Toyota Starlet (1996-1999) Questions & Answers

No air bags. Best/ most reliable car we ever owned.

Sorry, Bob, I am no car expert. All I can say is that I still have a Starlet that is now 20 years old and have never experienced a problem with the door handles.

Buy the original door handles from Toyota. The afternarket handles will break.

Have to give it time so fuelpump can reach injectors when u turn key on reds. After not turning on for a while Maybe u have stail fuel or dirty also .make sure service is up to date also.

Clean the throttle body with carb spray

Unfortunately, according to Toyota, use of E10 in Starlets is not recommended (http://www.toyota.com.au/toyota/faqs/fuel-types)

I am afraid I don't know - I am not an auto engineer. However, I would assume that it would be possible if you could get the parts. It would be expensive.

Change the power steering fluid with a good oil like Penrite and extra inflate the tyres. Not worth the cost to add power steering, maybe consider buying one that already has ir.

It's probably better to ask the Toyota Australia workshop that question to see if you could get a answer to that question or you could try a braking and or steering specialist though I don't think it would be too cheap

Thanks Brian. Did ask the local Toyota dealership. It would be possible but not by Toyota - no parts for that model (understandably). Now have mechanic on the lookout for parts.
Thanks again

Yes, it does. However, these cars are all quite old now and it is never a good thing to let the fuel tank get low on an old car because all kinds of debris accumulates in the bottom of the tank. I run my Starlet for 250 miles or so and then refill the tank so it never gets below a quarter full. I advise you to do the same.

I far as I can recall, yes. It obviously indicates that the fuel tank is close to empty. In my years of owning a Starlet, I only saw mine come on once (thank goodness), so I pulled in at the nearest gas station.

Yeah they do, but mine regularly runs below empty before I fill it up (500km+) and haven't seen it yet :3

I doubt a genuine item would still be available but check with a dealer. Otherwise you would probably have to go for a more general fit item from Supercheap or similar.

The original Toyota replacements most likely are long out of production. Having said that simply try oneof the larger auto accessories store like Auto 1 or Supercheap Auto because they'll have a large range of generic car seat covers.

I bought Angry Birds seat covers for my front seats :P
They're a bit too big for the seats, but they still look ok

I've done some research, and from what I can see they are quite rare. People have suggested to try eBay, but even then there's not much regarding workshop and servicing manuals... Sorry about that

Thank you for your answer but I have tried ebay and everbody else with no results.

I'm asking the obvious, but have you simply used google? Try as many variations of 'Starlet users manual' etc as you can.

From what I know, power steering for a Starlet was a costly extra when new; mine did not come with it either (although the car is so small and light it doesn't really need it most of the time) but mine does have air-conditioning, so that could be possible?

It's probably better to ask the Toyota Australia workshop that question or a mechanical repairs and servicing workshop to possibly get the answer

$110 labour and $88 for bearings. This is for both rear wheels.

That is quite normal for the air conditioner to drip condensed water and in all of the 14. Years I had my Starlet and driving through the hit summer with temperatures over 40C, I had never had a problem with the air conditioner and I too noticed the water condensation.

Clear water is normal.