Feedback on VIOS?

[jbcasimiro]

Folks, plan to buy a brand new car considering the practicality and less gas consumption. Saw the 1.5G M/T Vios in Megamall and they have a promo right now. Any feedback from the vios owners regarding about this car?

Thanks!

:car:

[monmag]

Try this forum:

http://www.viosclubphil.com/forum/

Dame na feedback from actual owners.

[kmo]

lahat ng nagsabi sakin na ito yung best buy sa laht ng vios variant dahil 1.5 at m/t pa ! my frend gets high milage from this car kasi power to weight ratio nya sobrng ok! tpos options mo narin ! sulit to in my opinion !

[niky]

Fun to drive. Maybe too much fun. Saw an accident on C5 recently involving a Vios.

Nice car. watch the driver. :lol:

[A121]

quick for a little car. just change the crappy goodyear tires.

[E34touring]

I owned one since last May, 1.5G MT. Good fun to drive and surely drinks with spirited driving. But if driven gently, can be very economical. It has great power-to-weight and good torque. Can easily cruise at 100kph doing 2000 rpm only on 5th gear with 4 people on board.
Sometimes I forgotten its the Toyota and drives it like my BMW!. It can corner too but crappy tires needs to go. About the easiest manual car to drive, very little effort required. Great service from Toyota dealer (unlike the other brand....)!.

[carlocaraddict]

i like the vios because of its optimum performance. 1.3E performs like a 1.5, the 1.5 performs like a 1.6.

[Pro Staff]

mine is 1.3G, it's a quick car kahit na 1.3 and very fuel efficient - these are the 2 things I love most about the car

fuel efficient although i'm only getting 14 km/l mixed highway and city, visit Vios Club Phils(VCP) site and you'll see a lot of vios owners doing much better.

the 1.5G A/T is the most fuel efficient variant of Vios according the the test done before (not sure if it's done by Dept of Energy); and I think in the survey that I did at VCP site, yung naka 1.5G A/T un merong pinakabest mileage. Drive like Pocholo and you'll get better result hehehehe

defect so far ng tsikot ko, nagkaron ng kabig papuntang kanan na I think ay common na comment sa vios :-(. alam daw ni casa kung ano ang gagawin dito pero syempre hindi libre

[wrecker]

great car, two my friends have them...

the only comment that i have is the excessive body roll, but if you don't corner at 70kph or above it shouldn't be a problem

[E34touring]

Actually. I bought the VIOS solely based on C! review. Never testdrove it, never seen it myself. Just got the paperwork done and wait a couple of days to collect the car. Also, I dislike the Honda dealer (not the brand, just the dealer) based on previous bad experience, so there not much else fo me in the class. Toyota impressed me to date.

[Pro Staff]

ako naman, kinuha ko un vios dahil un ang kaya ng budget ko at sawimpalad ako sa picanto:-( no regrets because the one that I have now is bang for the buck for me.

but definitely hindi dahil kay britney kaya ko to binili hehehehe:-)

[alanranch]

Folks, plan to buy a brand new car considering the practicality and less gas consumption. Saw the 1.5G M/T Vios in Megamall and they have a promo right now. Any feedback from the vios owners regarding about this car?

Thanks!

:car:

Im an owner of a 1.5G vios auto, Get the manual, the auto is not as fuel efficient as compared to the manual or a honda with a 1.5vtec engine( I also own a city vtec). Maybe its because its 4 speed auto. You can save more with the manual in terms of price and fc. Not sure though, does tha manual have analog speedo? if yes much better, the digital odometer/speedo sucks, why? it s not consistent specially with the gas gauge.

[ozcity]

some of the problems encountered by vios owners..

1. kabig to the right
2. Headlight fuses & leak in the foglamps (luckily replaced by warranty).
3. oil leak sa shocks sa left rear..
4. Switch ng light. At first I thought busted yung bulbs. Pero sabi sa Casa, defective daw yung switch. Pinalitan ng bago yung buong switch module. Covered pa naman ng warranty
5. busted fuse, dahil defective daw un switch
6. headlights
7. moisture inside foglights
8. fuse. aircon belt
9. kabig to the right din and moisture sa headlamp
10. light switch on the 10000th km
11.1. CLUTCH PEDAL
kumalas sa bolt

11.2. H/LIGHTS FUSE
Busted. 300 km mileage

12 aircon belt producing noise during cold engine
13. 13,000kms on the odo. Only major problem encountered is may kabig sa kanan at 10,000km

[ozcity]

some of the problems encountered by vios owners..

1. kabig to the right
2. Headlight fuses & leak in the foglamps (luckily replaced by warranty).
3. oil leak sa shocks sa left rear..
4. Switch ng light. At first I thought busted yung bulbs. Pero sabi sa Casa, defective daw yung switch. Pinalitan ng bago yung buong switch module. Covered pa naman ng warranty
5. busted fuse, dahil defective daw un switch
6. headlights
7. moisture inside foglights
8. fuse. aircon belt
9. kabig to the right din and moisture sa headlamp
10. light switch on the 10000th km
11.1. CLUTCH PEDAL
kumalas sa bolt

11.2. H/LIGHTS FUSE
Busted. 300 km mileage

12 aircon belt producing noise during cold engine
13. 13,000kms on the odo. Only major problem encountered is may kabig sa kanan at 10,000km

[Pro Staff]

jbcasimiro,

the above defects enumerated ozcity were actual experiences of current vios owners, the same findings that I've got when I did the survey at vios club philippines. although hindi ko maenumerate lahat kung ano un mga pro's dahil siguradong mas marami kesa sa cons (and anong kotse ba naman ang di nagkakaron ng defect).

i suggest you visit the site, you'll see some very honest reviews of the owners

[monmag]

...(and anong kotse ba naman ang di nagkakaron ng defect).

geesh...you make it appear like "defects" is the rule of thumb and not an exception. Maybe you have the whole notion of defect confused with the regular wear and tear (which falls under the realm of maintenance and repair) as opposed to a defect per se which SHOULD fall under factory recall.

"Anong kotse ba naman ang di nagkakaron"...lahat may nasisira, tama. After due time kaya nga may mainteance at repair e.

Dapat ang tanong mo "Anong kotse ba naman ang walang..." Then ang sagot diyan marami. Yong pagkakuha mo pa lang sa casa (Bnew), DAPAT wala nong mga naka outline na "sira". City, Mazda (dati), Suzuki Vitara (lahat na experience ko)...wala lahat sira noong released. At di kelangan nong mga repair na yon till well into its use (like 50k km).

May issue ka pag ala pang 1k or 5k km, e may alignment problem ka na o electrical, etc. Kung isolated case, pwede pa siguro pagbigyan tho perwisyo rin. Pero kung marame cases, e iba na yon. Defect na talaga yon. Laking perwisyo. Meron nga warranty pero I don't cherish the idea of bringing a "new" car to the casa more often than I should (maski na libre pa).

Kundi defect yon, then siguro mahinang klase ang mga piyesa na inilagay (then it falls under the issue of the durability of the car).

[Pro Staff]

in my case kasi , it's possible na masyado akong harse sa paggamit ng kotse ko kasi fuel efficient and mabilis un ride (medyo sabik ako sa kotseng mabilis dahil revo un dati kong car). kaya kahit saang lugar ako pumunta, malapit, malayo,malubak, maputik e dala ko kotse ko, kaya i'm assuming na lumabas na lang un kabig( after the 10k km cguro un) kasi di ko naman sya napansin noon, same reason kung bakit ang nasabi ko ay "nagkakaron".

good for you monmag and all others na nakakuha ng unit na walang defect, ako din ganun dahil wala naman talaga akong nakita or naramdamang defect nung nirelease sa kin un unit e.

now, according to another thread here, vios ang pinakamataas ang sales dito sa Phils compared to any other car available. kung anong reason, hindi ko alam but personally i bought this sheep dahil sa fuel efficiency and ito ang pasok sa budget ko.

[Pro Staff]

wrong spelling wrong: harse = harsh

hehehehe

[ozcity]

now, according to another thread here, vios ang pinakamataas ang sales dito sa Phils compared to any other car available. kung anong reason, hindi ko alam but personally i bought this sheep dahil sa fuel efficiency and ito ang pasok sa budget ko.

ofcourse..sa hirap ng panahon ngayon kelangan practical ka...

imho vios is the most practical sub compact vehicle to buy because of its cheap maintenance and availability of parts...tingnan mo after 5yrs..madami na din for sale na vios taxi..

[Pro Staff]

di lang pampamilya, pang negosyo pa hehehe. kung mawalang ako ng trabaho gagawin ko na nga lang taxi to

un nga lang, sa sobrang dami ng vios sa kalye at un iba e taxi na, 2-3 years from now di na ko magugulat kung madalas may papara sa kin at mapagkamalan akong taxi, ganyan madalas mangyari sa kin noon nung revo pa dala ko.