Trufflepig

No its not a normal thing, its a fault, albeit a common one. I had my tranny changed under warranty after months of complaining about it. http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...p;hl=trufflepig

Yeah keep trying. Its seems this issue is being dealt with quite separately from the dealerships. Until a week or so before the changover, the dealership was trying to convince me it was ok. After months of reporting it as an issue, the first positive thing I heard was a phone call saying theres a trannny here for you, when would you like to book it in? It may be that Toyota are slowly moving through the fault logs from dealerships and addressing them all - lets hope that's the case.

Well, the tranny has now been replaced and the thing is great...no flaring at all. Again, thanks to Peter Kittle Toyota for sticking with this throughout.

This guy has the right idea. If you don't care about push button starts, and don't need help parking your car :P , then why pay for them? And if you're going to be modding the car anyway, theres a good chance you may debadge it - so why worry about the badge either? Add whatever specs you think you can't live without to the SX6, then compare price. I have a ZR6 and like it a lot. I love keyless entry and start, I hope that I'll never have to use a key again (which limits me a bit to Toyota or Bugatti Veyron ) The park assist has saved my rear bumber once. We were at the Good Guys Parafield and someone had parked in the dark behind me with a trailer. Visibility isnt that great out the back of the car, and I doubt i'd have spotted it anyway, the trailer being quite low. I also like the leather which of course can be optioned on other models.

Woohoo!! After 9 months of ownership and constant reporting of the problem by me, out of the blue today the service manager rang and asked me when I would like to book it in to have the transmission replaced I should add that at the 15k service recently I reported the usual rattles and squeaks, and when I picked it up they told me "Ok we had the dash out of your car and fitted a kit that fixes it all". I nearly fell over. Well done to Peter Kittle Toyota, Salisbury, Adelaide

Trust me, its not a leaf. The registers rattle when they are pointed straight ahead - there's a "null" spot and nothing is holding the vents firm enough. Prolly a build up of tolerances issue, but a design fault for sure. The work around is to slightly adjust the direction of the vents - it seems to hold them better (firmer) and they dont rattle. Edit: Should have read the full thread...its well covered before :(

I have had a few (minor but annoying) problems with my ZR6... The Leaf Sound. First time the service team said they "removed a leaf"... sorry but I dont think so. The second time I went back the tech pulled the vent/clock/speed alert assembly out of the dash in front of my eyes and poked around a bit behind it. When I returned to pick it up he said that he tried another assembly in the car with the same result. He diagnosed this: that when the vents are left in the centre neutral position they are loose in the fitting, hence (with mine) any fan speed above 30% will rattle the louvres. The work around is to leave them deflected slightly...seems to solve the rattle. He added this also, that the assembly is on order from Japan and might leave the manufacturer in December, so we should see it in the new year. My advice is this (for what its worth) - keep on top of your service team...insist that they send a problem report to Japan. This does two things 1. Raises the issue at the decision making level - seems Toyota Australia dont decide anything concerning these issues 2. It gets you on the list for action - it was implied by the tech I spoke to that car problems are dealt with in the order the problem reports are lodged with Japan. Squeaks and Rattles I get a reaction from the dash every time I go over a bump...not bad enough to warrant pulling the dash out in their opinion. I can live with it if it doesnt get any worse. The armrest used to squeak really badly - has fixed itself. The glove box doesnt seem to shut very securely and could be a source of rattles. Tranmission Flare As posted elsewhere, transmission flare has been logged and sent to Japan, so Im waiting for them to make a decsion and fix it. Therefore everyone who has this problem needs to get their dealer to send a report to Japan All up the car is great to own and drive. I get a detail every time it goes there, so they are making an effort to keep me happy with the service. Time will tell if these things are resolved in my favour but we can all help each other with the common things by making sure they are reported to Japan via the dealership.

Yeah I agree - 7km is what mine had on it when I picked it up - its done a total of production test, drive to car park at Altona and then on to the truck then off the truck at the dealership. Bad luck to some prospective owner

Progress update on the transmission issue. I left the car with them again last night and turned up this morning for another transmission-problem-demo-drive. This time I drove and the tech plugged in the computer to log the drive. He programmed a 5 minute recording session and off we went. As expected, the tranny flared about 500 rpm between 3rd and 4th. After the drive he downloaded the data and showed me the deal on the laptop. Here it is: A few explanations: Green line: Throttle position Blue line: RPM Red line: Road speed Black steppy line: Gear selected (was in D for this drive) The first thing he noticed is that the data told us the car was in fourth gear when the flare occured. This wasnt my experience, but it was interesting in that the ECU had told the trans to change but it hadnt happened yet. The elapsed time between the black steppy line on the graph indicating 4th and the flare beginning is about .6 of a second. The whole thing was over in about a second and a bit, enough time for the rpm to spike as indicated. This was a mild skip - maybe due to the fact that the nights are a bit milder these days. So far the data is being sent off to Toyota for their ruling on it...what can I expect from them? I cant see how they could argue this is normal cold engine regime, but hey, stranger things have happened.... Cheers Pig

When I dropped mine off this morning the tech said they were removing a strip from the back of the dash - designed, he said, to stop dust and things falling down behind the dash. Seems its also a known issue. "New model" he said.

Any luck? No news yet - the tech went for a drive with me this morning when I dropped it off. Naturally we couldnt replicate the fault as it was already warm, so they decided to keep it overnight. Its cold tonight - I hope it plays up big time He did mention however that Toyota reckon its part of the warm-up cycle and that it was common across the range. I pressed him on it as it sounded like rubbish to me...when I explained that it was sometimes a second at least (which at normal modest acceleration gives a significant and very unprofessional flare of about 1000 rpm) he said "No that sounds like a fault". It didnt happen when I first got the car and it didnt happen when I had an SX6 for a couple of days on a test drive. I think I could mount an argument that its a safety issue - in traffic you need to be in gear, not poking around on the accelerator pedal wondering when it will engage 4th. Anyway I'll keep you posted.

I think you missunderstand what Im saying - it seems to shift harder when driving in D - most likely due to the cold shift strategy ie holding a few more revs when cold. Odd really, I would think it would short shift when cold... As for the flaring being a "feature", that is the sort of cr@p that some service people roll out to deflect car owners form the truth. Flaring 1000rpm between any gear in any driving mode is not a feature, its an error. When I booked the car in I asked of they would expect to see an error code relating to this sort of behaviour or have to see the baviour. Initially they said they would have to see it, but I told them they would'nt as I'd already driven to the dealership and it would have warmed up and they wouldnt see it. They then admitted they would look for a fault code. Features dont produce fault codes. Its booked for tomorrow, I'll let you know how I go. The Pig

Hi All I am a bit concerned at the behaviour of my ZR6 transmission when cold. Firstly, it shifts a bit harder when cold - is that normal? I expect so but am not certain. Tha main issue is this - changing from 3rd to 4th when cold the transmission "misses", or hesitates to select 4th, resulting in a moment or two in between gears, ie in neutral. Once the gap was big enough for me to get two stabs on the accelerator before finding 4th. My wife - who is not car savvy shall we say - said "thats not good..." This is a problem - has anyone else experienced this? I am setting up my first visit back to the dealer this week (about 4k on the clock). Naturally I will ask them to look at it. Does anyone know if I should expect a fault code on the computer if they plug in the diagnostics? I have a feeling they will take it 'round the block and say "Nup, we couldnt find it" but if there's a code to read then no argument (hopefully). Any advice welcomed, Cheers The Pig

Yep me too...the ZR6 has about 4k on the clock now and occasionally I hear a squeak from the dash. FWIW, the centre armrest used to squeak unbelievably when I rested my elbow on it - on the road the small differences in pressure from road undulations would make it constantly squeak - extremely annoying. But guess what, its stopped completely in the last few weeks, so I put it down to a minor manufacturing issue which has settled down itself. Back to dash noises, when I have the aircon on (blowing cold not hot, so it must be from the cold side) there is a very obvious rattle from inside the duct. It worstens when cornering in one direction (cant remember which now), which seems to indicate something loose in there somewhere. My most concerning problem is an issue with the transmission - see my thread. Cheers all, The Pig

.Yeah thats the only way to get a pretty accurate reading. FWIW, I got an indicated 10.8 l/100km for my first tank in the ZR6, city only driving. IT only took 54 litres or so, so I think I can stretch the tank even though it indicates cruise distance to empty (think this was touched on elsewhere)