L ?

it's the 1.5G, but seriously though change wheel bearing so frequently is not quite normal tbh.

Another point to note is though we take care of the usual scheduled maintenance, if a car is constantly overloaded, something has got to give. If one is using the same mechanic, maybe he can try another mechanic for advice and also to see if there is a different way of doing things helps lengthen the lifespan of the wheel bearings

i guess it is normal for aging car. hopefully nothing major for you.

Thanks .
Other than the recurring wheel bearings replacements , in particular front axle , I must acknowledge my Avanza 1.3L is generally quite maintenance free for the past since new and happy with it's reliability over 300K km mileage .
IMO, this is typical Toyota or Asian vehicles .

2ndhand dealer shop.....:'(

Good to know, I never thought of that gearing ratio. Thanks for the reminder. But since 1.3 has gearing ratio of 5.571:1 compared to 5.125:1 in the 1.5 variant, it should mean that the car should run at similar efficiency with the 1.3 variant with more pickup. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Great mind thinks alike

More pickup torque , yes .

Similar efficiency , no if by efficiency you mean to say fuel consumption .

In other words, under typical light to medium load operating conditions having a modified 1.5L engine in a 1.3L chassis is less efficient with higher fuel consumption in your context ,
when compared against unmodified original 1.3L or 1.5L engine/chassis combo respectively .

This post has been edited by zeng: May 23 2020, 01:07 PM

Back in 2007 I think only 1.3 manual/auto and 1.5 auto wass released hence should be a 1.3 manual gearbox, Can someone driving a similar stock manual 2007 avanza 1.3 manual comment at the speed they are doing for the rpm? Let's say 3000 RPM in 1st gear what is the km/h reading, 2nd gear km/h reading all the way till 5th gear km/h reading. This will help apizoHAFEEZ for his baseline when doing the runs.

Dear Avanza owners, I am currently thinking to get a new current Avanza.
What I'm looking for and hoping to get is a simple and durable car, that I can rely on for many years to come.

From what I have read so far, Avanza appears to be what I'm looking for, asides from some mentions on the absorber and air-cond ( can anyone confirm that is indeed the case for most Avanzas? ).

Before I make the purchase, could any current or past Avanza owners kindly share what are the common issues/problems/problematic parts of an Avanza that I need to be aware of?
Has the Avanza been really generally reliable and dependable for you?

Thanks for all the inputs in advance!

Very good idea, yeah a constant 3000rpm for the whole gear range will provides me better data my evaluation of the car. Perhaps I can release my result after the test to help others in similar situation. Thanks everyone for your helpful feedbacks!

For interior touch, any recommendations for seat cover? Leather? semi leather? Alcantra 😂 ? Love to get one matching colour with attached pic. Target: premium feel, backside dont get fried during afternoon after parking under scorching sun.


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i prefer the stock fabric tbh, aftermarket leather cover is not nice from what i seems tbh.
btw u pull the trigger already on the car?