jeff6988

just to remember your service centre, the gear oil/ gearbox oil also need to be replace at 40 000km service,they forgot mine till when my sptivo done about 55 000 something kms, i read through the manual and find out. that was over 15 000km overdue.

i have a 03 sportivo which using the 16' factory rim, i am planning to upgrade to 17' aftermarket rims, but i had superlow kings spring with koni shocks (about 50mm dropped ) , does anyone know what offset of the rims i should pick without scraping the guard at all and touch the inner suspension by using 215/45/17 , i dont want to lip the guard cause it will get rust soon and crack the paint, any idea ? thanks

i agreed the Toyo T1R is good caused i used them on my stivo but tyre wall is too soft for its excellent grip,not a good match when hard cornering and when the tyre shoulder worn out pretty much ,still have 1/4 tread in the middle ,it tends to understeer badly ,have a go with a brand call Federal super steel 595, i am using them now,cost $130 each,205/50/16 87W,very impressive,they are as good as toyo T1R believe it or not.i was highly recommend by my friend,i didnt believe at first cause its Taiwanese brand, now i am more than happy to use them almost a month,they have really good grip and most importantly is cheap.

Hi, i have a post regarding my stivos battery about a month ago,i think all stivos or current model rollas alternator are poor quality cause my factory battery died after 2.5year since new and done about 55,000km,i first though thats was normal till i went back to the battery specailist which my battery being replaced after 4 mths, they check the voltage when is idleing is down to 12.3v, normally is over 14vand he said thats very unusal and my 4 mths old battery is only 75% charged,i do at least 30 kms daily (mainly highway) on my stivo without any stereo upgrade,so i took it back to toyota,they checked and say its fine,nothing wrong,nothing i can do but the battery specialist taught me buy a battery charger,the one cost me $17 from big W,charge the battery overnight every 1-2 mths and hopefully it can last to 4 yrs,probably this is the only way to keep the battery fully charged.

You say they are as good as Toyo in the dry.... what about the wet? sorry mate , i never go too fast in the wet,i reckon they are good cause the tyre pattern have fairy wide gap in between,so it can drain the water well, it also has very solid steering feedback both dry and wet,i had used hankook k102 on my stivo before the Toyo T1r, when you do over 110km/h, the steering feels very loose, you dont have much feel on the road but i already have super low kings spring and koni shocks on my stivo ,still loose ,may be the k102 is not really a performance tyre.

hey,if you are using stock rims ( 16in),i highly recommand the federal super steel 595 on 205/50/16 87W i just have them on 2 weeks ago,have done about 500kms,it cost me $ 130ea,i had toyo T1R which cost me $218ea,the federal is as good as the toyo in the dry,have a stiffer tyre wall than the toyo, i first though federal is taiwan brand is a bit weird but they are much better than i though.i have no idea about its tyre wear,but if you want something that last 40000kms , you cant get grippy tyres

thanks mate , are you working at toyota ? :D

Does anyone know roughly how many stivo on road in oz ?

thanks for your information, i went to see the foreman at toyota which he gone through all sort of test for my car , now it can rev to 8,250rpm but when it hits from 6,000rpm , it hesitate a while before it rev up to 8250rpm , they will do a few more test tomorrow.

the hi cam still engaged normally when it hits from 6,000rpm, only when it hits to 7200rpm, it kick back heavily, hopefully the people at toyota ( hobart ) can find out the solution soon .

I took my stivo back to Toyota service centre this morning , they organize a foreman to give it a run with me , after he try to hit to 7200rpm, he knew there must be something wrong with the reving but he said need to plug it into their computer to see what exactly wrong with it , therefore i left the car there , in the late afternoon , they called and said they still cant figure out what problem make it heavily kick back at 7200rpm, and they are waiting the feedback from melbourne ( may be the people up there seen more cases with our stivo and a lot more stivo being sold ) because i reckon there may be around max 20 stivo in hobart ) and mine's was the second one on road in hobart , now i am very much concern about the damage done to the engine when its heavily kick back and any damaged to the pistons or internal parts ??? cause i remember you guys said to buy a new vvtli engine , it worth $ 10,000 , if the engine dies after the warranty period , i have pay out myself , i also feel like there may be more and more other problems turn out,no spare money keep paying the repair if so then forced to take it to trade in a new base model lancer 2.4 mivec , 115 Kw 220nm with ABS, A/C, Power Window and so on ( Very good value i think but doesnt look good and handling especially the front end ), i hope it wont happens cause stivo still looks very smart but drives so so cause when you drive in winding rd , you slow down in tight corners and try to get back up when exit , we all only can wait to 6,000rpm before the real power comes and torqe i also have Kings super low springs with koni shocks ( front insert , it wasnt i want till they fitted , i though they are whole strut ) on my stivo, anyway i will let all you guys know what toyota people will do tomorrow and what cause this , so our stivo owners and members have some idea if yours car have similar problem in the future. :P is your car out of warranty? and if so buy how much, how many km's have you done. I dont know how much it worths in market value , probably worths about $ 21,000 how much you reckon, i have done 60,500 something kms , warranty ends on 27-05-06 , its straight , its in a excellent conditions ,the front bar spoiler have a few scratches under the fog lamp cause it sits very low and only one small dent on the left side rear door when i followed my friend's golf , a small rock hit to the door when corning. after my car being fixed with the reving problem at toyota service centre ,hopefully it wont have any other problems . it drives so well since i had it , i have no idea but i still believe they have move something and didnt put it back on probably or toyota's car are no longer very reliable as used to be . today i talk to toyota service manager , he said they still working on it but no exactly answer and tell me be patience, cant do anything really, i just hope they can solve the reving problem and drive my stivo back on road ASAP , they finally borrow me a brand new corolla while mines under repair ,its makes so much better to get to work and home daily, only done 460 kms with $ 1,000 excess if i crash it , therefore i now even drive more careful than my stivo ,you never know whats going to happen if you are in bad luck , i think i am at this moment.

I took my stivo back to Toyota service centre this morning , they organize a foreman to give it a run with me , after he try to hit to 7200rpm, he knew there must be something wrong with the reving but he said need to plug it into their computer to see what exactly wrong with it , therefore i left the car there , in the late afternoon , they called and said they still cant figure out what problem make it heavily kick back at 7200rpm, and they are waiting the feedback from melbourne ( may be the people up there seen more cases with our stivo and a lot more stivo being sold ) because i reckon there may be around max 20 stivo in hobart ) and mine's was the second one on road in hobart , now i am very much concern about the damage done to the engine when its heavily kick back and any damaged to the pistons or internal parts ??? cause i remember you guys said to buy a new vvtli engine , it worth $ 10,000 , if the engine dies after the warranty period , i have pay out myself , i also feel like there may be more and more other problems turn out,no spare money keep paying the repair if so then forced to take it to trade in a new base model lancer 2.4 mivec , 115 Kw 220nm with ABS, A/C, Power Window and so on ( Very good value i think but doesnt look good and handling especially the front end ), i hope it wont happens cause stivo still looks very smart but drives so so cause when you drive in winding rd , you slow down in tight corners and try to get back up when exit , we all only can wait to 6,000rpm before the real power comes and torqe i also have Kings super low springs with koni shocks ( front insert , it wasnt i want till they fitted , i though they are whole strut ) on my stivo, anyway i will let all you guys know what toyota people will do tomorrow and what cause this , so our stivo owners and members have some idea if yours car have similar problem in the future. :P

thanks iffster !

Thanks everyone for your advice , i try to reset the EUC today as what Northy taught but doesnt work, i try to lift the hi cam again today when it hits to about 7200 - 7300 rpm , it pulls back hardly , it never happen before since i got the stivo nearly 3 yrs till i got the stivo replace the water pump , power steering and reseal timing cover at dealership,happens now after i got my car back yesterday, i am sure they stuff it up , i show it to my friend today as he is mechanic ( but not by trade ), he reckon it could be the timing chain has been removed when they reseal the timing cover,after they put it back on , they didnt line up the timing mark probably , i have no idea whats going on but i must go back to co-op toyota tomorrow morning , can i ask anyone of you what is the best no to call toyota aus complaint department and anyone know like my car been fixing it in dealership for 12 days under warranty , by their policy,do they have to lent me a car ,it just so inconvinence, i asked couple times ,all they said is nothing available , i bought it brand new from them but no after sale service ,nothing , i really need to complain this as well. Thanks all !

yes i mean the rev limiter cut out at 7000rpm , it just keep bouncing , my car already drive more than 15 kms ,, the temp needle is almost half way through , its very strange , it never happen like that before , thanks

hi , i finially got my stivo today from the dealership for the reseal timing cover leaking , water pump and power steering pump replaced , its almost 2 weeks, when i drive tohight , the high lift cam cut out at 7200 -7300rpm but already drive more than 15 kms , the engine already warm up , help please !

I just bought a set of super yellow HB4 3300k globe for my 03 stivo fog light , i been trying to find for a long time, i finally received it from oversea which my brother in law bought it for me , i think it may looks hips better if you have Philips H7 4300k white globe on your low beam or higher ,thats what i have got ,of course HID are excellent but too dear and may be illegal, i still havent put them on yet cause my stivo still in dealership for the repair, if anyone already had it on or any other different type of globe for your fog light ,please share your suggestion and let me know where you can buy them in australia , i mean from net cause i live in tas.Thanks ! Jeff6988

i took my stivo back to dealership to reseal the timing cover leaking last wed , when they pull the parts , they find the water pump leaking , so they have to replace it as well , i am more than happy they pick up the water pump leaking cause still under warranty, a week later when i was happily to pick up my stivo this wed , they said the power steering dies , it has no power assist so they also need to replace a power steering pump for my rolla , the query is the steering pump have no problem at all when i first took it back to dealership , but why it dies so sudden , of course i am glad that it dies before my warranty finish in may this year otherwise i have to pay , Does anyone have problem on your stivo or 1zz ? the mechanic couldnt find out what cause it ? mystery................... Thanks !

I am totally agree you said that they have found the waterpump leaks at the time when they reseal the timing cover leaking , very lucky i am, but they should have at least one waterpump in stock , not a engine internal part ................... , its not a big expensive part to have one to be kept, if they one instock , my stivo is already back on the road....................................

Firstly , thanks for the members to answer the problems on my stivos' battery charging system. I post a topic last week regarding to the oil leaks at bottem of the engine found out by another workshop which the car being serviced 60,000kms ( not toyota service centre ) , because my stivo warranty finish in May this year, so i asked him to take a good look of the car , so he found it out , i booked it in back to toyota service centre in Hobart to check the exact location of oil leaks last Wenesday , they told me is the timing cover oil leaks , so i booked in again to take it back this morning due to order the parts from mainland , in the afternoon the staff called me, while they pulling the parts , they also found out the water pump leaking as well and to replace , he firstly told me it takes two days to reseal the oil leaks from the timing cover, so i am suppose to pick my car up tomorrow( thu ) at 5:00pm , but the staff said they dont have a water pump available for my stivo to replace it and need to order it from mainland again , and i cant get my car back till next Wenesday due to Easter break , thats shocking , then i asked the staff to lent me another car to use while is repairing , and he said nothing available, what a such a big company have no parts in stock and sh*t customer service . Another thing makes me angry is the sales manager ( John Mcshane ) at Co-op toyota hobart, before i bought the stivo, i was going to buy a auto echo for my wife and already paid $ 2,000 deposit in April ,03 , because i need to wait 6 weeks to ship it down to tassie,and i knew the stivo is on its way so i changed my mind to buy the stivo instead , but they havent had the price release yet at the time i ordered , i mention to the saleman will i get any discount for the stivo because i have no trade in , he said of course yes , finally the priced released plus on road was $ 33,100 , so i asked the other saleman which i first deal with how much discount i would get then he refer me to see the sales manager ( John Mcshane ) , when i asked him ( in the way of very friendly ) how much discount i could get with no trade in , you know what he said , buy it or leave it , he knew i already paid my $ 2,000 hard earn cash deposit for the echo at first , therefore if i leave it , i would lost that $ 2,000 deposit , i ended up paid $ 33,100 firm , its the matter of a sales manager being smart the way he treat me , not just a discount of my stivo , i am chinese so may be he doesnt like my colour but i am his customer, not working for him, and not asking for a free car. i swear i wont go back to these co-op toyota dealership to buy a car in the future .I also have complained this kind of customer service to the director of co-op toyota , but no reply , very disappointed ! Please be reminded all stivo and rolla members to get your car checked fully from other workshop before your warranty finish, thats the safe bet , goodnight !

I have change my battery in Dec , 05 when my 03 stivo was 2.5 years old , i first though that was normal cause batterys life are around 3 yrs but my car have no ungrade stereo system and i drive my car to work daily about 30 kms until i went back to that battery shop today bought another battery for my old car, the staff said to me he can check my old car battery charging system whether it works ok if i bring it in next time, therefore i also asked him to check my stivo at the time i was there cause its free service and i bought the stivo battery from the same shop , so he told me to turn the fan and light on while he was checking in , he said my recharging voltage is down to 12.2 v while is idleing, normal voltage is about 13.8 under load , the battery is only 2/3 of charged , he said thats very unusal , he told to get the auto electrican to check the regulator , does anyone have similar problem with your rolla, thanks !

i am using Toyo T1R on my stock rim 205/50/16 , its w rated , best value for money, they have excellent grip in dry , they hung on really well in hard corner , you hardly make it understeer , try them, i paid $ 200 ea, may be you can use T1R in the front and cheaper one at the rear , but you may find the car turn out oversteer when fast corner because thats what i have on mine, stick on T1R mate , you wont be disappointed.

Hi, welcome to the forum. Don't know why but definitely get it fixed under Warranty. Have you been servicing the car regularly? Also this should have been spotted by your mechanic if its the case but the CV joints have "popped" out once in my Stivo and spashed oil everywhere on the bottom of my engine and gearbox, so get that checked too. thanks for your advice Zeerolla, i have my car serviced every 10,000km but i do the the oil change myself every 5,000km because i found the engine oil gone very dark and dirty after 5,000km run, possibly the high lift and the heat cause it , i live in tasmania thats why i can high lift my car more often after midnight in country area , can i ask you, you said your cars' cv joints have popped out , could you explain ? isnt it the cv boot cracks or something to do with bearing ?and what cause this ? do you think the high lift more often can cause oil leaks ?thank you very much !

i am new member , how is everyone ? i have taken my stivo for 60,000 km serviced on wed , i bought it in may, 2003 therefore the warranty run out in may this year ,so i asked my mechanic to take a good look for my car especially the engine, he found out the back of the engine ( bottom end on driver side ) slighty oil leaks possibly the crank seal or sump seal or timing cover , he told me to take the car back to dealership to repair it under warranty, does anyone of you have the same problem in your sportivo and why ? thanks !