Toyota Corolla 10th Generation Altis Owners [continued]

**Phefitho** · December 18th, 2011 10:47 AM

Hmm, they're telling me high probability that this may be caused by battery daw baka defective. I didn't take chances na and asked to get this fixed sa casa. They're towing it there on Monday.

Well at least I was at home when this happened. Sana lang ma fix within the week.

**cjv_justice** · December 18th, 2011 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Phefitho

Hmm, they're telling me high probability that this may be caused by battery daw baka defective. I didn't take chances na and asked to get this fixed sa casa. They're towing it there on Monday.

Well at least I was at home when this happened. Sana lang ma fix within the week.

Good luck sir. Keep us posted.

**Phefitho** · December 20th, 2011 10:17 AM

OK good news is I got the car back within 30mins of bringing into service center. They were able to unlock both steering and brake. The problem was really the battery, or rather one of the wires connected to the battery was loose. They tightened it, checked, tried starting the engine several times and it seems ok and really to roll.

I no longer have the cold start problems anymore so it seems to be as good as new (whew!)

**cjv_justice** · January 6th, 2012 10:03 AM

Natuwa naman ako sa 10k PMS ko sa Toyota Alabang. 2.7K lang inabot ng bill ko, pamatay lang talaga labor ng casa. Also, I'm guessing nagrevamp na sila ng procedures nila for Service. Mas maayos ang appointment system nila and well coordinated. Buti naman natuto na sila.

By the way, meron ba naka Hurricane drop-in air filter sa inyong mga 10 & 10.5-gen Corollas? I tried this sa Strada namin and ang ganda ng performance niya, sana laging ganun for life, hehe. Subukan ko lang sana for my 1.6V by the time na papalitan na yung filter, mas mura kase than KNN e. My cousin discouraged me from trying it kase daw sa mothertruckers daw na ka-club nila medyo hindi maganda. Another friend of mine said that Ford and Nissan daw sensitive mga ECUs nila kaya kelangan pa i-tune. Which kind of beats the purpose of the 'drop-in' feature of the product.

Of course there's a more technical explanation for this so feel free to share your experiences and know-how.

**tribal** · January 6th, 2012 09:33 PM

sir cjv_justice, pwede mo ba ibreak down kung anu ginawa sa 10k pms mo na 2,700 lang binayaran mo?nagpaquote kasi ako sa abad santos para sa 10k pms.tumataginting na 7k ang quote sakin kasama na engine detailing. alisin man yun e nasa 6k mahigit pa din...

**renzo_d10** · January 6th, 2012 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by cjv_justice

Natuwa naman ako sa 10k PMS ko sa Toyota Alabang. 2.7K lang inabot ng bill ko, pamatay lang talaga labor ng casa. Also, I'm guessing nagrevamp na sila ng procedures nila for Service. Mas maayos ang appointment system nila and well coordinated. Buti naman natuto na sila.

By the way, meron ba naka Hurricane drop-in air filter sa inyong mga 10 & 10.5-gen Corollas? I tried this sa Strada namin and ang ganda ng performance niya, sana laging ganun for life, hehe. Subukan ko lang sana for my 1.6V by the time na papalitan na yung filter, mas mura kase than KNN e. My cousin discouraged me from trying it kase daw sa mothertruckers daw na ka-club nila medyo hindi maganda. Another friend of mine said that Ford and Nissan daw sensitive mga ECUs nila kaya kelangan pa i-tune. Which kind of beats the purpose of the 'drop-in' feature of the product.

Of course there's a more technical explanation for this so feel free to share your experiences and know-how.

Huwaw. Ang mura!

**cjv_justice** · January 7th, 2012 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by tribal

sir cjv_justice, pwede mo ba ibreak down kung anu ginawa sa 10k pms mo na 2,700 lang binayaran mo?nagpaquote kasi ako sa abad santos para sa 10k pms.tumataginting na 7k ang quote sakin kasama na engine detailing. alisin man yun e nasa 6k mahigit pa din...

cge po post ko yung breakdown later, nasa glove compartment yung papeles. Regular na Toyota Genuine Motor Oil lang yung pinalagay ko then yung oil filter, car kit and some minor stuff yung naalala ko sa mga kasama. Sa Express Maintenance ako ni-refer nung Service nila and mabilis naman nagawa. Lagi ko chine-check yung oil yung pinalitan naman and they din. Di nako nag request ng engine detailing.

pero nagtaka rin ako sa binigay na quote sayo a. pwede ko rin ba malaman yang sa yo? Curious lang ako baka me kelangan na dapat gawin na ini-skip nila dito sa TAI.

**tribal** · January 7th, 2012 09:45 PM

eto yung job estimate sakin ng abad santos...

oil filter P 316
gasket 40
spark plug 348

excel flushing P 292
fuel treatment 583
synthetic oil 5L 3,193
engine detailing 728
misc 130
brake cleaner 380
sand paper 12

total labor P 1,456
total parts 704
total materials 5,318

total cost of repair P 7,478

gamit yata nila oil yung per liter talaga na lalagyan e...sa q. ave kasi charge sakin sa mga previous pms ko puro 4 liters lang pero yung nasa malaking container yung sa kanila

**dekzee** · January 7th, 2012 10:23 PM

ayun! it's the synthetic oil that takes the biggest chunk. kung regular oil, around 650 petot lang yan for the 4 liters. tapos you can do away with the fuel additives and engine flushing. pag around 30k or 40k kms ka na lang magpa engine flush. plus yung mga brake cleaners parang hindi naman makatarungan. wala naman ding ganun sa mga bills ko dati. I also paid less than 3k on my 10k PMS sa toyota bicutan, basta regular oil lang.

hanap na lang ng ibang kasa bro. good luck.

**tribal** · January 8th, 2012 12:07 AM

650 for 4 liters na or per liter?

dami nga mga dagdag na i think di ko pa naman kelangan...like mga flushing and engine detailing..

pwede ba ko bumalik sa regular oil since twice nako nagpasynthetic mula pa nung 1k kms...puro city driving lang din naman ako so i think nasasayang lang sakin yung synthetic..