I bought corolla sports manual last year. I am having trouble with the gearbox. Shifting into 2nd gear is a nightmare. Also when shifting from 2nd to 3rd it cause notchy noises. Its feels like gearbox is full of gravels.
I checked with dealers with 4-5 times but no one is looking into. Its seems to me as the car is under warranty they are not going to make any money out of this. Has anyone else got any trouble with manual corolla.
Hi guys, I have a couple mate's who have owned sportivo's & they have said that it's a really common problem amongst sportivo's. The gears between 2nd & 3rd start to crunch after the car does more then 160,000 -180,000 kms.
My 3 mate's that have owned sportivo's got the gearbox replaced with an aftermarket sports gearbox & also replaced the clutch with a heavy duty clutch. The most common clutch was an Exedy Heavy Duty Clutch.
And also, what CHA54 is saying is another great solution as well! I haven't heard of that solution but the problem can be fixed by that. Just consider it if it's a good long term solution for the car! :)
I am having this trouble from the time i bought this car. My car has only done 12000. I am too scared of taking the on a long drive with this trouble. I did a a lot of research and found that this gearbox has troubles and in some cases transmission was replaced. The dealers over here are not even ready to look into this. One dearler asked me to drop the car for a couple of days so that their technician can take it home and use it to see what is causing the trouble.
I am not comfortable with this idea at all. I don't know how these technicians will drive the car. I will be trying for the last time when my car service is due then i will be lodging a formal complaint with the fair trading.
Try calling Toyota in Warwick Farm, they're near Liverpool. Give them a call first & see what they say, it'll save you the trip if you go there & they don't want to service you. If they can't help you then give Toyota in the city a call since they're the leading Toyota dealer in NSW.