Is the Toyota Yaris reliable?
We're confident that buying a used Toyota Yaris is a sensible decision from a reliability standpoint, with the Japanese brand known for building robots cars of good quality.
In What Car?’s most reliable used cars survey, the Yaris finished seventh overall, and was crowned the winner of the small car class, beating key rivals like the Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Polo.
Toyota as a brand finished second in a list of 32 brands, an impressive result that will give those contemplating a used Yaris further peace of mind. Parts are readily available, too, should your Yaris run into any problems.
Powertrain: If your battery isn’t harnessing energy, even with the regenerative brakes set to the highest setting, this could be an early sign of high-voltage battery failure.
Watch out for any dips in power output on hybrid models, because this could mean that the inverter is on its last legs.
Later models can suffer from a fuel leak due to injector seals failing.
Diesel-engined cars going into limp-home mode can be a result of a blocked diesel particulate filter (DPF). A DPF clean will sort the issue, but long-distance driving will prevent it from occurring in the first place.
Brakes: A brake warning light or reduced performance could signal that there’s a leak from the calipers or rear brake-pipe connectors.
Pull up sharp a couple of times on the test drive and check for moisture where there shouldn’t be any.
