Hello my friend, I am in Melbourne Australia with the July 2002 1.3litre manual black 2 door toyota echo, I have this exact same issue with the headlights not coming on after 265,000kms. I suspect the clutch will need replacing by 275,000. The thing is, I have ordered the part off ebay, it was about 24.95 pr 34.95 aud, and I'm about to attempt the exact same replacement today. What a blessing your video is mate, thankyou, I was under the impression you had to undo the entire air bag and steering wheel, so this video is extremely helpful. I have a curious issue with mine where the front speakers seem to blow and its not the speakers or the head units I think it's actually an issue with having old school 2002 toyota wiring sitting in the Aussie sun for 22 years causing these issues and basically once I replace the old problems in this car it's so much better than a new one. I have other cars where u get electric windows and heavy weight etc but this car is p3rfect I love it's light weight and it's manual old school windows, or as I call them normal regular windows. I love it. 2000 to 2005 toyota echo is the best, cheers
I will also note that I replaced the little headlight globes with cheap LEDs off ebay and it also makes a huge upgrade to the lighting. Highly recommend this headlight switch fix and headlight LED bulbs off ebay too.... so simple... such a great car
@@ceobenno sorry I didn't get round to replying sooner - thank you so so much for your lovely message and feedback. It has made my week! Hope you're having fun and good fortune with all your car adventures. If I'm ever lucky enough to head over to Oz I'll hit you up in person to say thank you and have a chatter about our love of cars! Love from the UK
@@marqfordeauto I spent this morning trying to get a replacement from the motor wreckers here in Perth and apparently no one has the part across Perth Western Australia!!!!
@@marqfordeauto I took the assembly apart as you showed thanks for that and even cracked it open and cleaned the contacts for the headlights in the unit but the low beam headlights still won’t go on. No fuses blown it possibly could be a relay failing. Hmmm
@@racoonman100 sorry I didn't get round to replying, I'm not as active on my channel lately due to working on some other things. How did you get on in the end?
Chances are if you have a European Yaris that's 2008 or so - or onwards - not much of this ^^ will apply. You won't have the handy plastic cover on the light-stalk, the airbag won't come out the way YT shows you & the repair will be a lot skillier than "use some sandpaper to clean the contacts" mainly as you won't be able to see any contacts as they are internal to the switch unit. You also won't be "popping out 2 torx screws" to get the airbag off or pushing some handy springs through lovely access holes as you'll only find one & it only allows you access to the lowest airbag clip. Barely.. The 2 upper clips, you'll have to go peeling, squinting & poking to release - loads will give up in frustration, and if they don't, they will then encounter the switch-unit itself, which will make them then give up because you're going to have to dismantle that as well & it ain't that easy either unless you do a lot of electrical repairs. If you do get that far, bang the entire contact-unit into an ultrasonic cleaner to remove the cruddiness. That's the contact unit plate that carries just the copper contacts - the one you removed from the switch-unit without breaking anything/losing anything/remembering how it all goes back together.. fiddly. My honest opinion is that unless you are pretty good at repairs, give it a miss & get someone to fit a new switch-unit for you. Pay the nice person. Thank me later. :-) I fix a good few of these and most of these YT videos are La-La-Land compared to what you will probably encounter on your own specific model.
For my 2005 toyota echo; with lights ON, my high beam light comes ON, automatically and sometimes, when I switch off the engine and headlights, the headlights turn ON by itself. Appreciate if you can tell what to do in this case.
That's a great question, I'm pretty sure it's not possible though. I don't have the car so I can't check but from what I recall the switch mounts weren't symmetrical and neither was the cowling for the steering column
Thank you for your video. You saved me many hours and money . I replaced my bulbs instead of tearing apart the steering wheel. God bless you sir
@@mariomoreno9518 really glad it helped you! Thank you for the kind comment. Wishing you all the best :)
Hello my friend, I am in Melbourne Australia with the July 2002 1.3litre manual black 2 door toyota echo, I have this exact same issue with the headlights not coming on after 265,000kms. I suspect the clutch will need replacing by 275,000.
The thing is, I have ordered the part off ebay, it was about 24.95 pr 34.95 aud, and I'm about to attempt the exact same replacement today.
What a blessing your video is mate, thankyou, I was under the impression you had to undo the entire air bag and steering wheel, so this video is extremely helpful.
I have a curious issue with mine where the front speakers seem to blow and its not the speakers or the head units I think it's actually an issue with having old school 2002 toyota wiring sitting in the Aussie sun for 22 years causing these issues and basically once I replace the old problems in this car it's so much better than a new one.
I have other cars where u get electric windows and heavy weight etc but this car is p3rfect I love it's light weight and it's manual old school windows, or as I call them normal regular windows.
I love it.
2000 to 2005 toyota echo is the best, cheers
I will also note that I replaced the little headlight globes with cheap LEDs off ebay and it also makes a huge upgrade to the lighting. Highly recommend this headlight switch fix and headlight LED bulbs off ebay too.... so simple... such a great car
@@ceobenno sorry I didn't get round to replying sooner - thank you so so much for your lovely message and feedback. It has made my week!
Hope you're having fun and good fortune with all your car adventures.
If I'm ever lucky enough to head over to Oz I'll hit you up in person to say thank you and have a chatter about our love of cars!
Love from the UK
Thanks a bunch, best wishes from Poland!
Nice one. Thank you for posting this. You have taken a weight off my mind.
Ah cheers pal, my intermittent wiper isnt working so Im changing the whole stalk ... should do it.
Cheers. Deserves more thumbs up than it has.
Thanks thats very kind of you!
Thanks mate and hello from Australia
G'day & thanks for taking a look, hope it was helpful and your car is running well :)
@@marqfordeauto I spent this morning trying to get a replacement from the motor wreckers here in Perth and apparently no one has the part across Perth Western Australia!!!!
@@marqfordeauto I took the assembly apart as you showed thanks for that and even cracked it open and cleaned the contacts for the headlights in the unit but the low beam headlights still won’t go on. No fuses blown it possibly could be a relay failing. Hmmm
@@racoonman100 sorry I didn't get round to replying, I'm not as active on my channel lately due to working on some other things. How did you get on in the end?
Thanks from rome
were to buy a replacement?
Thanks mate!
Hi I found mine on ebay, it was a French seller but I believe they all get imported from China / Japan anyway
Chances are if you have a European Yaris that's 2008 or so - or onwards - not much of this ^^ will apply. You won't have the handy plastic cover on the light-stalk, the airbag won't come out the way YT shows you & the repair will be a lot skillier than "use some sandpaper to clean the contacts" mainly as you won't be able to see any contacts as they are internal to the switch unit.
You also won't be "popping out 2 torx screws" to get the airbag off or pushing some handy springs through lovely access holes as you'll only find one & it only allows you access to the lowest airbag clip. Barely.. The 2 upper clips, you'll have to go peeling, squinting & poking to release - loads will give up in frustration, and if they don't, they will then encounter the switch-unit itself, which will make them then give up because you're going to have to dismantle that as well & it ain't that easy either unless you do a lot of electrical repairs.
If you do get that far, bang the entire contact-unit into an ultrasonic cleaner to remove the cruddiness. That's the contact unit plate that carries just the copper contacts - the one you removed from the switch-unit without breaking anything/losing anything/remembering how it all goes back together.. fiddly.
My honest opinion is that unless you are pretty good at repairs, give it a miss & get someone to fit a new switch-unit for you. Pay the nice person. Thank me later. :-) I fix a good few of these and most of these YT videos are La-La-Land compared to what you will probably encounter on your own specific model.
That's a really helpful description, have you made your own video showing how the steps differ on the European models?
For my 2005 toyota echo; with lights ON, my high beam light comes ON, automatically and sometimes, when I switch off the engine and headlights, the headlights turn ON by itself. Appreciate if you can tell what to do in this case.
Really sorry just seeing your post now, did you get this fixed?
@@marqfordeauto Nopes, but it didn't recur. It happened twice so far.
@@theotto-man7839 that's telltale sign your headlight switch is going bad, headlight won't switch off, headlight only working on high beam etc
@@pathurrhms8180 Thanks
Hi. Where did You get the switch can You post the link please?
www.ebay.com/itm/264183538165
Can I swap the switches ? Currently I have wipers on the left and indicators on the right but I want wipers on right and indicators on left.
That's a great question, I'm pretty sure it's not possible though. I don't have the car so I can't check but from what I recall the switch mounts weren't symmetrical and neither was the cowling for the steering column
@@marqfordeauto thanks for the info. I guess to change that might mean changing the column or something else
@@harold12A probably more trouble than it's worth
@@marqfordeauto haha. Will see.
Did your original unit have an extra wheel for the fog light?
Not that I can recall - it was a long time ago, sorry!
@@marqfordeauto Thanks for the quick reply anyway :)