Vehicle
Daihatsu Ayla
The low-cost city car built for Southeast Asian markets and sold in parallel as the Toyota Agya and Wigo — the same vehicle, and the names to search when Daihatsu documentation is thin. The engines are the 1KR-VE three-cylinder and the 3NR-VE four, both simple chain-driven units with port injection, so genuine engine faults are uncommon. What does recur is electrical and fuel-quality related: the ignition coils fail individually and produce cylinder-specific misfires, and the fuel pump strainer blocks on poor fuel, showing first as a hot-restart hesitation. The related Perodua Axia shares the platform.
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Generations
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First generation 2013–2022
The 1KR-VE three-cylinder with a manual or a four-speed automatic; simple port injection and a short fault list.
- Body styles
- Hatchback
- Platform
- Daihatsu A-platform
- Engines
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- 1.0 three-cylinder — 1KR-VE · petrol · 49–50 kW (66–67 hp) · 89–91 Nm (66–67 lb-ft)
- 1.2 four-cylinder — 3NR-VE · petrol · 108 Nm (80 lb-ft)
- 1.0 — 1KR-DE · petrol · 85–90 Nm (63–66 lb-ft) · B100
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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Second generation (DNGA) 2023–present
Moves to the DNGA platform with a CVT, which replaces the four-speed automatic's fault set with fluid-temperature and ratio codes.
- Body styles
- Hatchback
- Platform
- Daihatsu DNGA
- Engines
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- 1.0 three-cylinder — 1KR-VE · petrol · 49–50 kW (66–67 hp) · 89–91 Nm (66–67 lb-ft)
- 1.2 three-cylinder — petrol · WA-VE
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · CVT
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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