2010 Toyota Yaris
Complaints about this year name parts distribution far more often than the model's other years — 11% of them, about 28× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 180 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 18 |
| Involving a crash | 24 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 9 |
| EPA combined | 31.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- visibility — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the model's other years (6.6×). Owners wrote it as: visibility, passenger door, visibility however.
- ran — 7.8% of this year's complaints, against 1.9% across the model's other years (4×). Owners wrote it as: ran, keys, leg, vehicle park.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- distribution disconnect — 11% of complaints, 28× usual
- takata recall — 23% of complaints, 3× usual
- bags however — 9% of complaints, 22× usual
What owners wrote
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME F…
A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE [VIN] WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNEC…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V741000 AIR BAGS
- 16V340000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V025000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V024000 AIR BAGS
- 14V168000 AIR BAGS
- 15V689000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 14V169000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 10V036000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 9. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Yaris was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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