Vehicle
Toyota Tercel
The small saloon below the Corolla, and the mechanical twin of the Paseo — same L50 platform, same 5E-FE, same gearboxes under a practical body instead of a coupé one, so the two pages describe one car between them. Simple by the standards of anything else in this catalogue: single-point and then multi-point injection, no variable valve timing, no turbocharger and very little that can go wrong electronically. That simplicity is the diagnostic point. A driveability complaint on one of these is far more often fuel, ignition or a vacuum leak than a sensor, and the number of places a fault can hide is small enough to work through systematically.
Generations
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L50 1994–1999
The 5E-FE and the Paseo's platform; mechanically simple throughout.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Hatchback
- Platform
- Toyota L50
- Engines
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- 1.3 — 4E-FE · petrol · 55–74 kW (74–99 hp) · 110–120 Nm (81–89 lb-ft)
- 1.5 — 5E-FE · petrol · 123–136 Nm (91–100 lb-ft)
- 1.5 — 5A-FE · petrol · Soluna
- 1.5 turbo — 1N-T · diesel
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 3-speed A131L automatic · 4- or 5-speed manual · 3- or 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
Service information
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