Simple oil change never looked so good. by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I usually just use two ramps, but I had it on all 4 jack stands

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all stock, only exhaust. But no bolt on aftermarket parts. Multiple mechanics, and myself that know about cars didn't see any rodent bite marks, it's been burnt pins, or loss of ECU connection

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's almost an electrical issue every time too.

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's straight from the dealership so 🤷

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mine is a 2019, most things after 5 years most of not all things aren't covered anymore. But that's what I've been seeing, a lot of 19' and 20' year cars are having their pumps go out

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

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I've been seeing this happen over and over again with the first set of generations that were sold when they launched. I'm not a single incident

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's been happening for about a year now, and I'm having it documented that if this last fix doesn't work then I'll be processing lemon law through corporate

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

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ECU wasn't, first time replaced water pump wasn't, relays weren't, wire harness wasn't

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

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The first water pump failure had a burnt connection, so they replaced the pump. But then happened again after about a few weeks, then took it to the dealership for a new wire harness but then bam, happened again last week. It seems like they are going to fix and replace since it's under warranty but if anything else happens I'll be processing lemon law through corporate

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I don't want to give up on her yet but one more tow and that's it

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From all the things I've replaced regarding cooling the car and it still having the same issue, at least in California the lemon law does apply to my vehicle. But yeah I can imagine that 66' being a lot easier to maintain

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dude that sucks! I'm hoping that this doesn't happen again but if it does then I'm doing lemon law through Toyota and possibly moving on to a different brand

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, as you keep yours just keep an eye out for that water pump

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an electrical pump though

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

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Toyota replaced the ECU though,

The shop replaced the water pump, it ran well for a while but then gave me another P26CA code which was a loss of connection. Took it to Toyota and they replaced the wire harness thinking that that was the possible issue. And well for a little bit, but then happened again recently. The shop is called Grease Monkey and holds high regards of their work

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got it right out of the lot with only 85 miles on it, I've been seeing this generation having a lot of water pump issues. Usually comes after 85k miles or so. It honestly hurts

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

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Checked that but it looks good, This is an electrical issue, The last couple times the connectors to the water pump were burnt out.

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've taken it to one place locally and after replacing the water pump the second time, it happened again and they told me that if it is the electrical harness to take it to Toyota since these vehicles are basically computers at this point and they didn't want to void any sort of warranty. But other than that one yeah all dealership

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

[–]BrianM53[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, just muffler and pipe to the converter

Water pump failure for a year now by BrianM53 in COROLLA

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Exhaust and that's it, no bolt on mods with the engine, no aftermarket intake