deyemia:
Hi House,

Please have you or know anyone who converted Toyota corrolla 2005 from manual to automatic? What was the outcome?

I have considered the cost and I’m ok, it’s still cheaper than selling the manual and buying auto.

Regards

deyemia:
Hi House,

Please have you or know anyone who converted Toyota corrolla 2005 from manual to automatic? What was the outcome?

I have considered the cost and I’m ok, it’s still cheaper than selling the manual and buying auto.

Regards

deyemia:
Hi House,

Please have you or know anyone who converted Toyota corrolla 2005 from manual to automatic? What was the outcome?

I have considered the cost and I’m ok, it’s still cheaper than selling the manual and buying auto.

Regards

Nairaland1stson:


I converted a 2005 Toyota corolla to automatic transmission on December 2020. Typical me would have supervised the process but i was busy with other stuffs at the time. A friend referred me to the guy who did the conversion and assured me he was reliable. I had plans of traveling for the yuletide with the vehicle. The mech guy delivered the vehicle at my house on the 24th of December after two weeks, I took it out for a spin and it drove so well apart from the slight noticing of when it changes gears (but I didn't take that too seriously) every other thing was in place. On the 26th of December I was set to travel. Left my house at exactly 7am, got to the petrol station filled my tank and left. I was enjoying my automatic corolla jeje until one day I attended a traditional wedding and this car began to reveal it's true colors Tried starting and it refused to start, it wasn't even kicking at all.. Got an electrician and he replaced the starter fuse. I got home and the following day this same fuse and many others went bad, including that of the AC, headlamp, kept cutting, Sometimes I will start the vehicle and it won't fire at all, I will trace the bad fuse and replace ASAP! I was now moving around the village with fuses to replace with at intervals got back from Anambra and was so pissed I called the mechanic guy to come pickup the vehicle and he was giving nasty excuses. Took the vehicle to another mechanic and he suggested that the ECU was not compatible. He brought it out and we both discovered that the other mechanic didn't replace the ECU as agreed(it was the factory one the vehicle came with) I bought another one for 20k, it was programmed and my car came back to live No issues since then and I have been using it comfortably.

idu1:
someone did it one time like that. we didn't know the outcome though. He's diportivo brother ibukunolu

Femeto:
Is it advisable to buy a naija used car that was converted?

Nairaland1stson:


If you are not so conversant with cars then i will advice you go along with a mechanic... Some Naija used cars can be a pain in the ass talk less of a converted one.. What car is that ?

Femeto:
Corolla 05. I went with a mechanic.

Nairaland1stson:


Generally Corolla is not a problem vehicle.
Check under neat for rust
Check engine and be sure it doesn't smoke
Lastly do a thorough test drive to check the transmission selection.

How did you know the gear was converted ?

Femeto:
The mechanic noticed l when he opened the bonnet and the break pedal is small on rhe the drivers side.

fabienjoe:
I don't really see the point of the conversion. Many people (including me) still look for manual vehicles. They're becoming very rare. You can sell the car very quickly to someone that appreciates manual transmission. The money you would add to buy a factory made auto transmission car would be a lot less than the cost, trouble and potential trouble of conversion .Conversion is a shot in the dark. It could very easily go horribly wrong. Even at its best, it's never as good as the factory original .

deyemia:
Hi House,

Please have you or know anyone who converted Toyota corrolla 2005 from manual to automatic? What was the outcome?

I have considered the cost and I’m ok, it’s still cheaper than selling the manual and buying auto.

Regards