phantompisser

Can I put the rims and tyres on a standard ATX onto a Sportivo ? I assume the suspension is different but I'm not a fan of the "sporting" ride .

Not really . I took my car in for service at 3 years old and mentioned that the dash was getting sticky . I was told that It was just me . At 5 years it had begun to turn to chewing gum and still it was just me . At 8 years it was literally starting to run and they had finally admitted that there was a problem . So really there was a ~2yr window where they were offering to rectify the problem before the 10 year limitation . Then they offer a solution but never notify anyone of it , I received all of the recall notices . The only way I found out about it was through these forums . I think 10 years is fair but I think the dealers should of notified their customers rather than banking on most customers being unaware especially after denying the problem existed for so long .

This is so true . I waas told on 3 occasions when I was at the dealership that my rapidly melting dash was the only one of it's kind and was due to something I had done to it . Turns out they were selling the same cool-aid across the country .

Finally got my Dash replaced by Morley Galleria Toyota . Dropped the car off about 3 weeks ago at 8am and they rang at 12:30 to let me know they didn't have the dash , "we'll give you a call when we have it ". Took it in yesterday and they replaced the dash . Only thing is now my aircon and stereo are not working and are saying that they were not working to start with . The stereo is constantly on even when the keys are out so I'd have to disconnect the battery every night which I did do last night so I could take it in today . So very ****** off , but I guess it's their word against mine . I posted this on the Sticky Dashboard facebook page as well . I rang head office at 2pm WA time but apparently Toyota are closed so I'll try again tomorrow . The cars nearly 10 years old and the radio is probably nearly 8 as It's a chinese DVD/NAV computer that i installed myself . I realise **** happens but having the guy stand n front of me and accuse me of being some sort of scam artist because my radio was non functioning when I took it in really steams me . The Aircon already had a problem where it wouldn't turn off except if the fan was turned off but it worked fine otherwise . In fact it was still working when I left the dealership yesterday . It stopped working after I disconnected the battery because the radio screen would not go off , and now it's as dead as a doornail . The fan comes on but no cooling . Maybe that's not their fault as it was still working when I left the dealership , I can take that one on the chin despite being a huge coincidence . I'll take a sticky dash over no aircon or radio anyday .

We might get a couple of hundred off the sticker price on a new Toyota ... Best of luck .

Maybe the newer Aurions had the dash material changed . A bit like they changed a few of the oil pipes when they realised they were dud . I've seen the same problem mentioned on other forums with 2007 camrys as well . I've used the same armourall (probably about 3 times) on my wife's 11 year old car which we have had since new and that's still fine . My dash is like chewy gum on a hot day and you can stick your finger right into it which means the armourall I've put on it has soaked in a very very long way .

Same here . 2007 model and the dash began to get sticky in about 2012 . So it took 5 years . The car has never been garaged and I live in Perth , So it's had a lot of sun . I actually had a dashmat for a while but it had a great big hole over the airbag which made it an utter waste of time . For a car made for Australian conditions it seems like a manufacturing fault to me . I will not be buying another Toyota .

I'd be ****** off if I'd payed $40000+ for a car with "Leather" seats that turned out to only be half leather . I think Toyotas offer of $200 of your next Toyota is laughable and is an extremely weak outcome for the ACCC .

Both the recirc and aircon don't work so it's not just a switch . It's possibly the board that they are on , but every other switch on that board works such as the demister and fan speed . i think I'll give that a go though as I've got nothing else and it's an easy swap .

My 07 Aurion Aircon is not working . My mates an Auto eclectrician and had a look today for the second time but this time with his techstream setup . Weird thing is he can turn the aircon on with the laptop and it works fine , light comes on nice and cool . But will not work using the switch . The recirc switch can be operated via techstream as well but once again can not be turned on via the switch . Any one have any ideas ?

Tried that to start with . I'll ask my mate about the Solenoid . Spent today servicing my old pushy for him and helping strip out his shed .

Yep all fuses and relays checked . I'll see if they can give me a quote .

Had my Auto electrician mate come over today and spend about 3 hours trying to work out why my aircon isn't working to no avail . It's a 2007 poverty pack with the bog standard manual aircon . When I hit the aircon button the light doesn't come on nor does the recirculation light come on when I hit that . The heater , fan and mode switches all work fine . Any ideas before I take it into Toyota ? The compressor seemed to switch on when he manually activated it and there is a good amount of gas in it apparently .

What the hell am I doing wrong ? I get 14L/100km . Car has done 120K . Just had the fuel injectors cleaned and the tyre pressure is always correct . Car is seviced every 7500km . The best ever consumption I've ever got was 9L/100km on a long country drive sitting on 120 which is within 15% of you but my stop start everyday city driving is 40% thirstier . 14L/100km was what I used to get with my AU station wagon that had 150k on it by the time I sold it .

Awesome thanks . Also checked my vvti oil hose the other day the other day after reading your comments/pics in that thread . Checked it and it had started to leak oil from the top and had started to perish . So thanks for that too :) That was done at a different service center and was far more professional and was I very impressed with their service so maybe I just went to an epic fail center today .

Went in to get the transmission flush today . Dropped the car off , pulled into the pub carpark (mate followed me down) and the mobile rings . Service guy : Just calling to let you know that your transmission is a sealed for life unit and doesn't need to be flushed ... We can do it but it takes 20L of really expensive oil . Me : No worries I'll have a beer and come pick it up . WTF , I rang 3 service centers and wasn't told this . Obviously it was never going to get done for $210 . And 20L seems highly unlikely for a transmission . Very last time I ever use a dumbass Toyota service center ever . These are the people that are supposed to know what they are doing ? They charge top dollar and apparently don't have a clue . This isn't some on , off , on again hard to diagnose problem . It's an oil change FFS . Waste of half a day . EDIT : I'll buy the oil and do it myself . At least that way I'll know it's getting the correct oil . Any tips ?

After reading this i thought I'd get the transmission flushed . Rang 3 closest Toyota dealers for quotes and was given $220 , $265 and $310 . Double checked it was for a flush and correct toyota fluid . Really pays to shop around for everything these days .

I was using Fuch's until Supercheap stopped stocking it . I grabbed some Shell Helix HX7 and have to say I'm not impressed . I changed it the other day after 60000km and was very surprised to see just how black it had become . I reckon this helix would look like bitumen after 15000km . I'll be having a good look for fuch's for my next oil change as that used to come out looking a lot lot better .

I'm sure they do have a stack of issues . My previous car had a Sony bluetooth headunit that I installed that was really hit and miss with my Nokia . I Installed 2 other units to family cars and they also had issues with nokia's . Solution was to get rid of the nokia's . To be fair they worked 90% of the time but thats not nearly good enough . My cheap chinese Aurion HU and HTC phone work perfectly together everytime .