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Hi guys, I would like to share my experience with all the owners out there with the same model as mine ( 2013 AWD GRANDE GSU45R JTEES). 3 weeks ago, I spotted this high pitch noise coming from the front engine as I reversed out on a inclined drive way ( 35 degree) at 1200rpm. At that point, I quickly asked my wife to take a video so that I could lodge in the case to the dealer so that they can follow up this matter based on this evidence. I managed to secure a booking on the following Tuesday 8am. Few days before that, I decided to take it to my friend who is a very experinced mechanic for second opinion. He told me straightway that the noise shouldnt be there in the first place. Not with the car that only done 15000Km! He pointed out that the noise could be front the belt or the tensioner. On the actual Tuesday morning, i mimicked the noise right in front of the foreman by putting in reverse gear, left foot on brake and right foot to rev the engine to 1200 rpm. He noted that he could hear it very clearly. At 2 pm, he called and told me that it could be just the ' CHARACTERISTICS' of the car and he couldn't do much at this point since he already tested the other 3 Klugers onsite and all have the same issue. Would you believe him? Of course, I wouldn't buy his explanation. He said he already reported this issue to Toyota Australia and he has to wait for further instructions. I told him to put down in writing for what he just mentioned to me and so he did. When I went to pick up my car ( 20 mins after phone conversation) , I didn't see any kluger onsite except mine. That made me doubted him even more. I stormed in and asked him where were the other Klugers. He said all gone except one sitting on the hoist to be finished. I was so angry that I told him I will get my mechanic to fix this so called the ' characteristic' of the car and send him the bill. I dropped my car to my own mechanic on Saturday morning and hoping everything will just stopped then. Unfortunately, later in in the afternoon, he called and told me that the problem is actually more complicated than what he initially thought. The noise is actually coming from the torque converter and is even louder when the metal shild is removed ( as shown on video). At that moment, my heart just sunk. How could Toyota Japan designed something that doesn't last long. Is just like not toyota! On the following Monday morning, I contacted Toyota headquarters in Tokyo and spoken to relevant party about this matter. I sent all the informations through and they did reply and forwarded all the correspondence to Toyota Australia. Without any delay, the general manager of the actual dealership actually contacted to me for a meeting. We came to the aggrement that Toyota Western Australia will send out 2 gurus to look at this issue with me and the foreman alongside to make final decision. In fact, I saw a kluger onsite on that day and requsted the general manager to test the car whether it has the the same ' characteristic' as mine. And the answer is YES! Now the question is, is toyota is willing to come out with a statement saying that is is normal under specific circumstances? We shall find out soon Regards Rob trim.8B8C785E-29EB-49FF-A4CF-7661F0F96256.MOV

Thank you for your input. I just listened to his suggestion and try it out.If the problem tends to come back after 1 week, i just ask him to swap it back what it was before!!!

Be honest, i am not sure what type of ATF that he put it in. He mentioned something like dextron 3. I might heard it wrongly. All i know is ATF and the shifting is much better now. I spoke to one mechanic before and he ever tried using AFT on manuel car to fix the hard shifting problem.I am trying it now and hope everthing is ok!!!!

Hi everyone, As you guys know, most of the south african made corolla sportivo have some sort of GB issues. Ranging from gear selector problem to replacing the stock clutch to something extreme(exeddy clutch). My car is currently 86k on the clock. Never trash my car or even take it to the race track. I changed my stock gear oil at 40k to redline 75-95w lightweight oil to improve the shifting 2 years ago. Yes, it was pretty good until last month. For the last month or so, i find that up shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear is just so hard or sometimes i can feel there is a 'catch' if i can shift it in. I looked thru on our forum about how to solve this problem. Some of you even suggested using longer push rod, or adjust the height of the clutch pedal or some of u even suggested to use fully synthetic gear oil with nulon G70 additives to fix the problem. So, I decided to try the first option, that is to use 2 litre of fully synthetic Nulon 75-95 GL5 gear oil with 1 tube of G70 Nulon additives. Honestly, i didnt feel anything different at all for the first few days. On one particular night, I push my car to hit lift at 2nd and 3rd gear up to 10okmh and then i slowed down and drive as usual. The gear shift changed completely after that night. Up shifting becomes much easier and much nicer to drive.But i was still not satisfied with that. Therefore, i asked my local mechanic for a second opinion. He reckoned he will adjust the clutch first and then 'bleed' the gear oil and change it to automatic dextron 3 gear oil before changing the clutch. I drop my car in this morning and i had my car back around 5 pm. The car is so much better to drive compared to using fully synthetic nulon gear oil. He told me all he did was adjust the clutch as much he could and change to gear oil to dextron 3 automatic gear oil. He said i can drive the car for few days with that oil in there. If i am not happy, he can drop the oil and refill the the nulon fully synthetic oil back (he dropped it but he stored it away for me). I am very glad with the result and i will stick to it. The message that i want to get across is, using thinner oil like automatic dextron 3 oil is not a bad idea for our car. I have my car since day one and i can understand every single problem from this car that everyone on this forum is trying to 'fix'. Thank you for your attention

woo koni`s adjustables??? how much exactly? :P G max suspension quoted me $990 installed and set up properly for me. I think i am going ahead with them. Thank you guys for your time to reply my question.

I need help. I think is about time for me to buy a new pair of suspension. Do you guys have any recommendations where to get them and how much would be it be? Thanks in advance

Before the alligment, my car is running straight but now the car is pulling to the left. I dont think is mechanical problem. They suggested me to get a set of camber bolts and then they can set it as straight as possible. How come this problem only happen after they put 4 brand new tyres for me? What specs do you tell them to do? U mean the spec that posted on our forum? Be honest, i really dont know how to compare between my figure that they have given me with the spec posted on this forum? Thanks in advance

Vu, everything checked. But the problem is still there. I will check the print out first so that i know what i want them to do next time. Thanks for your suggestion

Did you get the specs of the alignment? If you did compare it to the one that SD has put up in the suspension pages. thanks. I did have a print out. i will compare it now.

Hi guys, I bought 4 brand new TOYO TEO tyres from tyre power in canningvale. Everything is ok EXCEPT my wheel alligment is completley out. At first, my steering wasnt straight and i had to go back for a few times to get them to fix it. Eventually, i managed to ask my friend who is an exprerince mechanic to straighten my steering wheel for me At no cost. But the car keeps pulling to the left if i let go my steering for more than 5 seconds. I just want someone who is good at what he is doing to fix my problem. Please note, before i had 4 brand new tyres, my steering is straight as. Now, i am just not happy at all. I still can put up with it but it is just annoying me that if i let go the steering, the car is pulls to the left

I totally understand your problem. I had this problem back in 2 years ago and i told the chief mechanic this problem has to be fixed. I told them i would not pick up this car until it fixed. I gave them 2 weeks to fix it because i was going away for holiday at that time. Accoding to my invoice, the crutched was replaced and the problem solved. Solved in the way that the rattle noise is much lesser than before. They told me that is the best they can do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess what. I managed to find out the problem by myself. The inside wall of the tyre starts to become swollen and cause the uneven surface of the tyre. Do not buy any FEDERAL TYRES. Wasting my time !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not yet. Be honest, i dont think is anything to do with engine mounts.Everything started affer the first balancing. I really regret now, I wish i never try to do the wheels balanced in the fist place.

i don't know if I had the same situation as you now. I also had vibration coming thru the steering wheel, later on, I found out it was due to overtightten of the front wheel nuts. best for you is to get a torque wrench, and check if the wheel nuts have the correct tension. which should be 77Ftp or 104Nm. I just found out that my wheels have been tighten up to the point that i need to get someone to use extra long wrench to unto it. I tighten up all the scews again using ordinary wrench and hopefully this approach will fix the problem.................

Thats only true if there is pulsing while braking. Try and get a hold of another set of wheels and tyres to put on the back to see if there really is an issue with the rear tyres before spending any more money. See if you can borrow any 03-06 Corolla rims off of someone to test it out. But make sure they aren't having the same problems you are since you are tryign to isolate the issue. Is the steering going from left to right by itself? Or does it feel vague, like are you having to turn the wheel a little left and right all the time to keep it straight for no reason at all? after going thru 3 different tyre shops, is getting better now. The last guy that i went to yesterday just tighten up the screw so thight that i not able to unscew it even i step on top of the spanner. I managed to get someone to unsrew it and tighthen it up myself and see how it goes. Tighten up the scews too tight is not a good idea right?